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<p>Among the Christian Right, and most Republican presidential candidates, it’s now an article of faith that the United States is persecuting Christians and Christian-owned businesses—that religion itself is under attack.</p> <p>Why has this bizarre myth that Christianity is under assault in the most religious developed country on Earth been so successful? Because, in a way, it’s true. American Christianity is in decline—not because of a “war on faith” but because of a host of demographic and social trends. The gays and liberals are just scapegoats.</p>

Suppose a Democratic strategist wrote an open letter to colleagues and clients analyzing this week’s election returns. “Republicans have very little to cheer about this election,” he said with some satisfaction. “But off-year elections are rarely harbingers of future performance. Democrats actually did quite well in 2003, to little effect in 2004.” Suppose further that the Democratic strategist signed his name to the letter and distributed it widely.And then suppose one more thing: that the Democratic strategist had not actually written those words but had lifted them wholesale from a liberal blog. (In fact, those words do come from such...

The Antichrist Rev. Barry Gritters TABLE OF CONTENTS: IntroductionANTICHRIST'S IDENTITY General Description Antichrist: A false Christ Antichrist: Opposed to Christ Antichrist: In place of Christ Antichrist: An individual person Antichrist: A political power Antichrist: An ecclesiastical powerANTICHRIST'S PURPOSE ANTICHRIST'S METHODSTHE CHURCH'S CALLING Recognizing Antichrist's spiritA present struggleThe manner of oppositionANTICHRIST'S CERTAIN DESTRUCTION INTRODUCTON What is Antichrist? In these last days, this ought to be a burning question. Who is the Antichrist? How can a lover of Christ identify him? What will he look like? How will he behave? Where will his headquarters be located? If you are expecting here an...

According to www.israelnationalnews.com the Israeli Antiquities Authority has released a report based on Egyptian sources stating that the collapse of the Temple Mount under tens of thousands of Moslem worshippers celebrating Ramadan in three weeks' time is "almost certain." The Wakf has barred Israeli engineers from entering the site though the Temple Mount is technically under Israeli jurisdiction. The Wakf derides the warnings as "Israeli propaganda" and also refuses to limit the amount of Moslem worshippers. Israel Police, however, is readying itself for the task, for fear that the Moslem world will blame Israel for the collapse. Voice of Judea...

For a couple days this week, one of the most reviled men in the blogosphere was Jonathan Klein, formerly an executive at CBS News. Speaking on Friday about the scandal at 60 Minutes, which last week based part of a story on documents that were probably forged, he stuck up for the show he used to oversee by sneering at its online critics: "You couldn't have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of check and balances [at 60 Minutes] and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing." Since then, dozens of those pajama-clad bloggers have...

Jerry Golden "REPORT" PO Box 10268 Jerusalem 91102 Israel www.TheGoldenReport.com Published 11/9/2003 Islamic Warnings! There is a small article in today’s Jerusalem Post that I felt worth elaborating on. It gives us warnings of great acts of Islamic Terror that will occur at a time of a double eclipse during the Moslem month of Ramadan. The last time that happened was in 1786, it’s happening in this month of Ramadan, and it will not happen again for another 152 years. So this is the only one that will be seen in our lifetime. It should be noted that Islam like...

Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, a few of us Freepers became aware that Ramadan 2003 had special prophetic significance to certain Islamic sects. They are awaiting a spiritual avatar known as the Twelfth Mahdi, who will lead Muslims to great victories in war over the infidels. It's believed that this Mahdi will appear during a Ramadan with both a Solar and a Lunar Eclipse. This double Ramadan eclipse will occur this year, for the first time since 1786, and won't occur again until 2155. For those Muslims who place any credence in this prophecy, this year's Ramadan...