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Conflicted about the Federal Reserve

I have been doing a lot of reading about the Federal Reserve (after comments from Ron and Chris made me more curious).  I would like to hear what difference it would make to go back to a gold standard and what are the actual issues with the Federal Reserve.  Most of the interest they make goes back to the Treasury.  A small percentage is left for shares/dividends.  How, exac

Educate me on Ellen White

  Can someone educate me on Ellen White and what she means to the current Adventist Church?

Taxation Through the Ages

Here is a good article.  I like that he starts out quoting Bastiat.  I would rather look at taxation from a perspective of law and justice and common sense than from a religious perspective.  I find it hard to explain why tho.

"The Bible is not a Collection of Fortune Cookie Quotes"

This is the title of an interesting article I just read.  I am not so much interested in the fortune cookie aspect (which is the lead-in) but more in the meat of the article.  I think that many times people try to take a quote from the Bible and apply it to today when

Ouch

I had a discussion with an individual I respect, who, upon learning my views on the state, (and I thought I presented them ever so clearly and gently this time), challenged me to "find [him] one state level person or group that [has] used 'aggression and coercion' and [is] not in jail because of it."  I listed the IRS, FEMA, DoE, DoT, DoD, Homeland security, etc.  To this he

Obama is incredible!

I just saw this headline on ABC News: Obama Team 'Incredibly Confident' of Recovery This Year.  According to Rockwell's law, we should always believe the opposite of what government tells us -- so apparently things are going to fall apart this year.

This isn't important

I just ended a phone conversation with my sister who is quite convinced that I'm completely closed-minded, and have wandered off the deep end of reality; we were continuing our discussion on the following of Jesus and using copyrights.

A good portion of our discussion was setting the scope of my previous statements.  I had to clarify

Time to stop rearranging the deck chairs

Here is why and what to do next.

The International Bible Society

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Overdue El Salvador Update

This post is a bit belated.  Lots of things have been happening in our lives over the last few months.  We realize that there are some people that we don’t get to talk to frequently who may not have heard.  So it’s about time for an update on NLD.

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