Crusader War College

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops, Reuters reported.

Just a post to express my thanks to those who currently serve, and have served, in the armed forces of the United States, whose dedication is illustrated by Army Specialist Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas.

Of course, I cannot, in this world, thank those who have paid the ultimate price while in the service of their country, so I extend my condolences and gratefulness to their families and friends, whose loss is especially hard because they lived with and loved these extradordinary individuals, and remind them that the hope found in Christ assures us that, for those who died believing in him, we will see them again in the resurrection of the just.

The below poem was by A. Lawrence Vaincourt was posted by Gorb at Rantburg.

Just a Common Soldier
(A Soldier Died Today)

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past,
Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.

He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life,
Held a job and raised a family, quietly going on his way
And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell their whole life stories from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land,
Some guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow, who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?

A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives,
While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and, perhaps, a pension small.

It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago
That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know
It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?

He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again,
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that would say,
"Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today."

The student body, faculty, and staff of the Crusader War College salute all those who have served in the military forces of our country.

In addition, we should go out of our way to thank those who took on the same protective and supportive roles in our civilian sector, such as Police, State Militia members, and EMTs.

And let us go our of our way to thank those who currently serve.

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The link is a tragic example of how compassion and the desire to serve do not compensate for an unwillingness to face the truth. A good heart does not shield one from an empty head. The American people are about to learn the lesson the Haitians learned, and with equal sorrow and bitterness.

Truth comes in all forms, but the most brutal is that of Physical Reality. And it is also true that, though it is the most brutal, that does not make it, as the Secular Materialists would hold, the ONLY Truth there is.

See this article for the reason why I will oppose this. This involuntary servitude is being proposed because the goal is purportedly "to do good". In actuality, it is an attempt to be superior to the good by controlling the good.

No. No one will dictate to me or my family what is good and what we should do to be good.

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Doing good in the face of evil.

It was on a whim," Limbaugh, who claims to have "Talent on loan from God," said. "She sounded so tired, distraught, and frightened about her and her husband's business future with an Obama victory.

"I just wanted to brighten her day, keep her inspired and 'in the game,'" he told CNS News. "We will need people like Belinda Davis to keep the country moving."

Davis runs a small jewelry business with her husband in Kerrville, Texas and called Limbaugh on Oct. 28 to complain about Hollywood celebrities getting undue attention during the election season while everyday working people like herself and her husband are ignored.

Belinda Davis told Gretchen Carlson of Fox News in an interview that the story tugged at Limbaugh's heart strings and she was just in the line of his heart.

And as luck would have it, the transmission had just died in her car.

I had read this yesterday, and it gnawed at the back of my mind. While I was at peace despite the results, and while I helped others take the long, divine view of things, I was sensing a higher than normal neurotransmitter drain. This morning, I realized that the election was taken by the darker forces in this world as permission to move in and selectively impose a spirit of discouragement and defeat on God's people, in the same way that corrupt Democrats selectively apply the laws of the land against God's people. This is a different sort of demon oppression that requires a different sort of exorcism. I tried a few different tacks, and it looks as if I was correct since I am now "keeping station" more easily.

Then the Spirit brought this incident back to my mind. I realized that repelling the spiritual oppression is merely defense. We must go on the offense. Rush shows us one way to do it: Agressive goodness done in defiance of those who hold it is best done via nanny state/paternalistic/meddling neighbor government.

Doubtless there are some who would criticize Rush for giving a car to a jeweler when there were "more deserving" people who could have been benefitted by him using the money to buy several used compact cars.

To those critics I say this: GO TO HELL, EVIL SPAWN!

"What!" they will cry, "We're good people! We know how to do more good than Rush did, who just did it for publicity!"

THERE! THAT IS WHY YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL!

Yes, I know what capital letters mean online, and yes, I AM shouting at the top of my lungs IN FURY that these pretentious bastards!

I do not hear of THEM giving cars or goods away from their own resources! No, they would rather control how others express their goodness. Lacking instincts of good within themselves, but craving the approval of being regarded as generous and good, they substitute THEIR micromanagement of the good others do.

Know this: Controlling the good that others do is impossible without controlling those doing good. Rather than doing good, these parasitic, pretentious hypocrites strive to control the good that others do. They won't buy cars for those they deem worthy, but want to control who gets Rush's gift of a car. Rather than pay for medical care of the indigent and poor, or better yet getting a medical degree and opening a clinic in a poor area themselves, they would rather raise taxes on workers to pay for their generosity, and control the doctors, the actual givers and doers of medical care, via controlling their compensation, their businesses, and their customers.

This attitude bleeds over to God. They criticize how God exercises his powers and capabilities for good, and even using the fact that He will not stop evil or bad things from happening as a proof against his existance. In actuality, they don't want a God who refuses to submit to their ideas of good and evil and how to handle them. They'd want big government (controlled by themselves of course) handling the disposition of good and evil, rather than a Babe in a Manger.

These bastards need to shown, repeatedly, that controlling those who do good is not inherently good as well. This will be done by doing acts of true goodness that defy their definitions of good. The pharisees believed that "good" meant following their man-made laws and traditions. The Sadducees believed that "good" meant keeping the peace by cooperating with those in power to get power. The Priests believed that "good" meant honoring them, the Temple, equating them with the Temple, and buying only from the Temple authorized marketers (who were on the Temple grounds as a sign of their authorization). It is enlightening how agressively Jesus did good that they disapproved of, even while they angrily admitted that He DID do good.

One way that the System of This World manipulates Christians is by defining what a good work is and how it is to be done. We need to break away from their bondage, reassert God's standard of good and bad, and do it.

Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

-- William Blake

Vote.

It may be our last peaceful and significant act as a free people.

Vote.

Fling it into the face of a lying media more consumed by show, oratory, and shallow education than the truth.

Vote.

Let it be a thread thrown about the necks of the corrupt which, when joined with others of like mind, we act in concert to pull them down.

Vote.

Because, YES, the fate of the free world DOES depend on it.

Media abuses the working man.

We need a trip-wire. A red-line, enforced by blood and fire.

This is close.

That's the only reason I can think of as to why God has allowed us This One Last Chance.

It may appear, by my seeming inaction, to have broken faith with those who perished.

Not so.

While military action was necessary, both in Afghanistan and Iraq, the critical battle space is spiritual, not physical.

It was necessary to gain strength, power, and capability in that area before any real opposition could be mounted against the ideological beasts attacking us.

In April of this year, the seven years of searching finally alighted on the one critical concept that has gone missing for centuries, and without which previous generations found themselves powerless in the face of an evil tailored to exploit their goodness in the same way that a virus exploits the machinery of the cell it infects and destroys.

The next seven years will prove quite different.

Very different.

Received from a Church Friend:

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

. Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
. why the early bird gets the worm;
. Life isn't always fair;
. and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.

Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. The condition of Common Sense worsened as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion, his daughter, Responsibility, and
his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;

1. I Know My Rights
2. I Want It Now
3. Someone Else Is To Blame
4. I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

An interesting proof of the Existence of "God" using Multiverse theory.

A long while back, I announced that this blog was going on minimal posting status. I was pursuing a line of biblical research, and needed more time to work on it, and the time had to come out of this blog. Occasionally, I've posted stuff, but mostly for a record and note to myself.

So, what have I been doing?

Well, I hit the jackpot. Hit it BIG.

I was researching several lines of inquiry on and off. One had to do with the church, one had to do with the Holy spirit, and one had to do with personal growth and improvement.

All three lines converged about 3 months ago, thanks mostly to the work of Owen Barfield, a fellow Inkling of C.S. Lewis, Lewis' lawyer (solicitor as they are called in Great Britain), and a rather prolific philosopher in his own right. I was cued in to Owen Barfield's work when I came across a PBS documentary titled "The Question of God", in which the work and world views of Sigmund Freud were compared with those of C.S. Lewis. In the documentary, Barfield played a key role in shifting the way that Lewis looked at the question of God: Lewis' secretary comments, in the documentary, that Barfield "Asked all the right questions." Lewis called the debate between Barfield and himself "The Great War", and all the Inklings (save Barfield himself) considered Barfield the most brilliant of their group.

You don't hear much of Barfield, since he eventually threw his intellectual lot in with Anthrosophy, an attempt to come up with a scientifically sympathetic view of Religion and the Spiritual world, created by Rudolph Steiner, a german philosopher that Barfield apparently idolized. Anthrosophy suffers from a bad case of Political Correctness, and shoehorned reincarnation into their view of the Spiritual side of man. Barfield adopted this view of man's existence, and generally abandoned classicial Christianity since he felt he could not get the results he wanted if he stuck with it.

It is probably not coincidence that about the time the PBS documentary came out in DVD, which is how I viewed it, Barfield's works began to be re-published. One that always was in print was his "Poetic diction", as close as a textbook on how to write poetry that one can find, and which I highly recommend if you need some help. I suspect that the documentary inadvertently stoked demand for his works. (The documentary itself is heavily stacked against God, putting in light-weights and distractors arguing God's side against the atheist publisher of Reason magazine. A fairer balancing would have put Chuck Colson on the panel, but that would have been too fair.)

While I have issues with Anthrosophy, having worked out an alternative method for getting the effects that Barfield needed without invoking reincarnation, I was able to sift the wheat from the chaff.

Reading Barfield's works, listening to the Holy Spirit, and pursuing an engineering approach to the three issues resulted in a mental and spiritual revolution. I came up with an alternative model of the Human mind that is more biblical and consistent with what I know of the workings of the human mind that science has proven (in contrast to its conjectures). From there, I was able to apply the model in a practical way to solving problems of a spiritual, mental, emotional, and psychological nature.

The results have been INCREDIBLE. I've lost temptations, sins, hang-ups, and phobias I've had for YEARS, since I was a child, and with hardly any strenuous work or mental effort. For the first time in 45 years since my parents divorced, I've been happy from the inside, not from externals coming to me from the outside. I've found depths of strength I never knew before. I don't think I've praised God so sincerely in my entire life. The only downside is that my bible study time is less efficient: I go only a few sentences before I get a revelation or a surge of joy, and then break off to give thanks.

You may have come here from Rantburg due to my strange attitude being demonstrated at the linked article. Simply put, I'M NOT SCARED ANYMORE. At the near top of my list of reasons for doing the research I've been doing is to figure out how to tap into deep spiritual resources to effectively fight the War against Terrorism. I've found those resources. Or, I should more properly say, The Resource. I've barely scratched the surface of what is possible. Trust me on this: the cavalry IS on its way.

Much work remains to be done, including the working out of a lesson plan to consistently replicate these results at a near-universal rate. Unfortunately, this will continue to take much of my time, so the status of this blog will remain at minimal posting. In fact, I've been dumping other non-essentials to pursue it.

In the meantime, don't bother Googling "Symbiotic Christianity": none of the hits are anywhere near the truth.

The bastards are back AGAIN.