http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/activism-religion/ en-us Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:41:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387067/posts I began the Catholic Ping List to provide Catholics with news stories and articles of interest on topics that generally appeal to this group. Postings to the News/Activism forum include the following notice ... Catholic Ping Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list Over the years, as certain topics garnered more attention, freepers asked to be added to the list. The list grew through the sex abuse crisis and the failing health and ultimate death of our beloved Pope John Paul II. The list is now quite large. Freepers come and go and it's now time to trim... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387067/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2380361/posts Tell Belmont Abbey College: "I'm proud of you!" Help this faithful college resist the culture of death by signing an instant e-card:"I’m proud of you!" Notre Dame betrayed its Catholic identity, but Belmont Abbey College stayed faithful and now needs our urgent prayers and encouragement. Please let me explain:  This small liberal arts college in North Carolina with 1,600 students is holding firm to its Catholic identity by refusing to pay for abortion, contraception and sterilization in its healthcare plan. As a result, this brave college is now facing persecution.  In fact, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)... TFP Student Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2380361/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379916/posts The billion-dollar organization already receives over $300 million in taxpayer money, and stands to strike it rich if nothing is changed in the current health care legislation. So this week the nation’s biggest abortion provider sent out an urgent message to counter the growing opposition by Catholics to taxpayer-funded abortion contained in the current health care bills.  The Catholic Bishops sprung into action late last week, announcing their strong opposition to the current health care legislation because the bills include taxpayer support for abortion and fail to provide a conscience clause for doctors. The Bishops have asked all Catholics to...  CatholicVoteAction.org. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379916/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375806/posts Most Swedenborgians I know hesitate tackling a end times topic. Growing up, I was taught that the second coming of the Lord commenced on June 19th, 1771 and beginning then, many commenced building His New Church here on earth. From Johnny Appleseed and Helen Keller, we have inspiring stories of Swedenborgians who went out in novel ways into the world to spread the message. I joined Free Republic at the end of 2003 interested in the election and found the religious forum full of committed folks that I respect talking about end times topics... lots of things on prophecy was... http://www.brynathyn.edu/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375806/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:51:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375537/posts Much has been made of the piety, or rather the lack thereof, of Charles Darwin. He has repeatedly been characterized on FR as an atheist, a fool, a demon, an agent of devil, and one on a vendetta to drive believers away from God. Some go so far as to declare him a false God and the science he suggested to be a false religion. Those that profess this are either grossly ignorant or intentionally deceiving so as to reinforce their personal beliefs and conclusions. Diminishing the messenger is often easier than diminishing the message. The Myth that Darwin was... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375537/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2373410/posts Orders are coming now for my chosen ones that have been waiting for the timing of my will . The sweeping of the penduluum's timing is poised before my throne as a gravitational pull holds you to earth , so the hearts of my children are laid before me and as no other time before my humble servants are about to enter into an opened door revealed only to the few( obedient) , the Chosen(overcomers) and this door is an entryway into not only the all of me but the paradise of my love abiding ,eternal , flowing yet existing... bible prophecy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2373410/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:31:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371522/posts The Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection is next month. CCHD might as well stand for Catholic Cash Helping Democrats. Thirty to 50% of the collection goes to community organizing and helped elect politicians like Lorretta Sanchez and Barack Obama. Please urge Catholics to BOYCOTT THE COLLECTION. Spread this YouTube video far and wide! YouTube. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371522/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371509/posts A petition to the Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) to investigate popular conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh for purported "hate speech" has caused a stir among Catholic circles after it was revealed that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) communications office is backing the initiative. One conservative commentator has even cited evidence that the religious coalition behind the petition, of which the USCCB communications office is a part, may be affiliated with the federal government's recent campaign against conservative media. "So We Might See," a group billing itself as a national interfaith coalition against hate speech in media,... Lifesitenews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371509/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371404/posts After pondering Cardinal Newman's insightful sketch of the hallmarks of a true gentleman, I can only say, "we need more gentlemen!" Gentlemen of this caliber are in very short supply these days. Newman says . . . Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2371404/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:07:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2368010/posts Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 10 members of the council are sponsoring a bill that Catholic leaders believe harasses pro-life pregnancy support centers. City Council Bill 09-0406, “Limited-Service Pregnancy Centers –Disclaimers,” would require pregnancy support centers to post a disclaimer noting that they do not provide abortion or contraceptive services. Centers that do not comply would be fined $500 per day. In an Oct. 16 letter to Rawlings-Blake, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said the bill targets non-profit organizations whose mission is to help women carry pregnancies to term. He said it is “well-known” that pregnancy support centers are... The Catholic Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2368010/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2367474/posts Recent events at the University of Notre Dame are creating a great deal of moral confusion. Ever since the university decided to honor our pro-abortion president at its commencement ceremony earlier this year, it seems the institution is on a direct collision course with its long-standing Catholic identity. URGENT petition to Notre Dame: Please drop the chargesFor example: Notre Dame funded a student trip to the National Equality March in Washington, D.C, held on October 11. The pro-homosexual march demanded same-sex “marriage” and the abolition of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Notre Dame’s Gender Relations Center announces troubling activities... TFP Student Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2367474/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2365787/posts The Alberta Human Rights Commission has accepted a complaint brought against an Edmonton-area Catholic school board by a substitute teacher who was let go after she announced she was 'becoming' a man. Janet Buterman, 39, had been employed by the Greater St. Albert Catholic School Board for about four months when, in June 2008, she informed deputy superintendent Steve Bayus that she was undergoing a 'sex change' and now wished to be treated as a man. The following October, Mr. Bayus responded with a letter indicating that Buterman had been removed from the substitute teacher list because the procedures she... Lifesitenews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2365787/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:11:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364842/posts A manifold witness I have placed in you , All that is faithful and true , A oneness of The Father and I in one breath , Can you imagine this depth , For what once rested upon me , Was the one and the three in complete harmony , And so it is even now My fullness with you , For as you witness me all 3 come through ~ ~ ~ John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,... Bible and The Comforter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364842/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:39:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364241/posts This North Western Hawk is known as a rough-leg and reading from the KJV Bible was given by revski (o7jimmy) out of the New Testament 2 Timothy 2:19. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364241/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:50:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364236/posts This video of inspirational singing was by o7jimmy and family! Presentation is given be creatures from wildlife. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2364236/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:47:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2362716/posts Jealousy is not a condition but a choice and though some may seem as though they are deserving truly this is reproach before my spirit and my altar “ strange fire “ , so as to keep with the findings of their fleshly worship “true paganism “ , for to craft your own belief into existence as a god is truly blasphemy and reckless abandonment to the true foundation of my love . So vanity and this hideous nature create a stench to my nostrils and ways (Isaiah 30) for it is truly an empty sounding gong before my (... The Joshua Chronicles , Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2362716/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361605/posts I post this excellent video clip with gratitude to Patrick Archbold at Creative Minority Report for finding this beauty (I mean that literally and figuratively, by the way) and making me aware of her/it. Check it out . . . ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361605/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361523/posts CatholicVoteAction brings to our attention a duplicitous tactic being employed by homosexual activists in the lead-up to Maine's Nov. 4th marriage vote: CatholicVoteAction.org Calls on Maine Group to Pull ‘Catholic’ Gay-Marriage Ad Homosexual advocates have released a shameless new ad featuring a grandmother and two gay men urging Maine voters this November to approve ‘same-sex’ marriage. The grandmother in the new commercial speaks about her Catholic faith and the importance of the institution of marriage, but then urges voters to support ‘same-sex’ marriage. American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361523/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:13:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360738/posts By hiram569 at 2009-10-12 Something for Christians to think about Many people in the world have already declared Barack Hussein Obama to be their messiah. Obama has never refuted such claims and has made fun of the Bible and of Jesus Christ. Many people blindly follow Obama to wherever his teleprompter leads them. I am not a theologian, nor do I pretend to be anything but a simple man. Jesus however, plainly warned us that many would come along and say that they were Christ and what would occur because of that. Here is an example from the Bible, located... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360738/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:19:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360727/posts There is a storm brewing and this storm shall not stop or deviate from its path and the name of this storm is " Righteousness " " for my name's sake " ! My name is on my priests as a placard upon their foreheads and I shall not be defamed ! Therefore now I shall work my outstretched arm over the nations to perform this " My Will ", for The Father has said "This is my Son in whom I am well pleased !" . So watch now as I " well up " in my children yeah... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360727/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:11:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360324/posts I am calling you into a oneness of abundance and grace can you see it ?! For the children "know" ! This is not a work but a surrender \o/ \o/ \o/ Allow me alone to be and become your shepherd . Through times of darkness I am your light , Through times of division and hardship I AM The Love that brings " all " together . You see ?! See me in all things for I am your eyes and your submission to me must be complete that I may be resurrected in you ! Psalm 23 1The... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360324/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360083/posts Numbers 13:30 30Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it. These are not "men" talities you are up against as the walls and Ezekiel but these are the strongholds I speak of to uproot and tear down ! So do not waiver or falter , do not feign awa y but stand ! Proceed ! and wipe off the dust of the earth for my will shall be done and my glory shall show and fall ! I AM with you , my angels... The Joshua Chronicles , http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2360083/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2354380/posts Jordans (walls of resistance) are breaking wide open today , But not in the old fashioned way , For now not an Ark will hold troubled waters aside , But my very own overcomers will cause them to subside , So stand in the gap for my children I call my own , And do not move from this appointed place until I bring them all home \o/ 4) Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go,... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2354380/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 01:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2350010/posts Please see link above for a reference and quick explanation. However, I have seen God do amazing things over the past month and a half and I believe when people pray in agreement anything is possible. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version) 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. I challenge everyone to the "14 day prayer" again. This is how it goes: The first thing... mikelets456 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2350010/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2349460/posts Mike Matthews, editor of Answers magazine, spoke with Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, about one of the most pressing questions in the church today: “With so many children leaving the church by their twenties, what are we doing wrong, and what solutions can the church and parents implement?”... ANSWERS Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2349460/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:43:49 GMT