11 NOVEMBER 2014, Vol.1, No.77 > HI, HO, HI, HO – IT’S OFF TO WAR WE GO…yet
again!
The
POCAHONTAS CRIER
‘When the Righteous
succeed the people rejoice,
But when the bad
govern, men groan!’ – Proverbs 29:2
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HI HO, HI HO – IT’S OFF TO WAR WE GO…yet again!
It’s SHAMEFUL that on this
VETERANS’ DAY we’ve already seen on the news – less than a week after the 2014
Mid-Term elections – the ruling regime & the MIC
(Military Industrial Complex) are about to ESCALATE more troops into a NEW WAR
until the U.S. Military is again engaged in COMBAT ON THE GROUND – this time
against a newly emerging country called, ‘THE ISLAMIC STATE of IRAQ & SYRIA’ (ISIS) and/or also called
‘The Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant’ (ISIL)! One would think
that after almost three-decades of one WAR after another we might have learned
something in the face of – at least ONE
VETERAN COMMITTING SUICIDE EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS – and that’s just the statistics from 36 states! If all 50 states reported the DAILY DEATH
TOLL it’s estimated that upwards to TWO PER / HOUR
would be killing themselves!
WHY? Because almost TWO-MILLION
former & current military personnel have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder) and cannot receive any help or medical assistance from the Department
of Defense (DOD) or from the VETERANS HOSPITALS because of LACK OF FUNDING –
and as a direct & proximate result, CANNOT GET A JOB! WHY?
Because the ‘Radical Republicans’ in Congress have cut-the-budget
and cutoff the funding of such programs to help Veterans SINCE THE WAR(s) for OIL COME FIRST! It’s a nightmare for the wounded-Veterans, and
it’s a national disgrace & judgment upon this once Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!
The new ‘Radical Republicans’ coming into
full-control of the government starting 01 January 2015 – might as well adopt
the party-slogans of the ruling-regime
in the 1949 classic book by George Orwell, aka, Eric Blair, entitled “1984”!
WAR IS
PEACE!
FREEDOM IS
SLAVERY!
IGNORANCE
IS STRENGTH!
Under the current circumstances, we
can then fully appreciate the new
totalitarianism, aka, ‘Corporate Fascism’! According to ‘Radical Republicans’ like John ‘Insane’ McCain (AZ), Lindsey Graham
(SC), and the other Warmongers in Congress – WAR means PROFITS…&…PROFITS means
JOBS! And in less than a
week, the ruling-regime of the ‘BLACK-BUSH’
has already DOUBLED the number of troops to fight the Sunnis that have carved
out a new country, called, ‘THE ISLAMIC STATE of IRAQ & SYRIA’ (ISIS) and/or also
called ‘The Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant’ (ISIL)! Since the USA supported the Shia to topple the
late Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, and since the Shia used the weapons provided by
the USA to attack, maim & kill Sunnis – the Sunni followed the political,
military, civil & social leadership of the former Ba’ath Political Party
and declared the establishment of ISIS! Comprised of former Iraq
Republican Guard, so far ISIS has defeated everything in its path to establish
a safe-homeland for its people – and that has included taking over 8 former USA military bases in Iraq and capturing all the weapons
& military equipment in tact, as well as capturing several Syrian military
bases including air-bases with jet fighter planes in tact. And to top it off, ISIS
is growing by leaps & bounds via the influx of tens-of-thousands of new,
young fighters from all around the world and is growing into a formidable
military force soon to exceed 100,000 motivated and here-to-date undefeated fighters!
Yet, believe it or not, according to Joe
Bidden & the USA Joint Military Command, ISIS is
NOT a THREAT to the USA or any of our ‘allies’ – but since ISIS has control of several Oil Fields –
well Mr. ‘BLACK-BUSH’ and his big oil
cartels & the MIC want to again place American-Youth in harms-way! IT’S OIL & PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE yet again!
What’s the
difference between Shia and Sunni, well here’s a summary comparison from the
Internet found at
“Islam has
two main branches: the Shia and the Sunni. This split in the religion comes
down to a political and spiritual difference of opinion about who should have
succeeded Muhammad after his death in 632 CE. Major tenets and beliefs are often similar
between the two branches, but some important differences exist. Tensions and conflicts between Shias and
Sunnis are very similar to those that have at times existed between Catholics and
Protestants. Comparison chart
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Shia |
Sunni |
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Angels
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Angels obey God's commandments. They have limited free
will, though no drive to sin.
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God created angels from light. They do not have their own
free will and always obey the commandments of God.
|
|
Population
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200
million
|
1.2
billion
|
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Place of worship
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Mosque, Imambarah or Ashurkhana, Eidgah
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Mosque, Eidgah
|
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Use of statues and pictures
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Not permitted
|
Not permitted
|
|
Clergy
|
Imaam (divinely guided), Ayatollah, Mujtahid, Allamah,
Maulana
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Caliph, Imaam (Saint), Mujtahid, Allamah, Maulana
|
|
Marriage
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Man may marry up to 4 women.
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Man may marry up to 4 women.
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|
Offshoot religions
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Baha'i - a separate religion
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Ahmadiyya (Ahmedi) - a sect of Islam
|
|
Belief of God
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One God
|
One God
|
|
Original Language(s)
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Arabic, Farsi
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Arabic
|
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Birth
of Jesus
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Virgin
Birth
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Virgin
Birth
|
|
Second
coming of Jesus
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Affirmed
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Affirmed
|
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Death of Jesus
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Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross, but his body went
up to heaven.
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Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross, but his body went
up to heaven.
|
|
View of
other Abrahamic religions
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Christianity
and Judaism are "People of the Book."
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Christianity
and Judaism are "People of the Book."
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Resurrection
of Jesus
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Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross. Jesus will come back down from
heaven in the future.
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Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross. Jesus will come back down from
heaven in the future.
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Holy days
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Ashura, Eid al Fitr, Eid al Adha, Eid al ghadeer
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Eid al Fitr, Eid al Adha, Eid-e-Milaad-un-Nabi
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Origin
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From teachings of Prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious
and political figure.
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From teachings of Prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab
religious and political figure.
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Places most closely associated with independent history of
the faith
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Kufa, Karbala
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Madinah (Medina), Makkah (Mecca)
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Adherents called
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Shiites, Shia, Shii, Ehl-e-Tash'e
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Sunni, Ehl-e-Sunnah
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|
Geographic
Presence
|
Majority
in Iran, Iraq, Yemen,
Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon. Minority spread across
the world.
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Majority
in most Muslim countries. Minority spread across the world.
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Articles of Belief
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One God, Angels, Revealed Books of God including the
Quran, Messengers, Day of Judgement, Prophethood, Imaamah
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One God, Angels, Revealed Books of God including the
Quran, Messengers, Day of Judgement, Prophethood
|
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Pillars
of faith
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1.
Prayer 2. Fasting 3. Pilgrimage 4. Mandatory alms, 20% for Imaam and the
needy (khums) 5.Jihad 6. Promotion of good 7. Dissuasion from bad 8.
Re-affirmation 9. Disassociation from the enemies of Islam starting from
first Caliph.
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1.
Testament of Faith 2. Prayer 3. Mandatory alms, 2.5% for needy (zakaat) 4.
Fasting 5. Pilgrimage 6. Struggle in the way of God to promote good and stop
bad.
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Imams identified as
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Divinely guided. Considered as the only legitimate
interpreters of the Quran.
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Saints. Considered as persons with strong faith in Quran
and Sunnah.
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Required lineage for ruler
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Must be male child from lineage of Ali from Fatimah.
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Can be any practicing Muslim chosen by agreement of the
authorities of the muslim populace (ummah).
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Muhammad nominated a successor ?
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Yes, his cousin and son in law Ali ibn Abu Talib
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No
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Successors after the Prophet
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12 Infallible Imams; Ali bin Abi Talib, Hassan, Hussain,
Ali ZainulAbideen, Muhammad AlBaqir, Jaafar AlSaadiq, Musa AlKaazim, Ali
AlRaza, Muhammad AlTaqi, Ali AlNaqi, Hasan AlAskari, Muhammad AlMahdi
(hidden).
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The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar bin Al
Khattab, Uthman bin Afan, Ali bin Abi Talib,
|
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Beliefs
regarding revealed scriptures
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Belief in
the Quran
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Belief in
the Quran
|
|
Continuation of authoritative revelation
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Partially true. Imaams are considered divinely guided. The
purpose is to explain and safeguard the current faith and its esoteric
meaning.
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No, authoritative revelation ended with Prophet Muhammad.
|
|
Collection of religious narrations from Imaams and
Mujtahids
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Nahajul Balagha, Kitab al-Kafi, Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih,
Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Al-Istibsaar
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Muatta Maalik, Musnad Ahmad, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim,
Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Nasae.
|
|
View on the personality of Imaam Ali
|
Prophet said inter alia: - “Exemption from the Hellfire
comes with love for Ali (A.S).” - “Of whomever I was master, Ali (A.S) is his
master.” - “Ali (A.S) is from me and I am from him, and he is the protector
of every true believer after m
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Considered as a 'Lion of God', the first male convert to
Islam, and a warrior champion of the faith.
|
|
Branches and their status
|
Ithna Ashariyya ('Twelvers'), Ismailis ('Seveners') and
Zaidis ('Fivers'). The latter do not agree to infallibility of Imaams or to
the occultation of the 12th Imaam Mahdi.
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Four contributing schools of Law: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi
and Hanbali. Two Schools of Creed: Ashari and Maturidi. These branches count
each other on right path with different way of thinking.
|
|
Special Day of worship
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Friday
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Friday
|
|
Temporary unannounced Marriage
|
Yes
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No, termed as adultery.
|
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Name of
the practice means
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"party"
or "partisans" of Ali
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"well-trodden
path" or "tradition"
|
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Current leaders
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Mujtahids
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Imaams (not in the same sense as Shi'a, where Imaams are
divinely guided)
|
|
Intercession permitted
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Yes (14 Infallibles only - From Prophet until the Mahdi,
including Fatima, daughter of the Prophet and wife of Ali)
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Major groups of Sunnis do not accept intercession.
However, the method of prayer at dargahs or ziyarat-gahs (tombs of saints)
may be considered close to intercession.
|
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Public affirmation of faith and propagation of teachings
|
The Shia allow 'Taqiyya': which is to be able to deny
faith when under grave danger. This extends to the belief that true meaning
of faith is hidden until the coming of twelfth Imaam.
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Little stress on esoteric meaning or taqiyya. While 'inner
meaning' of Quraan is accepted as existing, stress is on literal rather than
mystic interpretation. Notable exceptions are Sufi schools.
|
|
Self Flagellation (Lattum)
|
To commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein, Shiite groups
march in massive parades on the 10th day of the Muharram month. There is
self-flagellation i.e. flogging own back, chest with hands, knives, blades or
chains. Permitted by some scholars.
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No, termed as major sin
|
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Did Islam achieve ultimate glory?
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No, it was hijacked by hypocrites, especially the first
three Caliphs.
|
Yes, mission of Muhammad achieved glory at the time of
first three Caliphs and sustained by next three Caliphs including Ali bin Abi
Talib.
|
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Building and visiting shrines permitted
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Yes
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No
|
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Building and visiting mosques permitted
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
If it were not for the oil fields
currently under Sunni / ISIS control, the USA and Britain would care less about
them – just as you see by them taking NO INTEREST in the Central African disputes
and that of the Boko Horam in Nigeria and
their kidnapping of Brethren / Mennonite-school-girls to become the ‘wives’ of the soldiers for the Boko
Horam! Unlike
ISIS which has implemented a complete governmental infrastructure at all levels
of their society – the Nigerian Boko Haram
are just marauders that simply ‘rape, pillage & plunder’ wherever
they go howbeit starting out against the foreign oil companies ripping off the Nigerian people! Since they are no longer attacking oil
refineries – they pose ‘no threat’ to American interests! SUCH IS THE HYPOCRISY IN WASHINGTON
& LONDON!
The political-reality inside the ‘Beltway’ come January 2015 until
January 2017 is that the radical-agenda of the ‘Radical Republicans’ will be one
of AUSTERITY in which they will try to cutoff funding to many programs designed
to assist persons of low-income and those designed to slowdown the shrinking
Middle-Class – BUT THEY DO NOT have enough votes to
override any VETO from the ‘BLACK-BUSH’
– and therefore their influence will be limited and most likely lead to even
GREATER DISFAVOR by the American Voter in
2016 – and that means that perhaps candidates will step forth that will
demand:
1.
Canceling all Student
Loan Debts;
2.
Canceling our National
Debt, nationalize all banks, abolish the
privately-owned Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) and RESTORE
THE U.S.
TREASURY BANKING SYSTEM and issue an Honest Money Supply;
3.
Cancel all foreign-aid to warmongers & warring sects like the Israelis & demand an
end to Israeli-Occupation of Palestine &
recognize Palestine
as a new nation;
4.
Cancel all permits to drill-for-oil in environmentally sensitive areas like the Artic Circle or off
our national coasts;
5.
Restore all
environmental protections for the health & safety of
all Citizens;
6.
Stop the Wars &
spend those funds domestically rebuilding the national infrastructure;
7.
Restore a Balance to the American
Educational system; and,
8.
Cut back on military spending,
return all troops, and stop interference in foreign entanglements!
SO FAR
NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS appears poised to RESTORE AMERICA
TO A SEMBLENCE OF SANITY!
Senator Sanders might run for
president! So too may Massachusetts
Senator Elizabeth Warren! Either
choice will restore SOCIAL JUSTICE to America in the hopes that we as a
people can be saved from descending into a real CIVIL WAR between political
& sectarian beliefs & factions! IF HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF – then the moment that anyone
declares ‘MARTIAL LAW’ – that
will be the moment that everyone wearing a uniform or working in a government
building will become a TARGET since a declaration of ‘Martial Law’ means that the government has taken up arms against
its own people and that THE PEOPLE have a Right to
Defend their BILL OF RIGHTS! IF America
REAPS WHAT IT HAS SOWN – then it could get very ugly in a very short time and
last for a long time!
You always hear
& see folks saying & displaying signs saying, “God Bless America” – but WHAT IF –
“GOD JUDGES AMERICA”? What then?
Perhaps this is what is meant by
the Prophet Hosea, Chapter 4, Verses 1 – 9, as follows:
“1. Hear the word of YaHoVaH, you Israelites,
because YaHoVaH has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of
YaHoVaH in the land.
2. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and
adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3. Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it
waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of
the sea are dying.
4.
"But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your
people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5. You
stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother--
6. my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you
have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your Creator, I also will
ignore your children.
7. The
more the priests increased, the more they transgressed against me; they
exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.
8. They
feed on the transgressions of my people and relish their wickedness.
9. And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and
repay them for their deeds.” (NIV with
Holy Name restored)
WE REAP WHAT WE SOW…& then some!
REMEMBER OUR VETERANS WHO GAVE ALL!
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