Liberal Values!

Oh these liberal values! The ‘Encouraged’ is also embraced by some non-conservative Republicans, mostly in the younger age category such as Meghan McCain. There is a little respect, but not much love from this crowd for the social and spiritual conservative.

Just look at the ‘Unacceptable’ image of the 2 children in prayer! How can people be against these young hearts praying? But more and more people of the liberal outlook are getting bent out of shape over praying and then, praying in the name of Jesus. The ‘Acceptable’ and the ‘Unacceptable’ gives a depressing clue about whether liberals or conservatives will prevail in the November elections.

From My Conservative Minority Archive

Here is a blast from the past. The following is an old blog post of mine from my former Conservative Minority blog at Opera.

Do You Know About Takiyya?

During my childcare years I came across a few little girls named Takiyya. Most with that name did not have that exact spelling. But I wonder did their mothers know the Islamic meaning of takiyya or did they just see it as an exotic middle east sounding name. When I first heard that name on a little girl, I thought the latter. I did not react like I did when I heard a mother on a bus in north Philly call her son’s name which was Jihad.

Well now I react to hearing Takiyya as a little girl’s name as I did when I heard the little boy being called Jihad. Takiyya means caution fear or disguise and is a Quran approved injunction for Muslims. Takiyya allows for misleading and lying to advance Islam. It is infused into just about all Muslim endeavors and transactions with non-Muslim societies be it sacred or secular.

Sura 2:225 Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intentions in your hearts…

There is growing concern now that Pres. Obama is really a Muslim since his recent Middle East trip. Some are saying that he is practicing takiyya. I am not there (yet) with the “Obama really is a Muslim,” but I do feel he is now unleashing his “simpatico with the Muslims” self. He has extolled the Quran like the bible, claimed the United States is one of the largest growing Muslim nations, and let’s not forget his bowing to the Saudi King. Like I said, I haven’t come to Pres. Obama being a Muslim, but when I put the takiyya injunction into the mix, I can’t help wonder not just about Pres. Obama, but also Muslims in general.

Two examples of actions done in the state of takiyya:

• Remember the Danish Cartoons! Well some Muslims added more “insulting Mohammad” cartoons to the ones that caused the rioting to help whip up the frenzy and violence against Europeans.

• In Pakistan, numerous Muslims backed by mosques bared false witness under oath in accusations of blaspheming Mohammad against Christians and Hindus by presenting such things as torn pages from a Quran. Those accused have been sent off to prison for a long time and their families have become outcasts.

Of course I coud go further with Muslims being in the state of takiyya and the possibilities because of it, but that is at least another post. The two takiyya examples I gave, come from the book The Mosque Exposed by S. Solomon and E. Alamagdisi. The book is about the unrealized power of the Mosque and its emanations. It is a small book which can be read in a few hours, but it is packed with startling information for those who are not quite up on the practices of Muslims from the Mosque.

Christmas Thoughts in 2011

Let me start with telling you that some of this post incorporates some parts of my “Random Thoughts on Christmas” post of last year.

The Christmas wars resumed this year, but I did not hear hardly anything from the Winter Solstice crowd. Last year, the solstice crowd had a strong presence on TV’s morning news programs making their case for Winter Solstice being the true celebration in December, not Christmas or Hanukkah. The Manger displays anger atheists every year, but this year, they are going off the deep end over them. And that holiday tree thing, well that is ridiculous! How is the term Christmas tree offensive to non Christians when they do not have a tree in any holiday celebration in the same month as Christmas?

I am a ‘Merry Christmas’ person and avoid saying ‘Happy Holidays’ at all cost. I do say Happy Hanukkah, because it is a celebration of God’s people (Israel) getting  freedom from the oppressive Syrian-Greeks before the birth of Christ. I do not recognize Kwanzaa, because it is a celebration against the Lord Jesus Christ. Some people see it as just a historical cultural celebration of a set of principles. When Kwanzaa celebrations first came on the scene in this country, some taught that those principles were originally gods. The originator of the American Kwanzaa celebration, Ron Karenga despises the God of the bible. Please do not make the mistake of stereotyping black people in general  as Kwanzaa celebrators.

Christmas to me is not  Santa Claus, all though there is a Christian connection through the German moniker,Kriss Kringle which derives from Christ Child. The Santa Claus image that was given to me for a short time as a child had nothing to do with the Lord Jesus Christ. What I was given was a myth and a lie. My mother ended the Santa Claus thing with me early, because she did not like me believing that an imaginary character was responsible for the gifts under the Christmas tree. She made it clear that the gift came from my father and her, because they loved me. And let me add that my two younger siblings never got the Santa Claus myth and they were still excited as any child about what they would see under the Christmas tree on Christmas day while knowing the truth about who gave them their gifts.

In my household today, everyone believes Jesus is the Reason for the Season. Some say Christmas is pagan, but that is not so. Go here to read more. It is all about the birth of the Savior, who is God’s gift of eternal life to us.

Note: This Christmas will be different for my family, because my 85 years old mother is in a hospital’s ICU. Please keep her in your prayers in Jesus Christ’s name.  Thank  you.

It’s A Christmas Tree

The Rhode Island Governor, Lincoln Chaffee decided to call the Christmas Tree at the state capitol, the Holiday Tree. The only holiday at this time of the year that incorporates a decorated tree into its tradition is Christmas. What other holiday in December does that? So why bother to use the term, holiday to keep from offending others who do not celebrate any kind of Christmas tradition?

 

What Did The Doll Say?

I played with most of the popular dolls of the day in the 50s and the very early 60s. I had Betsy Wetsy, Tiny Tears, and Patti Playpal I had stopped playing with dolls when Chatty Cathy came along, but my younger sisters played with that doll. Barbie came on the scene when I was about 8 or 9 years old, but I was never into that doll. I liked dolls that were as close to life-size as possible and did not care for small ones. My very favorite was Patti Playpal. That doll was 36 inches tall!

Dolls have changed and a few have become controversial such as the unmarried Pregnant Barbie,  ”Tattooed Barbie, Islamic Barbie in  a Burqa and then a doll that breast feeds. But now going into the Christmas toy season, Toys R Us  is selling the controversial ”You & Me Interactive Triplets.” The dolls geared to children as young a 2 years old,  interact in one way by saying, “Hey, crazy b*@#!.”Think of your young child mimicking what is heard coming out of this doll set! Now I know from working in child care that there are some parents and individuals who will not see anything wrong with these dolls. Cursing/profane language are just words to them. Go here and scroll down to the comment section to see a few defensive statements. But outrage is the emotion of the majority of parents who are aware of this set of dolls.

The Hasselbeck/Maher Confrontation

Bill Maher was on the View yesterday and Elisabeth Hasselbeck confronted him about him making women  in general (in the citation, it was Ms. Hasselbeck)  the butt of nasty jokes. His jokes and comments are quite vulgar in reference to Republican and conservative women. In his monologues on his HBO program, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” he called Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann vulgar names associated with female genitalia. Read more and view a video clip here.

Since Bill Maher was on a morning broadcast network TV program, he could not be his usual self. If he had the freedom he has on HBO, ABC would have had to cut the sound to keep viewers from hearing the foul language that would have flowed from his mouth. Real Time did its last show this past Friday before going on holiday hiatus. That is a good thing for Ms. Hasselbeck confronting Bill Maher, because if Real Time were on again this Friday, he would cut loose on her with the vulgarities something awful! Her husband would have to do something painful to him to her uphold her honor.