Philadelphia now wants Catholics to change beliefs

“The city of Philadelphia now wants Catholics to change their beliefs. As least those that collide with the LGBT agenda. The point was made by a legal team challenging the city’s new demand that if Catholic Social Services wants to continue providing foster homes, as it has for many generations, it must allow same-sex couples to care for children.

“The city made clear that Catholic’s religious beliefs would not be an acceptable basis for Catholic’s unwillingness to provide a written certification regarding a [same-sex] couple’s relationship and to approve that couple for foster care,” said a new brief submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

“The city’s rhetoric further reveals that the goal of its actions is to force Catholic to change its beliefs such as the statements that it’s ‘not 100 years ago anymore’ and ‘times are changing’ and Catholic’s religious beliefs should change, too.”

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

“At least 160,000 people have been displaced, the U.N. said. Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power launched attacks on the rebel-held southwest last month after defeating the last remaining insurgent pockets near the cities of Damascus and Homs.

President Bashar al-Assad is aiming to restore control over a strategically vital part of the country at the borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, building on his military’s momentum elsewhere in the seven-year conflict.

Assad is pressing the offensive despite warnings from the United States, which has been seeking to uphold a “de-escalation” deal it brokered with Moscow in the southwest last year.

Washington had warned Assad of serious repercussions, but there has been no sign of action to stop him.”

“Sen. James Lankford (R., Okla.) warned Wednesday the longstanding alliance between the United States and Turkey is crumbling amid President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pivot to Russia and ongoing detention of an American pastor.

In a nod to Erdogan’s crackdown on civil society in the wake of the country’s failed military coup in 2016, Lankford said the NATO ally can no longer be considered open or free as its government trends toward authoritarianism.

“We have an ally that we no longer know and we no longer recognize—we’d like to have our friend and our ally back,” Lankford said during a panel hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on Capitol Hill. “This is a long-term alliance that’s slipping away from us and we hope for a reengagement with the Erdogan government.”

Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

“A Christian bus driver in Toronto has been charged with a “hate crime” for distributing pamphlets saying homosexuality can lead to diseases and that Jesus can save gay people if they repent.

Bill Whatcott “distributed anti-gay material which promoted hatred toward the gay community,” Toronto Police Service said in a statement, adding that he was arrested in Calgary and later returned to Toronto. The 51-year-old Christian man was charged with “willful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group, namely the gay community.”

Canadian Hard Left vs Christians

“Jordan Peterson Warns Canadian Christians Their Religious Freedom Rights Are Eroding” There are more warnings about the dangers Christian Canadians are in. There seems to be no resistance against the Hard Left in Canada, and it appears it is now open season on Christians rights. This is very dangerous.

“The report of The Gosport Independent Panel into Gosport War Memorial Hospital found that only 45% of those administered terminal quantities of diamorphine (which can be appropriate in alleviating severe pain at the very end of life) were said to be in pain. Many of the case studies showed that even where pain was noted, it was not properly assessed, and the effect of medication was not monitored.

In 29% of cases, no reason or rationale was given for prescribing the lethal doses. In 26%, reasons were given that would “rarely, if ever, be regarded as appropriate indications,” such as deterioration, distress, or agitation.
Nurses euthanising difficult patients

Writing in the Times, Dominic Lawson points out that “the ones most likely to get the treatment appeared to be not the sickest, but the most ‘difficult’. As the stepson of one of the victims remarked: ‘If a nurse didn’t like you, you were a goner.’”

This is clear from the testimony of whistle-blower Pauline Spilker, who said: “It appeared to me then and more so now that euthanasia was practised by the nursing staff. I cannot offer an explanation as to why I did not challenge what I saw at that time . . . I feel incredibly guilty.”

Euthanasiast culture: In addition to the case she described of an 80 year old man who was active and mentally alert but “difficult” there were other cases of tricky patients being quietened with non-clinically indicated opiates. Dr Barton, who was responsible for the prescribing on the wards, defended the use of diamorphine on a lady with dementia who was “not [in] physical pain but not happy, not comfortable, not easy to look after.” Commenting on a report condoning her actions, the panel said: “This is an extraordinary conclusion, explicitly condoning the use of large doses of diamorphine simply to control symptoms of confusion and agitation, contrary to all relevant guidance.”

Tunguska Explosion

“110 Years After The Tunguska Event We Still Aren’t Sure What Caused It” This is a very interesting article about a massive explosion that happened in Serbia without the cause ever being found. It was about 15 megaton nuclear explosion.