Wings of the Wind

Move over “My Favorite Martian.”  The real aliens, the ones without antennae, are upon us. There is a single “footprint” on Mars that would be a bit more convincing if there were a series of indentations that made a trail. The dinosaur/human trails found in the Paluxy River bed in Texas are a good example.  Maybe the alien that made the “track” was a flier and no trail is necessary.  Of course, it doesn’t have to be a appendage fossil print at all.

The highlighted story is typical.  The title announces possible signs of alien life.  There is a picture, “scientific” administrations and institutes and their studies are noted, and an idea that fits with macro-evolutionary thought is put forth.

This particular article includes a surprise that is often neglected.  It states:

Scientists have not yet discovered proof of life on Mars, or anywhere in the universe beyond Earth, though they are getting closer to knowing where to look and how to recognize the signs of life if they are present.

“My Favorite Martian” was a quirky comedy that made us laugh.  I would have to be deaf and blind not to be aware of the serious alien “buzz” that permeates much of today’s airwaves.

A friend pointed me to a movie named “Knowing.” I watched the final half hour.

It’s a sci-fi flick that has an answer.  It explains how a Garden of Eden could have been created.  Man didn’t come from God. He came from aliens.

The movie visually depicts a “theory” put forth by Richard Dawkins, the great modern day macro-evolutionist, that we may have been seeded on Earth by aliens.

Aliens used to be fun.  They have now become an answer.  Some humans would rather believe that evolved aliens, rather than an Almighty God, explain our existence.

Earlier this month, the mainstream media reported the sighting of a UFO over a Chinese airport.  The UFO reportedly grounded airline flights for awhile. I have no idea what the thing in China was.  It appears that no one else admits to knowing either.

Some Christians are saying that the UFO bustle is the result of demonic activity. A student of Bible prophecy that I listen to thinks so.  I don’t know if this is true or not.  I do know that demons are real.  Anyone who has read any of the Gospels knows it.  The Gospels also tell of the good angels.

……I do know one thing about all of this UFO stuff.  It doesn’t prove that the book of Genesis is inaccurate.  Genesis is the story of an Everlasting God who spoke this world into existence.  He created a garden.  He created a man and a woman.  They enjoyed the garden until…

Unfortunately, the beginning has a sad ending.  Sin enters the world.  Sin is something the macro-evolutionists don’t want to discuss.  The Biblical account explains what I observe to my satisfaction.

The bookend to Genesis is Revelation.  Parts of it, particularly the last couple of chapters, seem literal.  It also seems sequential and describes future events that are more tragic, hopeful, and fascinating than anything Hollywood can conjure.

And the aliens?  We will eventually know the truth.  It will all fit very nicely.

Chris Reimers

¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away… – Revelation 21

***It is May of 2021, almost 11 years after I posted this originally.  I’ve noticed the recent UFO “buzz” and the recent attempt by NASA to find alien fossils on Mars.  HERE IS THE LATEST.

Area on Mars could hold fossilized remains of life

My Favorite Martian (1963) TV Intro

Paluxy River Bed Tracks

“Knowing” Ending

How are we to respond? (Another WordPress blogger on UFOs)…Walter Martin’s opinion is mentioned here towards the end of the article.  I always liked Walter Martin, went and listened to him speak when he was alive, and I think his opinion is as good as any at the moment. -cr

1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. * * * * * * * *

2. All ballots will be in this nation’s language. * * * * *

3. All government business will be conducted in our language. * * * * * * *

4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.

* * * * * * * *

5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office. * * * * * * * *

6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.  Any burden will be deported.

* * * * * * * *

7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. * * * * * * * *

8. If foreigners come here and buy land… options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country. * * * * * * * *

9. Foreigners may have no protests, no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation. * * * * * *

10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you. * * * * * * * * *

Too strict?  The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO!

Imagine the outrage if America had the exact laws?

There is no question that Mexico has the natural resources to support its population.  A major problem lies with the corruption in its government.  Now a universal problem, Mexico’s corruption has been deeply embedded for too long.

The other major part of the problem is, of course, American businessmen who take advantage of the weak and unprotected Mexican worker.  To finger the unreliability of the Mexican government without mentioning the irresponsibility of certain American business owners would be inequitable.

I would like to thank Bob for sending me this information.  He knows the border as well as anyone, as he lives near the Mexican border in Texas where many drug related murders have occurred recently.  Bob also sent along this additional information: -CR

The State of Sonora is angry at the influx of Mexicans into Mexico.  Nine state legislators from the Mexican State of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona’s new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico .

It seems that many Mexican illegals are returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off.  A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to state that Arizona’s new Employer Sanctions Law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.

At a news conference, the legislators said that Sonora, Arizona’s southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns, – cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools that it will face as Mexican workers return to their hometowns from  the USA without jobs or money. The Arizona law, which took effect Jan. 1, punishes Arizona employers who knowingly hire individuals without valid legal documents to work in the United States .

Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license. The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on THEIR state government.

“How can Arizona pass a law like this?’ asked Mexican Rep. Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales.” There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona ,’ she said, speaking in Spanish.

“ Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and who were sending money to their families return to their home-towns in Sonora without jobs,” she said. “We are one family, socially and economically,” she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona.   Wrong!

The United States is a sovereign nation, not a subsidiary of Mexico, and its taxpayers are not responsible for the welfare of Mexico’s citizens.

I’m not a fan of gambling in any fashion and even a number of states that have had lotteries for years don’t have vending machines.  Why do we need them in Arkansas?

The Arkansas Lottery Commission plans to roll out 100 lottery ticket vending machines across Arkansas.  Between now and August 13^th, they are accepting public comments on the vending machines.

If you feel as I do, that the machines are another step in the wrong direction, and you live in Arkansas, please leave a comment at the following location: -CR

http://www.familycouncil.org

I am happy to report that every personal acquaintance that has had anything posted here is speaking out to make a difference.  This emailer is no exception.   Thanks to Gerald Wheeler for passing this along. – CR

Folks, we need to RE-TAKE AMERICA & CANADA

Research shows that Paul Harvey, Andy Rooney, and someone named Paul Thompson had a hand in this effort over the years. Snopes says most of the work is that of Nick Gholson, a sports writer for the Times Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas (printed back in 1999?).  It has obviously long since been modified (by many) to now read as follows:

I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I’m not going to sue somebody for singing a  Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.  I don’t agree with Darwin,  but I didn’t go out and hire a lawyer when my high school  teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what’s the big deal?  It’s not like somebody is up there reading the entire Book of Acts.  They’re just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on  the field and the fans going home from the game.

But, it’s a Christian prayer some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America and Canada, countries founded on Christian principles.  According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1.  So what would you expect – somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I  would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong  match in China,  I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

And I wouldn’t be offended.   It wouldn’t bother me one bit.

When in Rome …..

But, “what about the atheists?” is another argument.

What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized.  We’re not going to pass  the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds.   If that’s asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs.  Go to the bathroom.  Visit the concession stand.

Call your lawyer?

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call.  One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don’t think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world’s foundations.

Christians are tired of watching our courts strip us of  our rights.  Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to  sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing.

Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us.  And if that last sentence offends you, well, too bad.

The silent majority has been silent too long.  It’s time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority doesn’t care what they want.  It is time that the majority rules!   It’s time we tell them, “You don’t have to pray; you don’t have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don’t have to  believe in God or attend services that honor Him.  That is your right, and we will honor your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away.  We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!”

God bless us one and all…Especially those who denounce Him, God bless America and Canada, despite all of our faults. We are still the greatest nations of all. God bless our servicemen who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.

Let’s make 2010 the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions. Let’s pray that our military forces may come home from war.

Keep looking up.

Posted by Tina

By Post Scripts on July 25, 2010

E Pluribus Unum was the original motto for the United States of America. Thirty-six years after the founding it was changed to “In God We Trust”. The motto is stamped on buildings and documents and on the money we carry in our pockets or purse but how often do we stop to think of how it came to be the national motto?

“E Pluribus Unum” – The original motto of the United States was secular. “E Pluribus Unum” is Latin for “One from many” or “One from many parts.” It refers to the welding of a single federal state from a group of individual political units — originally colonies and now states. ** On 1776-JUL-4, Congress appointed John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson to prepare a design for the Great Seal of the United States. The first design, submitted to Congress on 1776-AUG-10 used the motto “E Pluribus Unum.” It was rejected. Five other designs also failed to meet with Congress’ approval during the next five years. In 1782, Congress asked Mr. Thomson, Secretary of Congress, to complete the project. Thomson, along with a friend named Barton, produced a design that was accepted by Congress on 1782-JUN-10. It included an eagle with a heart-shaped shield, holding arrows and an olive branch in its claws. The motto “E Pluribus Unum” appeared on a scroll held in its beak. The seal was first used on 1782-SEP-16. It was first used on some federal coins in 1795.

“In God We Trust:” – The war of 1812 was an unusual conflict. Both sides claimed victory. The winner depends upon which history books or which country’s schools you attended. Also, the war lasted well beyond 1812. ** During 1814, Francis Scott Key (a.k.a. Frank) had an eventful September. “Traveling under a white flag, Key met with both an enemy general and admiral, recovered a war prisoner, became a war prisoner, watched a historical bombardment, lost a night’s sleep, and wrote” what eventually became the American national anthem: The Star Spangled Banner. 1 ** The final stanza reads: “And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’ * And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave * O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” ** In 1864, the words were shortened to “In God We Trust” and applied to a newly designed two-cent coin.

Follow the link if you wish to also follow the controversy regarding the “God” motto…my purpose here is to offer food for thought that I believe is inclusive of religious and secular views. Consider, instead of a King, potentate, prime minister, dictator, judge, or even president, America’s founders recognized only God as the authority for our basic human rights:

“Progressives and the Declaration of Independence,” by Jack Curtis, The American Thinker

A free, independent people can adopt a constitution for themselves. But the Americans (colonists) were subjects of George III, neither free nor independent. They were legally bound by English law. They changed that with the Declaration of Independence… ** The Declaration was necessary to separate the Continental Congress and the United States from King George. Without it, they were only rebellious subjects. That is why it was done in God’s name; His Authority was required to overrule the King’s. The Declaration is the clear statement by the Founders of the principles they built upon.

Today (and yesterday) many of us will attend religious services or spend quiet time in worship and prayer, others of us will not, but none of us can be denied our basic human rights by any other human being or spokesperson for the UN, Sharia, or other entity. We as a nation recognize, as our Declaration of Independence states, that God is the guarantor of our basic rights.

Like I said…food for thought on a Sunday afternoon.

Human institutions have their limitations.  New ones are created and others fold every day.  The U.S. Constitution is a document that has helped an institution through many tests.  It has withstood those examinations because of the vigor of the people it guarded.

My friend, Bob, sent this idea to me.  It is a good one.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no  law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.”

This plan enacted would make our leaders more like us.  This has always been the goal of our Republic.

Because our leaders have become less like us, many new institutions are being formed.  They are fashioned with good intentions.

One “institution” has been fitted with the name “TEA Party.”  It is a group not unlike its predecessor.

Here is a quote from a recent rendering:

“The silence is by design, activists with the loosely affiliated movement said, because it is held together by an exclusive focus on fiscal matters and its avoidance of divisive social issues such as abortion and gay marriage.”

The article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/13/AR2010071301436.html?wprss=rss_nation

Like its precursor, the TEA Party efforts are on one front.  At the time of the original tea party, there was one, major front.  It was the crown.  Volumes can be written on speculation about the crown’s fiscal and social reach.  The subject would make a good thesis paper.

Any side one comes down on, the TEA Party is a human institution with weaknesses.

Until the root is dealt with, we will not be changed.

Let me be critical of the man-made institution that needs the most.  It is called the “church” by many.  I challenge the terminology.  A meeting place with a name doesn’t define those who frequent it. Many religious places are silent on high issues.  When so, they become the worst of institutions.

Because of the silence, freedoms once enjoyed by many may soon be gone.

¹⁸“I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.”

The real church is a group of people.  It exists worldwide.  It is unchanged no matter what occurs in worldly institutions.  Jesus called it His bride.  It is not able to keep silent.  It has yet to reach perfection, but it serves a fearless Leader.

Anyone who questions its Leader’s strength need only read the final six chapters of Matthew.

The true hope for America is in a restoration.  It is the thing that has helped correct society in the past.

There are words of hope.

They come from the verse most used by Christian leaders in America.

It begins with “If MY people.”

The promise does not begin with, “If the government” or “If the TEA Party.”

“If” is the stipulation.

Waiting any longer will remove the opportunity, if it is not already gone.

We will be humbled either way.

Chris Reimers

¹²“Yet even now,” declares the LORD,

“Return to Me with all your heart,

And with fasting, weeping and mourning;

¹³And rend your heart and not your garments ”

Now return to the LORD your God,

For He is gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness

And relenting of evil.

¹⁴Who knows whether He will not turn and relent

And leave a blessing behind Him…

(Joel 2)

Information about an upcoming prayer event in Garland County:

http://2010garlandcountyprayersummit.wordpress.com

All 230 churches in the county have been invited.

I am chewing on the following article.  I find it interesting.  Please let me know what you think. – CR

Treason in the Church: Trading Truth for a “Social Gospel”

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/006/conspiracy2.htm