It is a popular phrase by many of today’s so called Conservatives & Evangelicals.  To be a good God Fearing Christian.  To me that is so much utter BULLSHIT!

I am not a Christian, but a Jew, and you know, I will NEVER FEAR MY GOD!

I LOVE HIM, I ADORE HIM, AND I WORSHIP HIM, which is as it should be. He is the true father, who will love me unconditionally, no matter how much I screw up, how much I may bend, and break his rules, because he is the FATHER OF US ALL!

He is Stephen Harper’s father, Adolph Hitler’s father, and Mine too.  Like any Father, he may be disappointed in what his children do, in his name, or even against him, but he is not to be feared, to be cowed by, but to be loved, to be respected, because simply, he is our father.

So for those religious neanderthals, like Stephen Harper & Vic Toews who hate others, who preach intolerance, who try to undermine equality, take heed. You have no need to fear your father, for he still loves you, for all your hatred, your evil ways.  Just as he loves all who try to do their best, who try to love their fellow man even though their fellow man doesn’t want that.

MY GOD IS ONE OF LOVE, NOT HATE, NOT TO BE FEARED, BUT TO BE CHERISHED.

They are saying it is a victory for Gay Rights, but the truth is, it is a victory for Human Rights and Democracy. The ruling in Iowa, that over turns the law that declared marriage, was between a man & woman only, is not about altering religious beliefs, but is in fact, an Affirmation of Religious Freedoms.

Granted, many who believe that a man marrying another man is some form of sin, or just not natural, don’t quite see it that way, but then, they never will. Truth of the matter is, that you or I, should be allowed to believe what we want, but that our laws, our CIVIL LAWS, should meet the needs of all of its citizens, not just those in the Majority.

It is why so many Irish immigrated to the USA and why the entire Colonies of North America even began. It was an escape from Religious Persecution, where one Religious Order attempted to foist it’s brand of religion, on the entire population. That simply goes against everything in our make up, and isn’t what makes up, given to us from GOD? So to ignore that, isn’t that going against HIM?

None of us, gay or straight, baptist or catholic, jew or muslin, can know with any 100% certainity, that what we believe, is the Gospel. None of us, are that lucky to know what is GOD’s plan for us, or for that matter, if HE even exists. It is our FAITH that keeps us going, in believing, and how we choose to honor that faith, is sometimes what gets us into trouble.

To deny me, and David, our rights to marry, under civil law, to deny us the same civil benefits that a man & woman have, is not what Democracy is about, nor is it what GOD is about. HE gave us FREE WILL, or so we claim, so why then do so many make it their life mission to try and deny us that freedom? Why do they believe that their belief, their values, must be ours, as well?

The ruling in Iowa changes nothing for Catholics or Mormons, nor for Jews, Muslims, or any other religion. Nor did any of the preceeding rulings, that acknowledge the rights of a minority, to enjoy the benefits that a majority enjoy, alter those core beliefs. What this ruling in Iowa does, is RE-ENFORCE THE RIGHTS OF ALL MAN, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DISAGREE.

This is not a victory for Gay Rights, but for every Catholic or Mormon who wants to believe that homosexuality is wrong, or is a sin against GOD. It says, they are entitled to hold their beliefs, but it also says, that no one can force them to believe differently. It isn’t about Gay Rights, but about Human Rights, about ending persecution and about insuring that every single citizen, can believe in a GOD they want to beleve in, but that their believe, cannot be forced on others, who simply disagree, or don’t see it their way.

THIS IS A VICTORY FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM & CIVIL RIGHTS.

The Vatican has come out in favor of the decision by the Brazilian Archbishop, who ex communicated local doctors who performed an abortion on a nine year old girl. Seems, the nine year old girl, was impregnated by her step father, who is alleged to have sexually abused her, since she was six years old.

The story continues, that the abortion was performed, when it was discovered that she was pregnant, with twins, after complaining of stomach pain. The Doctors moved to save her life, because of concern that her body was unable to deliver a child, let alone twins.

Now the doctors, who moved to save a girl’s life, are supposedly denied entry to Heaven, and are banished from the Church.  Odd, isn’t it, as this same Vatican, under Pope Benedict, tried to have return to the fold a man who believes the Holocaust never happened.

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? I mean even if you assume or accept, that an abortion is morally wrong, is tantamount to murder, how then do you justify allowing the mother, who is 9, to die in childbirth? How do you equate her death, and possible the death of the twins at the same time, as being morally right, and abortion wrong, in this case?

Bishop Williamson sort of apologized, but  not enough for the various Jewish Groups, and supposedly the Vatican. Least that is the news, but as a Jew, I have a problem with this whole issue. I have a problem with a Pope who claims he never knew the outlandish sentiments of this Bishop, though it took him quite some time to come out and demand the guy give an apology. However my problem is, why should this Bishop even be asked for one?

Does him standing up, saying he’s sorry for thinking that way, for preaching that the Nazi’s never murdered 12 million odd people, of which half were mostly Jewish, suddenly make him a believer that they did? Does it suddenly erase the hurt it created? And so he says it, does that mean he even means it? The apology that is.

In his statement, Williamson expressed regret.

“If I had known beforehand the full harm and hurt to which they would give rise, especially to the church, but also to survivors and relatives of victims of injustice under the Third Reich, I would not have made them,” he said.

“To all souls that took honest scandal from what I said, before God, I apologize.” ( source – CBC News )

It is hard for me to accept, that any apology given would be sincere. Seems to me, that if he did make one, even with just what he said, would be insincere, as he is under pressure. This isn’t about him changing his mind, but about him seeking to regain entry into the fold. So frankly, any apology is going to be tainted by whether or not it is real, or just spoken to satisfy & calm the angry mob.

If, after being put forward for this redemption, as they call it, he had come out on his own, to apologize, to say he was wrong, that the Holocaust was, as we all know it to be, a horrible reality of History, then perhaps one could argue it was sincere. However, any apology that comes, under pressure, can’t be considered real, or honest. It shouldn’t even be asked for.

The Pope, for some personal reason, wants him back, tried to slip it through, got caught, and is now doing damage control, and like sheep, we the people are buying into it. NO APOLOGY MADE NOW, WILL BE ACCEPTED AS SINCERE. I mean come on, is it any different than any other coercision tactic?

Once the thoughts and words of this Bishop Williamson were made known, his retribution should have been revoked. The offer to reinstate him should have been taken back, and that is how one should deal with it. To try and cover it up with excuses, then force someone to say what they obviously don’t believe, is just as bad as what the man originally stated.

There has to be real consequences in life, not perceived ones. If the man truly believes that the Holocaust didn’t murder that many people, fine, let him believe it, let him spew his crap, BUT DON’T REWARD HIM FOR PUBLICLY DENYING WHAT HE BELIEVES.

You cannot make people believe what they don’t want to. Many still think George Bush is the greatest President, many still think Brian Mulroney was a super Prime Minister, many think Trudeau was an arrogant prick, and many also still believe Hitler wasn’t so bad. Just as many honestly believe homosexuals are evil, are sinners, and that it is a choice.

You cant change them by forcing them to acknowledge they are wrong. All you can do is stand beside them, support their right to speak their foul thoughts, and shout louder than them, that they are wrong, and show them the proof. Show them the death camps, the meticulous records that the Nazi’s kept of the names of the murdered millions. Show them the marks on the arms, and when those have passed on, shove the photos of those marks in their faces, but don’t stoop to their level.

Williamson, should not be forced to apology, instead the offer of taking him back should simply, be revoked. The one who should be apologizing, is the Pope, for not doing his homework, so he claims.

As time marches on, as the last survivors of Hitler’s crimes perish from the earth, the apologists, the supporters of racism, of hatred, resurface, questioning and trying to cast doubt. Of course they do it rationally, claiming that there was no way that Germany could MURDER SIX MILLION JEWS ALONG WITH SIX MILLION OTHERS.

Now we have a Pope who innocently claims, he didn’t know about the outlandish remarks by a Bishop, who he restored to the Church’es fold.  I suppose that is just like all those good Germans who hadn’t a clue as to what was going on at places like Auschwitz, where they lived. The train engineers didn’t have a clue about why all those people were being shoved into cattle cars, always going to the one place, that never seemed to be out of room to take them.

Pope Benedict, as an Ex Nazi, or so he claims, didnt know that this Bishop claims that at most only 300,000 Jews were killed during the Nazi rule.

The Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI didn’t know about Williamson’s views on the Holocaust when he agreed to lift the bishop’s excommunication last month.

While Williamson has apologized to Pope Benedict XVI for having stirred controversy, he has not repudiated his comments, in which he said only 200,000 to 300,000 Jews were killed during the Second World War and that none died in Nazi gas chambers. ( source – CBC News )

I mean just how stupid does the Pope think everyone is?  Like hell he didn’t know about the remarks, seeing as how the worst thing that can happen to a Catholic, is excommunication, you just have to know that every reason for that disciplanary action would be detailed. Yet the Pope is unaware of the remark from back then, and from no more than two days before his announced forgiveness?

And here is the kicker, the Bishop gets ordered to recant the statements, and he says, he will have to go back to his research to see if he made a mistake. NOT THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE, BUT TO SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE.

And these are the types of Bishops, Pope Benedict wants in his church? At the same time, he wants all Priests who are homosexuals to be expelled from his church. Interesting isn’t it?

It should be clear, even to a feeble old man like Benedict, that if the guy won’t even follow orders now, just as he wouldn’t when he was kicked out, he shouldn’t be allowed back in. I mean that is like telling a murder to promise not to kill again, before you’ll release him/her from prison, and he/she refuses, but you let him/her out anyways.

Interesting too, that at the collapse of Nazi Germany, many followers of Hitler moved to Argentina. Now can anyone guess where this Bishop resides?

I suppose that in time, the truth will disappear, because the world simply doesn’t want to accept that it could have allowed such butchery to happen. Nor do they want to admit to the fact, that they could have done more to stop it sooner, but that in reality, they really weren’t all that unhappy about the MURDER OF JEWS.

I suppose that they needed to keep a token few around though, because then they would simply had to find some other ethnic group to be their scapegoats, for the ills of the world. Like how they claim the Media is controlled by JEWS,  at how they say it was the JEWS  who fabricated the weapons of mass destruction lies that led to the Iraq Invasion.

I mean heaven forbid that anyone actually think it was simply sonny boy trying to vindicate his daddies screw up, by not finishing off Hussein, when he had a chance. Hell they are still blaming JEWS for supposedly killing Christ. Today of course, it is the JEWS who have caused the sub prime mortgage diseaster, who have fabricated the banking crisis, oil crisis.

Hell whatever the crisis is, some always find a way to blame the JEWS.