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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Stewart partly to blame for Newtown massacre...
Can't make this stuff up and I figure the crazy will just keep on getting crazy.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/joel-rosenberg-ties-jon-stewart-ct-school-shooting
The demons of violence and lawlessness are the loose all across America in Newtown, Connecticut .in Aurora, Colorado .in Oak Creek, Wisconsin .just as they were in Littleton, Colorado and at Virginia Tech in years gone by. But why? How is it possible that violent crime in the United States has surged by more than 460 percent since 1960?
The answer is as painful as it is simple: the further we turn away from God in our nation the further we drive Him out of our society, our of our schools and courts, and out of our media and out of our homes, or the more we give mere lip service to religion, the more men are holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power (2 Timothy 3:5) the worse things are getting. Consider just the cultural war against Jesus and Christmas that has been waged just in the last few days:
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John Stewart partly to blame for Newtown massacre... (Original Post)
kwolf68
Dec 2012
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Great. So now Jon and his family will get hate mail and death threats.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2012
#3
xfundy
(5,105 posts)1. Translation:
Give us control over every aspect of your lives. Do not adjust the vertical. Do not adjust the horizontal. Do not think for yourselves.
Do what we tell you to, even if we tell you to kill your own family. And give us your money.
And smile while you do it.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)2. Remember, Gawd loves you.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. Great. So now Jon and his family will get hate mail and death threats.
Religious Right author Joel Rosenberg says that people like Jon Stewart of The Daily Show share in the blame for the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting because they have waged a cultural war against Jesus and Christmas and tried to drive [God] out of our society. Like American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer, Rosenberg claims that God did not stop the massacre because God is a gentleman: If a nation tells Him to leave, He will leave.
All this is so painful to see, so heart-wrenching. I look at my own children including my little 8 year old and then look at all the grieving parents on TV and mourn for them, trying to understand what they are suffering right now. Im praying for the Lord to comfort and heal all those traumatized by what happened in Newtown. But as I do I cant help but think about the trendlines and the dark trajectory our nation is on. Its not just the economy, stupid. We are, in many respects, in a moral and spiritual freefall in our country, and we are paying a terrible price.
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The Lord God Almighty is a gentleman. He wont force us to accept His great love and many blessings. If a nation tells Him to leave, He will leave. But what are we reaping as a result of a society that increasingly ignores God and hates or dismisses Jesus Christ? We are witnessing a horrifying explosion of murder. We are witnessing a gruesome crime wave unprecedented in American history. And there appears to be no end in sight. In recent years, weve seen brutal mass murders in high schools, on college campuses, and in small towns all across America (a recent FBI report says the murder rate soared 18.3% in small towns in America last year alone).
There is a point of no return a point at which God removes His hand of grace and mercy and turns to the judgment of America. If we dont repent for our sins, we are going to face that judgment perhaps sooner than we think. As I note in Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges In Time?, Alarm bells are going off all around us. Lights on the dashboard are flashing, Warning! Warning! Yet America is sleeping through the alarms, blind to the warning lights. And tragically, for the most part, the Church Gods chosen instrument to bless individuals, families, communities, and nations is asleep as well. I shudder to imagine where we are heading if we dont wake up soon, plead for the Lords forgiveness, and ask Him to use us to love our neighbors and revitalize our country.
All this is so painful to see, so heart-wrenching. I look at my own children including my little 8 year old and then look at all the grieving parents on TV and mourn for them, trying to understand what they are suffering right now. Im praying for the Lord to comfort and heal all those traumatized by what happened in Newtown. But as I do I cant help but think about the trendlines and the dark trajectory our nation is on. Its not just the economy, stupid. We are, in many respects, in a moral and spiritual freefall in our country, and we are paying a terrible price.
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The Lord God Almighty is a gentleman. He wont force us to accept His great love and many blessings. If a nation tells Him to leave, He will leave. But what are we reaping as a result of a society that increasingly ignores God and hates or dismisses Jesus Christ? We are witnessing a horrifying explosion of murder. We are witnessing a gruesome crime wave unprecedented in American history. And there appears to be no end in sight. In recent years, weve seen brutal mass murders in high schools, on college campuses, and in small towns all across America (a recent FBI report says the murder rate soared 18.3% in small towns in America last year alone).
There is a point of no return a point at which God removes His hand of grace and mercy and turns to the judgment of America. If we dont repent for our sins, we are going to face that judgment perhaps sooner than we think. As I note in Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges In Time?, Alarm bells are going off all around us. Lights on the dashboard are flashing, Warning! Warning! Yet America is sleeping through the alarms, blind to the warning lights. And tragically, for the most part, the Church Gods chosen instrument to bless individuals, families, communities, and nations is asleep as well. I shudder to imagine where we are heading if we dont wake up soon, plead for the Lords forgiveness, and ask Him to use us to love our neighbors and revitalize our country.