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	<title>Comments on: Baal worship, then and now.</title>
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		<title>By: willberthepig</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-34629</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i see some people saying what do we do about it and i&#039;m one of them. i heard in a rick santorum speech (in response to gay marriage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbFRkIhL5E&amp;feature=g-hist&amp;context=G250d9b2AHTzAqyAAGAA ) that we need to reaffirm our beliefs as a nation and even moreso as christians living in this nation. i&#039;m catholic and once a year at easter vigil in church the whole congregation reaffirms its baptismal vows to reject satan and all his works and worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1047
we need to reclaim christmas by truly celebrating the birth of christ, reclaim easter by truly celebrating that christ resurrected showing us that he was and is God. we need to celebrate our christianity in little ways and always be able to defend our hopes as st.peter tells us to do in the gospel. easier said than done but i have to have some hope for my nation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm2127VtIr0  (another santorum video i thought was relevant)
another more obvious and currently relevant way we need to reaffirm to our nation that we are christian is by voting like christians and trying to elect officials who will truly protect our nation and our most innocent and live in a culture/nation that leads one to God and not away from him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i see some people saying what do we do about it and i&#8217;m one of them. i heard in a rick santorum speech (in response to gay marriage <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbFRkIhL5E&#038;feature=g-hist&#038;context=G250d9b2AHTzAqyAAGAA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbFRkIhL5E&#038;feature=g-hist&#038;context=G250d9b2AHTzAqyAAGAA</a> ) that we need to reaffirm our beliefs as a nation and even moreso as christians living in this nation. i&#8217;m catholic and once a year at easter vigil in church the whole congregation reaffirms its baptismal vows to reject satan and all his works and worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1047" rel="nofollow">http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1047</a><br />
we need to reclaim christmas by truly celebrating the birth of christ, reclaim easter by truly celebrating that christ resurrected showing us that he was and is God. we need to celebrate our christianity in little ways and always be able to defend our hopes as st.peter tells us to do in the gospel. easier said than done but i have to have some hope for my nation. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm2127VtIr0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm2127VtIr0</a>  (another santorum video i thought was relevant)<br />
another more obvious and currently relevant way we need to reaffirm to our nation that we are christian is by voting like christians and trying to elect officials who will truly protect our nation and our most innocent and live in a culture/nation that leads one to God and not away from him.</p>
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		<title>By: Pilgrim</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-31783</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;It&#039;s a shame that someone can come in here and leave nothing but negative and snarky remarks on post after post after post, yet as soon as that person is corrected in their misjudgment of the site and reminded to adhere to our Rules of Engagement, they cry foul.

This is why we have to have our Rules of Engagement, and since you have revealed your true intentions (rather quickly) I bid you farewell.&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>It&#8217;s a shame that someone can come in here and leave nothing but negative and snarky remarks on post after post after post, yet as soon as that person is corrected in their misjudgment of the site and reminded to adhere to our Rules of Engagement, they cry foul.</p>
<p>This is why we have to have our Rules of Engagement, and since you have revealed your true intentions (rather quickly) I bid you farewell.</strong></p>
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		<title>By: mel</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-31780</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah yes Pilgrim...I can tell from your remarks that this is a Christian site.....a rather christian response if I must say so myself.

Ironically I agree with most of what you say, but the hostility is in poor taste.

I understand that you are a self proclaimed champion of biblical accuracy, but next time a more civil, respectful response will do.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah yes Pilgrim&#8230;I can tell from your remarks that this is a Christian site&#8230;..a rather christian response if I must say so myself.</p>
<p>Ironically I agree with most of what you say, but the hostility is in poor taste.</p>
<p>I understand that you are a self proclaimed champion of biblical accuracy, but next time a more civil, respectful response will do.</p>
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		<title>By: Pilgrim</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-31779</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;Then, Mel, you obviously have not taken the time to read enough of this blog before coming to your erroneous sweeping judgment. And, before you leave another snarky comment (or proceed with leaving numerous negative comments throughout this blog), I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with our Rules of Engagement.&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Then, Mel, you obviously have not taken the time to read enough of this blog before coming to your erroneous sweeping judgment. And, before you leave another snarky comment (or proceed with leaving numerous negative comments throughout this blog), I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with our Rules of Engagement.</strong></p>
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		<title>By: mel</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-31777</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i did not realize that this was a political site. Am i to believe that republicans are the epitome of Christian values

Where is the blog on the ills of the republican and modern day conservatism?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i did not realize that this was a political site. Am i to believe that republicans are the epitome of Christian values</p>
<p>Where is the blog on the ills of the republican and modern day conservatism?</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Barton</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-31408</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rationalizing their sin.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rationalizing their sin.</p>
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		<title>By: MS. STINSON</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-29364</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MS. STINSON]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and to add to this.....we have certain holidays that church people celebrate in their churches, and they are holidays worshipping pagan gods. if u look up easter and christmas and valentines day u will see where they originated. it is perposterous in the eyes of GOD. it is an abomination, in direct opposition to the commandment of thou shall have no other gods before me, and thou shall not have any idols. if people would open their bibles and not read, but study it for themselves, they will see the great deception, and the mark of the beast already in the land. but satan has them waiting on a chip in their hand.........WAKE UP WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and to add to this&#8230;..we have certain holidays that church people celebrate in their churches, and they are holidays worshipping pagan gods. if u look up easter and christmas and valentines day u will see where they originated. it is perposterous in the eyes of GOD. it is an abomination, in direct opposition to the commandment of thou shall have no other gods before me, and thou shall not have any idols. if people would open their bibles and not read, but study it for themselves, they will see the great deception, and the mark of the beast already in the land. but satan has them waiting on a chip in their hand&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;WAKE UP WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: DavidW</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-28516</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DavidW]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[heidi:

There is no error in rightly caring for God&#039;s creation.  There has been sinful neglect of God&#039;s creation, worse still, plundering and wasting it for selfish gain.  Christians should be in the forefront of demonstrating right care and stewardship over God&#039;s creation.  But numerous mindsets have risen to the fore, which have replaced a true understanding of creation with false, such as: 

a) &quot;Mother Earth&quot; is our provider (not a Creator God), so we need to care for &quot;her&quot;.
b) God is in His creation, therefore to care for it is to give worship, or minister, to God.
c) All is god: the animal, the plant, the planet, and we are all part of god, so to harm one is to harm the whole (which, of course, is god).

When such mindsets become the foundational basis for caring for the environment, the religious beliefs inherent therein (ie: Panentheism, Pantheism, Idolatry) inevitably become manifested by their adherents, resulting in an attack on the truth as revealed in God&#039;s word.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>heidi:</p>
<p>There is no error in rightly caring for God&#8217;s creation.  There has been sinful neglect of God&#8217;s creation, worse still, plundering and wasting it for selfish gain.  Christians should be in the forefront of demonstrating right care and stewardship over God&#8217;s creation.  But numerous mindsets have risen to the fore, which have replaced a true understanding of creation with false, such as: </p>
<p>a) &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; is our provider (not a Creator God), so we need to care for &#8220;her&#8221;.<br />
b) God is in His creation, therefore to care for it is to give worship, or minister, to God.<br />
c) All is god: the animal, the plant, the planet, and we are all part of god, so to harm one is to harm the whole (which, of course, is god).</p>
<p>When such mindsets become the foundational basis for caring for the environment, the religious beliefs inherent therein (ie: Panentheism, Pantheism, Idolatry) inevitably become manifested by their adherents, resulting in an attack on the truth as revealed in God&#8217;s word.</p>
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		<title>By: heidi</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-28505</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[heidi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 01:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with the article, but am confused on the radical environmentalism. I fail to see the error in caring for the creation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with the article, but am confused on the radical environmentalism. I fail to see the error in caring for the creation.</p>
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		<title>By: vijay malhan</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-28340</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[vijay malhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 16:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your article is very interesting. I believe in Jesus Christ as the true way,  i have failed to worship and acknowledge Him. It makes me happy that your highlighting what is going on in  todays society with an anti-christian agenda murking around. I am shocked that baal worship as disguised itself in politics, abortion and gay rights. There is now what appears to be an anti christian sentiment, it feels like a hitler society persecuting the jews, excecpt that its christianity. God forgive for our failure to honour and stand up for the truth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your article is very interesting. I believe in Jesus Christ as the true way,  i have failed to worship and acknowledge Him. It makes me happy that your highlighting what is going on in  todays society with an anti-christian agenda murking around. I am shocked that baal worship as disguised itself in politics, abortion and gay rights. There is now what appears to be an anti christian sentiment, it feels like a hitler society persecuting the jews, excecpt that its christianity. God forgive for our failure to honour and stand up for the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: Kenneth E newell</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-26239</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenneth E newell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting that any badge of political association would be coupled with Baal worship. Indeed it is written that the gates of Heaven are narrow &amp; few will find them. As abortion &amp; sexual sin are abundant within many Progressive minds, so are the idolatry &amp; self edification present at the heart of many so-called Conservatives.
Christ willfully gave up the highest place to be the lowest servant of all who were lost.
If one can empty ones self of all comfort &amp; serve the dying world until the end, then there is no room for Baal. We also know there is not one among us who is innocent of selfishness. Simply we all need only to focus on the plank in our own eyes, love those who are lost, pray constantly, and keep short accounts daily, with the 1 true gatekeeper, Jesus Christ.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting that any badge of political association would be coupled with Baal worship. Indeed it is written that the gates of Heaven are narrow &amp; few will find them. As abortion &amp; sexual sin are abundant within many Progressive minds, so are the idolatry &amp; self edification present at the heart of many so-called Conservatives.<br />
Christ willfully gave up the highest place to be the lowest servant of all who were lost.<br />
If one can empty ones self of all comfort &amp; serve the dying world until the end, then there is no room for Baal. We also know there is not one among us who is innocent of selfishness. Simply we all need only to focus on the plank in our own eyes, love those who are lost, pray constantly, and keep short accounts daily, with the 1 true gatekeeper, Jesus Christ.</p>
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		<title>By: harleyj</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-25785</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[harleyj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real worshipers of Baal (self) are the co-called &quot;conservatives&quot; of today who are so materialistic and who serve materialism...

The above rationalization is what one would expect from a &quot;believer in the false christ&quot;...not the True and Living Christ who implored us to be &quot;good stewards&quot;, to love and do mercy and justice, to walk humbly, to feed the hungry, minister to the sick, clothe the naked, house the homeless, visit the prisoner and WHO did not say the state couldn&#039;t participate in those purposes.  He was opposed to material greed, avarice and selfishness (self love--Baal) which the so-called &quot;conservatives&quot; are so deeply committed to; they who support the polluters who profit significantly from the destruction of God&#039;s creation and the poisoning of his children, his flora and fauna for want of the almighty wealth and power of the dollar.  

I think the author of this essay is either innocently mistaken or else a purposeful pawn of the false &quot;christ&quot; who is the enemy of God and the True and Living Christ.  His statement is a political statement and/or an instruction rather than a statement of faith!!!  I have always found it ironic that the political and religionist &quot;conservatives&quot; seem to come down on the side of the greedy plutocrats, oligarchs and corporatists; in other words God favors the rich over the struggling poor and starving children-something from the old &quot;gospel of wealth&quot; which seems to deny virtually everything Jesus said in all of the versions and interpretations of the New Testament.

harleyspoon@yahoo.com

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I am no supporter of abortion as a means of birth control…But I am actually “pro-life after birth” when it seems that so many who prance around self-righteously and sanctimoniously touting their so-called “pro-lifeism” are actually only “Pro-birthers” who are determined to pull the fetus out of the frying pan (womb) and throw the helpless infant into the fire (life) regardless of the parent’s mental or physical ability to care for it–feed, house, clothe, nurture, educate it. It is as if the “pro-birthers” or through with the fetus and forget the fetus once it becomes a helpless infant. From my perspective, those hypocrites think their obligation ends at birth. “Life” does not end at birth! It actually begins.

Millions of unwanted infants are born each year but millions of them are not adopted by those hypocrites who demanded their birth. So many so-called “pro-lifers” refuse to adopt the imperfect infant, the minority baby, the AIDS baby, the drug addicted baby, the mentally or physically afflicted baby….and worse than that, those “pro-lifers” who insist they are “conservatives” fight every effort by the state to help those helpless infants have a fair start at life in this harsh and mean world. They impose their religionism on society via the law book so they can move on to other issues like putting the Ten Commandments in government buildings or praying at football games or purging actual history from school-books…

My conclusion regarding the “pro-birthers” is that they don’t really care about the fetus or the infant; they only care that they are “impressing” God and mankind with their “symbolic gestures”….A NEWS-FLASH: GOD is not impressed with those “symbolic gestures” regarding birth anymore than he is “impressed” with where we put the Ten Commandments if we don’t intend to live up to them. Oh, and mankind is fickle!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real worshipers of Baal (self) are the co-called &#8220;conservatives&#8221; of today who are so materialistic and who serve materialism&#8230;</p>
<p>The above rationalization is what one would expect from a &#8220;believer in the false christ&#8221;&#8230;not the True and Living Christ who implored us to be &#8220;good stewards&#8221;, to love and do mercy and justice, to walk humbly, to feed the hungry, minister to the sick, clothe the naked, house the homeless, visit the prisoner and WHO did not say the state couldn&#8217;t participate in those purposes.  He was opposed to material greed, avarice and selfishness (self love&#8211;Baal) which the so-called &#8220;conservatives&#8221; are so deeply committed to; they who support the polluters who profit significantly from the destruction of God&#8217;s creation and the poisoning of his children, his flora and fauna for want of the almighty wealth and power of the dollar.  </p>
<p>I think the author of this essay is either innocently mistaken or else a purposeful pawn of the false &#8220;christ&#8221; who is the enemy of God and the True and Living Christ.  His statement is a political statement and/or an instruction rather than a statement of faith!!!  I have always found it ironic that the political and religionist &#8220;conservatives&#8221; seem to come down on the side of the greedy plutocrats, oligarchs and corporatists; in other words God favors the rich over the struggling poor and starving children-something from the old &#8220;gospel of wealth&#8221; which seems to deny virtually everything Jesus said in all of the versions and interpretations of the New Testament.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:harleyspoon@yahoo.com">harleyspoon@yahoo.com</a></p>
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I am no supporter of abortion as a means of birth control…But I am actually “pro-life after birth” when it seems that so many who prance around self-righteously and sanctimoniously touting their so-called “pro-lifeism” are actually only “Pro-birthers” who are determined to pull the fetus out of the frying pan (womb) and throw the helpless infant into the fire (life) regardless of the parent’s mental or physical ability to care for it–feed, house, clothe, nurture, educate it. It is as if the “pro-birthers” or through with the fetus and forget the fetus once it becomes a helpless infant. From my perspective, those hypocrites think their obligation ends at birth. “Life” does not end at birth! It actually begins.</p>
<p>Millions of unwanted infants are born each year but millions of them are not adopted by those hypocrites who demanded their birth. So many so-called “pro-lifers” refuse to adopt the imperfect infant, the minority baby, the AIDS baby, the drug addicted baby, the mentally or physically afflicted baby….and worse than that, those “pro-lifers” who insist they are “conservatives” fight every effort by the state to help those helpless infants have a fair start at life in this harsh and mean world. They impose their religionism on society via the law book so they can move on to other issues like putting the Ten Commandments in government buildings or praying at football games or purging actual history from school-books…</p>
<p>My conclusion regarding the “pro-birthers” is that they don’t really care about the fetus or the infant; they only care that they are “impressing” God and mankind with their “symbolic gestures”….A NEWS-FLASH: GOD is not impressed with those “symbolic gestures” regarding birth anymore than he is “impressed” with where we put the Ten Commandments if we don’t intend to live up to them. Oh, and mankind is fickle!!</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize this is an old post but I am going to comment nonetheless.  I just read through Jeremiah 7 and found in verse 18 the &quot;Queen of Heaven&quot;.  I remembered hearing recently that Semiramis, the mother/wife of Nimrod, was known as the &quot;Queen of Heaven&quot; along with The Virgin Mary from the perspective of the Catholics.  I have limited knowledge of the issue but apparently Nimrod was revered as a god as was his son, Tammuz, that Nimrod fathered through Semiramis.  I have recently heard this tied in with Baal worship and even our modern government.  I thought, along with you, that there is &quot;nothing new under the sun&quot; and that surely Baal worship was present today but perhaps continuing along in another name.  I do see the point of the blog, and agree, but I feel that it may be even deeper than that.  Good post though.  Check out my blog sometime at spiritualdimension.wordpress.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I realize this is an old post but I am going to comment nonetheless.  I just read through Jeremiah 7 and found in verse 18 the &#8220;Queen of Heaven&#8221;.  I remembered hearing recently that Semiramis, the mother/wife of Nimrod, was known as the &#8220;Queen of Heaven&#8221; along with The Virgin Mary from the perspective of the Catholics.  I have limited knowledge of the issue but apparently Nimrod was revered as a god as was his son, Tammuz, that Nimrod fathered through Semiramis.  I have recently heard this tied in with Baal worship and even our modern government.  I thought, along with you, that there is &#8220;nothing new under the sun&#8221; and that surely Baal worship was present today but perhaps continuing along in another name.  I do see the point of the blog, and agree, but I feel that it may be even deeper than that.  Good post though.  Check out my blog sometime at spiritualdimension.wordpress.com</p>
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		<title>By: Hal</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-20492</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree that the left/right, Democrat/Republican paradigm is no longer valid.  The Republicans are just as corrupt, pro homosexual, and anti-Christian as the Democrats.  We have been betrayed on so many levels it would take a book to try and outline the corruption including Israel first Zionism that has taken over many churches and seminaries.  

Just look at who are members of the homosexual, Molech worshiping Bohemian Club who meet annually in the Bohemian Grove north of San Francisco.  This included Bushs, Ronald Reagan, and a former leader was Walter Cronkite, &quot;the most trustest man in America&quot;.    

The propaganda everyone faces is amazing and it is time to wake up and band together as true Christians for whatever is coming.  If you still believe that a Judeo/Christian country is not like Night/Day then read &quot;Discovering Judaism&quot; by Hoffman and find out about the Baylonian Talmud, and it will provide undertstanding of why letting duel citizen Zionists infiltrate and run this country was the same as letting organized criminals run American into the ground.  (Read &quot;Supermob&quot;.)

Believe it or not, the CIA has people at every significant level of federal, state, and local governments, as well as, major media.  &quot;Commissioners&quot; are likely positions and the pentagon helped set this up under the cover of a Defense Department program.  We truly have become a nation of idiot serfs fighting illegal wars for an ungodly political state of Israel, and to prop up the dollar as the only oil trading currency.  

You can see history repeating itself with parallels to the Roman Empire and 1930&#039;s Germany now with a much greater gap between armed citizen/serfs and the military, and much more ruthless tax based banking system.  

Other than the return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, our only hope seems to be a military coup as explained in the books by Col. Donn de Grand-Pre .   Please pray for people along the Mexican border where US &amp; Mexican military has started to fly helicopters across to attack one group of drug trafficers over another.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the left/right, Democrat/Republican paradigm is no longer valid.  The Republicans are just as corrupt, pro homosexual, and anti-Christian as the Democrats.  We have been betrayed on so many levels it would take a book to try and outline the corruption including Israel first Zionism that has taken over many churches and seminaries.  </p>
<p>Just look at who are members of the homosexual, Molech worshiping Bohemian Club who meet annually in the Bohemian Grove north of San Francisco.  This included Bushs, Ronald Reagan, and a former leader was Walter Cronkite, &#8220;the most trustest man in America&#8221;.    </p>
<p>The propaganda everyone faces is amazing and it is time to wake up and band together as true Christians for whatever is coming.  If you still believe that a Judeo/Christian country is not like Night/Day then read &#8220;Discovering Judaism&#8221; by Hoffman and find out about the Baylonian Talmud, and it will provide undertstanding of why letting duel citizen Zionists infiltrate and run this country was the same as letting organized criminals run American into the ground.  (Read &#8220;Supermob&#8221;.)</p>
<p>Believe it or not, the CIA has people at every significant level of federal, state, and local governments, as well as, major media.  &#8220;Commissioners&#8221; are likely positions and the pentagon helped set this up under the cover of a Defense Department program.  We truly have become a nation of idiot serfs fighting illegal wars for an ungodly political state of Israel, and to prop up the dollar as the only oil trading currency.  </p>
<p>You can see history repeating itself with parallels to the Roman Empire and 1930&#8242;s Germany now with a much greater gap between armed citizen/serfs and the military, and much more ruthless tax based banking system.  </p>
<p>Other than the return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, our only hope seems to be a military coup as explained in the books by Col. Donn de Grand-Pre .   Please pray for people along the Mexican border where US &amp; Mexican military has started to fly helicopters across to attack one group of drug trafficers over another.</p>
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		<title>By: Rachel</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-18068</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a believer in God and His promises as stated in the Bible, this has been my view of the political landscape in America all along, and especially now that it has become even more obvious in our current chaos. Balancing what is happening today with what God gave us as what is coming (The Book of Revelation prophecy) makes it easy to identify the evil at work in the world ... and how it plays into His plan. That&#039;s not to say the end is here, but that it IS coming but we know not when.  

I appreciate that this author does not target Democrats as the purveyors of this growing evil, but instead identifies those who support the illness America is experiencing as &#039;the modern-day liberals&#039; (left) or &quot;Progressives&quot; - wherein lies the disconnect when many traditional Democrats mistakenly believe anti-Obama sentiment is just the same old &#039;R Vs D&#039; politics-as-usual scenario. It is so NOT! 

Unfortunately, there are still far too many American&#039;s who think they can TRUST the letter game when it comes time to choose who to vote for. Voting for a &quot;D&quot; (or &quot;R&quot;) does not mean that candidate will hold to the traditional values of the party it represents no matter what WORDS they used to dazzle the voting public.  &#039;HOPE&#039; and &#039;CHANGE&#039;, for instance, were used for their ability to invoke one meaning but have proven to be quite another.  

America is transforming into the chaotic party of evil going on below while Moses was up on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments as depicted in the movie with the late Charlton Heston. The &#039;Progressives&#039; are throwing the illicit party so American&#039;s won&#039;t notice their agenda to enter in, by an incremental evolutionary process, the new world order which doesn&#039;t allow the United States to remain a free country with citizens who can continue to enjoy their LIBERTY as guaranteed by our Constitution. 

WE, the People, are the heartbeat of America. &quot;Live free or die&quot; was the creedo of those who set the stage for America to thrive and grow into THE bastion of freedom for the world. Their truth is our truth now. If we don&#039;t hold to and protect the self-evident truths; Life, Liberty, and the FREEDOM to pursue happiness, our heartbeat will be enslaved by those who seek to control every aspect of our lives in America ... which is the liberal Progressives dream come true, but was the nightmare our Forefathers knew all too well having lived under the heavy hand of the King of England. 

Revolution II is in the making. Those who serve the King of Kings will stand for truth and follow His battle plan against the evil among us as we wait for the call of the trumpets one day. Patriots vs Progressives - we are now choosing sides.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a believer in God and His promises as stated in the Bible, this has been my view of the political landscape in America all along, and especially now that it has become even more obvious in our current chaos. Balancing what is happening today with what God gave us as what is coming (The Book of Revelation prophecy) makes it easy to identify the evil at work in the world &#8230; and how it plays into His plan. That&#8217;s not to say the end is here, but that it IS coming but we know not when.  </p>
<p>I appreciate that this author does not target Democrats as the purveyors of this growing evil, but instead identifies those who support the illness America is experiencing as &#8216;the modern-day liberals&#8217; (left) or &#8220;Progressives&#8221; &#8211; wherein lies the disconnect when many traditional Democrats mistakenly believe anti-Obama sentiment is just the same old &#8216;R Vs D&#8217; politics-as-usual scenario. It is so NOT! </p>
<p>Unfortunately, there are still far too many American&#8217;s who think they can TRUST the letter game when it comes time to choose who to vote for. Voting for a &#8220;D&#8221; (or &#8220;R&#8221;) does not mean that candidate will hold to the traditional values of the party it represents no matter what WORDS they used to dazzle the voting public.  &#8216;HOPE&#8217; and &#8216;CHANGE&#8217;, for instance, were used for their ability to invoke one meaning but have proven to be quite another.  </p>
<p>America is transforming into the chaotic party of evil going on below while Moses was up on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments as depicted in the movie with the late Charlton Heston. The &#8216;Progressives&#8217; are throwing the illicit party so American&#8217;s won&#8217;t notice their agenda to enter in, by an incremental evolutionary process, the new world order which doesn&#8217;t allow the United States to remain a free country with citizens who can continue to enjoy their LIBERTY as guaranteed by our Constitution. </p>
<p>WE, the People, are the heartbeat of America. &#8220;Live free or die&#8221; was the creedo of those who set the stage for America to thrive and grow into THE bastion of freedom for the world. Their truth is our truth now. If we don&#8217;t hold to and protect the self-evident truths; Life, Liberty, and the FREEDOM to pursue happiness, our heartbeat will be enslaved by those who seek to control every aspect of our lives in America &#8230; which is the liberal Progressives dream come true, but was the nightmare our Forefathers knew all too well having lived under the heavy hand of the King of England. </p>
<p>Revolution II is in the making. Those who serve the King of Kings will stand for truth and follow His battle plan against the evil among us as we wait for the call of the trumpets one day. Patriots vs Progressives &#8211; we are now choosing sides.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-16905</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what are we to do? all of our holidays are in actuallity pagan. We as a nation have all been duped into baal worship thru modern day practices as christmas, easter, just to name a few. How do we explain the truth to our children and open the eyes to those who walk around in ignorance. If we choose to truly walk in the light of the truth we will be persecuted by the culture of the world in what it has become. Often times by our own hypocrisy&#039;s! When did our lord Jesus Christ say we were supposed to celebrate his birthday? I believe we were supposed to celebrate his resurection. Yet the dates we celebrate either are rooted to paganism from the earliest of times.
 Now we can be truly thankful more than ever for the ultimate sacrifice given for all of our souls by our Lord Jesus Christ. Only through his grace and forgiveness does any of us have a chance to be able to live a life that is right in Gods eyes. May the love of our Lord Jesus Christ open our eyes to light of his truth!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what are we to do? all of our holidays are in actuallity pagan. We as a nation have all been duped into baal worship thru modern day practices as christmas, easter, just to name a few. How do we explain the truth to our children and open the eyes to those who walk around in ignorance. If we choose to truly walk in the light of the truth we will be persecuted by the culture of the world in what it has become. Often times by our own hypocrisy&#8217;s! When did our lord Jesus Christ say we were supposed to celebrate his birthday? I believe we were supposed to celebrate his resurection. Yet the dates we celebrate either are rooted to paganism from the earliest of times.<br />
 Now we can be truly thankful more than ever for the ultimate sacrifice given for all of our souls by our Lord Jesus Christ. Only through his grace and forgiveness does any of us have a chance to be able to live a life that is right in Gods eyes. May the love of our Lord Jesus Christ open our eyes to light of his truth!</p>
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		<title>By: Desert Pastor's wife</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-15301</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Desert Pastor's wife]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep, we are a culture of Baal-worshipers and sometimes I wonder where people get the idea the we are a Christian nation?  There&#039;s nothing Christian about our nation...just paganism.  There are a few true believers in this paganistic society but even a lot of those who call themselves Christians are not really that because they follow the culture just as close as those who don&#039;t claim to be Christians, i.e. atheists, agnostics, etc.  I don&#039;t see it changing because the world will act like the world!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, we are a culture of Baal-worshipers and sometimes I wonder where people get the idea the we are a Christian nation?  There&#8217;s nothing Christian about our nation&#8230;just paganism.  There are a few true believers in this paganistic society but even a lot of those who call themselves Christians are not really that because they follow the culture just as close as those who don&#8217;t claim to be Christians, i.e. atheists, agnostics, etc.  I don&#8217;t see it changing because the world will act like the world!</p>
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		<title>By: JEFF</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-15292</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JEFF]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baal Worship dates back to Gen 10-11.Noahs grand son Nimrod. Check out Babylon Mystery Religion. Chick publications has a wonderful read on the beginning and origins of Baal. You will be shocked ,it has infected the world politics, money systems ,one world government and the attacks against christians.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baal Worship dates back to Gen 10-11.Noahs grand son Nimrod. Check out Babylon Mystery Religion. Chick publications has a wonderful read on the beginning and origins of Baal. You will be shocked ,it has infected the world politics, money systems ,one world government and the attacks against christians.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe McLendon</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-11092</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McLendon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I strive to lead young adults each week in meaningful biblical study and discipleship this type of thought provoking and sobering thought is so relevant to what I am trying to impart.  Thank you so much for this helpful insight.

Maranatha]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I strive to lead young adults each week in meaningful biblical study and discipleship this type of thought provoking and sobering thought is so relevant to what I am trying to impart.  Thank you so much for this helpful insight.</p>
<p>Maranatha</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Swetman</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-9906</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Swetman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Article is a Bulls Eye. 

Most of our Leaders are now corrupt and take part in the Bohemian Grove Ritual.

The Church is Asleep shhhh lets not wake them up...

The Battle Cry
http://thelighthouseletter.com/SID10827.wmv]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Article is a Bulls Eye. </p>
<p>Most of our Leaders are now corrupt and take part in the Bohemian Grove Ritual.</p>
<p>The Church is Asleep shhhh lets not wake them up&#8230;</p>
<p>The Battle Cry<br />
<a href="http://thelighthouseletter.com/SID10827.wmv" rel="nofollow">http://thelighthouseletter.com/SID10827.wmv</a></p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-9248</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[!!!

I can&#039;t stop laughing! This is so spot-on! I&#039;m definitely going to pass this one along!]]></description>
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<p>I can&#8217;t stop laughing! This is so spot-on! I&#8217;m definitely going to pass this one along!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-9119</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is spot-on.  We are living among Baal worshippers.  The is no substantive difference between modern-day abortionists and the Old Testament pagan worship of Baal.

May God help all of us!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article is spot-on.  We are living among Baal worshippers.  The is no substantive difference between modern-day abortionists and the Old Testament pagan worship of Baal.</p>
<p>May God help all of us!</p>
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		<title>By: Blue Collar Todd</title>
		<link>http://defendingcontending.com/2009/02/16/baal-worship-then-and-now/#comment-9105</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blue Collar Todd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is why I am not a Democrat.  The Democratic Party has taken up human sacrifice as a universal right and is propagating that sin with the sin of homosexuality on our culture.  Liberalism is a false religion and is modern Baal worship in contemporary clothing.  

This does not mean that the Republican Party epitomizes Christianity.  The only real virtue of the Republican Party is that they are at least, for now, willing to listen to biblical Chrisitans.  They are the last political barrier to Liberals/Baal worshipers putting Christians in &quot;re-education&quot; camps.  On an aside note, this is why I find &lt;a href=&quot;http://whyimnotademocrat.blogspot.com/2009/01/which-side-of-fundamentalist-versus.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rick Warren&lt;/a&gt; and other accommodationsists so dangerous.  Warren actually says these two views, the Liberal and Conservative, are both right in terms of faith.  No they stand in total antithesis to one another.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is why I am not a Democrat.  The Democratic Party has taken up human sacrifice as a universal right and is propagating that sin with the sin of homosexuality on our culture.  Liberalism is a false religion and is modern Baal worship in contemporary clothing.  </p>
<p>This does not mean that the Republican Party epitomizes Christianity.  The only real virtue of the Republican Party is that they are at least, for now, willing to listen to biblical Chrisitans.  They are the last political barrier to Liberals/Baal worshipers putting Christians in &#8220;re-education&#8221; camps.  On an aside note, this is why I find <a href="http://whyimnotademocrat.blogspot.com/2009/01/which-side-of-fundamentalist-versus.html" rel="nofollow">Rick Warren</a> and other accommodationsists so dangerous.  Warren actually says these two views, the Liberal and Conservative, are both right in terms of faith.  No they stand in total antithesis to one another.</p>
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