Comments for Under The Olive Tree http://www.undertheolivetree.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Well, Excuse Me by Financial Md » Well, Excuse Me http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/06/05/well-excuse-me/#comment-1586 Financial Md » Well, Excuse Me Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:05:21 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/?p=94#comment-1586 [...] Original post by Under The Olive Tree [...] [...] Original post by Under The Olive Tree [...]

]]> Comment on Read if you Dare! by Pages tagged "isaiah washington" http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/05/21/read-if-you-dare/#comment-1530 Pages tagged "isaiah washington" Fri, 23 May 2008 23:09:08 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/05/21/read-if-you-dare/#comment-1530 [...] isaiah washingtonOwn a Wordpress blog? Make monetization easier with the WP Affiliate Pro plugin. Read if you Dare! saved by 2 others     spookzter bookmarked on 05/23/08 | [...] [...] isaiah washingtonOwn a Wordpress blog? Make monetization easier with the WP Affiliate Pro plugin. Read if you Dare! saved by 2 others     spookzter bookmarked on 05/23/08 | [...]

]]> Comment on This House by friend » Blog Archive » This House http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/04/24/this-house/#comment-1387 friend » Blog Archive » This House Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:22:08 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/04/24/this-house/#comment-1387 [...] PetSugar wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn this house we can claim no greater accolade then to be called the beggars and servants of Christ – our dearest friend, Lover and King – Jesus of Nazareth. Ours is to confront any error in speech, or any deceiving way – and as much as … [...] [...] PetSugar wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn this house we can claim no greater accolade then to be called the beggars and servants of Christ – our dearest friend, Lover and King – Jesus of Nazareth. Ours is to confront any error in speech, or any deceiving way – and as much as … [...]

]]> Comment on Protecting the Innocent or Religious Persecution? by mnuez http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/04/09/protecting-the-innocent-or-religious-persecution/#comment-1336 mnuez Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:05:48 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/04/09/protecting-the-innocent-or-religious-persecution/#comment-1336 I know almost nothing about this polygamist sect but if everyone else has a right to have an opinion about them then I suppose that I (who visited their communities, spoke with them to the extent that they allowed it and spent many an hour researching them) have at least as much a right to an opinion as everyone else. And my opinion is that we are witnessing the largest and most frightening act of government persecution of its citizens in our lifetime. I don't give a <i>fuck</i> about these Mormons, their "way of life" or their funny beliefs, but they are being persecuted and having their rights violated to an extent I would have thought unimaginable in this country. By not protesting this enraging action, politicians everywhere - on both sides of the aisle - are getting the message that tiny minority communities can be harassed beyond reason... and with impunity. One fine day, some years in the future, when we might find ourselves to be members of some non-right-thinking community whom everyone else considers "weird" because we don't think exactly as the masses do... and armed men come to kidnap our children in the name of the United States Government, we can look ourselves in the mirror and honestly say that we brought this upon ourselves. We were silent when the mocked and despised Mormons were having their worlds ripped apart and in doing so we gave those with "the money, the guns and the lawyers" all the emboldening they would ever need to continue to violently remake the world in their own image. mnuez <a href="http://www.mnuez.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">www.mnuez.blogspot.com</a> P.S. I wrote of this subject before, including here <a href="http://mnuez.blogspot.com/2006/09/arrested-prophet-has-many-sons-but.html" rel="nofollow">http://mnuez.blogspot.com/2006/09/arrested-prophet-has-many-sons-but.html</a> I know almost nothing about this polygamist sect but if everyone else has a right to have an opinion about them then I suppose that I (who visited their communities, spoke with them to the extent that they allowed it and spent many an hour researching them) have at least as much a right to an opinion as everyone else.

And my opinion is that we are witnessing the largest and most frightening act of government persecution of its citizens in our lifetime.

I don’t give a fuck about these Mormons, their “way of life” or their funny beliefs, but they are being persecuted and having their rights violated to an extent I would have thought unimaginable in this country. By not protesting this enraging action, politicians everywhere - on both sides of the aisle - are getting the message that tiny minority communities can be harassed beyond reason… and with impunity.

One fine day, some years in the future, when we might find ourselves to be members of some non-right-thinking community whom everyone else considers “weird” because we don’t think exactly as the masses do… and armed men come to kidnap our children in the name of the United States Government, we can look ourselves in the mirror and honestly say that we brought this upon ourselves. We were silent when the mocked and despised Mormons were having their worlds ripped apart and in doing so we gave those with “the money, the guns and the lawyers” all the emboldening they would ever need to continue to violently remake the world in their own image.

mnuez
http://www.mnuez.blogspot.com

P.S. I wrote of this subject before, including here http://mnuez.blogspot.com/2006/09/arrested-prophet-has-many-sons-but.html

]]> Comment on Shopping List Religion by Shopping List Religion http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/02/23/shopping-list-religion/#comment-1222 Shopping List Religion Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:59:51 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/02/23/shopping-list-religion/#comment-1222 [...] Bad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptten-commandments.jpg. “Today’s special is………tolerance”. When you read the Gospels you rarely find Jesus expressing truth in list form. There are a few instances where Jesus does make something of a list in His expression of a certain … [...] [...] Bad wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptten-commandments.jpg. “Today’s special is………tolerance”. When you read the Gospels you rarely find Jesus expressing truth in list form. There are a few instances where Jesus does make something of a list in His expression of a certain … [...]

]]> Comment on Keys to the Word by   Dad’s Blogging Again by A Life Without Compunction http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/02/09/keys-to-the-word/#comment-1189   Dad’s Blogging Again by A Life Without Compunction Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:59:24 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2008/02/09/keys-to-the-word/#comment-1189 [...] out his latest post and new [...] [...] out his latest post and new [...]

]]> Comment on Orc Songs by Chris http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/12/18/orc-songs/#comment-1080 Chris Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/12/18/orc-songs/#comment-1080 Wow, that's some deep stuff. I feel like I need to read it a few more times to catch it all. Wow, that’s some deep stuff. I feel like I need to read it a few more times to catch it all.

]]> Comment on The Glitz, the Glamour, and the Glorious - Part 1 by Angela http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/05/22/the-glitz-the-glamour-and-the-glorious/#comment-407 Angela Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:41:19 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/05/22/the-glitz-the-glamour-and-the-glorious/#comment-407 Hi! I always seem to lose your email, so finally I bumped into your website! Very nice! Sorry I couldn't make it for the wedding last May, but the pics were gorgeus. We think of you guys and pray for you lots! Angela (and Stephen) Hi! I always seem to lose your email, so finally I bumped into your website! Very nice! Sorry I couldn’t make it for the wedding last May, but the pics were gorgeus. We think of you guys and pray for you lots! Angela (and Stephen)

]]> Comment on The Cornerposts in the House and the Watchman at the Gate by Victoria http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/06/17/the-cornerposts-in-the-house-and-the-watchman-at-the-gate/#comment-117 Victoria Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:24:50 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/06/17/the-cornerposts-in-the-house-and-the-watchman-at-the-gate/#comment-117 Hi Gabe, I just wanted to wish you a belated Happy Fathers day. You were a great shepherd & father to not only only your own kids but to all of us when we were teens going through all those rough stages in our lives. For me personally you were an anchor that kept me from floating away. And I know it was yesterday but I just wanted to wish you Happy Birthday. I hope you have a great year & the the Lord grants you your hearts desires. I love you tons Vyx (Victory from the BKK shcool) Hi Gabe,
I just wanted to wish you a belated Happy Fathers day. You were a great shepherd & father to not only only your own kids but to all of us when we were teens going through all those rough stages in our lives. For me personally you were an anchor that kept me from floating away.
And I know it was yesterday but I just wanted to wish you Happy Birthday. I hope you have a great year & the the Lord grants you your hearts desires.
I love you tons
Vyx

(Victory from the BKK shcool)

]]> Comment on The Lord’s Prayer by Mike http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/04/14/the-lords-prayer/#comment-36 Mike Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:12:29 +0000 http://www.undertheolivetree.com/2007/04/14/the-lords-prayer/#comment-36 Heh, thanks! Heh, thanks!

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