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Title: BIRD FLU FLYING TOWARD U.S.
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www.michnews.com
URL Source: http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_11924.shtml
Published: Mar 2, 2006
Author: By J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Post Date: 2006-03-01 23:09:04 by Mind_Virus
Keywords: FLYING, TOWARD, BIRD
Views: 162
Comments: 19
BIRD FLU FLYING TOWARD U.S. By J. Grant Swank, Jr. http://MichNews.com Mar 2, 2006 The pandemic could strike at any time. If it does, the US is not prepared. Nor is any other nation prepared. If the bird flu remains only within lower animals, humans could go unscathed. But if the virus mutates to humans, then billions could die. That would set loose pandemonium: clinics deluged, emergency rooms overwhelmed, doctors and nurses in short supply, scrambles for supposed help-vaccines, industry shut down due to employees sick, educational systems likewise shut down and so forth. Society as we know it could come to an uneasy, unpredictable halt. Biblical scholars research the divine writ for prophetic passages, particularly those containing the words of Jesus Christ. He prophesied that in the End Times there would be "pestilence." Could bird flu pandemic include that? It could. Then there are skeptics who say that epidemics have killed millions before. It goes in cycles. So this could be just another one of those. And that could very well be true from the secular perspective. However, biblical students understand that with the increase of sin, as Jesus predicated would occur in the End Times, God’s wrath could be spilled out on a wayward humanity. That could have been His wrath in the past. His wrath could be spilled out again in the future. Given: There is an increase of sin in all sorts of forms taking place globally. Therefore, those in science and religion are taking a close look at the newsfeeds regarding bird flu. The latest is from US Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt. He has been a voice to the world cautioning the planet about bird flu, traveling far and wide to conduct seminars and conferences. According to Reuters’ Richard Cowan: "In testimony to a congressional panel on his agency's budget for combating a possible avian flu outbreak among humans, Leavitt told senators that no one knows when or if the virus will pose a threat to people. But, he said, ‘it's just a matter of time -- it may be very soon’ when wild birds and possibly poultry flocks contract the disease." One factor that is amazing to me is that today’s preachers by and large have sidelined this topic in their preaching. The pulpit is not dealing with this potential disaster. There is little caution given to congregations let alone explaining the possibility of it being a divine message. There are few warnings related to soul preparation for a pandemic. Why? Because many clergy are not all that aware of the bird flu specifics. They then rely on their usual sermonic themes. Instead, there is a needed a teaching of this subject from the pulpit and teaching lecterns to the congregations which gather every seven days. The clergy have a captive audience; yet they are not taking advantage of presenting to their listeners the biblical predictions as related to End Times, bird flu specifically. There is a dryness within the clergy related to biblical prophecy. Many of the younger pastors did not have studies in this regard in their seminaries. Especially the theologically liberal clergy do not regard biblical prophecy as necessarily accurate historically; therefore, they discount it altogether. Evangelicals are the clergy who believe the Bible to be the Word of God—divine revelation. However, even they are not all that well informed on biblical prophetic detail. That is sad for the laity need to learn how to relate daily news, particularly bird flu, for example, to their daily devotions from the Bible. "The H5N1 disease so far has killed 94 people in seven countries. "’It could be the disaster of our time. Two billion dollars is not enough,’ North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, the senior Democrat on the committee, told Leavitt. "Conrad was referring the $2.3 billion in additional emergency funds the Bush administration has requested from Congress. Late last year, Congress approved a first injection of more than $3 billion in emergency money. "Recently, the animal disease has been found in western Europe and worries escalated this week when German authorities said avian flu may have jumped species and killed a cat." Every new surge westward should cause increased awareness of what could be. How are the churches prepared for this? How do Christian laypersons understand such a distress in light of God’s wisdom, comfort and End Times fulfillment? How do clergy intend on comforting their parishioners when the pandemic hits and they have not preached on the subject in these preparatory months? "’In the first six months of a pandemic we are dependent on basic public health, social distancing; every business, every school, every church, every county to have a plan,’ Leavitt said, adding, ‘We are overdue (for a pandemic) and under-protected, but we are moving with dispatch.’"
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#1. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
Call me nuts, but THEY have something up their sleeve. Call it bird flu, bird shit or bull shit, but the SOBs are up to no good.
Global Warming
This flu has been around for at least 4 years; 94 dead. Thousands more have died from the "common" flu. _Any_ flu can mutate and become dangerous to humans. It hasn't mutated in _4_ years. Why should it mutate tomorrow? There are far more contagious diseases than this to concern oneself about. There is nothing extraordinary about this flu except for the non-stop fear mongering reguarding it.
another Mogambo day
Pittsburgh won the Superbowl, didn't they?
Got sambucol?
no, should i?
If I had a million dollars, I would be a millionare, if I didn't have a million dollars I would not be a millionare. I actualy gaze off into space in amazement that people can be led around in fear like they have a ring in their nose attached to a propaganda chain. I'm beginning to believe most people are plain stupid.
Hell, yes. You don't want to be out in the streets fighting the mobs for the last few bottles of Tamiflu, do you? :-) Seriously...IF, and I emphasize IF, this flu ever becomes a threat to people; I will probably sit at home relaxing for a few weeks while the rest of the sheeple run around like chickens with their heads cut off looking for the cure or vaccine du jour. One thing is for sure...I'm not going anywhere NEAR a hospital...that's where all the damn SICK people are! Rushing to the doctor's office is precisely what would help the 'flu' spread among the populace. (In addition to the spraying, of course.)
Illuminati: New World Order, Steve Jackson Games, 1995. Planning for the game began in 1990. Purely by coincidence, SJG was raided that year by the Secret Service. The ensuing legal and financial problems delayed publication of the game until 1995. INWO went on to win the 1995 Origin Award for Best Card Game.
Used to have a set of those cards, but sold it years ago...I read the article this material came from, and starting kicking myself. Who knew?
Thanks alot! Here comes this wierd sense telling me a giant machine I cannot see is right beside me and is slowly turning in my direction.
i knew all that. ;)
'tis spooky. The "terrorist nuke" card is striking. That particular meme probably had more than one independent origin, and that's a big problem for the state: How do you sort out evildoers or those who know something they shouldn't from the lucky monkeys? (Conspiracists have the complementary problem, whether they know it or not...)
And Kimchi or sauerkraut - apparently it kills the virus as well.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
I really don't know, JT. I don't understand why they would telegraph it so much in advance if they really want to pull off a bio terror attack. I really think it might be a form of hysteria apparently induced through close contact with the CDC.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
Yep.....and lots of it.
I have that set of cards. I bought them in a local baseball card shop about 8 years ago. I couldn't resist. :)
Absolutely...fermented foods should be a part of everyone's diet. My personal fave? Any of a number of habanero-based hot sauces and condiments...kills any 'colon critters', along with other unpleasant 'guests' on its way through.
A conditioned sheeple, is a complaint sheeple :) Baaaaaa.......
#2. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
#3. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
The H5N1 disease so far has killed 94 people in seven countries.
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
#5. To: christine (#4)
#6. To: who knows what evil (#5)
#7. To: rack42 (#3)
If the bird flu remains only within lower animals, humans could go unscathed. But if the virus mutates to humans, then billions could die.
There is nothing extraordinary about this flu except for the non-stop fear mongering reguarding it.
#8. To: christine (#6)
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
Call me nuts, but THEY have something up their sleeve. Call it bird flu, bird shit or bull shit, but the SOBs are up to no good.
John 7:13
#10. To: Tauzero (#9)
#11. To: Tauzero (#9)
#12. To: who knows what evil (#8)
#13. To: Ragin1 (#11)
John 7:13
#14. To: who knows what evil, all (#5)
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
#16. To: who knows what evil (#5)
Got sambucol?
#17. To: Tauzero (#9)
Purely by coincidence, SJG was raided that year by the Secret Service. The ensuing legal and financial problems delayed publication of the game until 1995. INWO went on to win the 1995 Origin Award for Best Card Game
#18. To: mehitable (#14)
And Kimchi or sauerkraut - apparently it kills the virus as well.
#19. To: mehitable (#15)
I don't understand why they would telegraph it so much in advance if they really want to pull off a bio terror attack.
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