(Under the Guise of Religion) ..United Methodists Working for Peace in Zimbabwe

United Methodist News Service ^ | March 29, 2002 | Dean Snyder and Jane Malone Mutare, Zimbabwe

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Who the Real Ogres Are ***** (Substitute Zimbabwe for Cuba and Mugabe for Castro. Incidentally, Castro supports Mugabe and sends him aid.)*****

[Excerpt]There are groups of Americans, who, because of romantic idealism, naivete, ignorance, anti-U.S. feelings, or plain die-hard fanaticism of socialist or communist regimes, are very damaging to the cause of freedom and human rights of others. These groups are not harmless. They are often associated with organizations that claim to be working for peace or humanitarian causes but for decades have been an effective roadblock for people who are working for democracy in Cuba. These groups claim they are helping the "Cuban people" inside the island when they are actually helping Castro and his goals.

……….According to Maghami, both Rev. Campbell and the NCC have backgrounds containing a well-defined pro-Castro political agenda. He says, "It was certainly keeping with the established behavior patterns of the NCC that last June, it sent a group that included Rev. Campbell to Havana. Fidel Castro provided an audience of thousands for his visitors. At the event, Maghami continues, Rev. Campbell said, "It is on behalf of Jesus the Liberator that we work against this embargo," referring to her desire that the U.S. embargo be lifted. "But" continued Maghami, "invoking Christ's name against it without also criticizing Castro for the persecution of dissidents, including Christians, is not a moral stance but a political leeching off religious capital."

…..Another one of the most militant, fanatic and violent "religious" and "humanitarian" organizations part of this network in the U.S. appearing to be working for Castro's tyranny are the "interreligious" group Pastors for Peace. These "pastors" as well as the NCC have received grants from the Arca Foundation, which according to scholar Irving Louis Horowitz is a "highly pro-Castro and partisan," grant-giving agency. From 1994 to1998, Arca awarded about $3 million for pro-Castro projects.

GREETING GONZALEZ -- The Rev. Thom White Wolf Fassett, top staff executive of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society (right), welcomes Cuban citizens Juan Miguel Gonzalez and his infant son Hianny to the United Methodist Building in Washington. Gonzalez is the father of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who was rescued from a capsized boat off Florida's coast last November. At left is the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, former top staff executive of the National Council of Churches. A UMNS photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo number 00-43 Accompanies UMNS #202, 4/17/00

United Methodist News Service Board of Church and Society welcomes Elian's father**** The Board of Church and Society has created a Humanitarian Advocacy Fund to collect voluntary contributions to assist in paying for the father's legal representation. The fund, authorized by the board's executive committee, was created following a request received from the Cuban Council of Churches, of which the Cuban Methodist Church is a member. About 200 donations have been received to date. "Out of our long United Methodist history of concern for family values, and our belief that children are an especially sacred gift from God, we have been in prayer for Juan Miguel Gonzalez as he seeks to be reunited with his son. As Christians, we proclaim that faith, love and justice must supercede political realities," Fassett said.*****

GONZALEZ MEETING The Rev. Thom White Wolf Fassett, top staff executive of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society (left) meets with Cuban citizens Juan Miguel Gonzalez and his wife Nercy (far right) at the United Methodist Building in Washington. Third from right is the Rev. Eliezer Valentin Castanon of the board staff who acted as a translator for the Gonzalez family. Gonzalez is the father of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who was rescued from a capsized boat off Florida's coast last November. A UMNS photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo number 00-44 Accompanies UMNS #202, 4/17/00

United Methodist News Service [Excerpt] The Rev. Beverly Wilkes of Springfield, Ill., rose to say that handguns should be included in the ban because they are a cause of accidental deaths of many children. "We are calling for America to disarm itself for the sake of our children and for the sake of too many others who died too soon." She urged leaving policing to the professionals and limiting private gun ownership to those who hunt. Delegates approved a proposal to modify the resolution by directing it to the U.S. government and to the governments of other countries where the United Methodist Church is present.

The full resolution calls for governments to outlaw "ownership by the general public of handguns, assault weapons, automatic weapon conversion kits and weapons that cannot be detected by traditionally used metal-detection devices."

During the same morning session, delegates rejected a proposal for eliminating the denomination's Board of Church and Society, the agency that works on social issues such as gun control. Almost 70 percent of the delegates refused to abolish the organization after a discussion. One delegate said he wanted the board eliminated because it voices positions with which he does not agree. He cited the board's stance against the Boy Scouts' ban of gays and its involvement in setting up a fund to pay a lawyer for Elian Gonzalez' father. Another delegate responded that people must get the full story about such issues before they condemn the board. [End Excerpt]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

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Times (UK) Torture & Burying People Alive in Zimbabwe

Daily Telegraph (London) Zimbabwe -- 'We were the sex slaves of Mugabe's men'

Hell in Zimbabwe: A Shocking Letter...

Milwaukee Sentinel Zimbabwe's grim future casts doubt on Africa - investors flee

The New Australian TNA News with Commentary Gadaafi to supply Mugabe with death squads?****More sinister is the fact that Gadaafi insisted on calling into conclave Harare's small community of Indian Muslims, telling them that they must assist Mugabe's plans by declaring a jihad (holy war) to throw the whites out. If they did not do this, he told the Muslim elders, he would bring in strong arm men from the Pagad movement in Cape Town with which he had close links. There has long been speculation that Gadaafi might have links to Pagad, an extremist Muslim vigilante movement often linked to bombings and murders in the Cape, including bomb attacks on US-linked enterprises such as the Planet Hollywood restaurant on the Cape waterfront, but this is the first open confirmation of the fact.

The bulk of Harare's Muslim community, consisting largely of merchants and professionals, was aghast at this demand and has failed to declare a jihad ,a failure which they believe lies behind the sudden spate of attacks on Muslim shops by Zanu-PF youths in the last ten days. For heaven's sake, said one Muslim merchant, we all do business with whites all the time. We rely on them and most of us are appalled by what Mugabe's doing. It's obvious that those youths who were sent to attack white and Muslim shops were meant to be punishing us for not complying.****

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Commercial Farmers' Union Zimbabwe -- Farm Invasions And Security Report - Thursday 28 March 2002

Daily Telegraph Telegraph woman charged - Mugabe's thugs given police protection

BBC Africa Service A glimpse of Zimbabwe's desperation

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Daily News-Zim Zimbabwe -- MDC polling agent beaten to death by police, soldiers

Daily Mail & Guardian (SA) Zimbabwe -- MDC won't sell its soul to the devil

[Cincinatus' Wife]

********** Bishop Christopher Jokomo, head of the Zimbabwe Area of the United Methodist Church, expressed appreciation that the nation preserved peace throughout the election period despite the deep political disagreements. He said that the ruling party and opposition leaders need to work together on behalf of the welfare of Zimbabwe's people.*********

[backhoe]

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CW, I'm indexing this, not for the article ( which is feel-good drivel, IMO ) but for your excellent links.

It is my hope that not only members here, but those who surf in, will follow these, and learn the real, bloody truth that hides behind the "one-man, one-vote, majority rule" farce & fraud so beloved by the press.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you backhoe. The masses aren't just in third world dictatorships.
The citizens here in the U.S. need to see through the fog of "feel good"
and start paying attention to the policies and the agenda of their church and lay leaders.

[Clive]

Willful blindness.

[Clive]

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[Cincinatus' Wife]

Willful indeed!! Some are useful idiots and some engage in out and out complicity!

[Rum Tum Tugger]

The United Methodist Church as defined by its doctrine is a socialist, political party.

If you don't believe that, read its Books of Discipline and Resolutions. They come right from the pen of Karl Marx.

Unfortunately, few of the good people who attend United Methodist Churches have any idea what their "church" really stands for.

[Brian Allen]

I have seen the enemy and the enemy is us.

[Free the USA]

bttt

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Unfortunately, few of the good people who attend United Methodist Churches have any idea what their "church" really stands for.

Or they don't want to believe it.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We're being marginalized from within.

[johnny7]

So true. Our schools believe that history is diversity.

That science is re-cycling and that Columbus was evil.

The NEA is a promoter of stupidity. For it is only with stupidity that they can swell their ranks.

More federal funds for public schools that don't teach the basics.

More dummies in high school at the age of 19.

Get rid of the liberal hacks who pump their bile in the classroom or on the pulpit.

We are awash in a sea of limp-wristed scholars who prefer to stiffle the 1st Ammendment to appease the ignorant.

This, by God, must stop!

Today is Easter. A day most holy... Jesus was a pacifist, but he recieved a good education.

More than I can say for the kids of today.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***** During the same morning session, delegates rejected a proposal for eliminating the denomination's Board of Church and Society, the agency that works on social issues such as gun control. Almost 70 percent of the delegates refused to abolish the organization after a discussion. One delegate said he wanted the board eliminated because it voices positions with which he does not agree. He cited the board's stance against the Boy Scouts' ban of gays and its involvement in setting up a fund to pay a lawyer for Elian Gonzalez' father. Another delegate responded that people must get the full story about such issues before they condemn the board. ****

Board of Church and Society….. "As Christians, we proclaim that faith, love and justice must supercede political realities."

They are extremely political!!