tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post4283997459370160670..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: What will persecution look like in the modern West?Pr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-39644856210203243352012-07-14T21:35:43.973-05:002012-07-14T21:35:43.973-05:00"The power to regulate is the power to destro...<i>"The power to regulate is the power to destroy. We are all of us at the mercy of some bureaucrat somewhere. . ."</i> <br /><br />Perhaps. Of course, my neighbor is also regulated by the stop-sign at the busy intersection, which theoretically destroys a powerful impulse to beat the clock and hit my car broadside. <br /><br />A prediction was requested, above, as to future mischief. Here's mine: It is the shenanigans of Mammon-grasping "ministers," like unto slick Mr. Salman of Phoenix, which are most likely to fuel efforts to burden the legitimate Church further. To avoid wasting time dealing with the clowns, the paper shufflers may decide it expedient to shut down the high aerial acts; i.e., simply fold up the big-top, completely, and close the show. Most likely, the peeved regulators will eventually decide to forego any exceptions to taxes, say, whether the taxes are Congress imposed or Supreme Court defined. Mr. Salman, frankly, is no martyr to Ms. Liberty or, more narrowly but most fondly appreciated, the tenets of religious freedom.<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servant,<br />Herr DoktorMichael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-48637103411610320202012-07-12T13:23:03.396-05:002012-07-12T13:23:03.396-05:00The situation is a bit more complicated than you m...The situation is a bit more complicated than you may have heard. <br />http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-01-17/news/michael-salman-wants-to-build-a-church-in-his-backyard-his-neighbors-aren-t-buying-it/<br /><br />I read somewhere else that he was also trying to get exemptions and write-offs on his million $$$ home. <br /><br />I have to agree with Pr. Anderson, it seems this guy has a pretty impressive track record for starting up fights and even impersonating police officers, all in the name of "ministry".Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591284330767929124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-10567362830277382562012-07-10T22:37:32.223-05:002012-07-10T22:37:32.223-05:00And I'd say: Why is yours? The power to regula...And I'd say: Why is yours? The power to regulate is the power to destroy. We are all of us at the mercy of some bureaucrat somewhere. . . <br /><br />+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-60102851778910815282012-07-10T08:37:55.768-05:002012-07-10T08:37:55.768-05:00While the potential punishment certainly does not ...While the potential punishment certainly does not seem to fit the alleged crime, it appears this guy was itching for a fight and he got one. They had decided to leave him alone, so he decided to build a "church" building on his residential property for the sole purpose of hosting these "services," apparently to get their attention once again. He succeeded. My church building is subject to inspection by the fire department, why not his?Pastor Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675820871512485953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-89855360736464864652012-07-07T13:41:28.494-05:002012-07-07T13:41:28.494-05:00I'd get my guns and my Gimli axeI'd get my guns and my Gimli axe+ Robert Wursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008815491725578262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-39974933172619325702012-07-07T13:36:36.526-05:002012-07-07T13:36:36.526-05:00We finally saw the Pianist a few weeks ago. http:/...We finally saw the Pianist a few weeks ago. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/<br /><br />As I watched the occupying Nazis force the Jews in Warsaw to wear Stars of David on their arms before the Ghetto, I thought to myself, "If they did that to us we'd play along. We'd wear crosses as a badge of honor and pretend we were both good citizens and confessors. But we'd be wrong."<br /><br />We live in perilous times.Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953264105046882429noreply@blogger.com