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These hagiographic pictures are displayed in Denver during the DNC featuring the One.

With a Fox News helicopter overhead and police at bay below, pro-lifers are more than halfway toward their official Guinness Book of World Records attempt to display the largest ever protest sign.

Earlier this year I wrote what, at the time, I thought was a tongue in cheek column titled, "Obama The Antichrist? Hmm." The commentary was in response to what I believed was an irrationally positive response to the Obama presidential run. There seemed to be a mystical quality surrounding Obama's campaign. People were fainting, journalists were saying their legs were tingling while listening to Obama's speeches, it seemed very strange to me. In fact, it seemed so strange, I tried to make light of the situation with my commentary. However, since I wrote the piece, I have learned some Obama...

In this audio Obama coldly claims two doctors helping a baby born alive after a botched abortion would be a burden for the aborting mother when he is arguing against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act at the Illinois state legislature April 2002. Obama doesn’t care about the baby getting the medical attention, just whether or not the aborting mother is burdened.

"The first Reformation was about beliefs. This one needs to be about behavior.… We’ve had a Reformation; what we need now is a transformation." [1] Rick Warren "The transition... to a culture of peace is a process of individual, collective and institutional transformation."[2] UNESCO Culture of Peace Programme "Citizenship for the next century is learning to live together. The 21st Century city will be a city of social solidarity.... We have to redefine the words... [and write a new] social contract." [3] Federico Mayor, former head of UNESCO. "A sea change of transitions and transformations is birthing a whole new...

Spokesman: Obama doesn't think McCain tried to cast him as antichrist [UPDATED] In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody last night, Obama didn't dispute the theory that McCain is portraying him as the antichrist -- though an aide said he didn't intend to respond directly to that part of the question, and that he disagrees with Democrats who think McCain's advertising campaign has sought to cast Obama as the antichrist. From the interview:

Contact: Beverly Rykerd, 719-481-0537, Beverly@rykerd.comCAROL STREAM, Ill., Aug. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- John McCain's campaign ad "The One" has generated a lot of buzz regarding the "Left Behind Series." Political commentators are comparing McCain's portrayal of competitor Barack Obama with the blockbuster apocalyptic series' depiction of the antichrist. But even the series authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins don't think Obama is the antichrist. What may have been created as a farce has generated a firestorm of controversy on the internet. LaHaye and Jenkins take a literal interpretation of prophecies found in the Book of Revelation. They believe the antichrist...

"Lincoln Chafee has a long history of being one of the least supportive Senators of the American-Israel relationship, and having lost the most recent election, is now teaching students international affairs at Brown University.He also has a history of expressing views that are certainly not warm towards our embattled ally. Rita Hauser is a fierce critic of Israel; an activist who tours the country promoting anti-Israel views."

McCain Web Ad Is Accused of Linking Obama to Antichrist (Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2008 page A5) reports, Critiques of the ad started surfacing earlier this week when Eric Sapp, a Democratic operative, circulated the first of two memos pointing out images that he believed linked Sen. Obama to the antichrist. “Short of 666, they used every single symbol of the antichrist in this ad,” said Mr. Sapp, who advises Democrats on reaching out to faith communities. “There are way too many things to just be coincidence.” McCain campaign staffers have taken to calling Sen. Obama “The One” in...

“At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It’s the art of the impossible.” -- Barack Obama “If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God’s edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one’s life on such uncompromising commitments may be sublime, but to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.” Barack Obama in the same June Speech. [transcript from his own senate website]http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060628-call_to_renewal/ [Here is part of Obama's speech] Moreover, given the increasing diversity of America’s population, the dangers of sectarianism have never been greater. Whatever we once...

When it comes to the end times, there isn't much that I agree with Hal Lindsey about. Hal Lindsey, author of the huge (and phenomenally misguided) "Late Great Planet Earth" and rapture promoter wrote a column last week comparing the reception received by Barack Obama on his world tour to the reception that the Antichrist will one day receive. After describing some of the detail of Obama's trip, Lindsey says this: And the Bible says that such a leader will soon make his appearance on the scene. It won't be Barack Obama, but Obama's world tour provided a foretaste of...

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During lunch 18 months ago, Dr. Ben Johnson had an epiphany as Dr. Aisha Jumaan, a Muslim, spoke to him about her faith and her experience of God. "It came to me that this woman loves and worships the same God I do," says Johnson, a Christian. "I had this sharpened awareness that in that moment she was in touch with God, just as I was. It was a dawning and an awakening, and it was liberating because it liberates you from standing on a pedestal and looking down on someone else." It also inspired Johnson to take on a...

Did anyone notice that when Barack Hussein Obama spoke to 200,000 people in Germany today (Thursday) that he addressed them as "Citizens of the world.....this is our hour"? He very eeriely, sounded just like I've always imagined that the Anti-Christ would sound when he makes his world debut. I'm not saying he is; I don't think he meets all the qualifictions. Just my observation.

Berliners Jam Park to Hear, Touch Obama in Concert Atmosphere By Patrick Donahue July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Berlin's city center took on the atmosphere of a rock concert as more than 200,000 people jammed the German capital's Tiergarten park to hear U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. Spectators chanted ``yes we can,'' Obama's catchphrase, as the 46-year-old senator stressed the shared ``burdens of global citizenship'' that bind the U.S. and Europe. Beer and sausage vendors lining the park provided refreshments. ``He's extremely charismatic -- I've never seen anybody like this,'' said Wolfgang Zuchowsky, a 73-year-old retired police officer from Berlin. ``It's...

STATEMENT ON THE ANTICHRIST Introduction to the StatementAs Martin Luther grew in his appreciation of the gospel, he also grew in his recognition that the Papacy is the Antichrist. A 1954 WELS pamphlet entitled Antichrist put it this way: “It was because Luther cherished the Gospel so dearly that his faith instinctively recoiled and protested in unmistakable terms when the Pope put himself in the place of Christ and declared His work insufficient and in vain. That is the use to which Luther’s faith put the prophecy of Scripture. For him the tenet that the Pope is the Antichrist was...

Now that we have established our definition of Antichrist we can start with simple quotes and study of the Bible that will enlighten the mind and focus a beam of truth at phrases and logos being used to describe our so called Messiah. "People will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be objects of hatred... and many false prophets will arise and mislead many." -Matthew 24:9, 11. Obviously many people can be placed on the shortlist of representing the antichrist including, I believe, our so called messiah, Senator Obama. During times like these with...

I talked about this a bit yesterday, but now I have the exact quote before me, so I want to cover it again. On the night that Barack Obama clinched the Democrat nomination he was in St. Paul, Minnesota – there to deliver this absolute gem of a quote: "I am absolutely certain that generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick. This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the polar opposite of John F. Kennedy. Judging from recent comments, Mr. Obama apparently would pay no price, bear no burden, forsake any hardship, support any foe and oppose any friend that wished to pursue liberty. Mr. Obama thinks he can negotiate with evil and transform evil into something else. Initially his foreign policy platform was a naive pledge to meet "unconditionally" with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and other nations dominated by dictators. In recent days he has changed his tune somewhat. He would still meet with the heads of...

Jerusalem - Jerusalem must be included in any negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authrity, stressed Sen. Barack Obama's Middle East adviser Daniel Kurtzer. "It will be impossible to make progress on serious peace talks without putting the future of Jerusalem on the table," Kurtzer said yesterday at a conference organized by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute or JPPPI. Kutzer... was appointed as a primary Obama adviser on the Middle East earlier this year.

I have been to the outpouring in Lakeland twice with my family. I was wondering if any other Freepers have been as well. We went when it was still in Ignited Church which holds 700. It has moved to a church in Auburndale that holds 3,000, they then moved it to the Lakeland Convention Center that holds 9,000 and then to Lakeland Tigers Baseball stadium that holds nearly 12,000. Tonight it will be at Lakeland/Linder Airport, Sun and Fun Grounds. We have seen lots of healings and miracles. It has been going on for over 35 days and will be...

Is Barack Obama the AntiChrist? He was born in Honolulu a city of seven hills with seven streams leading to the bay. He has taken a metaphorical wound to the head (Pastor Wright) and has recovered with no marks. He has deceived intelligent people with his aura of empty promises. You be the judge.

<p>In his upcoming biography of Jesus, "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven will make the shocking claim that Christ probably was the son of Mary and a Roman soldier who raped her during the Jewish uprising in Galilee.</p> <p>An Amsterdam publishing house said Wednesday it will publish the Dutch filmmaker's biography of Jesus, "Jesus of Nazareth: A Realistic Portrait," in September.</p>

     The Whores of Babble-On April 17, 2008 Right before your eyes, you get to see the Book of Revelations played-out on the political stage. And you thought that this would be a boring campaign season.... It wasn’t until the candidate of “change”, Barack Obama, decided to rub elbows with multi-billionaire Gordon Getty and hundreds of other “regular folks” at a $2300 per head fundraiser that I realized we may be in the midst of the Anti-Christ (these billionaire-millionaire fundraisers occur as Michelle Obama reminds people that, “When you’re given the gift of advocacy, you don’t sell it to the highest...

This video backs up the video evidence posted here yesterday by Lane. This is from this morning, where even ABC News Meredith Viera called Obama on the "distortion" (aka "lie"). But Obama denied it. The video proves him absolutely untruthful ("a liar").

Declaration and Confession of the True Orthodox Christians We, the hierarchs, clergy, and people of the True Orthodox Church, under the presidency of His Beatitude, Auxentius, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, seeing that Ecumenism teaches of a Church of Christ consisting of branches with differing or even opposing doctrines and practices; that it attributes efficacy for salvation to the sacraments of the non-Orthodox—who have lost or never had the canonical form of baptism, and of whom many ordain women to the priesthood and episcopacy, while others do not recognize the priesthood at all; that it manifests these beliefs in...

What was once known to the world as the cradle of freedom and democracy, the United States, the hope of the world, is now known as the world’s greatest hypocrite as it attempts to carry out a program of world hegemony, and does so in the name of “freedom and democracy”. We are at the lowest point in our history in the world’s esteem. We should all hang our heads in shame at what this country has come to. To restore our country’s honor and self-esteem, and reaffirm the fundamental American values from which we have strayed so far, the...

This is the idol that both Barack Obama --and-- Hillary Clinton both look up to! If you want to see the original just type the word "Lucifer" into Amazon's search window--GGG “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer.” --Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971

RFFM.org Commentary by Daniel Zanoza I am a Christian. That means I believe Jesus Christ lived, was crucified, died and was resurrected to atone for my sins. I believe Christ came for all mankind and an individual has the right to reject Christ or to embrace Him. I believe God uses Holy Scripture to communicate with mankind. And, again, all of us have free will to accept these writings as being from God or merely say they are words on a page in a simple book. I will not deny my faith. I don't care if individuals like Eric Zorn...

Many of the world’s major religions have been acculturated into many different regions of the world. For example, Islam has become the dominant religion in the Middle East, North Africa, and other parts of Asia. Hinduism and Buddhism have become the dominant religion in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Judaism has become the dominant religion of Israel. Of course, as most Americans would agree, Christianity has become the dominant religion of the United States. It is the religion brought to America by the early explorers and the first colonists. In fact, America’s founding fathers and statesmen, in their actions and...

March 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This past Monday Oprah Winfrey, considered by many to be the world's most influential woman, began a ten-week long online course on the best-selling book, "A New Earth," by New Age guru, Eckhart Tolle. "A New Earth" has already sold some 3.5 million copies worldwide, thanks largely to the publicity given to it by Oprah. According to Oprah, 500,000 people from across the world signed on to the first segment of the online course, to spend an hour and a half listening to Ekhart and Oprah talking about chapter 1 of the book, and taking calls...

There are numerous examples that prove that the name of God and Jesus Christ is being attacked regularly by America’s politically correct government. Many American leaders support the removal of the name of God from the currency of the United States. They support the removal of the name of God from the walls of Federal buildings (the Ten Commandments and encrypted scriptures) and from U.S. government documents, such as flag certificates. They also have tried to prevent the mention of God in the funeral ceremonies for deceased veterans buried in Veteran Administration cemeteries. Of course, everyone should remember the “One...

Is Obama the Anti-Christ? Listen on the Steve Kane show Brian Craig & Steve Kane discuss that question.

Barack Obama criticised over 'cult-like' rallies By William Lowther in Washington Last Updated: 4:24pm GMT 23/02/2008 For many it is simply a sign of his charisma. But for a growing number of Barack Obama sceptics, there is something disturbing about the adulation with which the senator and Democratic presidential frontrunner is greeted as he campaigns for the White House - unnervingly akin to the hysteria of a cult, or the fervour of a religious revival. Thousands wait in line to see him wherever he stops. Members of the audience have taken to rushing the stage during campaign rallies, forcing the...

WASHINGTON -- Much has been made of the religious tenor of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Reports of women weeping and swooning -- even of an audience applauding when The One cleared his proboscis (blew his nose for you mortals) -- have become frequent events in the heavenly realm of Obi-Wan Obama. His rhetoric, meanwhile, drips with hints of resurrection, redemption and second comings. "We are the ones we've been waiting for," he said on Super Tuesday night. And his people were glad. Actually, they were hysterical, the word that best describes what surrounds this young savior and that may be...

Commentary by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director, RFFM.org Are these the end times? Judeo-Christian Scripture tells us there will be signs and wonders at the end of the age, but I'm not sure the Bible had hard core politics in mind. Some may be shocked at the title I have given this piece. To be honest, it took me about ten seconds to decide whether asking the ultimate question would violate some kind of Christian ethic. Let's just say I wrote this column with my tongue almost firmly planted in cheek. The truth is, during the last six months, I...

Also running even with Clinton among core Democrats PRINCETON, NJ -- The momentum in the Democratic nomination race has clearly swung toward Barack Obama. Not only has he won all of the post-Super Tuesday contests, but he has steadily gained in Gallup Poll Daily tracking to the point where he has overtaken Clinton as the national leader for the first time, holding a statistically significant lead in each of the last three tracking poll results. (snip) Obama's standing has improved among most Democratic subgroups over the past several days. But one of the more substantial shifts has been the changing...

I wouldn't vote for this guy in a million years, but dang if he isn't inspirational. He's like a revival preacher. No wonder that the useful idiots vote for him. This guy is a friggin gold mine. He's an ambassador for.... well, for something. He gives the best political speeches I've heard in my whole life. Even better than Reagan. Of course I'd vote for Reagan a million times before I'd ever think about voting for Obama, but... this guy is good. Don't underestimate him.

Obama was speaking to Morgan Freeman when he said, "this guy was president before I was, this guy was God before I was." This was supposed to be a joke, but even jokes can be blasphemy, "and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies." Is there any doubt Obama has a mouth that speaks great things? I am no "end of the world nut", but I find Obama to be a great candidate for being compared to the bible's description of the anti-christ. The anti-Christ is to be given power, "over all kindreds, and tongues,...

Widespread concern is again being focused on the present condition and the destiny of the Christians in the Middle East. There are those who, following the Pope, express in this way their anxiety about the tragedy and suffering undergone by the helpless flock of Christ in the lands where Christianity began. In other cases, the great zeal often appears predetermined by factors of cultural-political alignment.       Few listen to the arguments and the reasons of the Arab Christians. Few take as their starting point a look at what is happening in the Middle Eastern powder keg.       Which is why...

ABC News' Eloise Harper: For the first time the press has been invited to join New York Senator Hillary Clinton on an outing to church - a woman led the congregation, Associate Pastor Rev Jill Flyr. Coincidently the topic of the sermon was the Children's Defense Fund - a cause familiar to Clinton - and one she brings up regularly while campaigning. Flyr said to the audience in her sermon ""let the candidates know that they need to be strong advocates for children." Bonnie Campbell, the owner of the church, served in the Clinton administration as Head of the Violence...

On today's "The Situation Room," Sen. Hillary Clinton opened up about her widely-discussed performance during last week's MSNBC debate. (You can watch the video here on Breitbart.tv) "I wasn't at my best the other night," Clinton told CNN's Candy Crowley. "We have had a bunch of debates, and you know, I wouldn't rank that up in my very top list." Following the debate, Clinton's opponents for the 2008 Democratic nomination (as well as Hillary detractors generally) criticized the New York senator for being dishonest and evasive, and for flip-flopping on several issues. But Clinton disagreed with some of the criticism:...

Anti-Jewish Attacks in US, Columnist Suggests Jews be Christians by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Anti-Semitic activity in the U.S. is on the rise, with two incidents reported this week on the eastern seaboard as top political columnist declares on national television that “it would be better if we were all Christian.” A rabbi suffered critical wounds after being severely beaten in the latest of several anti-Semitic attacks that have hit the community of Lakewood, New Jersey, home of the world-famous Lakewood Yeshiva. Rabbi Mordechai Moskowitz, age 53, was beaten earlier this week as he was walking to a synagogue. The...

...The issue with Coulter is not whether she can sell books, but whether she helps or hurts the side of the political debate she claims to support. In my opinion, Coulter has never been a big help to the effort to build a conservative and Republican majority. Her most recent comments on the relationship of Christianity to Judaism, made on the CNBC show " The Big Idea" with Donnie Deutsch on Monday of this week , may prove particularly damaging... At a time when party affiliation is fraying and a third of Americans consider themselves independent, to build a majority...

I've seen a significant amount of support on this board for Ann Coulter's recent comments on CNBC. Let me explain why that support is misplaced: First, as an initial matter, I don't think Coulter's comments about Jews needing to be "perfected" are offensive at all. As an observant Jew, I obviously don't agree with Coulter. But Coulter's remarks here clearly represent standard Christian belief, and it's wrong and intolerant to condemn someone for her basic religious beliefs (provided, of course, that those beliefs don't cause one to do things like blow up Israeli school children or crash airplanes into buildings)....

You can tell a man's character by how he acts when he's a guest in someone's home. By that standard, Harry Reid has none. No character, no class, no honor. He came to Brigham Young University this week, a guest of the school, and he acted like a fool. A dishonest, arrogant, manipulative fool. Harry Reid is the Senate majority leader, a Democrat, and he is also a Mormon. A stealth Mormon. The kind who doesn't let it get in the way of his politics. Certainly, that is rude and judgmental to say. But given the nature of his remarks...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following the discovery of an ad for a sadomasochistic street parade in San Francisco which mocked the Last Supper replacing Christ and His Apostles with leather-clad (and unclad) homosexuals, Concerned Women for America (CWA) and other groups called on California legislators to denounce the anti-Christianity.  Rather than denounce the ad, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has derisively dismissed any concerns. Drew Hammill, Pelosi's press secretary, responded to media questions on the offensive ad saying, "As a Catholic, the speaker is confident that Christianity has not been harmed." The offensive ad was put together by...

Shahid Masih, 18, was imprisoned in September 2006 accused of having blasphemed Islam. His presumed accomplice, a Muslim released on caution nine months ago, also absolved. The Christian’s mother died from heartbreak following his arrest. Faisalabad (AsiaNews) –A Pakistani Appeals court yesterday ordered the release of the Christian Shahid Masih – 18, in prison since 2006 on blasphemy charges – and declared him “totally innocent” of the charges. The same verdict for his presumed accomplice, Muhammad Ghaffar, Muslim, freed 9 months ago. The two boys were reported by Dr. Arshad Masood, Muslim, who declared that they tore pages from the...

Perhaps it was appropriate this was announced on 9/11 through a campus-wide e-mail, but we were informed that the University of Dayton (OH), a Catholic University established by the Society of Mary, has now set up a "prayer room" for Muslim students and staff, including Korans and "prayer rugs." I do not know if the university felt this was mandated by government regulations (unfortunately, we take government money) or simply an bent knee toward "diversity," but I imagine the Fathers are rolling over in the cemetary.

THE HAGUE: A 22-year-old Dutch-Iranian will launch a campaign on Tuesday for Muslims to have the right to renounce their faith and find support from peers, a view which has made him the victim of three physical attacks. Although similar initiatives have started elsewhere in Europe, Ehsan Jami's group has stirred intense interest in the Netherlands, which has one million Muslims, and has reignited the country's highly-emotive Islam debate. "We have an enormous problem with apostasy in Islam. We see a lot of problems where people want to leave Islam but they can't," Jami said. "There are five sharia schools...