blackbird

Have you thought about what it would be like to live under Sharia law and everything that it entails and give up your fundamental freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom to have a drink when you feel like it, etc? Liberals and lefties in the west take their freedom for granted and have no clue what life would be like if it all disappeared and they suddenly fell under an islamo-fascist dictatorship. While liberals and lefties work to destroy the Judeo-Christian civilization we have, there are a smaller number trying to plug the leaks in the hull before we sink and save what freedom we have.

Funeral businesses have made it onto the CBC's Marketplace and were examined for the way they charge ten or twelve thousands. I have no objection to alcohol being served in a memorial service. The only thing I would say is the Funeral companies will be looking at it as another money-making scheme. Whoever is paying the bill will be expected to fork out a lot of money for drinks, much like a wedding reception. There is big money to be made in the wedding business and funeral business. If you are going to be financing a funeral be very careful what you sign up for when you sit down with the memorial service representative to decide what you want. They are finely tuned high pressure salespeople and experts at getting people to buy very expensive funerals.

"Intellectually, the problem is that religion is essentially reasonable and atheism is unreasonable and the consequences of the militancy of contemporary atheism are not only unreasonable but offensive to reason. Few things in our murky lives could be more obvious and indisputable than that there must be some force in the cosmos that causes spiritual insight, authenticated miracles, and is able to grasp the notion of the timeless, the limitless, and the fact that at some point in our past there was some kind of creation. I am not touting religious practice (though I am a practitioner, having long ago lost faith in the non-existence of God, but respect all even semi-rational religious views, including atheism). It need hardly be said that horrible acts have been committed in the name of religion. That is the problem when mere people interpose themselves between the terrestrial life we all know and the spiritual life which is elusive, personal, largely inexpressible, and the subject of much doubt, some of it informed and intellectually respectable doubt." This describes the existing situation. The liberal ideology of ridiculing other religions, including christianity, and exalting Islam, will mean the continued growth of Islam. This is done by atheists as a way to shove the Judeo-Christian culture aside. In doing so, Islam will continue to grow unabated. Liberals like yourself will lose their freedom and in the process civilization will be destroyed. You will end up with fundamental Islam because it is very militant and will take over eventually. They demand accommodations and will not take no for an answer. They don't care what you think. You cannot stop it with your atheism. They consider atheists as non-believers or Kafirs. The future does not look good for lefties, atheists, or liberals. In aiding Islam to take a dig at christians, they will be bitten badly in the long run.

They don't consciously want to or believe they are destroying the west. The point Conrad is making I think is that the militant atheism and anti Judeo-Christian ideology is threatening civilization. Most people are like frogs sitting in a pot of water on the stove that is very slowly being heated up. They don't realize what is happening because the process is slow and insidious. It is permeated in every level of government, the media, and society. This ideology is pushed under the guise of multiculturalism or diversity but is in fact an anti religion ideology with exceptions.

What the article says is " I made the point that while the Enlightenment did not begin as being atheistic, the concept of reason was quickly subsumed into skepticism, and the Enlightenment has generally evolved over five centuries toward the complete dismissal of religion as contrary to reason. " This is the state of the media. They are dominated by atheism and humanist ideology. The government at all levels of the bureaucracy is well-represented by atheism. Political parties to the left of centre are also swamped with atheism. Yet they are quick to defend fundamental Islam under the guise of diversity. But the same accommodation or understanding does not extend to other religions. This is destroying western civilization (Judeo-Christian culture) as we have known it to be down through the ages. Anyone who does not fall into line with this atheist-dominated ideology is dismissed as irrational.

You lost me on that post. You'll have to make your point a little clearer please. I don't see those people as standing up for christian beliefs. More like defending Islamic fundamentalism.

Another peculiar aspect to this destruction of civilization as we know it is Pope Francis' statements. Pope Francis apparently said "Muslim terrorism does not exist". Jihad watch has an article: “What he apparently meant is that not all Christians are terrorists and not all Muslims are terrorists—a fact evident to all—yet his words also seemed to suggest that no specifically Islamic form of terrorism exists in the world, an assertion that stands in stark contradiction to established fact.” Indeed. Pope Francis is not only disastrously wrongheaded about an obvious fact that is reinforced by every day’s headlines, but he is also deceiving and misleading his people about a matter of utmost importance, and keeping them ignorant and complacent about a growing and advancing threat. “Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14) Unquote

Just looked at a CBC article from 2012. Apparently judges will look at the details of a home invasion where the owner or occupant defends himself. Reasonable force is allowed. I didn't read it in detail so not sure if a gun can be used for self defense or defense of property.

Why doesn't Trudeau keep church and state separate. He is keeping the church from having any say while sucking up to Islam. He visits mosques. He brought in M103 and wants to give Islam special status. Conrad is correct. Liberals want to drive all other religions away and exalt Islam with special Sharia to protect it against criticism. Sometimes where Trudeau is making a public announcement he brings in Muslims for the backdrop. Aboriginal religion (whatever that is; it hasn't been made clear) is to be promoted and paid for in native schools as well. Conrad is correct. Our Judeo-Christian culture is to be given short shrift while he pushes ahead with his own favourites.

Another thing Conrad is getting at is that our civilization is being threatened by the ideology (which includes moral relativism) that encourages militant atheism to control all the levers of power and the media, thus banishing anyone with religious ideas. We see that all the time. There are some on here like that. They probably don't realize they are contributing to the destruction of civilization. It's too large and deep a concept for them to comprehend. This is another reason why many people voted for Trump. Many are tired of the atheistic left controlling the agenda and forcing it down every one else's throat. Telling people they have to let their kids share a washroom with transgender people and which puts them at risk of being abused.

I should have known you would come on with that comment. You never disappoint to mention that nonsense.

I recall hearing many years ago that if you shoot a criminal breaking into your home make sure he is dead because if he is alive and goes to court, your chances are slim of getting off. His word against yours. What if he says he was breaking in because he was starving or had taken some drugs and thought it was his own home? I'm not recommending this; just saying what I heard about it.

Moral relativism would be a very poor guide for anything. That's what we have now. It is subject to pressures of different kinds and can be made to bend to anything. Didn't the Nazis use moral relativism? What about Stalin? What about all the dictators in Africa and other countries? Moral relativism are just words than mean whatever you want to believe.

You might want to check into that. I thought it was illegal but I could be wrong. Thought that was a big debate years 25 or 35 years ago. I think the first thing you might be charged with is illegal use of a firearm, before you even get to being charged for manslaughter or second degree murder. I'll try to google it. It's essentially left to a the police how they decide to charge you and up to a judge to examine the details. But the person defending himself becomes a defendant in court. Also the question of whether you used excessive force comes into question.

Trouble is in Canada the lefties (Liberal, NDP, Greens) have emasculated everyone. It is illegal to use a gun to defend yourself, your property, or your family from any criminals threatening your life. This might fit in with the globalist agenda to disarm everyone and then set up a one world dictatorship.

Makes one wonder what is going on.

This is what the Rebel Media reveals to us: After receiving over a billion dollars in taxpayer money, a Canadian company is laying off 2000 workers in Canada and advertising jobs in Mexico and China. Do you think Trump would do a deal like this? Check Rebel Media dot com

Where did you get that idea? Harper left the economy in good shape. In the last five years of the Conservatives from 2011 to 2015, the Conservatives paid off the deficit completely so when the Liberals were elected there was no deficit. There is no recession right now so why have a deficit?

Why don't you read the article so you have something to discuss? You seem to be on a crusade to oppose everything. What's the point?

Yes, anybody who doesn't go along with the Liberal or NDP agenda is a racist or Islamophobe. Now can we have an intelligent discussion with those that think a little deeper?

He was found not guilty or the the charges were dropped of most of the charges but was convicted of one charge I believe. He served his time in the U.S. and has since made a comeback to television and newspaper commentary. He is an excellent writer. I would recommend his thick book about the history of the United States which I read. He has a perspective which is different from the usual CBC type left wing journalists.

Has our society become a hedonistic and pagan spectacle, supported and promoted by liberal and leftist (Jesuit) ideology? A number of our Prime Ministers were schooled in the Jesuit run Laval university. Does this have something to do with liberal ideology? From an article in National Post by Conrad Black March 31, 2017. http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-the-enlightenment-has-mutated-and-this-threatens-our-civilization What do you think? Are we past the point of no return? Is there even such a thing as a Canadian culture or values or is it all whatever or whereever the establishment takes us?

The reason is simple. It is called Sakoku. Policy of no immigration. http://allfourestates.com/why-japan-has-no-islamic-terrorism-sakoku-and-immigration/ Quote By Akira Lawson Want to know why Japan has never endured a terrorist attack? Simple, Sakoku (鎖国), a term commonly known by Japanese people and those who study Japanese culture and history. The term denotes the immigration policy enacted by the Tokugawa Shogunate, which dictates that no foreigner could immigrate to Japan, nor a Japanese person could leave Japan, or else it would be ‘off with the head’ for either party. Having no official coinage in the Japanese language till the 19th century, the closed-door policy itself, is situated at the core of Japanese ideology and continues to be the root reason to why Japan is a homogenous society; one of the very few in the developed world. Although Japan’s national isolation or seclusion came to a halt with the establishment of trade/diplomatic relations with the West, especially with the arrival of Commodore Perry with his Black Ships (kurofune) at the Bay of Edo (Tokyo), the policy continues today to be the foundation and contributing pillar in policy making, specifically in the areas of immigration. Unquote

You are going back a long way, over a century, to find something Ottawa did for the west. Building the railway was part of an agreement for B.C. to join Canada. It also served the east by providing access to the Pacific Ocean and Asia for shipping goods. Trudeau screwed Alberta with his National Energy Program. Justin Trudeau has made comments to show he doesn't have much use for Alberta and favours Quebec.

The Federal government is failing Canadians in many ways. Just heard that six executives in Bombardier gave themselves a 50% raise last year and are making a total of 32 million dollars between the six of them. Yet Ottawa gave about 400 to 500 million dollars of taxpayer money to Bombardier a few months ago. Now they are laying off 14,500 people worldwide. Ottawa also just gave Ford motor company about 200 or 300 million dollars of taxpayer money. Trudeau promised to give third world countries 2.65 billion dollars of Canadian taxpayer money to them to help them deal with climate change. He also is putting carbon pricing on Canadians which will raise the price of everything. He is creating a deficit which will be close to 30 billion dollars in a couple of years. He is not good for Canada. He went on a holiday at Christmas to visit Khan on a Caribean Island which cost Canadian taxpayers 127,000 dollars. All this while many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet with high rent, high mortgage payments and other expenses.