Striking the Root of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Robert L. Johnson
2017-12-06 09:00
Column by Robert L. Johnson.
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Today (December 5, 2017) the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case. The legal issue in question is: Does a business owner have the legal right to refuse business from certain people for certain events. In this case a bakery owner, Jack Phillips, refused to bake a wedding cake for a...
Judaism: Making a State Out of a Religion
Robert L. Johnson
2016-01-27 07:20
Column by Robert L. Johnson.
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Judaism is the original Abrahamic “revealed”/hearsay religion. Christianity, Islam, Mormonism and Baha’i all have their roots in Judaism.
The primary “holy” scripture/Word of God of Judaism is the Torah, which is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy....
Do We Owe Gratitude to American Veterans For Having Fought in Iraq?
Robert L. Johnson
2013-03-22 04:56
Column by Robert L. Johnson.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war against Iraq by saying, “Every one of the more than one million service members that deployed to Iraq, often for multiple tours of duty, deserves our highest praise and deepest debt of gratitude.” Is Hagel correct? Do the American people owe the veterans of...
Democrats Demonstrate Why Voting Is a Fraud
Robert L. Johnson
2012-09-10 23:00
Column by Robert Johnson.
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This past Wednesday, September 5, 2012, is a day that should live on as a day of true education. For on that day the Democratic Party let all the world see, and it was preserved on video for posterity to witness and learn from, what a truly senseless and foolish act voting is. Thank you, Dems!
The powerful and clear lesson came as Los Angeles...
Striking the Root of Religious Extremism
Robert L. Johnson
2012-02-14 00:00
Column by Robert Johnson.
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We are all appalled and disgusted when we hear about Islamic courts sentencing people to be whipped or beheaded for blasphemy against Islam or Mohammed.
We wonder how injustices can be justified by their perpetrators when we see images of Muslims being forced from their homes by Israeli settlers or hear Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu...
FDR Turned a Blind Eye to the Holocaust
Robert L. Johnson
2010-11-19 03:00
Column by Robert Johnson.
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November 16, 2010 marked the 77th anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States government turning a blind eye towards the Holocaust of the Ukrainian people. On November 16, 1933, the United States formally recognized the Soviet Union for the first time with an official pact.
The pact was brought about not by Roosevelt negotiating...
C.S. Lewis Called for a Christian Theocracy
Robert L. Johnson
2010-09-09 02:00
By Robert L. Johnson.
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After reading articles by David J. Theroux of the C.S. Lewis Society which had links at www.strike-the-root.com and which paint the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis as a freedom loving libertarian, I had a hard time reconciling what little I do clearly know of Lewis with the claims made by Theroux. The only book I’ve read that Lewis wrote...
Voting: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Robert L. Johnson
2010-07-21 02:00
By Robert L. Johnson.
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A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that 51 percent of the voting cattle are upset with Obama and the Democrats. Their solution is to replace the Democrats with Republicans! This is similar to actual beef cattle preferring Burger King to McDonalds. Either way, the cattle lose.
The Republicans, who the voting cattle are taking a...
The Biblical Roots of the “Lunatic State of Israel”
Robert L. Johnson
2010-06-14 02:00
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The courageous Jew Norm Finkelstein recently described the Jewish state of Israel as a “lunatic state.” He made this statement during an interview regarding the slaughter of nine volunteers who were murdered by the Israeli Occupation Forces while trying to break Israel’s illegal and anti-human blockade of Gaza. The nine people murdered in the...
Obama Takes a Double Bitch Slap from Israel
Robert L. Johnson
2010-05-10 02:00
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Bitch slap number one: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Israel trying to restart the Palestinian/Israeli peace talks. While in Israel the Israeli government announces its plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian East Jerusalem. This allegedly outrages Biden and the Obama administration. How can they appear to be working for peace in the Middle East when...
Governor of Virginia Embraces Romans 13:1-7
Robert L. Johnson
2010-01-29 03:00
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Bob McDonnell, Virginia’s newly elected governor and graduate of televangelist Pat Robertson’s RegentUniversity, said at a prayer breakfast before his inauguration that he looks at his political career and being governor as a ministry. He also said, “For a ruler to be just and to be fair and to have the wisdom needed in order to do right for...
Why 'The Greatest Generation'?
Robert L. Johnson
2010-01-12 03:00
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Tom Brokaw coined the phrase “the Greatest Generation” for those Americans who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s and who went on to fight, kill and die in World War II. You have to ask yourself why a key spokesman for the established government-friendly (to say the least) mainstream media would hold these Americans in such high regard.
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Religious Political Creep
Robert L. Johnson
2009-10-26 16:00
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The great George Carlin once said, 'I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.'
I couldn't agree more! When these two groups of proponents of bad ideas get together for a common goal, the end result is the Dark Ages. When American revolutionaries...
Osama bin Laden Knows More About American Government Than Americans Do
Robert L. Johnson
2009-09-20 15:00
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In Osama bin Laden's most recent message to the American people, he clearly demonstrates that he knows much more about the real workings of American government and politics than the average voting American. Most people who waste their time voting sincerely believe that their vote matters and will make a difference. They don't realize that the politicians do not have to answer to...
Be Careful What You Call 'The Word of God'
Robert L. Johnson
2009-07-23 15:00
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July 24, 2009
Recently, strike-the-root.com linked to an article by former President Jimmy Carter (a sincere, born-again Christian) called 'The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women,' which deplores the abusive and unreasonable treatment of women by 'revealed' religions. The title of his article was the same as that of the link on STR . This title assumes too much.
Judge Attacks First Amendment
Robert L. Johnson
2009-05-04 15:00
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May 5, 2009
God-given reason and the Bill of Rights have just taken a beating from a federal judge. The judge, James Selna, ruled that when history teacher of 20 years James Corbett referred to the Bible teaching of creation as "religious, superstitious nonsense" that he violated the First Amendment by attacking Christianity.
Killer Job Market
Robert L. Johnson
2008-12-16 16:00
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December 17, 2008
Times are tough and getting much tougher. Stocks are down as well as the number of decent jobs. This is bad news for everyone but the government and its war machine.
Why Voting Doesn't Matter
Robert L. Johnson
2007-12-27 16:00
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December 28, 2007
The powers that be that run and benefit from this hypocritical and corrupt government can be seen as the shepherds, and the masses of people can be seen as the sheep. And as the French writer Marie-Henri Beyle wrote, 'The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interest and his own are the same.' Of course, the shepherd really only wants to take...
Priorities of the People
Robert L. Johnson
2007-06-21 15:00
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June 22, 2007
Priorities are very important. In the history books we've seen that men like George Washington had priorities of leading a violent revolution against the government. This priority of Washington's took precedent over his own family, income and being. By today's standards, Washington was a nut case!
Should Israel Make Concessions and Renounce Part of the Torah?
Robert L. Johnson
2007-02-22 16:00
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February 23, 2007
Israel and the US are conspiring to undercut the democratic will of the Palestinian people by forcing Hamas, the choice of the people, out of their legally elected position of political power. The US plutocrats spent $42,000,000 taxpayer dollars to support the opponents of Hamas! This is only one example of the US government doing Israel's anti-democratic...
Arkansas Legislature Snubs Thomas Paine
Robert L. Johnson
2007-02-20 16:00
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February 21, 2007
Politicians enjoy misleading the sheeple by pretending they believe in freedom. The Arkansas legislature recently made it crystal clear that this is just a song and dance routine intended to be limited to only election and reelection speeches when they voted against honoring Thomas Paine by making January 29th Thomas Paine Day.
War of Assumption
Robert L. Johnson
2007-01-24 16:00
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January 25, 2007
Last night the Presidential moron inadvertently showed how little he and his buffoons in Congress think and care about people in general and US military people in particular. Boy George said in his 2007 State of the Union speech concerning the soon to be four year old war in Iraq, 'We went into this largely united, in our assumptions and in our convictions...
Is the Media AIPAC's Ace in the Hole?
Robert L. Johnson
2006-12-14 16:00
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December 15, 2006
When life-long atheist Antony Flew became a Deist, he said he did so because he 'followed the evidence.' This practice and principle of following the evidence wherever it may lead should be employed by everyone and in every aspect of our lives.
Was Leo Strauss an Idiot?
Robert L. Johnson
2006-12-04 16:00
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December 5, 2006
Leo Strauss, the founding father of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)-based neoconservative movement, is too often talked about and written about as being some sort of intelligent, profound philosopher and thinker. The reality of it is that Strauss was a man who actually took the myths and lies found in the Hebrew Bible as factual. Only a non-thinker could do...
Somebody Has To Do It?
Robert L. Johnson
2006-11-12 16:00
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November 13, 2006
The other night on the evening news I saw a young American soldier being interviewed in Iraq. He was saying how it's tough when you see your buddies getting wounded and killed and that after he gets home every year for the rest of his life Veterans Day will bring those friends taken from him in Iraq back to him. Veterans Day will never be the same for him....
Fight the Illusion--Don't Vote!
Robert L. Johnson
2006-10-30 16:00
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The criminals that take up space in Congress and the White House need people to vote. They need to keep the lie alive! Even though there is no room for real debate and free exchange of ideas in this country, they desperately need to keep the illusion going that they are the representatives of 'the people,' that they are doing 'the people's work.' Of course, in reality they're...
The AWOL Heroes
Robert L. Johnson
2006-10-10 15:00
Exclusive to STR
October 11, 2006
Darrell Anderson is a hero. He did what he thought was right regardless of the consequences. He is standing up to the government because the government is trying to force him to do what is wrong.
America Did Not Ask for This War???
Robert L. Johnson
2006-09-14 15:00
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September 15, 2006
Governments are based on lies. They need liars to fill the offices of their various branches of government in order to promote the government lies. To add yet another tragically comic layer of lies to government, these government liars are called 'public servants'! One great example of a government liar is US President George W. Bush.
What Strike The Root Does and Means
Robert L. Johnson
2006-08-11 15:00
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September 8, 2006
Governments seek and maintain power over people. That is why they exist. History has only shown a very few examples of governments that were temporarily beneficial to the people. The vast overwhelming majority of governments throughout history, including every government on the face of the Earth today, exist only to use people as a means of governmental...
What Strike The Root Does and Means
Robert L. Johnson
2006-08-11 15:00
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In this age of political correctness based on raw fear, STR smashes through the BS, and by doing so undermines the trend towards sacrificing truth for political correctness because its actions destroy, or at least weakens, the fear in many people.
What's Behind the Current Middle East War?
Robert L. Johnson
2006-07-18 15:00
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When Hamas captured the Israeli soldier and demanded a prisoner exchange with the Israelis, that was pretty much standard operating procedure in Israel's war against the Palestinians. The government of Israel holds approximately 10,000 Palestinian men, women and children hostage in their concentration camps. They have in the past exchanged Palestinian people they were holding...
Lies + Half Truths = Presidential Speech
Robert L. Johnson
2005-10-12 15:00
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When President Bush recently made a speech promoting the war in Iraq and the war against Osama bin Laden, he, as government bureaucrats and plutocrats habitually do, repeatedly lied. Just as he and his fellow plutocrats and career governmental officials gave speeches packed full of lies and half-truths to get the unnecessary war started in Iraq over three long years ago, so Bush...
Pat Robertson and the Biblical Mind
Robert L. Johnson
2005-08-25 15:00
The televangelist Marion 'Pat' Robertson's statement that the US government should assassinate the President of Venezuela (Hugo Chavez) is receiving a lot of media coverage. Comedians feel it is a real godsend. But his statement is very revealing of his mindset and his priorities. It also seems to have Biblical roots, although it does not call for the rampant and wholesale violence and brutality...
The Big Lie--They're Fighting for Our Freedom
Robert L. Johnson
2005-08-23 15:00
Listening to Bush supporters who have come out to oppose Camp Casey and its creator, Cindy Sheehan, it becomes painfully obvious how well a big lie really works on the minds of millions. Some of them have lost family members in the unnecessary war in Iraq that the neocons and Bush started. They can't bring themselves to see reality--that their loved ones did not die for American freedom but were...
The U.S. Government's Betrayal of Its Military
Robert L. Johnson
2005-06-07 15:00
The government is a collection composed almost exclusively of self-serving political careerists and bureaucratic careerists. They live not for liberty and justice or for doing what is right, but for power and greed. To achieve their lowly and selfish goals they must please the powers that be. One way to learn who those powers are is to see who the politicians are most concerned with pleasing...
A Memorial Day Gift of Reality
Robert L. Johnson
2005-05-31 15:00
Watching the news yesterday and hearing from the politicians, veterans, and the person on the street that Memorial Day is to show thanks to all the US service men and women who gave their lives so we can be free, I wondered how they can actually believe that. And I wonder how many of the fallen believed they were fighting so Americans can be free.
Wolfowitz and the World Bank
Robert L. Johnson
2005-03-30 15:00
Paul Wolfowitz is a neoconservative. Neocons are centered and focused on achieving their plan. Their plan consists of shaping a new world order based on the Hebrew Bible. If you've read the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, you know it's based on promoting the Jews to the front of the line at the expense of the Gentiles/Goyim.
State and Religious Child Abuse
Robert L. Johnson
2005-03-15 16:00
Most people assume government protects children. And, most people assume religion is also a source of protection for children. Most people are wrong on both counts, especially when it comes to the unholy union of government and religion.
The Evils of Democracy
Robert L. Johnson
2005-03-10 16:00
Recent events in Lebanon have shown the folly of democracy. When the anti-Syrian forces held huge street demonstrations against the pro-Syrian Lebanese government, the pro-Syrian Prime Minister resigned. When the pro-Syrian crowds demonstrating in the streets a week later were much larger than the anti-Syrian crowds, the Prime Minister was reappointed. There's no reason or logic to it, just...
To Die in Vain
Robert L. Johnson
2005-01-30 16:00
Most people realize that life is an important gift. It is the essential gift. It should not be taken lightly. It should be lived to the fullest possible extent, and should only be risked and sacrificed for a valid, meaningful reason.
The recent death of Navy Corpsman John Daniel House reveals that some of the soldiers, sailors and Marines who are currently fighting, being wounded, and dying in...
George W. Bush and Treason
Robert L. Johnson
2005-01-24 16:00
George W. Bush likes to surround himself with patriotic trappings. He's big on talking, to the best of his very limited ability, about God, country, and values. He enjoys playing dress-up as various icons of Americana, like a fighter pilot or a cowboy. But behind this empty facade of being an American patriot, I believe, is treason. Treason to America and her people.
The Fundamental Flaw of the Neocons
Robert L. Johnson
2005-01-20 16:00
War is bad. Lots and lots of innocent and great people get horribly hurt and killed. The survivors are psychologically mutilated for the rest of their lives. These are probably some of the reasons George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the key neocons have successfully avoided being in one themselves. But what element is in the neoconservative worldview that makes them so cavalier and ready to...
Making Sense of Bush, Brothels and the Bible
Robert L. Johnson
2005-01-04 16:00
Churchill County, Nevada came out strong in this past election for both reelecting George W. Bush and for keeping its brothels legal. To many, this seems like a contradiction. Voters who took part in this past election made a point of stressing how important values are to them. President Bush, who says his favorite book is the Bible and that he reads it daily, appealed to voters because he...
Bush Abuses the Military
Robert L. Johnson
2005-01-04 16:00
The spoiled little rich kid, George W. Bush, took advantage of the US military when he started the war in Iraq. It goes beyond reason to believe that George and his buddies in government, 'public servants' as they like to call themselves, didn't know they were lying to the American people and the world when they told their tall tales to the public about mushroom clouds, stockpiles of the world's...
Chilling Effect of Hate Legislation Poisons Business and the Web
Robert L. Johnson
2004-12-29 16:00
Abusive governments, such as most of us suffer under, need to control their subjects. One way they do this is to pass laws that attempt to dictate not only our actions, but also how we think and feel. Hate laws attempt to do just that. And now that Big Brother, suppressive attitude has found its way into the internet and the business world. It has blocked me from doing business with an...
Why Deism and Corrupt Government Don"t Mix
Robert L. Johnson
2004-12-16 16:00
It's been my experience when talking to people about religion, that the overwhelming majority of them have never heard of Deism. Hopefully, with the recent conversion of world-famous philosopher and atheist, Antony Flew, to Deism, this will begin to change. The lack of knowledge of Deism is highly unusual given the strong role Deism has played in the history of Europe and America. But, as FDR is...
The Cat Is Out of the Bag!
Robert L. Johnson
2004-12-14 16:00
As Bush and the neocons were arranging the unnecessary war in Iraq, many people said the major reason for the war was to secure Israel as the dominant power in the Middle East. Collateral benefits were boosts in political careers for the political prostitutes in Washington. People who voiced these ideas were ignored or called anti-Semitic. Those of us who recognize the 'why' of the war...
U.S. Government Turns Its Back on Democracy
Robert L. Johnson
2004-11-08 16:00
The tiny little democracy in the Middle East is surrounded by a deadly, vicious enemy. It needs help to sink the roots of democracy deep in its troubled soil so democracy can eventually spread throughout the region. But the US government, who says its goal in the Middle East is to see to it that democracy does indeed spread in that area of the world, is refusing to help the neophyte democracy of...
Boycott the Government--Don"t Vote!
Robert L. Johnson
2004-10-28 15:00
The US government is evil. It's publicity arm, the media, is just as bad. The media is currently, as it does every election season, trying to drum up interest in the scam known as the presidential election among the voting cattle. They're bombarding us with lines like, 'It's a real horse race--neck and neck down to the wire!' This is supposed to make us get out there and vote! The, 'it's soooo...
Church and State
Robert L. Johnson
2004-10-24 15:00
There are many strong parallels between religion and government. Both require unquestioning obedience in order to avoid severe punishment. Both make absurd claims that go against all reason and reality. Both claim to be doing good while they're doing bad. And the cornerstone to both is hypocrisy. Because America is by far a country dominated religiously by Christianity, I will be dealing with...
Anti-Semitism?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-10-04 15:00
The US Congress just passed a bill, and George W. Bush quickly signed it into law, that creates a special office within the US State Department to monitor anti-Semitism around the globe. This is another attempt by the career politicians to win Jewish favor in an election year. In fact, promoting Jewish interests around the world is one of the very few issues that finds almost complete bipartisan...
Journalists?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-10-04 15:00
The First Amendment to the US Constitution states, in part, 'Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . .' If Congress didn't do it, who did?
Someone must have made a law that is 'abridging the freedom of the press,' otherwise, surely, there would be open debate in the US media regarding the 'special' relationship between the best Congress money can buy...
What Is George Reading?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-09-21 15:00
George W. Bush reads the Bible daily. His followers in the White House have regular BS (Bible Study) sessions. But what exactly are George and his followers reading when they crack open their holy Bibles? And how could what they read in their holy book influence the lives of the rest of us who are directly affected by their decisions and superstitions?
Recent polls indicate the primary concern...
Oops -- I Started a War!
Robert L. Johnson
2004-07-18 15:00
The two recently released reports on 'intelligence' put out by the US and British governments show what total disdain the government and its politicians have for the common person.
Both reports openly state that the excuses to start the war, WMD and ties to al Qaeda, were based on bad information. The excuses are false. Why would the politicians and government 'leaders' be so careless about...
Osama bin Laden Needs a Reality Lesson
Robert L. Johnson
2004-07-12 15:00
Americans are not the only ones suffering under the delusion that we live in a free country and can control our own national destiny. It appears that Osama bin Laden suffers from the same delusion, according to his own words.
In his Letter to America (which appears to be greatly suppressed by the US media/government, probably because it lists the reasons we're being attacked, not the lies the...
Politicians--Are They Prostitutes or Pimps?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-06-21 15:00
With few exceptions, if any, the government representatives known as politicians, have their political careers for selfish reasons. That's why they use the term 'public service' so frequently. It masks the reality of their greed, deceit, and self-serving actions. The way they operate makes them anything but 'public servants.' To my eye, they appear to be either political prostitutes or political...
The Democratic Crusade
Robert L. Johnson
2004-06-15 15:00
We must make the world safe for democracy. After all, we know what is best for, not only ourselves, but what is best for the rest of the world, too. And in this age of Islamic terrorism, we must install democracy firmly in the countries of the Muslim Middle East. We must conquer Iraq, Syria, and Iran for our holy cause of democracy!
This is similar to the thought process that brought about the...
Is the 9/11 Commission Doing the Right Thing?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-05-23 15:00
The 9/11 Commission is trying to study the deadly attacks of September 11, 2001 so we can learn what to do to save more lives when we are attacked again. What they should be doing is trying to learn what caused the Islamic terrorists to attack us in the first place, so we can, if possible, remove the reason and prevent further attacks. I think I found that answer while watching CNN.
While an...
War: Who"s to Blame?
Robert L. Johnson
2004-05-05 15:00
On the surface, war appears to be caused by evil tyrants who want to "take over the world." Adolf Hitler was placed in this category. Then we had the Red threat, which was credited with wanting to turn the world into a Communist gulag. Now, we're told, the reason for the current war in Iraq is to defeat the "terrorists" who hate us because they're jealous of our jeans, our wealth, and our "...
Christians Owe the Jews a Double Debt
Robert L. Johnson
2004-04-20 15:00
Much is being said about the long held ideas brought to the surface by Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ. The popular movie has broken box office records for the first two weekends of its release, and again on Easter weekend it retook the number one spot. The key controversy of the film is centered on charges by a large segment of the Jewish community that it is anti-Semitic because...
The Neocons Are Biblically Grounded
Robert L. Johnson
2004-03-31 15:00
The new conservatives, or neocons, are a powerful group in Washington , DC . They are credited in Time [1] as being the driving force, through neocon and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, to suggest to George W. Bush that the US needed to start a war in Iraq . After thousands of dead and horribly wounded Iraqis, 600 dead and well over 2,000 mutilated and wounded Americans, the American...
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