Romans 13 and What Really Happened?

1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

² Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

⁴ For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

⁵ Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

From Romans 13, KJV

Recently heard from a pastor who preaches at a church that shut down for several months during the great Covid-19 panic of 20. Speaking to his congregation, he asserted, “Well, we had to close down for 2 or 3 weeks, but that was because of the governor’s decree.” Right away I pointed out three problems with his statement:

1. He misstated the length of time the doors were closed. The church where he is a pastor did not meet for nearly six months; now that a little time has passed that becomes “two or three weeks.” I believe we can look forward to this sort of gaslighting from lots of people at every level of society soon: “Oh, I never wore one of those silly masks, I knew they were no good,” “I never thought shutting down small businesses was a good idea,” “I never quit going to church,” etc. If the clot shot turns out to be as deadly as some are predicting (for the records, I hope those predictions are wrong, but I’m terrified they’re at least close to the truth) then I’m not sure how people will gaslight themselves out of that. People are already intentionally misremembering, and then misstating, how they acted during the panic. I did talk to one pastor who agreed to go back and look at the financial books for his congregation, since it listed in-person contributions on Sundays, at he was startled to find that he had, indeed, shut the doors for multiple months. He truly did not believe he had done so until he looked at the numbers.
2. The governor’s emergency decree problem 1: Well, the first problem with that is that in the state where I reside the governor made no such decree; in point of fact he specifically exempted all houses of worship from any shutdown orders. I realize there are other states where this is not the case, nevertheless it was at best a careless misstatement by the pastor who used it as an excuse, at worst it was a lie to cover up cowardice.
3. The governor’s emergency decree problem 2: Does the governor of a state have the authority to prohibit the church from gathering together to worship? For that matter, does the President? Or a Federal Judge? Or the local mayor? The theological answer must be no; in the book of Hebrews Christians are directly commanded NOT to forsake the assembly, and the example of the early church is assembling, in secret when necessary, even in the face of government edicts that such assemblies were punishable by death. As for the political answer, the President, or the governor, or the mayor, or the local beat cop, all have authority under the law. As long as they act under (or in accordance with) duly passed laws, they have complete authority, even to the use of force if necessary. Nevertheless, as we discussed in an earlier post, the first amendment to the Constitution expressly prohibits Congress from making ANY laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion, and the 14th amendment applies this to the state as well as the federal government. In other words, any government functionary forbidding the free exercise of religion (including the assembly of Christians to pray, sing hymns and partake holy communion) is acting entirely outside the bounds of the law and hence has no authority whatsoever. He may have brute force, but it is nonetheless lawless and thus criminal, and should be treated as such.

Romans 13 does enjoin Christians to be obedient to proper civil authorities; it does not bind Christians to bend the knee to any thug with a gun. Verse 7 of the same passage says:

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Christians are not demanded to simply pay tribute to anyone who demands, nor custom, nor fear, nor honor. Paul says these things are to be given to those to whom it is owed. The thug who demands a cessation of the observance of the Lord’s Supper is no more due honor than the thug who produces a gun and demands your wallet. In point of fact the thug who demands your wallet is probably less guilty; he simply wants your money, which is a carnal possession that will eventually pass away. The government official who demands you no longer render to God those things which are His is endeavoring to intimidate you into giving up something far more precious than your wallet.

Purely gratuitous linkage:

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/31/all-neighborhoods-are-not-created-equal/

What a real breakdown of respect for property authorities looks like:

https://sylg1.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/trash-human-assaults-police-officers/

https://sigmaframe.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/hexis-cathexis-and-voodoo-catharsis/#more-14316

https://nuncamedesesperare.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/preach-it-chuck/

What They Fear

So, in case you hadn’t heard, the Democratic Socialists of America and Black Lives Matter had themselves a little meeting, and now they’re teaming up. No word yet on who gets to play Lex Luthor, but I hear Patrisse Cullors has the Clayface role all locked up. At any rate, the DSA is all atwitter about recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court, so I suppose it would be good to know just why they’re so upset and what they want to do about it.

From the DSA website, which I decline to link due to an uncharacteristic and most likely quite temporary attack of good taste, where the writer states:

The dismantling of abortion rights by the far right and Christian nationalists could be just the beginning of future right-wing attacks on landmark decisions that rely on the right to privacy, including Obergefell v. Hodges, recognizing a fundamental right to same-sex marriage; Griswold v. Connecticut, recognizing a fundamental right to access contraceptives and prevent pregnancy; and Lawrence v. Texas, finding unconstitutional state sodomy laws. It is not just the rights to privacy and bodily autonomy protecting sexual and reproductive freedom this majority is bent on eviscerating, however; just this month the Court has knocked down one more brick in the wall between church and state in Carson v. Makin; ruled unconstitutional a 108-year-old New York law limiting concealed carry of guns in New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso­ci­ation Inc. v. Bruen, on the basis of a 13-year-old precedent; and issued a decision in Vega v. Tekoh that begs reactionary forces to bring the Court a case to allow them to overturn Miranda v. Arizona, a case so woven into the fabric of American life schoolchildren can recite its associated warnings.

Okay, let’s break this down. First of all, opposition to abortion on demand all the way up until two years of age lands one on the far right, and also makes one a Christian nationalist. I’m not really sure about the “far right” bit, but by all means sign me up for Christian nationalist. I love God, I’m a Christian, I love my country, and I want to convert as many people as possible. I also intend to do all I can to put a stop to the slaughter of infants. If that means abortionists publicly hanged by the neck until dead (after a fair trial, of course) then by all means, lets get started yesterday.

Griswold… well, really, are y’all serious? I would agree that married Christian couples shouldn’t be using contraceptives, but I wasn’t aware of anyone, anywhere, currently making a hullaballoo about it. I suppose they might be worried that if they continue forcing grade-schoolers to put condoms on bananas to pass health class there might finally be an uprising… (really, we should be so lucky). But I cannot find any church anywhere advocating to make contraception illegal again. Although, in all fairness to the DSA, I would totally sign on to that one, so maybe they should be worried. Also, I would maintain that the death penalty for dispensing contraceptives is really a bit too extreme…. unless, of course, you’re forcing grade-schoolers to put condoms on bananas, in which case we’ll save some space on the abortionists’ gallows for you as well.

Lawrence… well, this one is just embarrassing for the court. In 1986 the USSC upheld state sodomy laws, then they reversed themselves less than 20 years later. Seriously, John Roberts is always getting his panties in a wad about reversing precedent and damaging the court’s prestige, so why isn’t he all knotted up about Lawrence? Sodomy laws go back…. well, pretty much forever. And yes, they have often been honored mostly in the breach (lookin’ at you, HMS Royal Navy). Still, why are socialists so hung up on sodomy? Well, frankly, socialism’s main appeal is to life’s losers, and if the only sex you can get is… okay, you can figure out the rest. MONKEYPOX!!!!!!

Carson ruling…. Hey, DSA, I thought you were about supporting workers, and especially school teachers, and MOST ESPECIALLY OF ALL school teachers exercising their first amendment rights. So now you’re siding with the state against the workers? What kind of socialism is this, anyway? Oh, right, the same that happens EVERY TIME with you guys. The true kings of bait and switch. Just imagine if the coach had gone out onto the field and put a condom on a banana in front of all the fans at half-time; DSA and BLM would be burning down the town if he got fired.

Bruen… so over a century ago a mob boss got gun control passed so he could oppress local working people (aka the proletariat) without them being able to fight back. And DSA is TOTALLY down with that. Additionally, virtually all post-Bellum gun control laws in Southern states were enacted to keep freed Blacks from owning weapons… and BLM is totally down with that! I really, really miss the Deacons of Defense. Maybe we can find some old-timers to help get them started up again.

Tekoh… So DSA is celebrating that grade schoolers can recite their Miranda warning by heart…. WHY???? Why do grade schoolers, who test scores say can’t read or do math worth a hoot, need to have Miranda memorized by heart? What about the Declaration of Independence (at least the preamble). What about the preamble to the Constitution? What about ANY of the Bill of Rights? What about the 23rd Psalm? No, all they know is their Miranda rights and how to put condoms on bananas.

So, all in all, they are terrified that we will be Christians, love America, protect babies, have children, eschew sodomy, own weapons and avoid unnecessary run-ins with the police. I must, therefore, believe that they embrace the opposite on all of these things. Hmmm….

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Romans 1:32, KJV

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/30/fmjra-2-0-velvet-voyage/

See also: https://sigmaframe.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/the-distension-of-cathartic-cathexis/#more-14282

https://nuncamedesesperare.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/now-they-are-reaching-the-era-of-the-comeuppance/

Violence

No Other Gods

When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the two tablets and saw the Children of Israel worshipping the golden calf, he was not at all happy with them. Moses did not want to hear, nor did he care, that worshipping golden calves was the historical religion of the Hebrew people and that they needed to honor their culture. Moses was not interested in hearing about how the Israelites had been slaves for 400 years and now needed to get in touch with their ancestors by building idols. As angry as he was, Moses still interceded with God on the people’s behalf, as God was prepared to destroy them for their idolatry.

Over and over, as they moved through the desert towards Canaan, the Israelites murmured and complained against Moses, and, by extension, God Himself. They complained about the food they had eaten in Egypt, showing no gratitude to God for manna and quail; they moaned and whined and always looked for an excuse to turn back. More than once they were prepared to kill Moses; more than once Moses had to intercede with God on their behalf as he wiped out thousands of them for their effrontery.

One thinks on this when considering the curious case of one Patrisse Cullors, one of the founding three of Black Lives Matter. Cullors is, by her own definition, “a queer polyamorous practitioner of Ifà, a religious tradition from Nigeria, and a person many people turn to not only as a political leader but as a spiritual leader.” https://religiondispatches.org/the-role-of-spirit-in-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-a-conversation-with-activist-and-artist-patrisse-cullors/

By queer one must assume that Ms. Cullors is open to sexual relations with other women, by polyamorous one must assume she bed hops quit a bit. According to Cullors, however, this troubles her conscience not at all, for her behavior is in keeping with her religion, Ifa. For the uninitiated, Ifa is a traditional African religion originating with the Yoruba people and is the parent religion of Vodoun (Voodoo) and Santeria.

Now we know that homosexuality is expressly forbidden in Christianity (Romans 12, amongst other places) and polyamory is, in the immortal words of Monty Python, “right out.” Of course, many of the large, mainline denominations that claim Christianity are actually just fine with these activities, but in truth such organizations are about as “Christian” as a pulled-pork bbq king is a muslim. Okay, I know there’s the whole Mormon thing, but let’s talk about that later… At any rate, Cullors, who was raised in the Jehovah’s Witness church, left off any pretense of being a Christian to find a religion that suited her lifestyle and her career aspirations. Ifa was just the thing she was looking for.

Ifa practitioners worship a pantheon of deities, and also perform rituals in which they call upon their ancestors for assistance. All of these things are, of course, expressly forbidden by the Bible and all Christians through the ages. As for the whole polyamory bit, it’s rather reminiscent of King Balak’s actions, taken on the advice of Balaam, to tempt Israel to sin by sending in women to have sex with the men of Israel. Whether this also involved worshipping pagan idols is not explicitly stated in the text, but that would have been consistent with the religious practices of the Canaanites of the day. The result was a plague which, once again, killed thousands of Israelites who were all too willing to forsake God for some cheap Canaanite coochie.

The BLM movement engages in Ifa practices at most all of its gatherings; the burning of sage, pouring of libations, and calling on the dead by name are all Ifa practices. Any worship of any God other than Jehovah is, of course, expressly forbidden to any Christian. The historic understanding of the church, which remains unchanged, is that the various pagan gods worshipped by the heathen were/are actually demons who enjoy tricking mankind into worshipping them and rebelling against God.

All of which is to say, once again, that Black Lives Matter is a satanic sex cult.

Okay, not just demons, but Russians as well. Maybe Russian demons. Has anybody seen Baba Yaga lately? https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/29/feds-russian-agent-funded-radical-fringe-groups-including-black-hammer/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/29/in-the-mailbox-07-29-22/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/29/in-the-mailbox-07-29-22/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/30/patrick-mahomes-victim-of-racism/

https://pushingrubberdownhill.com/2022/07/26/the-real-smoking-ceremony-that-australia-needs-to-see/

The Arsenal of Democracy?

At one time the United States was known as the “arsenal of democracy” as our industrial sector could produce huge amounts of weapons and material, and our ships possessed the logistical capability to deliver it anywhere in the world. It was U.S. weapons and supplies that enabled the Russians to hold out against the Germans in World War 2, and it was our ability to mass produce superior planes, ships, tanks, etc. that finally brought the Soviet Union to its knees and ended the Cold War. Today the U.S. still has an active arms industry, but is it still the “arsenal of democracy”?

After leaving $80 billion in materials lying around in Afghanistan one could argue that the U.S. has surpassed Iran as the globe’s number one supporter of terrorism. Somehow, though, the “arsenal of terrorism” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. So far the U.S. has donated or committed around $88 billion worth of weapons and supplies to Ukraine, although Ukraine is arguably LESS democratic and MORE corrupt than Russia. Zelensky has made himself a dictator, but just like recessions we don’t call it that, and Ukraine is constantly vying with Nigeria for most corrupt country in the world. Once again, “the arsenal of the thieves’ guild” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Now let’s talk Poland. Unlike Afghanistan and Ukraine, Poland has a stable government, is a member of NATO and the EU, has a long tradition of pro-American government, and is a pretty decent place to live. As the stated goal of the U.S. in Ukraine, according to SecDef Austin, is to weaken Russia Poland should definitely be on the receiving end of American military largesse, as they border Ukraine and Russia, and have a longstanding and deep rooted hatred for Russia. Poland also has a proud tradition of military excellence (just ask the Winged Hussars) and a national memory of being enslaved by Russia.

Seeing the Russian expansion into Ukraine, Poland has decided it is well past time to gun up, and considering the neighborhood they can hardly be blamed for that decision. Poland has now inked a deal to buy 48 jet fighters, 1,000 main battle tanks, and 672 self-propelled 155mm howitzers in a deal worth at least $17.5 billion (U.S. dollar value). Unlike Ukraine, Poland is not asking for handouts, they are paying cold, hard cash for this equipment. What is startling is where this equipment is coming from… South Korea.

Why, one wonders, is Poland buying its arsenal from South Korea? The FA-50, aka the Hyundai of the Sky, is an excellent trainer, and a useful light attack craft, but hardly on par with the F-16 or other Western fighters. The K-2 tank is reputed to be top-notch, but unlike the M1-Abrams it is NOT battle tested, and is in point of fact MORE expensive than the Abrams. As to the K9 howitzers… well, they too are reputed to be good equipment, but they too are both unproven and expensive. Why is Poland buying unproven platforms, which cost more, from a non-U.S., non-NATO, non-Western source?

That’s where things get really interesting…. Apparently Poland TRIED to buy f-16s from Lockheed, and was told, “sorry, we don’t have any of those for you.” Poland has also ordered 32 f-35s, but Lockheed has told them no delivery can take place until 2025, and that full delivery cannot be completed before 2030. Looking at the current rate of change in Ukraine it is understandable that Poland wanted weapons on a more expedited basis. South Korea will deliver NOW, and something is always better than nothing, so the Poles took what they could get.

The U.S. has a huge inventory of Abrams tanks. In point of fact in recent years the Army has protested Congress’ decision to fund the building of more tanks, saying it neither needs nor can use them. In point of fact, the U.S. currently has over 3,400 Abrams in mothballs. One would assumed we could have cut the Poles a sweet deal for these tanks had we wanted to, and then geared up our own production lines to backfill that inventory, without ever taking a single tank in use out of service.

So why is Poland having to turn to South Korea? Well, three reasons come to mind: 1) Ukraine is a kleptocracy, and the assistance sent there is skimmed and funneled back to parties in the U.S. who have established a long-term relationship with Ukraine for this sort of thing. IYKYK. 2) Poland is the EU’s holdout on abortion. Abortion is legal ONLY to save a woman’s life in Poland, which puts the Poles very much at odds with the Biden administration and the EU. 3) Poland is the EU’s holdout on gay marriage. See #2 above for the rest.

So in all likelihood the U.S. is losing its standing as the arsenal of democracy, not to mention untold numbers of high paying manufacturing jobs, because of the Biden administrations animus to Poland’s domestic policies on public corruption, abortion and gay marriage. At least we know our “elite’s” priorities.

Shameless self promotion or interesting links? You be the judge!

https://winteryknight.com/2022/07/29/judge-strips-progressive-single-mother-of-custody-of-her-transgender-child/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/29/magical-thinking-as-economic-policy/

As Ukrainians Defect To Russia, We Should Ask Whether Our Billions Are Saving Democracy Or Aiding Corruption

https://sigmaframe.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/frustrated-collective-catharsis-as-an-incentive-for-social-unrest/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/29/in-the-mailbox-07-28-22/

Rabidly Patriarchal

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/28/still-more-aspiring-rapper-updates/

As Ukrainians Defect To Russia, We Should Ask Whether Our Billions Are Saving Democracy Or Aiding Corruption

Sodomite Orgies Yes, Communion and Hymns No

During the Covid 19 panic of 20 the WHO, NIH and CDC recommended a number of drastic steps to “slow the spread” of infection by the Xi TB. Amongst these steps were draconian attacks on basic civil liberties given to us by our Creator and, allegedly, protected by our constitution. The rights of free assembly, free speech, and the ABSOLUTE BAR on Congress enacting any prohibition on the free exercise of religion were all ignored. Fascist Fauci “recommended” numerous restrictions on religion; Fauci himself lobbied to ban holy communion/Lord’s supper observances, hymns and “large gatherings” for worship… https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/05/27/dr-anthony-fauci-catholic-churches-masks-communion-covid-coronavirus

In California, Governor Newsom shut down most churches altogether; when in his imperial mercy he deigned to allow some small, restricted gatherings of those who might worship a lesser deity than himself, he forbade them from singing hymns… https://religionnews.com/2020/07/16/three-california-churches-sue-gov-newsom-for-ban-on-singing-in-places-of-worship/

In New York, Il Duce Cuomo, striving to prove that Italians are always better fascists than Germans, launched an attack on Orthodox Jews synagogue worship just before the observance of several holy feast days… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/nyregion/cuomo-synagogues.html

All of this was done, ostensibly, to protect we poor mortals from the ravages of a virus that in some cases had a mortality rate as high as 2% of those infected. Note that is 2% of those infected, not 2% of the population, as much of the population was never infected. Or perhaps they were infected, but their symptoms were either non-existent or so mild as to escape notice. In which case that 2% fatality rate drops quite a bit lower.

After the fact we discover, of course, that the surrender of our most basic civil liberties, and the abandonment of worship to God, in fact had NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on the spread of the Xi TB…. https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/06/A-Systematic-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-of-COVID-19-Mortality-II.pdf?file=2022/05/A-Systematic-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-of-COVID-19-Mortality-II.pdf

Fast forward to the summer of ’22… and monkey pox. The WHO has now dubbed Monkeypox both a health emergency AND racist(?). Of course this should be no surprise, since the WHO also advised us that the Xi TB was racist as well. Dirty little viruses must be wearing hoods and carrying tiki torches. At any rate, monekypox is now officially a health emergency. So how is monkeypox spreading? Gay orgies, that’s how… https://apnews.com/article/monkeypox-explained-health-72a9efaaf5b55ace396398b839847505 and https://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-chicago-international-mr-leather-1715583

Who gets monkeypox? Gay men, that’s who… Breitbart recently ran an article stating that NYC officials found 95.5% of monkepox victims were men… But wait, Okrahead, I thought you said it was ONLY gay men…. Well, about that:

Men account for 321 of the 336 reported cases (95.5 percent) as of July 13, the report states. The report states that no women contracted the virus during the reporting period. Health officials attributed the remaining to TGNCNB (Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Non-Binary) (7 cases), and Unknown (8 cases). “No women.” So trans and “unknown” make up the 0.5 percent of “not men” who have monkeypox. But NO WOMEN. NOT EVEN ONE out of all 336 cases. That is definitely as statistically significant number. https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/16/nyc-official-reports-monkeypox-outbreak-represents-30-percent-of-u-s-cases/

From the same article…

Officials attributed 60 percent of the cases (201) to the LGBQ+ community. Another 40 percent were classified as unknown.

EVERY SINGLE CASE is alphabet people or “unknown.” Pro tip here, hetero men do not, as a rule, go around declining to declare their sexual preference pool. You know who does that? Yeah, you know. Don’t pretend you don’t.

So we know that gay men participating in gay orgies are spreading this racist virus around. Now, we have already established that although worshipping God is an intrinsic human right, and that the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution SPECIFCALLY SAYS government (I know, it says Congress, but we’ll get to that later) can NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER, prohibit the free exercise of religion, that right can still be negated to protect against the spread of a “dangerous virus”, can we now go ahead and prohibit gay orgies? Will the bi-coastal elites demand that there can be no homosexual pride gatherings? Will those who flout such restrictions be imprisoned and fined? Well, we already know the answer to that one, now don’t we…

So let’s be honest about what’s going on here… Communion and hymns, specifically protected by our highest law, are prohibited and everyone goes along with it. Sodomy, mentioned nowhere in the Constitution and abhorred and prohibited by our forefathers for centuries, if not millenia, is to be freely practiced without regard for the spread of disease and effects on public health. And EVERYONE GOES ALONG WITH IT. This is why we have failed as a nation, and until we find the will and the strength to stop going along with it things will only grow worse.

Shameless self-promotional linkage here…. https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/28/in-the-mailbox-07-27-22-evening-edition/

Related…. https://sigmaframe.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/the-comfortable-danger-of-social-catharsis/

https://winteryknight.com/2022/08/06/democrats-closed-churches-during-c0vid-but-gay-orgies-continue-during-monkeyp0x/

Rabidly Patriarchal

Is Anything Wrong Anymore?

Recently, in another forum, I took part in a discussion of the morality of receiving one of the current “vaccinations” available for the Covid-19 virus. A few disclaimers are in order before I proceed:

1. I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on television, and I am not here to give medical advice.
2. I was debating neither the efficacy nor the safety of any of the vaccines.

I have NOT received any of the current Covid 19 vaccinations, nor do I have any intention of doing so. There are numerous researchers whose material is readily available whom I believe have done an excellent job of exposing the dangers of the vaccines, especially in light of the mildness of the virus they are supposed to inhibit. While I have since decided that the vaccine (which is really experimental gene therapy, and not a vaccine) is AT BEST unsafe and largely ineffective, these were not the reasons for my “vaccine hesitancy.” I maintained in the debate, as I still do, that IF I believed Covid 19 were as deadly as the fearmongers claimed (I don’t), and IF I believed that the vaccine was 100% perfectly safe (I don’t), and IF I believed the vaccine was 100% effective against the virus (if you still believe this just log off now, I have no interest in anything you have to say) I still would REFUSE to take the “vaccine”.

My primary reason for refusal is that every iteration of the vaccine currently in use in the U.S. was produced and/or tested on cells from the HEK293 cell line. I’m sure most of my readers are already familiar with this information, but in quick summation HEK stands for “human embryonic kidney” and 293 is the number of the aborted baby girl in the series of murdered children from whom tissue was extracted. Some versions of the vax are actually produced using these cells, while others are merely tested on these cells; in either case, the use of the cells of a murdered child taint the research and production of the vax.

In the course of my debate, I was forwarded the following statement by a church pastor who is also a medical doctor:

So, the question remains, is it wrong to use these vaccines if somewhere in the research and development the company used any of these cell lines.  To me, the question goes back to my first paragraph.  What is the sin being committed?  What law of God is transgressed.  I admit that when saying, “They are using fetal tissue to make vaccines!” it sounds terrible. It makes it sound that there is an ongoing connection of vaccines to the current abortions being performed.  But further investigation reveals it is not the case. 

I admit that the murder of that baby in 1971 was sin.  The doctor who performed it and the mother who allowed it are guilty of murder. Are researchers and people who receive benefit derived from research from that murder guilty of murder?  I don’t think so.  I don’t see it any different than using the organs of a murder victim today. 

One reason I prefer the Pfizer and Moderna is because it avoids much of the controversy (although not all) of using fetal cell lines.  I can’t say that bout J&J, although I can’t say it is wrong for those cell lines to continue to be used to help people.

If sounds somewhat hypocritical to say using the cell lines is sinful while we have been cleansed by and share in the guilt of the murder of Jesus our savior and derive benefit from the result of this murder.

Now there are any number of startling statements made by the pastor in question in his line of argumentation, such as it is. Firstly, he admits that the harvesting of the cells in question was as a direct result of the crime of murder. It seems he is using the utilitarian argument of the most good for the most people, with the least harm to the fewest. Since the harm has already occurred, I might as well benefit from it.

It’s disturbing that pastors and doctors are making such arguments today. During World War II, Nazi doctors carried out obscene experimental procedures on unwilling subjects, nearly always resulting in gruesome and painful death (much like an elective abortion). After the Germany’s defeat, the decision was made in Western medicine that the research from Dr. Mengele and those of his ilk would NOT be used for anyone’s benefit. The revulsion to the conscience of accepting a benefit from such actions was, justifiably, simply too great. The blood guilt attached to the way the information was obtained was rightfully determined to outweigh any benefit that might be had from that research.

The U.S. of 2020-2022 is definitely not the U.S. of 1945-1947. We are now willing to sacrifice our conscience for even the most dubious promise of physical protection. We have, in short, become a nation of cowards willing to sacrifice our principles for any small sliver of hope against coming down with a virus with a 2% (at most) mortality rate.

Even worse, however, from a theological point of view is the pastor’s statement that I am a hypocrite if I refuse the vaccine, since I accept the blood of Christ. The very act of making this argument demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the difference between the carnal and the spiritual, and between cold blooded murder and a free will offering.

One can say Christ was murdered, and be technically correct, up to a point, but not in a way that works for this argument. Christ told His disciples, “¹⁸ No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.” (John 10:18, KJV) While those who crucified Christ were indeed guilty, they were able to crucify Him only because He allowed it, and even His physical death would be a temporary (three days) condition. When the Jews came to arrest Christ on the night of His betrayal, Peter took out his sword to defend his Lord, but Christ told him to put it away, for, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:53, KJV) Neither the Jews nor the Romans had the power to do Christ any harm whatsoever, much less crucify Him, unless He allowed them to do so. While we might truthfully say the crucifixion of Christ was murder, it was also the Divine plan, for the specific purpose of providing the only sacrifice capable of redeeming mankind from sin.

The murder of the little girl whose cells are now used to produce the vaxx was obviously NOT a free will offering on her part, nor is there any spiritual benefit for anyone in her death; instead any touch of guilt from such an act places the perpetrator in immediate jeopardy of spiritual death. In summation:

Christ: Free Will Offering of His Own Choice HEK293: Slaughter of helpless infant

Christ: His death was the will of the Father HEK 293: Her death was contrary to the will of God

Christ: He knew He would rise again in three days HEK293: Will remain dead until the 2nd coming

Christ: Receiving His blood removes the guilt of sin HEK293: Receiving her blood covers one with the guilt of murder.

As I have already stated, I have no confidence in the Vaxx. But truthfully, if all the worst things we are now hearing about it turn out to be true, how could it be any surprise when we consider its origin in child murder? Or have we forgotten the words of Paul, ” ⁸ And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their ^[a]condemnation is just.” Do not eat the fruits of this poisonous tree.

Purely superfluous link: https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/27/i-think-she-was-delusional/

Uncharacteristically on-topic link: https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/30/joe-biden-has-covid-again/

What Are We Fighting For?

Once upon a time, when the U.S. went to war, or an international police action, or to enforce a U.N. peace declaration, or whatever, our leaders would present us with justification for spending the nation’s blood and treasure on foreign soil. Often we were fighting to “make the world safe for democracy” or to “protect the innocent from genocide” or some other lofty notion. Of course we found out that much of the rest of the world was more concerned in being safe FROM democracy, and who was committing genocide against whom simply depended on which tribe had the upper hand at the moment, and we would belatedly discover we had wasted blood and treasure without measure to serve our overclass’s pleasure.

Now we are pledged to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia, and have already delivered considerable amounts of material and intelligence. We have aided the Ukraine in killing Russian generals (and lowly privates as well, one supposes), in sinking a 40+ year old cruiser that was the flag ship of the Black Sea Fleet and in destroying hundreds of Russian armored vehicles. We have give the Ukrainians artillery that can theoretically, at least strike Russian soil. We have provoked a country with one of the world’s most powerful militaries and which possesses sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy us several times over. One must suppose we have ample justification for such drastic actions; surely we would have learned by now not to go into battle rashly and with the cost uncounted.

What are we fighting for in Ukraine? Well, first and foremost, we are fighting for…. the alphabet people? yes, that is indeed our first concern…. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-fight-for-ukraine-is-also-a-fight-for-lgbtq-rights

It is indeed true that sodomites of all stripes, be they male or female homosexuals, transgenders, or some other fashionable brand of sexual transgressive, are all aghast that the brute Putin might rule over them, and refuse to recognize their same sex marriages or their right to recruit children in the schoolroom. Once we made the world safe for democracy, now we must make it safe for sodomy!

But wait, that’s not all! Prior to the outset of the war Zelensky revealed his plan to re-vitalize Ukraine’s economy… Legalize prostitution, gambling and weed! https://en.thepage.ua/economy/experts-speak-out-on-zelenskys-plans-to-legalize-prostitution Okay, it all reads like it’s straight from the Libertarian Party, which is why no one with a steady job and a family actually votes for those clowns, but it does explain why so many of our elites want to keep Ukraine open for business. Forget Epstein Island, this is Epstein Nation!

Oh, and about making the world safe for democracy, Zelensky is REALLY not on board with that one…. https://www.businessinsider.com/zelesnkyy-suspends-ukrainian-opposition-parties-with-ties-to-russia-2022-3 That’s right, our Mr. Hero of Democracy banned all opposition parties. He also banned all opposition media. Look, Abraham Lincoln even put up with the Copperheads and opposition during the Civil War.

So we are going to war to support sodomy, hookers, casinos and legal weed all run by a fellow who has now made himself an absolute dictator. I really miss the days when we could at least pretend we had high ideals before started dropping bombs.

See also: https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/26/we-were-somewhere-around-barstow-on-the-edge-of-the-desert-when-the-trump-derangement-syndrome-began-to-take-hold/

Monumental Courage

What is it that defines courage, who possesses it, and how should it be memorialized? In recent years we have seen a spate of secular iconoclasm as various monuments to historical figures across the country have been defaced, torn down and demolished. Initially the excuse given by and for the vandals was that the monuments in question had been raised to men who engaged in rebellion against the United States and supported slavery, and thus they should never have been memorialized to begin with. As the destruction was allowed to proceed unchecked by legal authorities, however, soon monuments to the founding fathers of the U.S. were targeted, ostensibly due to owning slaves. Still finding no opposition to their destruction, the mob moved on like unruly young children seeking their parents’ boundaries. Monuments to Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, which had been commissioned and paid for by freed slaves were targeted, with little coherent justification. Finally the destructive mass defaced the monument to the Massachusetts 54th, a unit comprised of black men who fought for the Union cause and against slavery in the Civil War. At this point the mob no longer offered any justification; nihilism was its own reward.

Yet as we have, as a nation, allowed this reckless and wretched refuse to abuse the memorials to our forefathers, we see few if any new monuments being erected. Oh, there are a few, and they are beyond odious, and we will speak of them shortly. But now I would ask you to consider with me what should be memorialized, and how, and why.

Some of you may know of a vaunted Marine who served in the Viet Nam war by the name of Carlos Hathcock. Insofar as I know, there is no public monument to Gunnery Sgt. Hathcock, even in his home state. But even this is not exactly what I want to talk about. For some men, even if their country does not honor them, pass on honor in unexpected ways.

Gunnery Sgt. Hathcock passed away in 1999, yet his legacy helped save the life of a three year old little boy 15 years later. It’s a story that needs to be told, for it helps focus the mind on what makes a man, and what he can pass on to others.

While many of you probably know of Carlos Hathcock, probably few if any know of Billy Jack Hathcock, his younger brother. From a young age Billy Jack looked up in admiration to his older brother, who in turn doted on his younger sibling.

Carlos Hathcock in Marine Uniform with younger brother Billy Jack

Billy Jack is not famous like his older brother, he has spent most of his life in relative obscurity. He worked for years on the maintenance crew for the Little Rock (Arkansas) Zoo where the Hathcock’s family home was. If you came to the zoo, and happened to come across Billy Jack, and knew who he was and who his brother was, you could always ask him to tell stories about his famous older brother, and he was always delighted to oblige with tales from their childhood. He would tell how Carlos practiced his marksmanship by having him place a pebble in a matchbox and then flinging it into the air, at which point Carlos would plug it dead center with one shot from an open sight .22 rifle. Billy Jack would vow and declare Carlos would never miss, and it would probably have been unwise to question his memory on the matter. Likewise he would tell how when the family was short of food Carlos would hunt quail, shooting them on the wing, still with a .22 rife with iron sights, and without fail every shot brought in meat for the family. There were other stories as well, too numerous for these pages, and it was obvious that Billy Jack felt something like reverence for his older brother.

On October 9, 2014 a family was visiting the zoo with children in tow, including a three-year old boy. The family made their way around the zoo to the big cat display, which includes a raised platform where visitors can look down on three separate enclosures: One for lions, one for tigers, and one for jaguars. If you were to visit the Little Rock Zoo today you would find raised fencing preventing unwary or careless patrons from leaning over the enclosure, but on this day that fencing had not yet been installed. The official story from Zoo officials is that the grandfather of the family was holding the young boy up and out to see the jaguars, while the family insists the boy must have climbed up and slipped on his own. Either way the family outing took a turn towards horror as a three year old little boy fell sixteen feet into the enclosure with two full grown jaguars.

The father, who was a Maumelle police officer, proved every bit as useful in the situation as would be expected from a Uvalde cop. The family screamed and yelled, threw a garden hose and a camera case into the pen, and generally did nothing whatsoever useful. The closest keeper, a lady of the initial K., ran to see what was happening. K. was a veteran keeper of over twenty years experience; she had spent virtually her entire adult life working in the zoo, and was known for her calm and cool demeanor even in a dangerous situation. That morning across the zoo staff members heard something they had never heard before; K.’s voice came over the radio tinged with panic. “There is a human child in the jaguar pit!” she screamed, and then “He’s being bitten!”

The female jaguar had indeed bitten the child with what zoologists would call an “exploratory” bite, and though he was injured the wound was not fatal. Yet after being initially scared back by debris thrown by the family, she grew bolder and returned to finish her attack on the child. Across the zoo the radios were blaring for the rifle team, who were already rushing to get into action; unfortunately the rifles were stored on the opposite side of the zoo and there was simply no way they were going to get there in time.

At that point a somewhat grizzled looking older maintenance man walked up, threw a ladder over the side of the enclosure, and with an agility that belied his years scaled down into the pit with the jaguars and the boy. The big cats were startled by his appearance, and against all odds backed away. A pair of keepers then ran out as well, spraying fire hydrants to distract and frighten the big cats, while the old man, cradling the boy in one arm, mounted the ladder and climbed to safety. The child was badly injured, but survived, eventually to make a full recovery.

Billy Jack Hathcock had in many ways lived a life in the shadow of his older brother, but in the day he was called on, his courage was not found wanting. In his love and admiration for his brother’s courage he learned a profound lesson, and when no one else could or would step up, he did so. No one expected a grey-bearded old man working maintenance for low wages to be a hero. Everyone expected a man who wore a badge and a gun and saw his own child being attacked to act as a hero. I have no idea how that Maumelle cop was raised, or what went wrong between his ears, but I know he will never come close to measuring up to that grizzled old man riding around on a cart full of hand tools.

Carlos Hathcock has no public memorial in our country today, and that is to our shame, not his. But his brother carried in his heart a memorial to his courage by emulating it, and this is fitting, for there is no greater memorial we can build to a courageous man than to strive to be like him. And while we see monuments torn down in our country by evil forces, it is good that we have men not only like Carlos Hathcock, but also like Billy Jack.

See also: https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/23/academic-stasi-protecting-students-from-white-supremacist-menace-of-checks-notes-18th-century-scottish-philosopher/

https://sylg1.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/feel-good-friday-94/

https://winteryknight.com/2022/08/13/hero-awarded-medal-of-honor-for-rescuing-wounded-soldiers-while-under-fire-3/

Gay “Marriage” is a Symptom, Not the Disease

Recently the U.S. House of Representatives, in their great wisdom (bless their hearts) elected to vote to create a legislative avowal of “gay marriage”. Their impetus to do so was the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v Wade and return abortion legislation to individual states; in his concurring opinion Justice Thomas surmised that this also invited review of Obergefell, the decision which “legalized” same sex unions in the United States by judicial decree.

The decision by the House of Representatives was surprisingly bi-partisan (and one suspects “bi” in other ways as well), with no fewer than fifty seven Republicans, the party of social conservatism and traditional values, joining with the Democrats, the official party of sodomy and sacrilege, to give their stamp of approval to “marriages” that are anything BUT mixed.

Social conservatives and various evangelicals weep and wail at the cheapening of marriage as well as the imperial seal of approval for sodomy. How, exactly, did we come to the point where our society embraced this revisionist nonsense?

The typical evangelical/socon will happily trot out the tried and true “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” Well, yes, that is correct. But one wonders whether they really get the point of what God did, and what it means.

Christ, when confronted and questioned by the Jewish leaders of his day concerning the nature of marriage and the acceptability of divorce, told them:

³ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

⁶ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

⁸ He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

⁹ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Matthew 19, KJV

The key here is verse 6. Once our society accepted easy, no-fault divorce gay marriage became inevitable. God established marriage, not man. When He established marriage, He decreed that it was to be for life. Indeed, even under the law of Moses, when divorce was allowed, through the prophet Malachi:

 “For the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”

Malachi 2:16, NKJV

The various protestant denominations throughout the U.S. have almost completely abandoned this teaching. Divorce, especially female initiated divorce, is almost a sacrament to evangelical churches now, and the rate of divorce amongst protestant evangelicals is no better than that of atheists. See here:

https://dalrock.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/is-frivolous-divorce-overstated-in-the-manosphere/

Dalrock has many posts linked to and following this one on the subject, they are all beneficial reading.

Some years ago my wife of over a decade decided to divorce me because she was unhappy. During the pre-trial depositions she testified, under oath, that I had never threatened her or our child, I had never abused her or our child, and that I had never been unfaithful. She moved out and moved in with another man after I found graphic evidence of her being sexually unfaithful. At the time we attended a church that advertised and prided itself in its conservative, Biblical principles.

I was called into a meeting with the elders after my wife left, moved in with another man, and filed for divorce. The elders inquired as to why she would file for divorce, to which I responded that she had no legitimate reason to do so. The elders seemed shocked and aghast…. not that my wife would file for divorce without any legitimate reason, but that I would deny she had just cause to do so. They put the question to me, “Okrahead, are you saying in all the time you’ve been married, you never committed a single sin?”

I must admit I was a bit taken aback by this query. I could not claim sinless perfection, and had I done so they would doubtless have carried me outside the city gates and stoned me. So we have now inverted the discarded divorce law of Moses…. The Jews allowed a man to divorce his wife for “just any cause,” and the evangelicals now allow the wife to divorce her husband for the same reason. As a husband you are either perfect in every way, as determined by your wife, or she is free to divorce you at any time.

All of which is to say that the churches of our country had abandoned Biblical marriage decades ago. The protestants are bed-hopping like a bad 70s sex comedy, the Catholics can get an annulment at the drop of a miter, and as for the Orthodox, the entire Kardashian clan is apparently in good standing, so let’s not hear anything from you.

If the church abandons its defense of Biblical marriage then the church should not be shocked and dismayed when the world simply takes it a step further. When Christians quit defending Biblical marriage they allowed the wolf into the fold, at this point crying out against gay marriage is just complaining that he took more sheep than he paid for.

See also: https://sigmaframe.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/suspension-of-disbelief-and-social-catharsis/#more-14211

https://winteryknight.com/2022/08/08/lgbt-activists-charged-with-using-adopted-children-to-make-child-porn/

https://theothermccain.com/2022/07/27/in-the-mailbox-07-27-22-afternoon-edition/

https://winteryknight.com/2022/07/25/what-is-it-really-like-for-a-young-woman-to-regret-her-gender-transition-3/

Black Lives Matter is a Satanic Sex Cult (Part 4)

https://blacklivesmatter.com/black-lives-matter-global-network-foundation-statement-on-supreme-court-ruling-overturning-roe/

And in case they take it down, as they did with their online post of their creed….

June 24, 2022

Today, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door to statewide bans and subsequent rulings that will harm Black people disproportionately. This decision is one of several this week designed to limit freedom in service of a white supremacist and patriarchal agenda. As a Black liberation movement organization, the fall of Roe will open the door to further criminalization of Black people. As we continue our fight for freedom, we recognize that full access to abortion care is necessary for all Black people.

The courts have a long history of diminishing the humanity of Black people. When the Court makes the argument that certain rights are illegitimate because they are not explicitly named in the Constitution, they are asserting that only white male property owners’ rights are legitimate. We are clear: It is the courts that are illegitimate. It is the court that is advancing a deeply regressive view of freedom.

With this ruling, twenty-six states in this country have trigger laws that will go into effect. Our communities already struggle to survive police violence, surveillance, and criminalization from the criminal legal system — this decision will only exacerbate those enduring harms. Collectively, our communities navigate unfair targeting, sentencing, and punishment daily.

Anti-abortion narratives are propagated in our communities to create division, while they rely on anti-Black racism and misogynoir to do their work. Black feminists have been truthtellers on the frontlines of the fight for our freedom, exposing persistent narratives that dehumanize Black women, girls, trans, and gender-nonconforming people.

Protecting Black women, trans and gender-non-conforming people is central to the work of reproductive justice. Self-determination is a key pillar of Black power. We have a long history of support for abortion access and activism within the Black community, from Shirley Chisholm and Florynce Kennedy to modern-day racial and reproductive-justice leaders on the frontlines of this issue. As we navigate this decision, we lean on the words of one of the founders of the reproductive justice movement, Loretta Ross:

“Reproductive Justice addresses the social reality of inequality — specifically, the inequality of opportunities that we have to control our reproductive destiny. Moving beyond a demand for privacy and respect for individual decision-making to include the social support necessary for our individual decisions to be optimally realized, this framework also includes obligations from our government for protecting women’s human rights. Our options for making choices have to be safe, affordable, and accessible, three minimal cornerstones of government support for all individual life decisions.”

We are infuriated. We are in pain. But we will not be disheartened or deterred from the fight. Expanding the court, impeaching illegitimate and racist justices, ending the filibuster, and passing the Women’s Health Protection Act are not radical, but are necessary to protect and affirm Black people’s right to thrive. There are actions we can take to support our communities immediatey — like supporting local abortion funds, or providing safe harbor to vulnerable people impacted by this decision. Knowing that liberation will never come from this court, we push forward.

Okay, let’s break this down…

1. The reversal of Roe v Wade is “designed to limit freedom in service of a white supremacist and patriarchal agenda.” Black women do, in fact, make up a very disproportionate number of those seeking abortion. Margaret Sanger did, in fact, urge setting up “birth control” clinics in Black neighborhoods in order to reduce and control the Black population. Notice, again, the inversion. A political decision that inhibits the infanticide of Black babies is white supremacist, real freedom is Black women killing their own children. Notice also that patriarchy, which is father led families and husband led homes, is stigmatized as evil. Of course, our ultimate patriarch is God the Father, and His Son as the Head of his church, which is His bride. Opposition to this is Satanic.
2. “Our communities already struggle to survive police violence, surveillance, and criminalization from the criminal legal system — this decision will only exacerbate those enduring harms.” In other words, “making it illegal for us to kill our own babies will bring more conflict with the police.” It never occurs to some people that if you insist on killing babies the police should interfere. But you know, that “criminalization from the criminal legal system” is quite the obstacle to overthrowing patriarchy and whatnot.
3. “Protecting Black women, trans and gender-non-conforming people is central to the work of reproductive justice.” Okay, so it’s out in the open at last…. The Black Lives Matter and Alphabet People movement NEED infanticide to fuel their movement(s). One wonders why, what is the connection…. Could it be…. Moloch? Truly, there is no new thing under the sun.
4. “Our options for making choices have to be safe, affordable, and accessible, three minimal cornerstones of government support for all individual life decisions.” In other words our movement requires government funding and protection for infanticide. Government funding and sanction serves to spread guilt over an entire society. It’s one thing for a woman to secretly kill her own infant with no one around knowing that if discovered she faces the full force of the law; it’s quite another for a woman to openly and proudly sacrifice her child at a government funded and sanctioned abattoir.
5. “We are infuriated. We are in pain.” So if you cannot kill your children you are furious, in pain, and have to overthrow the legal system of the government…. What does the Bible say about children?

³ Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127:3-5

Of course a happy man sitting in the gate who has many children is the very picture of patriarchy. Never mind that Solomon, the wisest of men, listed this as the way of God. What we find is that once again the BLM organization preaches the exact opposite of what the Bible teaches, and rages in fury and pain against children, fathers, husbands and God. BLM is the very picture of Satanism given free reign in our society.