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We also stated that the fatal flaws in revisionism are the presuppositions
in the revisionists' arguments. If presuppositions in one theory
are set against presuppositions in an opposing theory, the scientific
method should be to adopt the theory with the least number of
presuppositions. In Bible revisionism the whole scheme is shot
through with preconceived ideas based on the subjective whims
of the revisionists. The granddaddy assumption is their belief
that God has not performed miracles and therefore all of history
is an extension of evolutionary processes from the "Big Bang"
right on up to "Homo sapiens". Other assumptions include
the belief that writings and redactors existed, neither of which
can be empirically demonstrated.
If the Modernist revisionists will not accept the miracles of
the Bible, and if they likewise reject the testimony of early
Christian writers, we now ask if they will accept the testimony
of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus who lived from A.D. 37
to ca. 117, whose works have been an important part of history
from that time. Although little known to rank and file citizens
of today, Josephus should have been taught in our schools, because
he was an eye witness to the events surrounding the destruction
of the second temple in Jerusalem and was undoubtedly exposed
to the earliest of Christian writings. Historians rely heavily
on him for details of that part of Jewish history which events
substantively affected Christianity and Western civilization.
Why have we not heard more of Josephus? One reason is that the
Jews lost interest in him for what they called his betrayal of
their uprising against the Romans, and another reason is that
he was too sympathetic to Christians. He even stated that Jesus
was the Messiah, but some have contested this statement, attributing
it to later Christian copyists. It was Christians who preserved
Josephus, not Jews, and the notable scholar William Whiston who
translated Josephus into English in 1737 made an excellent case
for the authenticity of the Messiah statement, and SMYRNA believes
that Josephus was certainly capable of such a remark. We believe
that the detractors of Josephus were either Talmudists or their
cohorts.
Whiston even believed that Josephus was the Christian bishop
of Jerusalem in his old age (about AD. 100-115?).
One of Whiston's best pieces of evidence that Josephus became
a "catholic Christian" is a fragment containing part
of a homily written probably between A.D. 95 and A.D. 115 which
was obviously authored by a Christian. It makes use of New Testament
scriptures, and, according to Whiston bears the "brand"
of Josephus. His arguments for the Josephus authorship are interesting,
and perhaps he is correct.
But whether or not Josephus wrote the homily, it is excellent
testimony for the existence of the New Testament as we know it
and therefore helps to refute Humanist revisionists such as Westar
Institute "scholars".
But what about extra-biblical miracles? Josephus tells of some
pretty uncanny events that occurred during the years leading to
the final destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in A.D. 70.
(1) One Jesus, son of Ananus, a plebeian and husbandman, four
years before the war began when there was peace, began to cry
out, "A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice
from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house,
a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against
this whole people!" He kept this up for seven years and
five months until the end of that horrible tribulation, even
though punished severely.
(2) A star resembling a sword stood over Jerusalem and a comet
that continued a whole year were seen by the populace.
(3) On the eighth day of the month Nisan sometime before the
war, "so great a light shone round the alter and the holy
house, that it appeared to be bright day time..." which lasted
for half an hour.
(4) At the same festival a heifer, as she was led by the high
priest to be sacrificed, brought forth a lamb in the midst of
the temple.
(5) The eastern gate of the [inner court] of the temple, which
was of brass and very heavy, usually shut by twenty men, anchored
with iron very deep in the floor which was made of one huge stone,
opened of its own accord about the sixth hour of the night (midnight).
Those on watch ran to the captain who [we presume with his men]
were able with great difficulty to shut it again.
(6) A few days after the same festival on the twentieth day of
Jyar, an incredible phenomenon appeared: before sun set, chariots
and troops of soldiers in armor were seen running about among
the clouds.
(7) At the feast of Pentecost the priests were going into the
inner court at night to perform their duties, when they felt a
quaking and heard a great noise and also a sound as of a great
multitude saying, "Let us remove hence."
Joseph us stated that many unlearned saw these signs as good
omens, but that the scribes and other learned predicted that they
foreshadowed desolation. Josephus admitted that these things
sounded like fables but they were witnessed by too many people
to doubt their validity.(1) And SMYRNA adds that many of the
priests of the temple were converted to Christianity because
of the phenomena that occurred in those years.
(1) For all these phenomena see Josephus' "The Wars of the
Jews", Bk. VI chp. V.
(2) Durant, Will, "The Age of Faith", Simon & Schuster,
NY, 1950, p. 348
Many Christians at that time felt that this was providential
prohibition of the reestablishment of a religion and commonwealth
that had been so severely judged by God some 291 years earlier.
This should tell us something about present day plans to rebuild
the temple, supported by many ignorant and doctrinally wayward
dispensationalist Christians.
How do they answer the facts of history? What can they say against
the above ancient records and phenomena? Usually, when cornered,
they try to "pull rank", i.e., their "scholars"
are eminent - some of them occupy prominent positions in leading
universities. But this is nothing less than an arrogance of power;
when they take this tack they have already forfeited the argument.
But, alas! This is the usual manifestation of the pseudo-liberal,
pseudo-intellectual mind.
We ask again, was Josephus right when he testified to the Mosaic
authorship of the Pentateuch and the miracles that occurred prior
to and during the Jewish war against Rome? For if he was, then
Modernist revisionists haven't a leg on which to stand.
SAN FRANCISCO - Prof. Dean Kenyon of San Francisco State University
has won a victory for academic freedom and also for creationism.
A biologist with a doctorate from Stanford, he co-wrote a textbook
on evolutionary theory but became "frustrated with the gaps
in scientific knowledge (the "missing links" in the
fossil record) and came to believe that life was too complicated
to have emerged from natural forces alone..." He began to
speak of an "intelligent designer" that must have aided
in life's creation, and eventually helped write another textbook
in which the belief that "life is like a manufactured object,
the result of intelligent shaping of maller" was included.
But evolutionists didn't take his defection lying down. The
National Center for Science Education at Berkeley (dear old Berkeley
again!), committed to debunking creationism, dismisses Kenyon's
view as a "religiously inspired caricature of evolutionary
theory." One would be hard put to find greater arrogance
than that exhibited by hard core evolutionists. Anyone who disagrees
with evolution is automatically a religious nut to them, regardless
of academic credentials. They have even defined who is a scientist
and who is not, and you guessed it - creationists aren't.
Over the years Kenyon skirmished with John Kelley, head of the
biology department, who tried to stop Kenyon's lecturing on creationist
views. Recently, five students complained about Kenyon and the
new head of the department, John Hafemik, "took a hard line".
He revised Kenyon's teaching schedule, assigning another to his
introductory course in biology.
Finally, Kenyon took his case to the academic freedom committee
which decided that Kelley and Hafemik had removed Kenyon from
the class without due process; and that the two administrators
had violated his academic freedom to teach creationist ideas.
Kenyon then went to the American Association of University Professors
which urged the department chairman and dean to reinstate Kenyon,
who then urged the academic senate to debate his case. It Overwhelmingly
decided in his favor, but Hafemik and Kelley say that the situation
hasn't ended yet. They may sit in on Kenyon's classes to judge
his performance. We wonder if they can resist the truth of a
balanced view of the life sciences.
Although Kenyon does not use the term "creationism"
because he doesn't want to be labelled a biblical fundamentalist,
he has nevertheless made a dent in the arrogant armor of exclusivist
evolutionism, and that's a plus for creationism.
(3) See Eph. 6:12
Editor of "Christianity Today":
Regarding your interview of Pastor John Huffman, Jr. of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California (Nov. 22, 1993)
on the homosexual issue:
Pastor Huffman, like so many other pastors, is caught in one
of the most devastating cross fires of controversy in modern church
history. In the world's terms it is "hell if you do and
hell if you don't", and that's exactly how Christ's enemies
want it. Therein lies a tale so bizarre that most evangelicals
wouldn't believe it, consequently they are being demised systematically.
Huffman, in his legitimate and commendable desire to be all things
to all men and women, i.e., empathetically accessible, will not
be able to satisfy everyone. In the process he is making several
mistakes:
(1) He equates adultery, gossiping and homosexuality in their
degree of sinfulness, and, perhaps in the mind of God he's right,
strictly from a theological perspective. But, sinful as all three
are they are not equal cosmologically. Homosexuality hits at
the very heart of God's creative design for replenishing the earth.
Even if one accepts the evolutionary model, it should be clear
that males and females are necessary (for the "higher"
animals) while homosexuals defeat the schema. Neither adultery
nor gossiping accomplish this destructive end.
(2) Admitting practicing homosexuals to church membership is
analogous to admitting openly practicing adulterers, child molesters,
rapists, et al. Repentance plays little or no part in such a
procedure. Only if there is a genuine recognition of personal
sin and a desire on the part of the applicant to change his/her
lifestyle, is membership justified. To say, "I'm a homosexual
and I believe that my lifestyle is simply an alternative one"
is totally unacceptable. The adulterer and gossiper are in the
same category. And even when one is admitted after exhibiting
a contrite heart, some progress on the problem must be evidenced
regularly. Pastor Huffinan did not make that clear.
(3) Mr. Huffman said he became "close friends" with
a homosexual admitted to membership in the church. That person
later died of AIDS. I have great difficulty with such a relationship.
Close friendship requires an intimacy of commonality that heterosexuals
and homosexuals can never experience. We should not confuse Jesus'
association with sinners with intimate friendships. He compassionately
called them to repentance, not to share in the circle of the redeemed.
And if church membership is consciously not an association of
the redeemed, then we had better re-examine our doctrine of ecclesiology.
...Signed: SMYRNA + address etc...
In the conversation captured on tape, Peter Melzer, teacher at
the elite Bronx High School of Science, was advising a school
librarian to keep his membership in NAMBLA a secret until he has
tenure.
John Miller of WNBC-TV who broke the story said: "We thought
these guys were people who lurk around outside schools. What
we found was, they lurk around inside the schools." The
U.S. News report stated: "Child molesters don't just hang
around playgrounds. They apply for jobs at schools, camps, the
Boy Scouts, Big Brothers, YMCAs. 'Boy lovers' love to work where
the boys are."
It is incredible that these facts have been known by sensible
people for ages, but by and large homosexuals continue to get
good press. Remember the recent pressure brought to bear on the
Boy Scouts by Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, and Levi Strauss?
Remember that they withheld direct funding of the Boy Scouts
because that organization refused to hire homosexuals as scout
masters? This writer promptly closed his account with B of A
because of that issue. We learned later that the bank lost a
lot of money over it. Good!
It should be obvious that "Boy lovers love to work where
the boys are." But America is possessed of a dual personality
- America is schizophrenic concerning morals. While virtually
all citizens are heterosexuals (the best stats claim 1.5 - 2 %
are homosexuals) they seem paralyzed when asked to take a stand
for moral sanity. Many heterosexuals maintain a "to each
his own" attitude, not wishing to be too harsh on someone
who is "also a human being". Too many Christians want
to "love everybody" just like the Freudian sheriff in
the old West who loved the Ringo Kid just before he was shot dead
by that outlaw.
Is there a principle that we can desperately grab onto in the
swirling flood waters of this perishing culture? Must we be trapped
between the "love everybody" vs. the "hang 'em
all" factions? What is the Christian ethic?
We can take our pick between total pacifism or reasonable law
and order. The pacifists say they trust God so completely that
they will not lift a hand against any sort of physical attack
against them or their families. At least they believe they would
respond in that manner; most of them have never been put to the
test. They believe that "all things work together for good
to them that love God"(4) and God is in total control of
any and all of life's scenarios. If God wants them or their children
dead or mutilated, they should submit without question. If God
does not want them harmed He will protect them completely.
(4) Rom. 8:28.
On the other hand we have the reasonable law and order people.
They believe that God wants order maintained in society and that
entails enforcement of laws against crime and criminals. Christian
law and order advocates believe that Christians should serve as
law enforcement officers, in the military, etc. They do not
oppose capital punishment or self defense.
Both of these schools of thought have genuine Christians as partisans,
but which is correct? What does Jesus want us do? To be specific
in this month's SMYRNA, what should be done about the homosexual
problem? Are they criminals? Are they mentally ill? What should
the Christian attitude toward them be?
It is clear that Jesus recognized sin and taught against it.
He went even further. He taught that the mere harboring of immoral
thoughts is sin. That being the case, all have sinned.(5) Why,
then, should we punish some and not everyone? The answer is that
an orderly society, as free from crime as possible, is not only
desirable, it is necessary to prevent its complete disintegration.
America is now on the verge of disintegration because morality
has plummeted and crime is rampant.
(5) Rom. 3:23
One of the definitions of crime, as found in Black's Law Dictionary,
is: "...a breach and violation of the public right and of
duties due to the whole community..."(6) For our purposes
here, however, it is an act implemented against another person
to the harm of that person. Some acts are obviously more serious
than others. We do not wish to enter the field of the philosophy
of law, but we do wish to maintain that ultimately, good laws
come from God. The state may enact good laws and when it does
they are ultimately from God. Atheists/humanists will argue against
this claim but it is obvious to some of us that, left alone, sinful
humans will inevitably enact laws that are destructive to society.
We see that happening now.
(6) Fourth Edition, West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN, 1951.
Well, should Christians turn off and drop out of the law making
process? Should we retreat into the temporarily comfortable niche
of total pacifism? If we do, we can be absolutely certain that
the devil's disciples will make the laws, those laws will not
be God's laws, society will suffer greatly, and Christians (children
too) will suffer right along with it.
Many Christians do not believe that America was established on
the foundation of God's laws; that America has never been a Christian
nation. We think they are looking with a magnifying glass at
the forest and therefore see only the trees. It doesn't matter
if America has had a preponderance of "Christians" in
its citizenry; the fact is that the Constitution and common law
were the best that history has ever known (exception: government
under the judges of Old Testament times).
Did Jesus support good law enforcement? He recognized the power
of the state and said that we should give to the state that which
belongs to it. But the other side of the coin is that we give
to God that which is rightfully His!(7) And if the two conflict,
which gets preference? God's laws come first! Peter and the
other Apostles made this clear when they told the Sanhedrin: "It
is necessary to obey God rather than men."(8) In America
the Constitution is the supreme law of the land even though it
has been trashed by the Supreme Court and other govern- ment agencies.
We should give our allegiance to it, not to government edicts
that violate it.
(7) Matt. 22:21. (8) Acts 5:29.
How did we digress so far from pedophiles in the public schools?
The point is that God's laws forbid, and former common law in
America forbade such behavior patterns. The fact that they are
now condoned is prima facie evidence of how far the atheistic/humanistic
power base has dragged us from that which is right - right in
the sight of God and in interaction with one another.
Don't misunderstand SMYRNA. We dislike journalism when it fails
to tell the truth or when it distorts truth. But we support that
journalism which brings skulduggery to light, and it appears that
there are enough witnesses revealing the private life of Michael
Jackson to warrant criminal prosecution. However, not a peep
from dear ol' Liz about the strong evidence; just emotional appeal
to support her dear friend (kissing friends, that is).
We wondered in a former SMYRNA issue what the connection is between
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. She followed him half way
around the world to rescue him from himself and to broadcast his
"innocence". What's the deal? For one thing she is
a continuing crusader for AIDS research and we believe a supporter
for homosexual rights. She is also a Jewish proselyte. Naturally
she wields a lot of influence because she is a talented artist.
It seems all talented artists are thought of as also possessing
infinite wisdom. Their lives can be (and often are) examples
of abject failure but their fans ascribe to them god-like qualities.
In Liz's case she went through seven or eight husbands. We believe
that alone disqualifies her from any reasonable consideration
as possessing sterling character, great wisdom and a shining role
model.
Dear Lord, deliver us from this stinking mess of ignorance, stupidity,
and immorality! [IN THE NAME OF YAHSHUA THE CHRIST! --BeWISE]
One of the signs of the times in our debased culture is that
the public is being cajoled into judging someone's guilt or innocence
by popular vote, either by poll or by personal appeal. "How
many of you in our viewing audience think that Tonya Harding is
guilty? How many think her innocent? How many of you favor letting
Rodney King off? Well, what about Bill and Hillary?" Pretty
soon we may dismantle the criminal justice system (it certainly
needs overhauling) and hold court on TV by popular vote. It would
save time and money, and don't think the dummies won't go for
it.
Assuming that the vandalism was in fact done by haters of Jews,
we believe it is incorrect to label it as acts of anti-Semitism
for the following reason:
An extension of Middle East hatreds and acts of violence is present
in the U.S. Arabs are Semites, even more so than Jews. How, then,
can Semites commit acts of anti-Semitism? Furthermore, the same
kind of vandalism is wreaked on Arabs in America. The Nov/Dec
1993 issue of the "Washington Report On Middle East Affairs"
printed a letter from Anne Marie Weiss-Armush of Dallas who stated
that her car and other properties have been vandalized twenty
times since she moved there from Saudi Arabia six years ago, all
because she exhibits bumper stickers such as:
"THE U.S. GAVE ISRAEL $6.3 BILLION THIS YEAR. HAVE YOU
PAID YOUR SHARE?"
The Dallas police told her that the vandalism against her is
her fault for displaying such "anti-Jewish" sentiments.
Ironically, those who vandalize her could be labelled "anti-Semites"
because she is a Semite.
But we suggest that the damages done to Jewish synagogues and
the damages done to Arab property is simply the extension of that
war in the Middle East. Unless the Jews who suffer vandalism
can prove that the vandals have no connection with Middle East
hatreds we suggest that they refrain from calling it "anti-Semitism".
[It should be further noted that most Jews are not even Semites
themselves! -BeWISE]
(The following was excerpted from a flyer created by Dale Crowley,
Jr., a Washington, DC based minister who hosts a radio show.)
Please while in Washington be sure to visit the new U.S. HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL MUSEUM
In the museum be sure to see the 15 minute film entitled
"ANTISEMITISM"
After viewing the film, please see if you agree with these
observations:
1. THE FILM ACCUSES "SOME GOSPEL WRITERS" OF LYING
ABOUT THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
2. THE FILM BLAMES CHRISTIANITY FOR ANTISEMITISM.
3. THE FILM MAKES NO MENTION OF ANTISEMITISM PRIOR TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT ERA. Did you know
* that the priceless property upon which this "museum"
stands was given to "God's chosen people" by the American
people, many of whom are Christians?
* that $40,000 per day ($15.4 million annually) was appropriated
by Congress to maintain this "museum" in which daily
assaults against the Christian doctrines of inspiration and inerrancy
are conducted?
* that Billy Graham raised money for this "museum"
in which there are daily assaults on our Christian faith?
* that although "God's chosen people" promised that
this "museum" would remain 100 percent a private Jewish
institution, it has already become - by their design and efforts
- a U.S. government facility?
* that broadcasters, pastors, teachers and other Christian "leaders"
bring their followers on pilgrimages to visit the "museum",
view the film ANTISEMITISM with its assault against Christianity,
and return to their homes without one word of protest?
* that the reason America's famous broadcasters, pastors, teachers
and writers refuse to condemn this tax-supported anti-Christian
bigotry is because they are terrified of being accused of being
antisemitic?
* that many American Jews have condemned this "museum"
and its Christian bashing?
* that I have been subjected to public slander, cursing, abuse,
battery and spitting because of my protest against the anti-Christian
bigotry advanced by this "museum" with public funds?
* that if there were a publicly funded Christian institution
in Washington bashing Judaism daily, the uproar would be deafening,
and the bashing wouldn't survive 48 hours?
READ THE WISE WORDS OF CHRISTIAN JEW HAVIV SCHIEBER CONCERNING
THIS "MUSEUM" AND "ANTISEMITISM".
"All the people of the world build monuments to their successes,
their glories, and their heroes. Only my Jewish brethren build
monuments to their defeats and shame.
"There's no business like shoah business.
"If there was no antisemitism in the world, my Jewish brethren
would invent it. They have to have it to survive.
"My Jewish brethren love to hate. They cannot forgive.
"Nazism made me afraid to be a Jew. Zionism makes me ashamed
to be a Jew.
"My Jewish brethren always go too far. Then comes the backlash."
END OF CROWLEY'S FLYER.
(The following is the title of a newsletter produced by the International
Information Dept. of the World Jewish Congress, 501 Madison Ave.,
NY, NY 10022; Evelyne Kayess, Editor. SMYRNA has excerpted portions
of it.)
DATELINE WORLD JEWRY January 1994 Focus: NORTH AMERICA
The director of the F.B.I., Louis Freeh, has told Germany that
the U.S. will clamp down on American publishers of neo-Nazi propaganda.
The publication of Nazi symbols and slogans is prohibited in
Germany, but not in the U.S., and neo-Nazi material printed abroad
can be legally imported to Germany. (SMYRNA: see our Feb. Issue,
pp. 10-11. This is very important to the Jews, but it may end
in loss of free press to some in America. Remember, anyone who
vigorously disagrees with Jewish-Israeli policies may be labelled
a neo-Nazi.)
The University of Alabama's marching band has removed crosses
from its flag corps banners after receiving complaints that it
was improperly promoting religion in a halftime show. The crosses
were removed before the Southeastern Conference football championship
game in Birmingham. (SMYRNA: guess who complained.)
The Hungarian government has signed an agreement cancelling all
visa requirements with the State of Israel. Hungary is the first
country in central Europe to drop the requirements.
Bolivia, which had a Jewish community of about 10,000 Jews at
the end of World War II, today has only about 630 Jews left, about
470 in La Paz, 110 in Cochbamba, and 40 in Santa Cruz.
The chief judge of Berlin's highest appeals tribunal has touched
a nerve by suggesting that his panel move into a courtroom once
used by the notorious Nazi judge Roland Freisler. [SMYRNA: Again
- will they ever let it rest? Others have long since gone on
with their lives after war time atrocities. 12-18 million Christians
were liquidated by the Communists whose leadership was largely
Jewish. Are we still moaning and groaning? As Jewish Haviv Schieber
(see above) said: "My Jewish brethren love to hate. They
cannot forgive."]
The Center for Diseases Control in Atlanta - you know, that government
outfit that lies to us about AIDS - is now in the business of
gun control. Yes, that's right, CDC now categorizes wounds and
deaths resulting from gun use as DISEASES! And the bureaucracy
is spending taxpayers' money to lobby and advertise against gun
ownership. This national health organization says it expects
guns to outpace automobiles as the number one cause of injury
deaths by 2003. And it is urging state and local health authorities
to get in on the act.
But "Gun Week", a pro-gun owners periodical, states
that accidental fatalities involving firearms have been consistently
shrinking year after year despite the fact that the number of
firearms has been increasing. "Gun Week" furnishes math
calculations and stats to document its claims.
However, the thing that concerns SMYRNA is that CDC is being
allowed to spend our money in such a manner. It can't even handle
true diseases; now it wants to distort information about guns!
WAS JOSEPHUS RIGHT?
Last month's SMYRNA dealt with Bible revisionism and its destructive
effect on Christianity, and we called it a hate crime. We stated
that the revisionists claim that Moses did not write the Pentateuch
and that Jesus said only 20% of what the Gospels attribute to
Him, and that He did not rise from the dead, and they are acclaimed
"scholars"! But if anyone says that the Jewish "holocaust"
did not happen, they are condemned as anti-Semites or neo-Nazis
perpetrating a hate crime. This is clear evidence that a double
standard culture flourishes.
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MIRACLES WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT
Orthodox Christians believe that God has performed miracles over
the course of history. We won't take the space here to define
miracles, but we accept the definitions established by orthodox,
traditional theologians. Let us just state that we accept the
miracles of the Bible at face value, i.e., when Jesus raised Lazarus
from the dead, we believe that Lazarus was dead and in the tomb
four days and Jesus gave him life as we know it. The parting
of the Red Sea, the water from the rock in the desert, the pause
of the sun (actually the pause of the earth's rotation) in Joshua's
time, the miracles of Jesus such as walking on water, healing
the lame and blind, raising the dead, feeding the multitudes,
and many more.
ANOTHER HISTORICAL PHENOMENON
In A.D. 361 the Roman emperor Julian reversed the prohibitions
against Jews that had been placed on them because of their numerous
rebellions, and gave permission for the rebuilding of the temple
with state funds. But as workers started digging the foundation,
flames sprang from the ground and burned many to death. They
tried again but met the same results. They therefore abandoned
the rebuilding of the temple.(2)
LETS RETURN TO MODERN REVISIONISM
We stated before that contemporary New Testament revisionists
have concocted elaborate hypotheses to deny the historical origins
of those scriptures. Old Testament revisionists, euphemistically
called "higher critics", operated from nearly identical
motives. Their first premise was (and is) that religion evolved
from the primitive to the sophisticated - that it was not revealed
by a creator. They fell for the lie of the evolution of the universe,
consequently everything else must be the result of that process.
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VICTORY FOR TRUE LIBERALISM
(The following is excerpted and edited from a story by Laura
Kurtzman of the "San Jose Mercury News", 1/11/94)
THEY'RE ALL ALIKE
When it comes to dogmatism supreme, the evolutionists and biblical
revisionists capture the prize. They own a corner on the market
of truth and since they have gained power through chairs in the
universities and enjoy a near monopoly in the mass media, one
can appreciate the great uphill battle which we fight against
these powers of darkness. Although "powers of darkness"
may seem too strong for some, SMYRNA cringes not at identifying
the principalities and powers in high places against whom we wrestle.(3)
[AMEN! -BeWISE]
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PASTORS ARE PLAGUED BY HOMOSEXUAL ISSUE
February 12, 1994
(The following letter was sent to "Christianity Today")
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PEDOPHILES IN THE SCHOOLS
John Leo wrote an article for "U.S. News & World Report"
10/11/93 revealing that pedophiles (literally "child lovers"
but here "boy lovers") are in our public schools, or
at least in some schools. He tells of how WNBC-TV caught a pedophile
group on tape in the atrium of the Citicorp building in NY, members
of NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Assoc.)
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LIZ DECLARES MICHAEL INNOCENT,
CONDEMNS "FREE" PRESS - TRIAL BY EMOTIONS, -AGAIN
On Feb. 22nd Michael Jackson's family produced an awards show
on NBC TV which turned out to be nothing more nor less than a
propaganda hype to rouse emotional support for the beleaguered
performer as he is accused of being a child molester. The highlight
was at the end when Liz Taylor extolled Michael's virtues and
said he would triumph over this adversity. She then berated "tabloid
journalism" saying, "Enough of tabloid TV!" She
urged viewers to destroy tabloids by not buying their wares.
So much for Liz's views on the First Amendment.
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A WAR BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS
The Feb. 11 issue of the "Forward" newspaper, a Jewish
publication in NY, reported that five synagogues in Chicago were
vandalized recently. Of course they blame it on "anti-Semitism".
But is that an accurate assessment?
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EUROPE
A new agreement has been signed which will allow Haifa University
academics unprecedented access to Russian Foreign Ministry archives
on the Middle East. The agreement sets up a joint publishing
project between Haifa University's Jewish-Arab Center and the
Russian Federation's Foreign Ministry.
ISRAEL
A group of 39 Jews from Burma, who claim to be descendants of
the lost tribe of Menashe, has emigrated to Israel. The group,
consisting of single people between the ages of 17 and 30, has
undergone formal conversion to Judaism and received new immigrant
status in Israel.
LATIN AMERICA
After a long judiciary career that began in the 1950's, Marcos
Libedinsky is the first Jew to become a member of Chile's Supreme
Court. Libedinsky was a member of the Zionist youth movement.
NAZI LEGACY
General Motors has blamed the U.S. government for scuttling the
sale of its Allison Transmission subsidiary to German competitor
ZF Friedrichshafen AG. The proposed deal had brought objections
from Holocaust survivors, who protested that ZF's work building
Panzer tanks for Hitler's Nazi Germany in World War II made it
the wrong company to buy Allison, which makes high-tech transmissions
used in the U.S. Army's M-1 tank. (SMYRNA: Good grief! Will
they never let it rest? AND - look who has the clout with our
government.)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Archaeologists have uncovered scores of ancient scrolls in the
ruins of a Byzantine church that collapsed more than 1,400 years
ago in the Jordanian desert city of Petra. The papyrus scrolls
could be as old as the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, according to a
spokesperson from the archaeological team.
AROUND & ABOUT
In Abbaijudaya, Uganda, there is an African community which claims
to be Jewish. The community has three synagogues and members
speak Hebrew. The last Israeli ambassador was aware of the community,
but contact with it ceased when Uganda broke diplomatic relations
with Israel in 1973.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT
Smyrna wishes to thank all of you who have sent in pertinent
news clippings and other materials for our use. You may not have
received a personal note of thanks, but please know that we appreciated
all of you who thought of Smyrna.
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CDC GETS INTO THE ACT
(News taken from "Gun Week", Feb. 11,1994, p. 11.
comments by Smyrna.)
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