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Men cannot work their way to heaven as Romanism teaches. Neither can supporting Leftism (Socialism) be considered a righteous or good thing because it is contrary to what God said in the Bible. One might be able to make a case for some taxation for certain essential things like police and roads, but how far do you carry that? If you listen to Socialists, there is no limit. Taking away the wealth of one to give to others is not charity and is stealing. We now have a society where many people think they are entitled to everything and believe government (taxpayers) should provide everything. Time to believe the Bible. "11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. " Hebrews 9:11 KJV There are no earthly priests who can offer sacrifice for sin as Romanism claims to be doing with the Mass. Christ offered one sacrifice for all time on the cross, never to be repeated as the Epistle to the Hebrews says.

"New geological study proves that the green energy movement is impossible to achieve The math doesn’t support the net zero activist movement’s rhetoric. Eliminating indispensable fossil fuels, as Germany is experiencing at an accelerating rate, without replacing it with the equivalent of alternative energy, would quickly collapse modern society. Think of it as the “Jonestown Massacre” on a global scale. (American Thinker) — The renewable energy fantasy goal is achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Carpet-bombing propaganda has convinced the public to accept the extravagant claim that technology currently exists to reach net zero carbon emissions. Like carnival barkers, the net-zero fanatics say renewable energy is affordable, sustainable, scalable, and not an economy wrecker. The goal is to create a first-generation green power grid relying on wind turbine farms, solar array farms, and power storage battery banks replacing fossil fuel and nuclear power plants. In addition, the new power grid would power a global fleet of electric vehicles that would replace the internal combustion engine. Western society has taken one hundred fifty years of progress to achieve a fantastically complex energy system using the dense source of cheap hydrocarbon energy, the master resource. Yet the net zero devotees believe that the complex energy system can be dismantled with minimal disruption and replaced with a low-density renewable energy grid that is intermittent and non-scalable, in less than thirty years. Well, I have horrible news for the devotees: the green energy fantasy collides with the laws of thermodynamics. The Greenies never researched whether or not there are sufficient base and rare earth metals and adequate time to mine and build out the technologies to accomplish the net zero carbon 2050 target date." New geological study proves that the green energy movement is impossible to achieve - LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) People can buy EVs if they wish. But putting taxpayer money into it is a waste of the nations resources. Taxpayer money should not be spent for an impossible and useless purpose of trying to replace fossil fuels when it is an impossible scheme to achieve. It is throwing good money away. Taxpayer money comes from hard-working Canadians and taxes just reduce the prosperity of everyone. The shift to net zero and away from fossil fuels is simply a pipe dream and is not going to happen in the foreseeable future.

The sad thing is I have given numerous postings explaining all that from a Biblical point of view, but you continue to reject it. You have given no indication of what you believe, but have opposed everything I posted. So it is a mystery what exactly you believe. Perhaps you are a Roman Catholic of some sort, maybe non-practicing. You commented as if you might be Roman Catholic but don't come right out and say what you believe and why. As for Tommy Douglas and Socialism, I have posted lots of information to show why Socialism, which Tommy Douglas fought for, is unbiblical and evil. You have not given any counter arguments with any reasons. I don't know if it is worth re-posting why Socialism is evil. Suffice to say it is stealing from those who have something to give to everyone else. The right to private property is clearly taught in the Bible and stealing is condemned. So how can you support Tommy Douglas and Socialism? As for Catholicism, I could give you a number of books that go into why Catholicism is contrary to Christianity and unbiblical. Of course unless you know what the real gospel is you won't understand any of it. First you need to find out what the real gospel message of the Bible is and understand how it is different than Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholicism does not accept the Bible as the final authority even though men were inspired by God to write it. In place of the Bible they rely on the Majisterium (group of Bishops or Pope) and tradition to provide them their truth. Protestant Christianity believe the Bible is the final authority, not a church and not a group of men. Five hundred years ago the Reformation took place in parts of northern Europe and the UK. That was a rejection of the false religion of Romanism and a return to Biblical Christianity. Again you need to find out what that was all about. That should be basic knowledge that anyone should understand. Roman Catholicism is a man-made religion of trying to work your way to heaven by doing penance, doing good works, going to Church, and spending an indefinite time in a place called Purgatory, which does not even exist in the Bible. You need to read the New Testament to find out what the true gospel is. Salvation is by faith alone, not by works. (see Ephesians 2:8 KJV and the Apostle Paul's epistle to the Romans) Also "5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" Titus 3:5 KJV

I don't go by leftist ideology which is your religion. Thanks.

Your argument is false. Human rights have been recognized in Judeo-Christian society for ages. That is how western Parliaments came to be, how slavery was abolished, how the west developed fair justice systems, how people are innocent until proven guilty, and how basic freedoms were established. These rights did not just appear out of the blue. They developed because certain people believed in God and believed God would hold them accountable for how they treat their fellow man. There was that motivation. Communists and atheists don't understand it. "No. 1: There is one God. That God is the God introduced to the world by the Hebrew Bible — the source of one universal morality. No. 2: The Hebrew Bible (the only Bible Jesus knew and which he frequently cited) introduced the most revolutionary moral idea in history: that there are objective moral truths just as there are mathematical and scientific truths. Without God as the source of moral standards, there is no moral truth; there are only moral opinions. No. 3: Because there are moral truths, good and evil are the same for all people. No. 4: God — not man, not government, not popular opinion, not a democratic vote — is the source of our rights. All men “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” declares the American Declaration of Independence." Dennis Prager: What are Judeo-Christian values? (bizpacreview.com) Your argument is baseless and as an atheist, you have no foundation for claiming human rights

This is why atheists, Communists, and heathen are dangerous people to allow into Canada. Since they don't understand basic human rights are God-given, they don't respect humans have inherent rights.

The BC NDP is setting up a First Nations Justice Council in B.C. Any FN person that is arrested and comes before a judge in B.C. must now be treated according to the Gladue report: "What are Gladue factors? Judges have a duty to apply Gladue principles, irrespective of the charge and regardless of which court the offender appears in. This is not an exhaustive list but covers many of the most common Gladue factors: Impacts of colonialism Feelings of loneliness, abandonment, dislocation from culture, community, and family Loss of access to ceremonies and healing practices Racism and systemic discrimination Lack of opportunity and isolation of community Housing shortages and homelessness Foster care, adoption, 60s scoop Victimization/offenders of violence Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls High rates of incarceration Lower education levels or irrelevance of education Lower-level employment, unemployment, and poverty Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Substance misuse Mental health" Information for the Public - BC First Nations Justice Council (bcfnjc.com) Everything must be considered except the crime and danger to the public. The question is how does that address the larger per capita number of FN offenders in the justice system? Supposedly offenders will not receive the same sentences as non-native offenders and instead be referred to some kind of FN cultural or aboriginal healing system. Why has the NDP not released any studies on how this will work? Where is the evidence that offenders will be rehabilitated and be able to return to society without danger or harm to others? What kind of alternate treatment will they actually receive? What about the concept of punishment for crime? Is the idea of punishment for crime totally non-existent in left wing thinking? How is this kind of system going to be just and more importantly what kind of message will this send to young people who may be potential offenders? How is it going to protect society? What exactly will they be doing with offenders that will make society safer? We have already seen years of repeat offenders committing crimes, assaulting people, breaking into businesses, being arrested, and immediately being released by the courts and going out to repeat their offences again. Is this the NDP solution to stop crime? In addition are NDP and Liberals bent on creating two different systems in every department of government, one for aboriginals, and one for everyone else? That is how it is beginning to look.

So how is the left wrecking Canada from a tax point of view? "Canada is on an unsustainable fiscal path as governments, particularly the federal government, expand existing programs while adding new ones without being honest with Canadians about the ultimate need for broad-based tax increases to pay for them. The Trudeau solution from day one has been to borrow, which simply defers the tax bill to the future. And the bill is already starting to come due. Ottawa expects to spend $43.3 billion next year solely on interest on the national debt. That’s more than it spends on employment insurance, the Canada Child Benefit or the Canada Social Transfer, and almost as much as total health transfers to the provinces ($49.3 billion). The financial pressures from new spending, coupled with increasing debt and interest costs, will eventually force a decision on governments and Canadians more broadly. If we want larger government, we’ll have to pay the price in the form of higher taxes. As Nobel laureate Milton Friedman often reminded us, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, not even for advocates of socialism." Opinion: Four in 10 Canadians prefer socialism but not higher taxes to pay for it (msn.com) It appears most Canadians are not very concerned by government spending. That would explain why a core 29% of Liberal supporters continue to support Trudeau according to polls. Even if Trudeau and his cohorts in the government travel abroad in large contingents of hundreds of people and one or more spend $6000 a night on a hotel, it doesn't seem to fizz on his core supporters. They can do no wrong it seems.

Any FN person that is arrested and comes before a judge in B.C. must now be treated according to the Gladue report: "What are Gladue factors? Judges have a duty to apply Gladue principles, irrespective of the charge and regardless of which court the offender appears in. This is not an exhaustive list but covers many of the most common Gladue factors: Impacts of colonialism Feelings of loneliness, abandonment, dislocation from culture, community, and family Loss of access to ceremonies and healing practices Racism and systemic discrimination Lack of opportunity and isolation of community Housing shortages and homelessness Foster care, adoption, 60s scoop Victimization/offenders of violence Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls High rates of incarceration Lower education levels or irrelevance of education Lower-level employment, unemployment, and poverty Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Substance misuse Mental health" Information for the Public - BC First Nations Justice Council (bcfnjc.com) Everything must be considered except the crime and danger to the public.

Turpel was appointed a couple of years ago by the BC NDP government to investigate racism against FNs in the health care system in BC. Now we hear she was no native. The NDP fell for it and thought they were appointing a native to investigate the health care system. We went into the ER (emergency room) last fall and waited six hours to be seen while a young native came in half way through that time, sat in a chair playing on his smart phone, and was taken in to be treated after about 20 minutes. Didn't seem to be suffering or in pain in any way. I suspect Turpel may have instructed the health care system to give natives some kind of priority in ERs. The BC NDP seems to be bending over backward to look like they are giving natives special considerations. They passed UNDRIP and gave a large piece of land to natives up in northwest B.C. The NDP are giving natives their own justice council. Home - BC First Nations Justice Council (bcfnjc.com)

"But Socialist leaders get extremely wealthy off the stolen plunder. Karl Marx himself never worked an honest job and lived off the efforts of others while going deep in debt to finance his lifestyle.' Our government took hundreds of people to attend the Queen's funeral and some of our representatives stayed in a $6,000 a night hotel in London. That's how much they care about the taxpayer's. Trudeau constantly gives millions of dollars away around the world while running up billions of dollars in debt for Canadians to pay for.

I don't think he was a true Minister. There are lots of false ministers. The Bible warns us about them. Wolves in sheep's clothing. People claiming to be ministers and then preaching Socialism or Communism. “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” (Matthew 7:15 KJV)

"Socialism is the theft of capital, human rights, and more -from entire nations, leaving the masses in poverty and darkness." What Does the Bible Say About Socialism? – Faith Founded on Fact "Collectivisation was launched in the Eastern Bloc countries after the communist parties seized power as part of the transformation of the economic structure. With several exceptions (Yugoslavia, Poland) it was conducted in a very similar way, on the basis of the ideological notions applied by Stalin in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. In an effort to increase agricultural production in the Soviet Union, Stalin initiated collectivisation as a ruthless fight against the class of wealthy farmers (kulaks), who, according to Stalinist ideology, exploited poor farmers and prevented the building of collective ownership in the country. The killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of kulaks immediately resulted in a significant decline in agricultural production." 1950s - Collectivisation of Agriculture - Socialism Realised Doesn't this sound similar to Jagmeet Singh and the NDP ideology condemning greedy corporations? If the Socialists had their way, there would be no private enterprise or corporations, no energy industry. We would all be living in poverty like Venezuela and many other countries.

The social gospel is a false gospel. It is anti-Christian. Socialism is evil and already explained.

I never said I don't mind public healthcare. You are inventing things that I never said. Public health care is inefficient and wasting billions of dollars. Unions are causing lots of problems. Some employees are being paid a fortune. Lots of waste and excessive administration. Inefficiencies common. Yet long waiting in emergency rooms and long waiting lists for surgeries. Public health care is failing and Canada gets a failing grade.

The truth is you are paying whether you believe it or not, unless you are living off the government. Everybody pays through taxes. If there was no public health care system, you would theoretically pay less taxes and pay for health insurance instead. The health insurance would then pay for you to see a doctor. You might pay so much a month or possibly pay a small deductible plus monthly premium payments for insurance.

OK. Sorry I found the link you are talking about and you are correct. It takes you to a different subject. Obviously they made a mistake with that link. Just ignore it. No big deal. Stay on the main page. There is lots to read there.

I scrolled down the page and can't find that link. I'm not saying you are mistaken; just that I don't see it. Not sure where you found it. Anyway, the link I gave you has a long page of information about Socialism.

That's strange. I looked at it just now and it is about Socialism and mentions it frequently. You must have gone to some other website. What Does the Bible Say About Socialism? – Faith Founded on Fact

I don't write definitions. These are from internet dictionaries: Socialism - a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. no.2 socialism, social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources. According to the socialist view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another. Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a good is entitled to a share in it. Society as a whole, therefore, should own or at least control property for the benefit of all its members.

"The Bible tells us that Socialism is slavery and thievery. And anybody who has lived under Socialism can confirm it. Socialism destroys the Biblical work ethic and confiscates assets earned by producers and gives them to non-producers. This de-motivates producers and creates a cycle of sloth, poverty and dependence." What Does the Bible Say About Socialism? – Faith Founded on Fact Have you investigated the King James Bible and learned about Jesus Christ, the Savior? He came into the world, suffered and died for your sins and mine. Call upon Jesus Christ to be your Savior and believe the gospel that he died for your sins and rose from the dead and you will be saved.

" The authorship of the New Testament books is one of the most contested matters of all time. But Christians mostly concur that the apostles and their disciples wrote the books. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote the Gospels. The Apostle Paul wrote letters to the different early churches. Then John wrote the Book of Revelation from a vision he received while in exile. Matthew and John were some of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Mark and Luke were evangelists who wrote down the recollections of other Christian leaders in Jesus’ time. For most biblical scholars, the undisputed letters of Paul are the Letters to the Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Thessalonians, Romans, and Philemon. The rest of his epistles are believed to be dictated by Paul. But written by his scribes and disciples. For the other epistles, scholars believe that these workers come from scribes and followers writing down the oral teaching of the apostles." The New Testament: Overview and its Importance - FaithGiant Do you have any better information from a trustworthy source?

Have you investigated that or just being contrary?

Yes, the gospels have evidence as to who wrote them. It is not difficult to find out who wrote them. Google will also help.

Sorry, I think we are going down a rabbit hole on that subject with no clear objective.