Posted on 12/10/2020 5:39:34 PM PST by george76
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, and it seems, as we approach the holiday of Hanukkah (beginning tonight) that these words are exceptionally true…especially in California, New York, and other states flexing their authoritarian muscles.
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Under the guise of “protecting against Covid-19,” multiple state governors have put citizens in lockdown. These governors have arbitrarily decided which businesses are essential and which are not, with total disregard for the holistic well-being of the people
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It is sickly ironic that Gov. Newsome here in California considers the production of television and films essential, but church and synagogue services are non-essential. (In one California county, even strip clubs were permitted but not church services.) .. houses of worship were specifically singled out as being forbidden gatherings.. COVID-19 has been used by politicians to accumulate power and to specifically target and destroy the religious practices of the people
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Like the Maccabees, people of faith must stand together in supporting each other’s worship services. We must not allow our spirituality to be determined by secular politicians who have a direct Machiavellian interest in reducing and ultimately eliminating religious worship.
Our Supreme Court recently acknowledged that the First Amendment cannot be violated for this pandemic
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Governors Newsome and Cuomo have already stated that this decision doesn’t apply to them, and that as part of the lockdown, they insist on restricting our worship
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As we are about to begin this holy Festival of Hanukkah, we must choose to emulate the Maccabees and stand up for our spiritual survival against any attempted persecutions of the state. Like the Hasmoneans, we all have the responsibility to support each other in ensuring that every person of faith has the opportunity to worship safely in their way.
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Happy Hunukkak to the Jewish FRpers!
Interesting that this should occur at the start of Hanukkah also know as “festival of lights”:
“It’s Coming” - Geomagnetic Storm To Dazzle Night Sky
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/its-coming-geomagnetic-storm-dazzle-night-sky
” As we’ve previously explained, Sunspot Cycle 25 is likely underway and could be super active. Last week, one of the strongest solar explosions in a couple of years, measured as an M4.4-category eruption, was recorded. Now there’s a new warning, of an imminent geomagnetic storm. “
” Readers in some northern parts of the U.S. could see Northern Lights, from Wednesday night through Friday, produced by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). “
” “Geomagnetic Storm Watches are in effect from December 9th - 11th, 2020 due to anticipated CME effects,” read a statement on NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. “
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