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but we need to invade Israel

She thinks we would be fighting Israel's army. She (and Obama) don't know Israel's Protector. This would be an extemely bad thing for us to do.

This will get you started:

http://www.policymic.com/articles/15889/french-gmo-research-finds-monsanto-corn-causes-cancer-america-should-pay-attention_

http://www.criigen.org/SiteEn/

http://www.naturalnews.com/039170_GMOs_rat_tumors_Seralini_study.html

There's a quote attributed to Henry Kissinger that I'll roughly paraphrase:
Whoever controls the oil controls the nations, but whoever controls the food controls the people.

...Last time I looked, ,GMAs look just like their unaltered brethren under a microscope.

That can't be a true statement because the GM cells contain foriegn DNA.

...since there are no facts to back up the assertion they are “poison.”...

There is a long term study on GMO's done in France. I suppose you won't like it because it's French, but it was a good, well conducted study.

Monsanto hates it because it exposes them and has attacked it with much vigor. Their own study was for a short, 90 day period. The longer French study (700+ days I think) started seeing tumors after about 120 days.

Seems another name for a ‘safe room’ in a mosque would be a ‘target rich environment’. Are they afraid the Christian will rush in and commit mass baptisms something. It work with Presbyterians or Methodist, they could use super soakers. Baptist and Pentecostals, however are going to have logistical problems.

Please share your research that proves it does.

No, I'm not going to do your homework for you. From a biblical point of view it would be casting pearls before swine.

Obviously the genetic modification doesn’t bring in the herbicide.

It can't be obvious from your research because you're too lazy to do any.

...you don't have to do much research to do figure out this is a far leftist position...

You're absolutely correct. You don't have to do much research at all particularly if your argument is tenuous, vacuous, and likely premenstrual.

You assume a lot about me and base it on nothing more highly questionable 'reasoning'.

Have some guts, do some real research and have an opinion that somebody, conservative or liberal hasn't given you.

Well for starters, HFCS stands for High Fructose Corn Syrup. A great deal of the stuff is made from GM corn. And for starters on that topic, the GM corn can bring in BT toxin and/or glyphosate, i.e., Round Up.

BTW, do you live in Rio Linda?

I read on another thread that it is all Monsanto’s fault.

There are two possible areas where this could be true. A lot of high fructose corn syrup is made with geneticly modifed corn and glyphosate (Round Up) will kill bees.

I won’t believe the lefty idiots on this or any other issue. Sorry to hear you do.

I believe what I've found out through researching the subject on my own. Are you really too lazy to do the same or are you just afraid you'll have to change your opinion? Go read this: "GMO Giant Monsanto Joins Big Business Coalition for UN Agenda 21"

Do you understand the three legs of the Catholic truth?

Catholic truth? Like there's a protestant truth or a pagan truth? I'll just stick plane ole one leg of Christian truth. Truth that isn't compromised with the traditions or some overblown teaching authority.

Hang around with enough lefty idiots, you might as well be one.

Too lazy to do your own research? Are you just going to be satisfied to believe whatever authorities tell you?

It tells me two things, Behr is strongly biased towards tradition and because of that, he failed to rightly understand scripture in that he used a nonexistent definition of ‘deliver’ to support his bias.

I don’t understand why they upset the lefty idiots so much.Why do they upset you so much?

Not being a lefty idiot myself, I can't respond to your first statement. My concerns are similar to Joel Salatin's who nowhere near being a lefty idiot. If you would do some honest research you might come share my concern's as well.

BTW look into the "Food Safety Czar" and let me know if you'd trust anything Monsanto would say.

He sounds like a crank.

That's because you don't understand what GMO's are. Monsanto would have you believe that we have been genetically modifying organisms for years through selective breeding. Genetic engineering uses the genes from two dissimilar species that could never mate to make a creature that is indeed NEW to science.

They boost yield, that’s why farmers eagerly buy them.

No go do your own research.

There is ample evidence that GMO's are not safe. They do nothing to enhance the food for the consumer. Their principle function is to create a perpetual market for the chemical companies.

Prove me wrong. Do some research ( look up Dr. Don Huber).

“I delivered [literally "traditioned"] to you as of first importance...

From the NAS Exhaustive Concordance:

Word Origin
from para and didómi

Definition
to hand over, to give or deliver over, to betray

NASB Translation
betray (17), betrayed (10), betraying (9), betrays (3), commended (1), committed (3), deliver (6), delivered (21), delivered over (1), delivering (3), entrusted (3), entrusting (1), gave (4), gave...over (3), given...over (1), hand (6), handed (9), handed...over (1), handed down (4), handed over (4), hands (1), permits (1), put (1), putting (1), risked (1), surrender (1), taken into custody (2), turn...over (1).

In all of this there is no mention of 'delivered' being 'literally traditioned' as Father Behr states.

Why research? Just go with ignorant, leftist feelings.

Because if you go with your feelings, you'll believe the lie that GMO's are harmless. This is not a leftist issue. It has to do with the safety of our food supply. Like I said, do some research and get back with me. I dare you.

Do some research:

http://www.monsanto.no/index.php/en/environment/gmo/gmo-videos/194-genetic-roulette-the-gamble-of-our-lives

I ani’t buying it.

I would like to know what part of the UCMJ he supposedly violated.

Oh, so you're not perfect but somehow God is OK with your sinful desires you don't act on but he's down on gay desires that people don't act on. YOu must be one special dude that God gives you a whole different set of rules.

What in the world are you talking about?

No, I'm saying your 'rightly dividing the word of the Lord' is imprecise, i.e., that it is ok to be homosexual as long as you don't act on it.

So you can be a thief in your heart and it's ok with God as long as you don't steal?

Actually, the Bible says that homosexual behavior is a sin.

Looking for a loophole?

dead birds ~ free range chickens suffer a predictable death rate out wandering about ~ it’s a number above 0.

You can say the same thing about factory chickens as well.

And you have scientific evidence that GMOs are unsafe?

Sure, for starters

Don Huber, emeritus professor of plant pathologiy at Purdue University, gave a two-and-a-half hour indictment of glyphosate herbicide and genetically modified crops at the Acres USA conference in December.

Dr. Huber detailed the negative impacts of glyphosate and GM crops on plants, soils, and the environment and animal and human health. He called glyphosate the “most abused chemical in the history of agriculture” and described GM crops as a “failed system.”

Glyphosate’s negative impacts on plants

Huber first detailed the negative impacts of glyphosate on crops, soils, and the environment based on papers that he and other scientists, such as Robert Kremer, a microbiologist with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, have published.

Huber said glyphosate makes plants more susceptible to diseases, increases the virulence of soil-borne disease organisms, and immobilizes plant nutrients such as manganese. It is also toxic to beneficial soil organisms and accumulates in the soil. There are more than 40 plant diseases reported with use of glyphosate, including many fungal diseases such as fusarium.

“There has been a 500% increase in fusarium and huge increases in sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans,” Huber said.

He showed slides of Roundup Ready GM soybean fields in Iowa and Illinois affected by SDS. The plants were brown while adjacent fields of non-GMO soybean plants not treated with glyphosate were healthy and green.

Huber referred to a published paper showing significant reductions of minerals in RR soybeans treated with glyphosate: 26% less calcium, 13% less magnesium, 49% less iron, and 45% less manganese.

Another slide demonstrated how, contrary to claims, glyphosate doesn’t degrade in the soil: plants growing in a field that had been treated with glyphosate for 10 years were stunted and yellow while plants growing in a field treated with glyphosate for a year were taller and green.

Other problems Huber highlighted included “bubble” kernels on corn cobs that received a late application of glyphosate, damage to winter wheat from residual glyphosate in the soil, poorer growth of russet potatoes resulting from soils treated with glyphosate, and reduced yields in Roundup Ready corn.

Negative impacts on animals

Huber then detailed a litany of feed and food concerns about the effects of glyphosate on animals and human health.

He referred to a 2002 statement from the US Cattlemen’s Association to the US Congress describing “devastating problems with pregnant cows and calves” and that “high numbers of fetuses are aborting for no apparent reason.”

Huber links the problems to feed from GM corn and soybeans. He showed a slide of inflamed stomachs of pigs fed GM feed compared to normal colored stomachs of pigs fed non-GMO feed. Another slide showed cattle stomachs suffering from chronic botulism. “Glyphosate in animal feed can cause a microbial imbalance and chronic botulism,” Huber said.

New pathogen causing abortions in pigs and cows?

Last year, Huber caused a stir when he wrote a letter to US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack warning him about a “pathogen new to science” that has been linked to glyphosate and Roundup Ready crops. Huber said the pathogen, which he describes as a microfungus, is linked to illness and reproductive problems in animals and poses threats to human health.

Since writing the letter, Huber has received many letters and emails from veterinarians reporting problems with animals fed GM feed. A veterinarian in Michigan wrote him about a sow (hog) herd that has had an increasing number of deaths and reproductive problems. The cause is unknown, and the vet wonders if it is the pathogen Huber identified. Similar reproductive problems have been reported in cows. Last November Hoard’s Dairyman reported that cows are losing up to 20% of pregnancies.

“We shouldn’t expose the entire agricultural infrastructure to a massive experiment,” Huber said.

“Willing to sacrifice our children”

The introduction of GM crops, Huber said, was a “betrayal of the public trust by a failure to address potential risks. The irresponsible and premature widespread use is based on flawed and unsound scientific assumptions.”

Huber said glyphosate and GM crops are likely harming human health. He cited significant increases in inflammatory bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, and certain types of cancers. Other diseases such as food allergies, autism, endometriosis, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s may also be linked to glyphosate and GM crops, he said.

“Glyphosate has totally changed the environment; it has impacted humans, vegetables, grains, fruits, plants, feeds, and animals,” Huber said.

In conclusion Huber said that our basic responsibility in agriculture is providing safe and nutritious food. Instead, with current GMO-based agricultural practices, “we are willing to sacrifice our children and jeopardize future generations based on failed promises and flawed science just to benefit the ‘bottom line’ of a commercial enterprise.”

Ref akso:
http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2011/apr/6/don-hubers-cover-letter-euuk-commissions/

WebMD has answers to some common questions about West Nile virus.

1. How do people get infected with West Nile virus (WNV)? People get West Nile virus from the bite of a mosquito that has fed on an infected bird. Mosquitoes can't transmit the virus from one person to another.

It's also possible to get West Nile virus from a blood transfusion or an organ transplant from an infected donor. Since all blood donated in the U.S. is tested for the virus, the blood supply in this country is considered safe.

I guess they just forgot about mentioning free range chickens.

Local? That would really limit your diet if you live in the desert.

Straw man argument, but yes, it can work in the desert.

They “harvested” 12 million chickens a day, except for holidays and weekends. That’s why chicken is dirt cheap and universally available.

CAFO's like this are prime breeding grounds for enhanced pathogens. That's how we got whe H1N1 version of E-coli and why those types of operations have to load up on antibiotics(how do you like eating that with your cheap chicken.?)

If we get the governmental regulators out of the local farmers hair and let them do what they do best, we can meet our food needs with food that is actually tasty and good for us.

The result these activists are looking for is eliminating a large swath of the population through starvation.

Total BS. Look at the people behind the GMO's and their agenda.

Hybrid seed come about through a natural process within the same species. GMO’s are forced into existence through a totally unnatural process combining different species with no thought or comprehension of the consequences.

Folks protest GMOs are the typical population control crowd.

Bullsh*t. Most are people who want to make their own choices about the food they eat. It's not population control but real food safety and sovereignty.

Your argument is complete BS. How much monospeciated chicken poop do you think chickens get in a CAFO chicken house? Free range or pasterued chickens are demonstrably better, and cleaner. GMO’s are bad news. Do some research.

All crops are genetically modified.

There is a world of difference between what Mendel did and what Monsanto does. Genetic engineering is basicly an ungodly process. God created things to reproduce after their own kind. Genetic engineering violates that order just as much as homosexual unions violate marriage.

Nonsense.

No, it is scripture.

There is no more need for any sacrifice for sin. If you’re doing the mass as a memorial, fine. If you’re doing it for the remision of sin then you’ve missed the point of the crucifixion. “The fruits of that bloody sacrifice” are received by faith alone. Otherwise you put God in the position of owing you fogiveness because you did a religious work.

The message is that we should always defer to the “Authorities”.

One more time: your fundamental error is confusing the death of the sacrificial victim with the offering of the sacrifice.

How many times does the blood of a sacrifice have to be offered up be before it's atoning work is done?

I'm going to trust that Jesus, as my High Priest, offering his own blood was sufficient to cover all my sins, past, present, and future and that His promise of the gift of His righteous for my sin would allow me to stand in His presence today perfect in Him, spotless and clean.

Thanks, pretty much confirms what I thought.

it is the same sacrifice that we become part of across time

Why does the church require you to continually be part of the act of sacrifice since the scriptures say Christ died once for all?

Because Christ’s sacrifice is ETERNAL...

One act of disobedience brought sin into the world and one act of obedience provided a way out. The acts of Adam's sin and Christ's crucifixion were singular events with eternal results. Wouldn't it be better to celebrate the fact that we can now approach the Throne of Grace boldly without anyone between us and God, having been clothed in the righteousness of Christ?

Jesus is currently and eternally seated at the right hand of the Father. Why does the Catholic church keep Him perpetually nailed to the cross?

Each Mass is a re-presentation of the MEMORY of the Last Supper.

Do then it's not a real and true sacrifice, just a memorial?

The Holy Mass is not a different sacrifice but the same sacrifice.

Are you saying it's a continuation of the original crucifixion? If that is so, what was Jesus referring to when He said "It is finished"?

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is a RE-presentation of that self-same sacrifice.

That's exactly my point. If Christ died once for all and totally paid our debt to a righteous God, why would it be necessary to re-sacrifice Him again?

I ask this with the understanding that your church considers the Eucharist to be a true but un-bloody sacrifice of the actual body and blood of Jesus.

As far as being at the cross with Him, I've gotten way past that. I've been raised with Him and seated with Him in the heavenly realms. (ref Ephesians 2:6)

Hebrews 7, verses 26 through 28:

"For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily like those high priests to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. Because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son made perfect forever."(emphasis mine, TBP)

Jesus also said "It is finished." So why do the priests offer Him up again and again to be sacrificed? Do they think that Jesus didn't do a good enough job the first time?

How many times must Christ be sacrificed in order to atone for sin?

Catholic Church's top exorcist, who claims to have sent 160,000 demons back to hell...

Obviously not over blessed with humility.

I’ve come to consider geneticly modifying organisms to be an ungodly practice. God created life to reproduce after its own kind. Gregor Mendel was working with this process. The GMO process,however, forces combinations outside of God’s order. Kind of like homosexual ‘marriage’. I agree with those who have said that GMO stands for “God, Move Over”.

The wicked freely strut about
When what is vile
Is honored among men.

Psalm 12:8

The wicked freely strut about
When what is vile
Is honored among men.

Psalm 12:8