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  1. I said quite a while ago we are wasting our time trying to talk to these birds. They are totally blind to reality. Like talking to a brick wall.
  2. The only churches who ran the residential schools were the Roman Catholic church (about 60%), the Anglican, the United, and the Presbyterian to a lesser extent. The rest of churches, such as Baptists, Community churches, Evangelical churches, etc. and the cults had nothing to do with residential schools. The Roman church is not a "Christian" church. It was formed from Nimrod's Babylonian religion back in the early centuries. Read this article and watch the video: The Babylonian Roman Catholic Church – Hear the trumpets If you seek the truth with all your heart in the King James Bible, you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
  3. Frank Stronach, founder of one of Canada’s largest global companies, says the country is “fairly close” to a public debt crisis and Canadians need to force politicians to rein in spending. Canada may be heading for bankruptcy as happened to Greece a number of years ago. The NDP and Liberals don't seem concerned and the NDP is pushing and signed a deal with the Liberals that could increase spending by tens of billions of dollars. Canada's debt is increasing by 400 million per day according to this article. When the country is spending more money than it receives in revenue, there is the potential for bankruptcy. Stronach says we are fairly close to bankruptcy. So how do Canadians force government to reign in this potential debt crisis? I don't see any way that Canadians can stop the governing party from it's present course.
  4. First of all, I am not going to say Stanley Knowles was evil. That is not my job. He was a long-serving and famous politician in Canada highly respected by many Canadians, much like Tommy Douglas and others. This is what the Canadian Encyclopedia says about Stanley Knowles. "Born in the US of Nova Scotian/New Brunswick parentage, Knowles had a profoundly religious upbringing in the SOCIAL GOSPEL tradition of the Methodist Church. He never forgot his mother's death from tuberculosis in 1919 or his father's firing from a machinist's job in 1932; both incidents marked his choice for theological studies at United College, Winnipeg, and then for political action via the CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION in 1935. He had to change laws rather than souls." " for almost 40 years he badgered successive governments into enlarging Canada's nascent WELFARE STATE. " So we can understand why he believed in making Canada a welfare state. This is what he was thoroughly indoctrinated in by the false ideology of the social gospel taught in the Methodist Church in those days. He badgered the government for decades to make Canada a welfare state. Or a Socialist state in common terms. This is much the same as Tommy Douglas who was a minister as well. It is ironic that these men came from social gospel churches and now their party is the most anti-Bible party in existence as they support same-sex marriage and abortion more strongly than any other party. These ideas were the centre of the CCF party which he belonged to and later became the centre platform of the NDP. Today the Liberal party is shifting more and more toward the ideology of a welfare state. We can see how it originated from the false gospel or social gospel of certain denominations and today from the Pope as well.
  5. I would assume every denomination thinks they have the "one true faith". Certainly the Catholic Church has always believed they have it. But that was why the Reformation took place five hundred years ago. It was a return to the Bible and biblical truth or the one true faith. No church has it perfectly because mankind is not perfect. But there are some churches that believe closer to what the Bible teaches than others. The Catholic church is not one of them. Therefore those that support it and follow it's belief system are in error. Socialism is one of the serious errors of some apostate and false churches.
  6. You are free to donate and help low income people all you want. That's a good thing to do. But you don't have the right to help yourself to other's money to do it. That's stealing. That's what the liberal left think they can do without any limits. The belief of liberals may partly come from the Socialist side of the Catholic church or apostate churches that think government should be some kind of social service agency for everyone (Socialism). Passing a law doesn't make something moral as you seem to think. Hitler passed lots of laws or issued orders-in-council. So did Stalin and Chairman Mao. That doesn't make things moral. Some Catholic priests in central America and south America were supporters of Communism decades ago. They were known as liberation theologians. Our present Liberals and NDP seem to think there is nothing they cannot do and if they wish to do it, they think it must be moral. Socialism is only one characteristic of this Liberal - NDP government. It also considers itself as liberal - progressive which is why it passes immoral laws which I already mentioned.
  7. No the Liberals did not promise a Dental Care program, or a Pharmacare Program in the last election. The NDP might have but nobody expected them to form government. Most Canadians did not vote for new Socialist programs. Most Canadians did not vote for a majority government. Nobody told Canadians how much all this is going to cost either. Is is presumption to say Canadians are willing to pay for all these things. Here's what Trudeau's Liberals have promised for their third term | CTV News
  8. quote Like Bernie Sanders, the pope is a socialist. He has had many unkind words about capitalism (“the dung of the devil”), but no corresponding criticism of socialism. Like Sanders, his ideas about economics were shaped by Marxist thinkers and activists. unquote www.crisismagazine.com/2019/pope-franciss-socialist-agenda Trudeau and company are Catholics and therefore follow the Socialist agenda of the Vatican. This is why they send Canadian's taxpayer money around the world as part of their agenda. This has nothing to do with charity. Taxpayers have no choice. It is all politics of liberal elites who believe in multilateralism and working for the U.N. Marxist agenda. It also helps set them up for a future position after they retire from electoral politics and seek a good job in the U.N. like Bob Rae received. John McCallum became an ambassador to China until he was removed for being too China friendly? They also combine their beliefs with evil progressivism and send money to support abortion in third world countries. Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)
  9. No, they are not. Their educational institutions are not Christian. Far from it. Read the Jesuit Oath and their Extreme Oath. The Jesuit Oath (truthontheweb.org) Read: ROMAN CATHOLICISM EXPOSED (jesus-is-savior.com)
  10. No, Canadians did not vote for these programs. Only a minority voted for Liberals and NDP.
  11. The morally bankrupt government we have takes by force the money from those that produce something and gives it away around the world as well as spends it on every imaginable cause as well as spends it in vote potential ridings. They must have learned this from their Jesuit masters who started some of the educational institutes that some of them attended. One of the problems with democracy is that votes must be earned and money buys votes.
  12. We do live in a kind of Liberal-NDP dictatorship. When did Canadians vote for these expensive, multi billion dollar, social programs being pushed by the NDP and supported now by the Liberals? When were these programs put before the voters as campaign promises in the last election? Only about 30 or 33% of voters supported the Liberals, and about half that supported the NDP. Yet here we are with these parties planning to implement these expensive social (ist) programs. This is not democracy. Trudeau loves to talk about democracy as if he really believes that it exists. Of course what we have is far preferable to Communism. But claiming we are a pure democracy is a stretch. I would say we are somewhere in between democracy and dictatorship by the liberal oligarchy, which is a liberal Borg run from the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal elites. A minority government should never be trying to bring in major new spending programs without the overwhelming will of the people. There is also the Biblical principle of not stealing from taxpayers and respecting private property that should not be ignored.
  13. Entitlement on the backs of the producers and taxpayers is now a big thing in Canada and promoted by the liberals and left. Yes, it is a form of stealing and Marxism. NDP: " make the rich pay their fair share". Actually it will be everyone who pays but they don't tell you that. Meanwhile, investors who create jobs and wealth will go elsewhere and Canada will sink further into debt.
  14. " 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." Matthew 23:23 KJV Explanation: Quote Matthew 23:23 "Judgment, mercy, and faith" can be paraphrased to make them easier to understand. Judgment means "being fair and even-handed in judgment." Mercy means "being compassionate and kind in action," and faith means "being loyal to God "in keeping His law." Justice is a more accurate, modern translation of "judgment," and "faith" might be better rendered faithfulness or trust. Thus, Jesus is speaking about justice, compassion, and faithfulness (or loyalty). Jesus applied these concepts in confronting the Pharisees because they had reached a tragically wrong conclusion regarding the intent of God's laws. Weightier means "more important," "central," or "more decisive" as compared to what is peripheral or secondary. Thus, the intent of God's law is to produce justice, compassion and kindness, and loyalty to God. Of course, the major thing that will be produced is a right relationship with God and men, and character will be built. The Pharisees were guilty of a massive distortion of God's will, or what could even be called God's pleasure, and in their zeal to be absolutely correct, they corrupted those they were leading. Their problem was their attitude toward law, one opposite from most people's. Most people tend to become looser and more liberal in their application of law, but for some strange reason, the Pharisees corrupted the law in the complete other direction. God felt it necessary to correct this corruption so that we would understand that it is equally perverse. John W. Ritenbaugh Unquote Matthew 23:23 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary (bibletools.org) It should be obvious to anyone this has nothing to do with Socialism. This verse is speaking about individual justice, compassion and kindness as qualities that are essential. Socialism has none of those qualities. Socialism takes by force income from it's citizens to redistribute in various ways to others. Plus it requires a huge bureaucracy to administer which cost a large amount of the tax revenue. Important services such as health care, dental care, and pharmacare can still be provided and available by private industry. There is nothing that say it must be provided by Socialism or government. That is what is missing in this discussion. People assume if government doesn't provide services through Socialism, they will be deprived of something. That is false. Private enterprise can still provide those services as it has. Government run (public) health care has been found wanting in many ways. A million Canadians do not even have their own doctor. There are long waiting lists for some services. During the pandemic, thousands of people with urgent health needs have been put on hold and denied health care in the public (Socialized) system. In B.C. we have a crown corporation called I.C.B.C. (Insurance Corporation of B.C.) which provides the highest cost auto insurance in north America. No private insurance company is allowed to provide auto insurance. They have a monopoly by government decree. I believe Quebec was paying something like half the amount for auto insurance premiums. ICBC recently reduced the price somewhat although likely by not much. We will see. We have been ripped off for years by the high cost of crown corporations. If you are going to quote the Bible, at least find some passages that have something to do with Socialism. That one had nothing to do with it. Socialism has nothing to do with individual charity, compassion or kindness.
  15. That is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. It all depends on what the purpose of the taxes is and how the money is planned to be spent. If it is to redistribute the wealth then that is Marxism or Socialism and is evil. It's like stealing other people's property to equalize the wealth. It is criminal. Some taxes are necessary for essential services like roads, fire department and police department. Nobody would disagree with that. There is no other way to live in a civilized society without basic essential services. But when it becomes ideologically Socialism for the purpose of providing everything to everyone, such as the taxpayers paying for housing, health care, pharmacare, dental care for everyone, whether they want to work or not, then is becomes stealing. There is a line that should not be crossed. The Bible says if a man will not work let him not eat. That's an important principle. Why should anyone work or improve their skills and education if the state is going to provide everything. Get off your lazy ass and get a job.
  16. There are certain principles which apply forever, such as the right to private property and stealing. You know as well as I do that stealing is wrong. Advocating helping the poor is referring to voluntary charity by individuals who agree to donate, not state-mandated confiscation of private property and earnings to spread around. If you see something your neighbour has and you don't have, do you think it's your right to help yourself to it?
  17. "17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. " Exodus 20:17 KJV
  18. The Bible never authorizes or supports Socialism as those people did. That is a false interpretation of the Bible. Stealing is condemned in the Bible and the right to private property is sacred. Government does not have the right to take people's property or money by force to redistribute to others. The people who came out of those kind of churches were heretics. They preached social gospels and use politics to further their demonic agenda of Socialism. They totally misinterpreted the Bible as some kind of social gospel. They support Socialism, and things totally contrary to the Bible. They preach evil progressivism and Socialism under the guise of the gospel. They never mention it is stealing and contrary to the Bible. These are exactly the same kind politicians in left wing parties that support same-sex marriage, LGBTQ, doctor-assisted dying, abortion and attack Bible-believing Christianity.
  19. God said "thou shalt not steal" and ordained the right to own private property. Therefore government stealing people's property to give to others is not "charity" or "helping the less fortunate". It is Communist, Socialist, or Marxist ideology. The Bible teaches personal charity done voluntarily. That is not the same as Socialism where government steals property or money from people to give to others, which you seem to approve of.
  20. Of course not. We are paying for it through our taxes I'm sure. I don't think individual Americans paid for it either. So government pays for it out of tax revenue. That makes sense if you want everyone to get vaccinated. But that is not exactly the same as Socialism. We also need streets, sidewalks, fire department, etc.. Just basic public services. All capitalist countries have those basic public infrastructure and services like police and fire departments. I wouldn't call that Socialism.
  21. "For years, I've heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn't have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did. But that's not what Swedish historian Johan Norberg says in a new documentary and Stossel TV video. "Sweden is not socialist—because the government doesn't own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea," says Norberg. "We did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism: a big government that taxed and spent heavily. And that's the period in Swedish history when our economy was going south." Per capita GDP fell. Sweden's growth fell behind other countries. Inflation increased. Even socialistic Swedes complained about the high taxes. Astrid Lindgren, author of the popular Pippi Longstocking children's books, discovered that she was losing money by being popular. She had to pay a tax of 102 percent on any new book she sold. "She wrote this angry essay about a witch who was mean and vicious—but not as vicious as the Swedish tax authorities," says Norberg. Yet even those high taxes did not bring in enough money to fund Sweden's big welfare state. "People couldn't get the pension that they thought they depended on for the future," recounts Norberg. "At that point the Swedish population just said, enough, we can't do this." Sweden then reduced government's role. They cut public spending, privatized the national rail network, abolished certain government monopolies, eliminated inheritance taxes, and sold state-owned businesses like the maker of Absolut vodka. They also reduced pension promises "so that it wasn't as unsustainable," adds Norberg. As a result, says Norberg, his "impoverished peasant nation developed into one of the world's richest countries." He acknowledges that Sweden, in some areas, has a big government: "We do have a bigger welfare state than the U.S., higher taxes than the U.S., but in other areas, when it comes to free markets, when it comes to competition, when it comes to free trade, Sweden is actually more free market." Sweden Isn't Socialist (reason.com) It is obvious the bigger the welfare state (as the NDP wants), the more taxes everyone must pay. There is no free lunch.
  22. The NDP are actually Marxists clothed in sheep's clothing. They like to claim how they are going to help those in need and less fortunate, but never tell you how much it is going to cost and who is going to pay for it. They avoid that end of the deal like the plague. But the truth is they will have to rob every working Canadian or anyone who has any money. They desire everyone to receive every imaginable social program, health care, dental care, pharmacare, housing, mental counseling, etc. etc.. But they don't tell you that government will have to rob every working person and taxpayer to pay for it all. On top of that they want to kill the oil and gas industry and put more regulations on everything that might emit some CO2 in the name of fighting climate change. These steps will mean ever-increasing gas and energy prices because the world is not going to stop using fossil fuels. There is no alternative. This will destroy the economy and the sources of revenue that government needs to pay for social programs. The energy industry pays billions of dollars each year in royalties and corporate taxes as well as income taxes for the tens of thousands of workers. That will all disappear if the NDP / Liberals have their way.
  23. "So what does the Bible have to say about Socialism? 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 Does the Bible Recommend Socialism? Ten Reasons Why Members of the Early Church Would Say No - Word Foundations What Does the Bible Say About Socialism? - Topic: Socialism - Prophecy Experience - DavidJeremiah.org
  24. Since the federal NDP and Liberals have reached an agreement which includes the governing Liberals enacting more major social programs such as dental care, and pharmacare, in addition to the existing programs, the question of whether it is moral or not should be examined. These programs sound good on the surface or without an in depth examination of what it all means. But the fact is they will cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars on top of the hundreds of billions of dollars of debt we already have. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody has to pay for all these expensive programs and the only people who can pay are the taxpayers. But many Canadians are already stretched beyond the brink and struggling to make end's meet. So how will all this work and is it fair for taxpayers? Gas prices are already beyond reasonable, real estate and rents in cities is getting out of sight, and food is going up. Yet the left wing parties and politicians believe now is the time to really splurge on social programs. They also believe we should not spend on our poverty-stricken Canadian forces, even at a time when the world has changed and we face serious aggressive behavior from adversaries in the world. So it is really a moral issue as well as a political issue. Also see the following article as to why Socialism is evil: 5 Reasons Socialism Is Not Christian | Opinion News (christianpost.com) No cost analysis has been given by the NDP or Liberals who are planning this. If one considers what the monthly cost of dental insurance and a prescription drug insurance plan might cost, I think we would be getting closer to a real picture of how expensive these programs could be. Perhaps hundreds of dollars per month for every family.
  25. Socialism is evil for five key reasons: 1. Socialism is Based on a Materialistic Worldview. 2. Socialism punishes virtue. 3. Socialism Endorses Stealing. 4. Socialism Encourages Envy and Class Warfare. 5. Socialism Seeks to Destroy Marriage and Family. From Julie Roys, Christian Post contributor July 12, 2016. For the detailed explanation of each of these five points, please go to: 5 Reasons Socialism Is Not Christian | Opinion News (christianpost.com) Since the federal NDP and Liberals have reached an agreement which includes the governing Liberals enacting more major social programs such as dental care, and pharmacare, in addition to the existing programs, the question of whether it is moral or not should be examined. These programs sound good on the surface or without an in depth examination of what it all means. But the fact is they will cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars on top of the hundreds of billions of dollars of debt we already have. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody has to pay for all these expensive programs and the only people who can pay are the taxpayers. But many Canadians are already stretched beyond the brink and struggling to make end's meet. So how will all this work and is it fair for taxpayers? Gas prices are already beyond reasonable, real estate and rents in cities is getting out of sight, and food is going up. Yet the left wing parties and politicians believe now is the time to really splurge on social programs. They also believe we should not spend on our poverty-stricken Canadian forces, even at a time when the world has changed and we face serious aggressive behavior from adversaries in the world. So it is really a moral issue as well as a political issue.
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