Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 2:19 pm Post subject: ON SEXUAL GROOMING A MUSLIM THING IN WESTERN EUROPE
[/b]ON SEXUAL GROOMING A MUSLIM THING IN WESTERN EUROPE
MANY HATE FILLED MUSLIMS ARE FALSELY ACCUSING NATIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF THE VERY EVIL ACTS THEY ARE COMMITTING. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE HATE FILLED LIE BY A MUSLIM APOLOGIST. HE DOES NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE REALITY; TO WIT, IT IS A MUSLIM PRACTICE IN ALL WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BEING ESPECIALLY BAD IN SWEDEN.
(QUOTE)Sexual grooming is a British value. A couple of migrant Muslims are trying to adopt it in the name of integration. But the social evil goes way beyond one ethnicity or group. Yet again we have heard ignorant commentators claiming “political correctness” and “multiculturalism” are to blame. (QUOTE/)
NOW LET’S LOOK AT FACTS THAT EXPOSE THESE HATERS:
(1) BBC EXPOSES LORD NAZIR AHMED By Asian Lite News February 15, 2019 (HE IS A MUSLIM)
Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham was accused of sexually exploiting vulnerable Kashmiri-origin women from the British-Asian community….writes Anasudhin Azeez
British Parliament will be rocked with another sex scandal as a prominent British-Asian Lord was accused of allegedly exploiting vulnerable Kashmiri-origin women.
BBC’s Newsnight investigative team accused Lord Nazir Ahmed of involved in a sex for favour scam after two women come forward to share their experience with BBC.
According to Miss Tahira Zaman, a single mother, there are at least five other women want to take action against the Lord but are afraid of doing so because of community wrath and family honour. The victim received a threatening mail from a senior staff member of the Lord for approaching Police, House of Lords Standards Committee and the Media.
Miss Zaman alleged that the Lord sexually exploited her on various occasions at his second home in London…. [SOURCE - retrieved from https://asianlite.com/news/uk-news/bbc-exposes-lord-of-the-sins/ on 5/ 03/2019]
(2) A Look Inside Britain's Muslim Sex Grooming Gang Scandal
By Janet Levy
For the past few decades, British authorities have been caught up in the pervasive meme of multiculturalism -- the falsehood that all cultures are equal and that to believe otherwise is to commit the worst modern day offense -- to be “racist.”
Under this fallacy, the British government in 2001 introduced a series of restrictive speech codes that criminalized criticism of Islam, followed by a Racial and Religious Hatred Bill imposing fines and even imprisonment for speech that “incited hatred against a person for their religious or racial background.”
These laws have victimized a number of Britons. Hoteliers Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were prosecuted for “insulting” a Muslim guest. Liberty Great Britain party chairman Paul Weston was arrested on suspicion of racial harassment after publicly reading a passage critical of Muslims from Winston Churchill’s The River War. Dr. Vladislav Rogozov, a Czech-born, UK cardiac anesthesiologist, is being investigated by Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital for giving an online interview about his 2013 confrontation with a Muslim surgeon who refused to replace her blood-specked hijab with the prescribed, operating-theater headgear.
In this context and political climate, with racism conflated with religion – one specific religion – it is easy to see how government and public service employees would fear professional and legal repercussions (up to seven years in prison) merely for speaking up about criminal behavior by Muslims who justify their actions citing the Koran. In this way, teachers, police, child care workers, government officials and others have been silent about the growing menace of Muslim gangs who sexually groom and exploit children in the UK.
In his riveting book, Easy Meat: Inside Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal (World Encounter Institute/New English Review Press, 2016. 328 pp., $17.20) author Peter McLoughlin explains how multiculturalism-inspired political correctness along with its companion, willful blindness concerning Islamic doctrine, has jeopardized the safety and well-being of children. McLoughlin posits that, since 1988, this nationwide sexploitation has resulted in the shattering of lives of between 100,000 to 1 million girls. The author documents how the fear of being deemed racist and facing criminal charges, dismissal or even threats of violence, has led to suppression of information and a stunning lack of intervention on behalf of young victims. In essence, an extensive, insidious operation that targets children for sexual grooming and enslavement has been covered up because of political correctness and fear of Muslim retribution.
The book’s title comes from former UK Home Secretary, Jack Straw, who saw Muslim perpetrators viewing non-Muslim British victims as “easy meat.” Indeed, some Muslim sex-gang groomers actually blame the girls, some as young as 11 years old, for being purposely alluring and sexually advanced to corrupt Muslims
In his research on Muslim groomers, McLoughlin uncovered an unusual distinction between them and non-Muslim pedophiles. Non-Muslim pedophiles are typically lone adults who groom children for sex in reclusive secrecy, worry about being prosecuted by law enforcement, meet accusations with defensive denial and worry about being discovered, shamed, and criticized by friends or relatives. Muslim perpetrators, however, work in gangs, see nothing wrong with their shariah-sanctioned activities, receive collusive support from their communities and feel they are above the law. During his investigations, McLoughlin found not one case of non-Muslim men grooming Muslim girls, although 95% of men in Britain are non-Muslims.
News coverage of the crimes has been mostly obfuscated by a complicit media that characterizes the overwhelmingly Muslim perpetrators as generic “Asians.” According to McLoughlin’s research, limited press coverage by mainly self-censoring journalists and lenient, if any, criminal charges have enabled the gangs to act with relative impunity since 1988.
The author describes how Muslim flesh-peddlers operate as part of a well-organized extensive network of taxi drivers, shop and restaurant owners, and security guards. Girls, mainly between the ages of 11 and 14, the majority from state-run children’s homes, are ensnared while traveling from school to home, at shopping malls, restaurants, bus stations and similar public venues. They are enticed with flattery, feigned friendship, gifts, alcohol and drugs. Alarmingly, a footnote in the book references a quotation from a city outreach worker with the Children’s Society who states, “every girl living in a children’s home in the city of Birmingham is being sexually exploited.”
McLoughlin makes reference to the staggering profitability of the sex grooming enterprise for the Muslim community. He cites a 2007 expose, Mothers of Prevention by Julie Bindel, a feminist writer and founder of the legal reform group, Justice for Women.
SEE PART 2
PART 2
Bindel estimated that a pimp can make $325,000 to $550,000 annually with one 16-year-old girl. From that, Bindel extrapolated that over the average 15-year-per-girl pimping period, the annual value of this criminal activity could amount to approximately £300 million or $425 million.
McLoughlin does a good job of portraying the frustration and desperation of victim’s families who have sought help to no avail for well over a decade from local councils, law enforcement, child care professionals and journalists. Remarkably, for the most part, UK authorities have failed to warn parents that young girls are at risk or to recommend extra supervision and vigilance. No organized programs to educate girls and parents exist and authorities have largely refused interviews with the media on the topic. Teachers and school administrators have failed to secure the school perimeter to stop sex grooming gangs from lying in wait for girls outside of school premises.
The author reports that police routinely dismiss parents’ concerns and have failed to set up surveillance operations at strategically significant locations. Police have even arrested parents for trying to save their children. In one such case, fathers, who were able to track down their daughters and tried to rescue them were arrested by police. In fact, McLoughlin discloses that law enforcement officers have actually returned wayward girls to their pimps.
McLoughlin reveals that local authorities – social workers, teachers’ unions, educational organizations and childcare agencies – have made no effort to intervene or draw public attention to the pervasive threat. He submits that feared charges of racism preclude their mandated responsibility for the protection of children. In fact, the author reports how major teachers' unions are behind an organization – Unite Against Fascism – that blocks the publicizing of the sex grooming gang phenomenon and its Muslim community participation.
In 2008, a taxpayer-funded national education film, My Dangerous Loverboy, commissioned by the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre, was produced ostensibly to warn and educate girls about generic sex grooming gangs. But no mention was made of Muslim involvement or the victims’ young ages. According to McLoughlin, the film has been difficult to obtain and has not been shown to the intended audience: girls, parents, social workers, police officers, school nurses, doctors, teachers, youth workers, sexual health practitioners. My own extensive, month-long efforts to locate a copy were unproductive and met with denials of the crimes’ Muslim connection.
In Easy Meat, McLoughlin laments the very limited prosecution of Muslim sex grooming and pimping crimes. In the rare instances of successful criminal litigation, typical sentences are minimal and usually partially served, if at all, despite existing sentencing guidelines. Gang members have been known to assert Muslim supremacy, make accusations of Muslim victimhood and racism, and threaten retaliation against the girls and their families. Some have clearly cited religious motivations for their crimes in court.
Astonishingly, few victims receive any special protection during the trials. Protection of defendants’ rights supersedes that of victims, even with child victims. The 1989 Children’s Act, a statute requiring the child’s welfare be the court’s paramount consideration, doesn’t seem to make the slightest difference in the proceedings and outcome. More distressing is the fact that the greater the Muslim population density in an area, the lower the conviction rate.
The backdrop for sexual grooming and enslavement of children lies in Islamic doctrines outlined by McLoughlin. He reviews the pervasive slave-taking history of Islam from the 7th century, as well as Islamic doctrine from the Koran citing Islam's view of non-Muslims, its treatment of women and sexual slaves, and the permissibility of sex with children by Mohammed’s example with his nine-year-old third wife, Aisha. McLoughlin explains how sex as rape has historically been used as a weapon of war to assert Islamic supremacy. Islamic doctrine encourages the rape and enslavement of non-Muslims, even with married infidel women as a legal and moral enterprise.
Further, the required first and foremost allegiance to the Umma, or Muslim community, and the inbred obligation of enmity toward non-Muslims facilitates the pimping of non-Muslim girls and hinders any attempts at exposing its criminality and eventual prosecution. Sexual slavery has historically been used as a religious weapon to advance the domination of Islam.
In Easy Meat, McLoughlin details how the sexploitation and enslavement of girls, once viewed as a great evil in Western society, has become a pervasive, routine, and almost pedestrian part of everyday life in the UK. On this issue, the courageous author effectively deals with the contention that Western civilization is fighting for its very existence in a clash between civilization and barbarism. His book serves as a grave warning for other countries as they consider increased levels of Muslim immigration.
For the past few decades, British authorities have been caught up in the pervasive meme of multiculturalism -- the falsehood that all cultures are equal and that to believe otherwise is to commit the worst modern day offense -- to be “racist.”
Under this fallacy, the British government in 2001 introduced a series of restrictive speech codes that criminalized criticism of Islam, followed by a Racial and Religious Hatred Bill imposing fines and even imprisonment for speech that “incited hatred against a person for their religious or racial background.”
These laws have victimized a number of Britons. Hoteliers Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were prosecuted for “insulting” a Muslim guest. Liberty Great Britain party chairman Paul Weston was arrested on suspicion of racial harassment after publicly reading a passage critical of Muslims from Winston Churchill’s The River War. Dr. Vladislav Rogozov, a Czech-born, UK cardiac anesthesiologist, is being investigated by Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital for giving an online interview about his 2013 confrontation with a Muslim surgeon who refused to replace her blood-specked hijab with the prescribed, operating-theater headgear.
In this context and political climate, with racism conflated with religion – one specific religion – it is easy to see how government and public service employees would fear professional and legal repercussions (up to seven years in prison) merely for speaking up about criminal behavior by Muslims who justify their actions citing the Koran. In this way, teachers, police, child care workers, government officials and others have been silent about the growing menace of Muslim gangs who sexually groom and exploit children in the UK.
In his riveting book, Easy Meat: Inside Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal (World Encounter Institute/New English Review Press, 2016. 328 pp., $17.20) author Peter McLoughlin explains how multiculturalism-inspired political correctness along with its companion, willful blindness concerning Islamic doctrine, has jeopardized the safety and well-being of children. McLoughlin posits that, since 1988, this nationwide sexploitation has resulted in the shattering of lives of between 100,000 to 1 million girls. The author documents how the fear of being deemed racist and facing criminal charges, dismissal or even threats of violence, has led to suppression of information and a stunning lack of intervention on behalf of young victims. In essence, an extensive, insidious operation that targets children for sexual grooming and enslavement has been covered up because of political correctness and fear of Muslim retribution.
SEE PART 3
PART 3
The book’s title comes from former UK Home Secretary, Jack Straw, who saw Muslim perpetrators viewing non-Muslim British victims as “easy meat.” Indeed, some Muslim sex-gang groomers actually blame the girls, some as young as 11 years old, for being purposely alluring and sexually advanced to corrupt Muslims
In his research on Muslim groomers, McLoughlin uncovered an unusual distinction between them and non-Muslim pedophiles. Non-Muslim pedophiles are typically lone adults who groom children for sex in reclusive secrecy, worry about being prosecuted by law enforcement, meet accusations with defensive denial and worry about being discovered, shamed, and criticized by friends or relatives. Muslim perpetrators, however, work in gangs, see nothing wrong with their shariah-sanctioned activities, receive collusive support from their communities and feel they are above the law. During his investigations, McLoughlin found not one case of on-Muslim men grooming Muslim girls, although 95% of men in Britain are non-Muslims.
News coverage of the crimes has been mostly obfuscated by a complicit media that characterizes the overwhelmingly Muslim perpetrators as generic “Asians.” According to McLoughlin’s research, limited press coverage by mainly self-censoring journalists and lenient, if any, criminal charges have enabled the gangs to act with relative impunity since 1988.
The author describes how Muslim flesh-peddlers operate as part of a well-organized extensive network of taxi drivers, shop and restaurant owners, and security guards. Girls, mainly between the ages of 11 and 14, the majority from state-run children’s homes, are ensnared while traveling from school to home, at shopping malls, restaurants, bus stations and similar public venues. They are enticed with flattery, feigned friendship, gifts, alcohol and drugs. Alarmingly, a footnote in the book references a quotation from a city outreach worker with the Children’s Society who states, “every girl living in a children’s home in the city of Birmingham is being sexually exploited.”
McLoughlin makes reference to the staggering profitability of the sex grooming enterprise for the Muslim community. He cites a 2007 expose, Mothers of Prevention by Julie Bindel, a feminist writer and founder of the legal reform group, Justice for Women.
Bindel estimated that a pimp can make $325,000 to $550,000 annually with one 16-year-old girl. From that, Bindel extrapolated that over the average 15-year-per-girl pimping period, the annual value of this criminal activity could amount to approximately £300 million or $425 million.
McLoughlin does a good job of portraying the frustration and desperation of victim’s families who have sought help to no avail for well over a decade from local councils, law enforcement, child care professionals and journalists. Remarkably, for the most part, UK authorities have failed to warn parents that young girls are at risk or to recommend extra supervision and vigilance. No organized programs to educate girls and parents exist and authorities have largely refused interviews with the media on the topic. Teachers and school administrators have failed to secure the school perimeter to stop sex grooming gangs from lying in wait for girls outside of school premises.
The author reports that police routinely dismiss parents’ concerns and have failed to set up surveillance operations at strategically significant locations. Police have even arrested parents for trying to save their children. In one such case, fathers, who were able to track down their daughters and tried to rescue them were arrested by police. In fact, McLoughlin discloses that law enforcement officers have actually returned wayward girls to their pimps.
McLoughlin reveals that local authorities – social workers, teachers’ unions, educational organizations and childcare agencies – have made no effort to intervene or draw public attention to the pervasive threat. He submits that feared charges of racism preclude their mandated responsibility for the protection of children. In fact, the author reports how major teachers' unions are behind an organization – Unite Against Fascism – that blocks the publicizing of the sex grooming gang phenomenon and its Muslim community participation.
In 2008, a taxpayer-funded national education film, My Dangerous Loverboy, commissioned by the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre, was produced ostensibly to warn and educate girls about generic sex grooming gangs. But no mention was made of Muslim involvement or the victims’ young ages. According to McLoughlin, the film has been difficult to obtain and has not been shown to the intended audience: girls, parents, social workers, police officers, school nurses, doctors, teachers, youth workers, sexual health practitioners. My own extensive, month-long efforts to locate a copy were unproductive and met with denials of the crimes’ Muslim connection.
In Easy Meat, McLoughlin laments the very limited prosecution of Muslim sex grooming and pimping crimes. In the rare instances of successful criminal litigation, typical sentences are minimal and usually partially served, if at all, despite existing sentencing guidelines. Gang members have been known to assert Muslim supremacy, make accusations of Muslim victimhood and racism, and threaten retaliation against the girls and their families. Some have clearly cited religious motivations for their crimes in court.
Astonishingly, few victims receive any special protection during the trials. Protection of defendants’ rights supersedes that of victims, even with child victims. The 1989 Children’s Act, a statute requiring the child’s welfare be the court’s paramount consideration, doesn’t seem to make the slightest difference in the proceedings and outcome. More distressing is the fact that the greater the Muslim population density in an area, the lower the conviction rate.
The backdrop for sexual grooming and enslavement of children lies in Islamic doctrines outlined by McLoughlin. He reviews the pervasive slave-taking history of Islam from the 7th century, as well as Islamic doctrine from the Koran citing Islam's view of non-Muslims, its treatment of women and sexual slaves, and the permissibility of sex with children by Mohammed’s example with his nine-year-old third wife, Aisha. McLoughlin explains how sex as rape has historically been used as a weapon of war to assert Islamic supremacy. Islamic doctrine encourages the rape and enslavement of non-Muslims, even with married infidel women as a legal and moral enterprise.
SEE PART 4
PART 4
Further, the required first and foremost allegiance to the Umma, or Muslim community, and the inbred obligation of enmity toward non-Muslims facilitates the pimping of non-Muslim girls and hinders any attempts at exposing its criminality and eventual prosecution. Sexual slavery has historically been used as a religious weapon to advance the domination of Islam.
In Easy Meat, McLoughlin details how the sexploitation and enslavement of girls, once viewed as a great evil in Western society, has become a pervasive, routine, and almost pedestrian part of everyday life in the UK. On this issue, the courageous author effectively deals with the contention that Western civilization is fighting for its very existence in a clash between civilization and barbarism. His book serves as a grave warning for other countries as they consider increased levels of Muslim immigration. [SOURCE - retrieved from https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/04/a_look_inside_britains_muslim_sex_grooming_gang_scandal.html on 5/03/2019
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(3) THIS SAME MUSLIM APOLOGIES HATER OF NATIVE BRITS HAS IN THE PASTMADE INSINUATIONS ABOUT THE RECENT HIGH NUMBER OF TEENAGERS GIVING BIRTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WESTERN EUROPE IN AN HATEFUL ATTEMPT TO MALIGN THE NATIVES, BUT FAILS TO MENTION THIS RAPID INCREASE CORRESPONDS WITH MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS. NOW HERE ARE THE REAL FACTS:
YES, THINGS LIKE A PREGNANT WOMEN GETTING KICKED IN THE STOMACH SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND THERE SHOULD BE NO RACISM IN SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, THE FRUSTRATION OF NATIVES UNITED KINGDOM IS GETTING PUSHED TO THE LIMIT AN UNFORTUNATELY SOME HIT THEIR BREAKING POINT. HOWEVER, MUSLIMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUSHING FRUSTRATION TO THE LIMIT AND SHOULD STOP DOING SO. HOW SO? LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT CAUSE THIS, I.E., FRUSTRATION CAUSES.
[ 1 ] THE RAPE AND IMPREGNATION OF TEEN AGE DAUGHTERS BY MUSLIM RAPE GANGS.
[ 2 ] VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVES BY MUSLIMS, SUCH AS BOMBINGS, MURDER OF INNOCENT BY VEHICLES, ETC.
[ 3 ]TREATMENT AS SECOND CLASS PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, FAILURE TO INTEGRATE, ETC.
[ 4 ] CREATING ZONES WHERE NATIVES ARE NOT WELCOME.
[ 5 ] NOT BEING FRIENDLY WITH NATIVES.
[ 6 ] SOME SAYING RAPED GIRLS SHOULD BE PUNISHED AS ADULTERESSES UNDER ABSURD SHARIA LAW.
[ 7 ] BY ACTS OF TREASON AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITS MILITARY, AND EVEN WANTING TO USE COURTS TO BRING BACK A TRAITOR.
COMBINATION OF THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND THE RARE FRUIT TREES AND VEGETABLES – Mabolo With the Scripture of the Day first.
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [117B]
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
Yes, we should prove our brotherly love mentioned at Hebrews 13:1, [AV] “Let brotherly love continue.” By remaining morally chaste per 1 Timothy 5:1 – 2, [AV] “Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.” We should strive to show brotherly love to all in the faith, and not seek to take advantage of them per 1 Thessalonians 4:3 – 8, [AV] “Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
[2] THE RARE FRUIT TREES AND VEGETABLES - Mabolo
Here is a Commentary on Bountiful Trees and Vegetables God (YHWH) has provided for mankind, specifically the Mabolo, Velvet Apple or (locally) Kamagong (Diospyros blancoi) 'Butter fruit' (Singapore) is a plant of the genus of ebony trees and persimmons, Diospyros. Its edible fruit has a skin covered in a fine, velvety fur which is usually reddish-brown, and soft, creamy, pink flesh, with a taste and aroma comparable to fruit cream cheese (the aroma of the fruit itself, however, is unpleasant, comparable to rotten cheese or cat feces; inspiring names like the French "Caca de Chat" in Reunion). It is native to the Philippines, where kamagong usually refers to the entire tree, and mabolo is applied to the fruit. Velvet apple trees rarely found in Sri Lanka too.
Cultivation
It is a dioecious tropical tree that grows well in in a diversity of soil, from the sea level to the 2,400 feet above sea level. Seed trees are normally planted 30 or 45 feet from each other; this one can be planted from 25 to 30 feet from each other. It needs a good distribution of rainfall through the year. Trees that were planted by seeds could take 6 or 7 years to give out fruit, but trees that were propagated by cuttings produce fruit in 3 or 4 years. It is a very productive tree. In Puerto Rico it produces through the months of August and October. In Cebu, Philippines there is a barangay named after the fruit itself. In Bangladesh it is known as 'bilati gab' (=foreign gab), to distinguish it from 'gab' (Diospyros peregrina).
The fact that fruits vary greatly - in shape, color, hairiness and taste - suggests that there is a great deal of genetic variation in the plant. Seedless cultivars exist, and are highly favored since in the normal varieties the large seeds occupy a considerable volume of the fruit. (source - retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_blancoi on 1/19/2013)
In Genesis 1:11-13, "And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (American Standard Version, ASV)[for more details, go to www.jw.org].
To view pictures of this tree and its fruit, go to,
How this tree and other plants absorb water from the ground. Plants have developed an effective system to absorb, translocate, store, and utilize water. Plants contain a vast network of conduits, which consists of xylem and phloem tissues. These conducting tissues start in the roots and continue up through the trunks of trees, into the branches and then into every leaf. Phloem tissue is made of living elongated cells that are connected to one another and responsible for translocating nutrients and sugars (carbohydrates), which are produced by leaves for energy and growth. The xylem is also composed of elongated cells but once the cells are formed, they die. The walls of the xylem cells still remain intact and serve as an excellent peipline to transport water from the roots to the leaves.
The main driving force of water uptake and transport into a plant is transpiration of water from leaves through specialized openings called stomata. Heat from the sun causes the water to evaporate, setting this ‘water chain’ in motion. The evaporation creates a negative water vapor pressure. Water is pulled into the leaf to replace the water that has transpired from the leaf. This pulling of water, or tension, occurs in the xylem of the leaf. Since the xylem is a continuous water column that extends from the leaf to the roots, this negative water pressure extends into the roots and results in water uptake from the soil. [adapted from: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=follow-up-how-do-trees-ca ]
Clearly this clever water transport system shows a superior intelligence of the Creator (YHWH).
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COMBINATION OF [1] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND [2][ DISCOURSE ON SOUND DOCTRINE REALLY DOES MATTER. With the Scripture of the Day first.
[1] SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [118B]
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Hebrews 13:6, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
We should strive to develop a positive attitude, and to show brotherly love per 1 Thessalonians 5:14 – 15, [AV] “Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.” Doing so will help us survive the approaching conclusion of the end times per Luke 21:25 – 28, [AV] “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
[2] DISCOURSE ON SOUND DOCTRINE REALLY DOES MATTER:
INTRODUCTION;
Many feel to day that they can just believe anything they want and that God (YHWH) will consider this okay, and that sound doctrine does not matter. Obviously this was NOT the thinking of the Apostle Paul as shown by Titus 2:1, "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:" (Authorized King James Bible; AV). He clearly considered it of the utmost importance that we stick to what is sound doctrine as shown also at Titus 1:1-2, "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;" (AV) clearly showing that we must acknowledge the truth if we are to obtain the hope of eternal life and hence not rest our hopes on lies, a point reaffirmed at Job 11:4, "For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes." (AV).
This fact is reaffirmed in the new testament at 1 Timothy 1:3, "As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine," (AV); and re-affirmed at 1 Timothy 1:10, "For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;" (AV); and at 1 Timothy 4:6, "If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained." (AV); and at 1 Timothy 6:1, "Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed." (AV); and at 1 Timothy 6:3, "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;" (AV).
LET'S LOOK AT ONE EXAMPLE OF A FALSE DOCTRINE, THE TRINITY:
This false doctrine is defined in The Cyclopoedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, New York 1871, by John M'Clintock and James Strong, Vol. II, page 560-561, states, "We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; neither confounding the
persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.....The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal...So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Ghost almighty...So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet there are not three Gods, but one God...The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding...And in this Trinity none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than another. But the whole three persons are coeternal together, and coequal. So that in all things, as is afore said, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity." [this is the Athanasian Creed quoted in the above mentioned Cyclopoedia].
This doctrine clearly states that the three persons are coeternal together, and coequal, but the scriptures clearly show otherwise. Take for example the two scriptures, John 5:26 and John 6:57:
John 5:26, "For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:" (American Standard Version; ASV)
John 6:57, "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me." (ASV).
Clearly show that no co-equality exist with respect Jesus (Yeshua) and his Father, Almighty God (YHWH). This is impossible as Jesus (Yeshua) himself testified that the "Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son" which would be of course would be impossible if they were as this false doctrine falsely claims that they are coeternal and coequal.
Likewise, Jesus (Yeshua) clearly states, "I live because of the Father" which would of course not be the case if they were as this false doctrine falsely claims that they are coeternal and coequal. To further emphasis the fact that that he was NOT coequal with his Father (YHWH), Jesus (Yeshua) testified at John 14:28, "Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I." (AV) to show his Father (YHWH) was greater than himself; hence, NOT coequal as the false doctrine of the Trinity claims.
However, the believers of this false doctrine are so adamant with respect to their belief in this false doctrine, they are deluded in believing certain scriptures in the old testament such as:
Deuteronomy 4:2, "You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." (Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible; DRCB) and Deuteronomy 12:32, "What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish" (DRCB). However, these scriptures do NOT support their contended for false doctrine, but actually condemn those who believe in false doctrines and take away from the commandments of our God (YHWH). This fact is further testified to at 1 Timothy 1:10, "For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine:" (DRCB). They are in effect the ones the apostles warned against the coming of at 2 Timothy 4:3, "For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:" (DRCB).
And,
Psalms 89:27, [Psalms 88:28 in most Bibles], " And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth." (DRCB) and they link this with John 18:33-36, " Pilate therefore went into the hall again and called Jesus and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me? 35 Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence." (DRCB). However, they fail to pay heed or comprehend to "And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth," which clearly shows a superior one, Almighty God (YHWH) putting his only begotten son in a superior place which would be unnecessary if they were coequal and coeternal. If these believers actually understood the scriptures they quote in support of their false doctrines, they would understand they did NOT support their false doctrine, but showed that it could NOT BE a true doctrine. Its like 2 Timothy 4:3 says, "For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:" (DRCB).
And,
Psalms 110:1, [In most Bibles this is 109-1], " <A psalm for David.> The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool." (DRCB). They mistakenly use this to lend support to their contention for their belief in false doctrine of the Trinity, but in reality, it shows their false doctrine has no basis in fact. How so? Well it clearly shows Almighty God (YHWH), the Lord, saying to his son Jesus (Yeshua), my Lord, to sit at his right hand which clearly shows just the opposite of coequality. Sitting at the right hand of power in ancient times signified the person second in command and not the supreme commander the Lord, Almighty God (YHWH). Clearly as can be seen, that Jesus (Yeshua) is sub servant to his Father, Almighty God, and this fact is reflected at 1 Timothy 6:1, "Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed." (DRCB). How so, Jesus (Yeshua) clearly testified to whose doctrines he preached at John 7:6, "Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me." (DRCB); and Mark 6:2 shows the people were astonished when he taught them his Father's, Almighty God's (YHWH's) doctrines, "And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: How came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands?" (DRCB).
CONCLUSION:
As we have seen by using one false doctrine as an example, it is as Matthew 13:15, "For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." (DRCB); and as stated at 2 Corinthians 4:4, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them." (DRCB).
The believers in false doctrines are hearing but not believing or comprehending the truth. They are like when the apostles did not comprehend what Jesus (Yeshua) was saying about the leaven of the Pharisees as a parable at Matthew 16:11-12, " Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? 12 Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (DRCB); however, the apostles quickly comprehended, whereas, the present day believers in false doctrines do not.
So all true believers who have maintained solid doctrine in keeping with Titus 2:1, "But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:" (New King James Bible; NKJB), should now be per 2 Timothy 4:2, "Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine" (DRCB). In other words, all true Christians must seek to teach the truth by rebuking in patience those with un-sound doctrine in keeping with the commission Christ put on all of his followers at Matthew 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (NKJB).
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COMBINATION OF [1] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND[2] LEARN ABOUT HOW TO COMFORT THE DEPRESSED. With the Scripture of the Day first.
[1] SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [119B]
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
Yes, we should prove our brotherly love mentioned at Hebrews 13:1, [AV] “Let brotherly love continue.” By remaining morally chaste per 1 Timothy 5:1 – 2, [AV] “Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.” We should strive to show brotherly love to all in the faith, and not seek to take advantage of them per 1 Thessalonians 4:3 – 8, [AV] “Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
[2] LEARN ABOUT HOW TO COMFORT THE DEPRESSED:
At the moment all experience depression from time to time as was brought out at Romans 8:22, "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." (American Standard Version; ASV). Many are depressed, and true Christians must per 1 Thessalonians 5:14, "And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all." (ASV).
Today, this distress is even greater, and more individuals are depressed than ever before. Of course this is no surprise to those who read the Bible and comprehend it. The Bible at 2 Timothy 3:1-5 shows this, "But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away." (ASV). Also, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ foretold this specifically at Matthew 24:3-14, " And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail. 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. 12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come" (ASV); and Luke 21:7-11, "And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things are about to come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them. 9 And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately. 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11 and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven." (ASV).
Individuals who experience prolonged anxiety, fear, grief, or other negative emotions can become very depressed. In fact extreme depression or sadness can even lead to death. It can be caused by the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, or an unrelenting sickness. Many become depressed when they develop a sense of worthlessness or consider themselves a failure. Anyone can develop a sense of hopelessness and be unable to see a way out of a bad situation, and this can result in severe depression.
Depression is not just a modern thing, but people in ancient times also experienced it as shown by Job as recorded at Job 10:1, "My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul." (ASV); and at Job 29:2-5, "Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; 3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;" (ASV).
Today, many have become depressed because of. Overexerting themselves, trying to follow a daily routine that is.& beyond heir mental, emotional, and physical resources. Apparently, stress, coupled with negative thoughts and emotions, can affect the body and contribute to a chemical imbalance in the brain, thus producing depression. This is shown at Proverbs 14:30, "A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones." (ASV).
GIVE HELP TO THE DEPRESSED ONES:
Epaphroditus, a first-century Christian from Philippi, be came "depressed because [his friends] heard he had fallen sick." Epaphroditus, When had become sick after being sent to Rome by his friends with provisions fp1" the apostle Paul, perhaps felt he had let his friends down and that they considered him a failure. This is shown at Philippians 2:25-27, " But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need; 26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: 27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow." (ASV).
So what did the Apostle Paul do to help in this situation? He sent his friend Epaphroditius home, but with a letter to the Philippians congregation which said, as recorded at Philippians 2:28-30, "I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor: 30 because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me." (ASV). Thus by speaking highly of him, Paul assured that his congregation would welcome him with warmth and affection; thus assisting in relieving his depression.
This is in accord to the advice given in the Bible to at Philemon 1: 7, "For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother." (ASV). We need to show much love and comfort those who suffer from depression.
However the depressed individual often needs to take the initiative and seek out an empathetic person in whom to confide. This person should be a patient and good listener, and avoid lecturing the depressed individual or making judgmental statements.
This is especially so as the depressed one may feel worthless as Jonah did as shown at Jonah 4:3, "Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." (ASV). The empathetic individual must assist the depressed one to realize how valuable he really is and how God (YHWH) values him/her. When Jesus (Yeshua) was on earth, many held him of no account, but his Father, Almighty God (YHWH) valued him dearly. As God (YHWH) loved his son as testified to at John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life." (ASV); he loves you also.
Remember Jesus (Yeshua) pitied those in distress and tried to assist them to see their worth as shown at Matthew 9:36 and 11:28-30, "But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd" (ASV) and "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (ASV)..
Of course, it may be hard for a person who is severly depressed and overwhelmed with his own weaknesses and shortcomings to really believe that God (YHWH) values hem, but no matter how unworthy he/she may feel, God (YHWH) does care as shown at 1 John 3:18-20, "[My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." (ASV).
Indeed God (YHWH) our loving heavenly sees all our mistakes, but also, he knows of all the extenuating circumstances, our motives and intentions, and most of all our entire life course. Really, the fact that we experience grief and vexation is proof that we have not gone too far and can repent and be saved.
Romans 5:12 & 8:20 show, "Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:-- " (ASV) & "For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope" (ASV), clearly from these scriptures we can see that God (YHWH) sympathizes with our unfortunate plight, and he compassionately takes into consideration our weaknesses.
Psalm 103:8-14, "Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust." (ASV) clearly shown he is merciful and gracious. And as 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." (ASV) he is there to comfort us.
The assistance and comfort that depressed ones need most comes from drawing close to their loving God (YHWH). We need to throw our burdens on his as revealed by Psalm 55:22, "Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved." (ASV) and Isaiah 57:15, "For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite." (ASV). We can go to him in prayer with all of our burdens as testified to at 1 Peter 5:7, "casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. " (ASV); and as also assured at Philippians 4:6-7, " In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus." (ASV).
IN GOD'S (YHWH'S) NEW WORLD THERE WILL BE NO DEPRESSION:
Jesus (Yeshua) foretold and described the terrible things coming upon the earth in the culmination of the end times at Luke 21:23-28, but in a positive note, " Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh." (ASV). Here Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of the deliverance into God's (YHWH's) new world where righteousness would be enjoyed by all as affirmed at Romans 8:21, "
This will be a great relief for mankind, the being free of the burdens of the past and able to awaken each day in a righteous world with clear minds and eager to tackle the day's activity. There will no longer exist the former unrighteous things as they have passed away as testified to at Revelation 21:3-4, " And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God: 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away." (ASV).
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