Darren Dirt

*shock* wow, nobody responded to this? If someone is discussing "Antichrist" and has any thoughts re. my quick little Scripture search above, please voice your opinion! Truth is only uncovered when people are willing to dig, sift, debate, etc...

This is a bit odd of a topic considering its been a month since this idea was presented but it has been in hibernation sinse. But I will answer your question anyway. Yes, I think their should be mandatory voting. Every generation their is a loss in the number of people voting and watching the news earlier this morning it said a wopping 38% of young adults vote. That is horrbile that is below 50%. I just truned legal voting age and I definatly plan to vote in this up coming election it will be exciting as it is my first vote. But here's my view why are we a democracy if nobody cares? I think a day under a dictatorship would motivate people to vote wouldn't you agree? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> in response to a few of the posts at: www.freedomcrowsnest.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26752&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40 I decided to post a response with my own observations and queries. I think the aforementioned response might be applicable here as well. Food for thought, at the very least. - - - Hello folks. For those of you interested in freedom, and in calling the opposite as what it is -- TYRANNY -- I suggest the following. #1. Grab your nearest dictionary (online if you wish) and look up the word "freedom". Someone above has already suggested you do this for the word "government", and has demonstrated govern-ment is simply control-ment -- and this you quickly realize is a core truth, whether or not the method is obvious violence (i.e. dictatorship, despotism) or subtle threats via public indoctrination, squelching dissent and open debate, making examples of criminals, etc. (communism, socialism, and yes even democracy -- which is 3 wolves and 1 sheep deciding what's for dinner). So now I suggest you also look up FREEDOM, and you will see that this word, at its core, means "absence of restraint and coercion". Therefore, govern-ment is anti-freedom, because by *definition* it is all about restraint and coercion. This is a fact, not an opinion, and you don't have to "trust" me by "faith" that this is so. Check it out yourself if you do not believe me, and use your common sense/intuition/conscience instead of trusting experts or pundits or politicians, or even the strange Mr. Darren Dirt. #2. Do you think you live in a "free" society? Perhaps you've been brainwashed -- listen to Mike Malloy's classic 17 minute "How to make your people accept totalitarian rule in 5 easy steps". You may for the first time realize just how many of your beliefs about "politics" come from fear... and where that fear originates (hint: it's not from factual, objective reality -- it's opinions yet again ) http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/mike_malloy-bush1984.mp3 #3. After all this, do you still think you can "own" "your" government? Are you still unwavering about your beliefs about who exactly is the slave and who is the massah? Do you think "your" "representative" is accountable to you? Have you ever tried to "sue" one of those when they are not, in fact "representing" your beliefs and desires? Do you still think you can send a message by "voting the scoundrels out of office" if they don't do what "you" want them to do? Ask yourself this: What exactly is voting? Is it not an action undertaken by a single individual, attempting to declare that they want another person to "represent" them, but also to "represent" EVERYONE ELSE in a certain geographic region? While you may personally delegate your power upon another individual to do something you presently have the right to do, you do NOT have the right to delegate to others any power you do NOT have! So do you presently have the right to control ANOTHER individual who does not consent to your rule over them (if they are even aware of your claim)? And if not, how then can you possibly delegate this power to another alleged "representative"? Is it not true that, simply, that is impossible? And remember, didn't you "vote" by "secret ballot"? Therefore the candidate who was "elected" has no way of PROVING that they have ANY principals on whose behalf they are acting as an agent! No true accountability, even if a "law" was passed that said they could be held accountable (which would never happen, of course). The words "voting", "public servant" or "government agent" or "elected representative" are tossed about so often, we never question what those words MEAN. What, exactly, is voting? It is violence, at its core. It is violence based on myth. It is a naive optimistic individual (benevolent, hopefully) who wishes to have his or her opinion imposed on thousands of others (i.e. fellow "constituents"), via the armed forces of that region (i.e. "police", "judges", etc.). Please also check out what I posted (with no responses, surprise surprise) re. voting on this forum: http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topi...g27870#msg27870 And how about those other words? Check out the following "open letter" to those alleged "representatives" -- questioning the meaning of simple words like "constituent", or "agent": Dear Public Servant: What is a "Constituent"? Wow, I didn't expect to dump all this on here at once. When I see all these kind of words tossed around without being questioned, I guess it stirs up something inside me. Truth is very important to me, as is consent, choice, and overall GENUINE freedom. Not this political doublespeak, i.e. "We're bringing freedom to the people of Iraq... by murdering tens of thousands of innocents and imposing our system of control, democracy, which our own 'founding fathers' said was essentially MOB-ocracy!" Blech. If this kind of message didn't have the political spin and wasn't repeated so often by the media lapdogs, then thinking people would see it for the fraud that it truly is. - - - Please feel free to post here in response to anything I've said here, hopefully and ideally with facts to back up your opinion. I'm staying away from personal attacks, speculations, and "what about the children" type of arguments, and I hope the rest of you do the same. Also, if you want to contact me privately, feel free to do so at the http://dragondirt.proboards44.com/ forum (where I've posted the "open letter" re. "constituent") as I am not sure how often I will be on this forum. In truth for freedom, Darren Dirt. 21Dec2005

The Archive.org "WayBack Machine" is great especially for news sites that redesign their URLs every few months... or make old content disappear too quickly... or censor an article after too many people start critically examining its meaning and/or consequences. I found a site with some great Javascript "Bookmarklets". One of them I put in my "Favorites/Links" folder so any time I follow a link from a website, and it turns out the target is gone (i.e. 404 not found, etc.) I just click the button on my "Links" bar, and/or paste in the URL after "/*/" below... Very handy! javascript:location.href='http://web.archive.org/web/*/'+document.location.href; PS: "ouch" (burn!)

Greetings folks. Based on the above, and the responses that followed it, I feel compelled to offer a question/observation. Perhaps intelligent discussion, dialogue, and understanding may result. One can hope. It appears that within the inpsired Scriptures there are *only* four verses where "antichrist" is mentioned (KJV): bible.gospelcom.net/keyword/?search=antichrist&version1=9&searchtype=all So what does the Bible itself say about "the antichrist"? 1John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. >>Like many other words, "antichrist" is defined within the Bible itself: it is simply someone who denies that Jesus is the prophesied "Christ" (which means anointed, chosen king, messiah, redeemer). ?*? So exactly WHAT BASIS (biblically) can someone use to claim "THE" antichrist is a "world dictator coming in the near future"? 1John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. >>Again, "antichrist" is defined within the Bible itself: in this case, the "spirit" of antichrist is what is behind someone denying Jesus as being the incarnation of God's Christ. ?*? So exactly WHAT BASIS (Scriptures please!) justifies someone claiming "THE" antichrist is a "world dictator coming in the near future"? 1John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. >>Notice that John wrote "IT *IS* THE LAST TIME" and "EVEN *NOW* THERE ARE MANY", not "IT WILL BE... THERE WILL BE MANY". ?*? So exactly WHEN did John write his first epistle, and by WHOM (target audience) were these words originally intended to be read and applied? 2John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. >>John again saying many deceivers "ARE ENTERED INTO THE WORLD", not not "WILL ENTER INTO THE WORLD"... and he says "MANY" with no mention of some uber-leader. Again, an internal definition of "antichrist" is simply someone not confessing (i.e. denying, as in above) that Jesus is the incarnation of God's Christ. ?*? So on exactly WHAT BASIS (Sola Scriptura!) can someone define "antichrist" as anything other than what is defined simply and clearly by the Bible itself? ...NOTE... similar to 1John2:18's sense of urgency in the writer's *own contemporary* time, see also (among others, for this is not an exhaustive list of examples): Acts 2:16-17; Romans 13:12, 16:20; 1Corinthians 7:29-31, 10:11; Philippians 4:5; 2Thessalonians 1:7; Hebrews 10:37; James 5:8; Revelation 1:1, 1:3, 1:10, 1:20, 22:7, 22:10, 22:12, 22:20. So please, persuade me, *with the inspired Word of God* (not the speculations of Man), convince me of a future, single and singular evil, world leader referred to as "The Anti-Christ". Thank you for your time, and may you have a glorious day. In Christ For Truth, Darren Dirt.