By Pastor Art Kohl
1. WHEN A BABY, DON'T LET HIM CRY IN BED Do not allow YOUR baby to suffer any hardships, especially in infancy. Run to his aid as soon as he cries. He'll soon know how to control you, rather than you controlling him. This way, they'll expect to be pampered all of their lives.
2. LET HIM SAY "NO" It's so cute. Let that be his favorite word. Sure, it's rebellion verbalized, but he should be allowed to have a mind of his own.
3. DO NOT GIVE ANY DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES Do it all for them. Then they'll think this world owes them a living. They'll quickly join the crowd of grown up babies shouting, "I've got my rights," rather than those who are men and women enough to fulfill their responsibilities.
4. NEVER SPANK THEM When the senior citizens today speak of spanking as being "the way we used to do it," remember, grandma and grandpa were "child abusers." Don't ever discipline your child. Wait till they're in trouble, and let the penal system (prisons and jails) discipline them. Listen to Dr. Spock (who never raised a child in his life) and the other child psychologists, not the old timers who raised 5 or 10 children successfully! Throw out the Bible and its admonitions like: "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (early in life)" Proverbs 13:24. "The rod AND reproof (teaching that exposes wrong) give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame," Proverbs 29:15. You can only develop a true brat if you won't properly discipline them.
5. DEFEND THEM IN SCHOOL Always take the child's side. Teachers and principals have got it "in" for the little angel. Understand that your child can do no wrong. Expect teachers and principals to know that too!
6. CRITICIZE LEADERS AND PREACHERS You can't trust them. Tear down authority in front of them. Make sure they hear you. They'll live in insecurity not knowing who to trust. They will be totally prepared for a life of rebellion. They will not learn to properly fear anyone and will probably lose their jobs when the boss asks them to do something. Don't tell them that 99% of those in leadership positions are good people who are sincere and have never been indicted for anything. Leave them with the impression that they are all bad.
7. DON'T EVER SAY "I LOVE YOU" They can figure that out! After all, you've given them everything they've ever wanted. What more can a parent do (of course, don't give them yourself!)
8. GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT Buy something for them every time you go into a store. Never say "no" to them. When properly trained this way, they will be used to having every appetite of theirs fulfilled immediately. When they grow older and develop natural sexual appetites, they will have been trained by you to seek immediate fulfillment. Teen pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases shouldn't really surprise the parent then. Sooo... give them everything they ask for while they are kids.
9. NEVER TEACH THEM THE BIBLE Teach them math, science, history, art, music, reading, physical education, sex education, etc. but don't teach them the Bible. Let them decide for themselves. Make them go to school 5 days a week for all day, but don't take them to church for 1 hour on Sunday.
10. ALWAYS TRUST YOUR CHILD He's a little angel. He wouldn't dare do anything behind your back. Did you ever ask a young person whom you catch smoking, "Do you smoke at home?" Usually the answer is, "You've got to be kidding my parents would kill me." Remember, that's the other kids in town, yours would never do that.
11. SCREAM AT YOUR CHILDREN This is the only type of communication necessary to raise a brat. Time spent answering their questions and instructing them is wasted time. The only training really required of parents is potty-training. After that, it is the obligation of day cares preschools and schools. Scream constantly, and the fond memories your children have of home life will assure you as a parent that your kids will never take care of you when you're old.
12. LET YOUR CHILD COME AND GO AS THEY WILL Don't set any boundaries. This will lead to a life of insecurity. Brats don't need guidelines.
13. MAKE SURE THEY ARE POPULAR They must be in with the crowd, their peers! Don't let them be an oddball. If they follow the crowd, the crowd will become the greatest influence in their lives. Nothing to fear there, right?
14. LET THEM WATCH TV CONSTANTLY Keep them away from reality. Let them live in fantasy all of their lives. Brats need entertainment! A life of comfort and ease produces high-class brats. They won't know how to deal with reality or real people, but maybe they'll just go into seclusion rather than becoming contentious or hostile. It's usually one or the other. CONCLUSION Brats are produced, not born. It takes effort to obey the above principles. Parents should prepare themselves for a life of heartbreak for it is sure to come.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/how_to_raise_a_brat.html
Obama's 'war against churches and charities'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says President Obama's plan to raise taxes on upper-income earners is designed to create bigger government and a more secular America.
Author and political commentator Newt Gingrich of American Solutions calls President Obama's tax program a "war against churches and charities." Gingrich accuses President Obama of "deliberately" trying to take away the charitable deduction for successful people so they will not give as much money to churches or charities. "I think there's a clear to desire to replace the church with a bureaucracy, and to replace people's right to worship together with a government-dominated system," he contends. The former House Speaker says the Obama administration is talking seriously about taking away the right of conscience in terms of performing abortions. "This is most aggressive, militant, secular program I can remember," Gingrich admits. "And I think you have to be really clearly aware that they want an America which is radically different than the country which was created by those pioneers who first landed back in 1607 at Cape Henry and erected a cross to thank God for having allowed them to cross the Atlantic Ocean." Gingrich believes people often forget that the first act of the first successful American colony was to "erect a cross at Cape Henry, to thank God for their survival and their salvation, and then to go up to Jamestown to found the colony."
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=473430
Senate Rejects Obama Plan to Cut Tax Breaks on Charitable Gifts
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate rejected a proposal by President Barack Obama to finance an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system by limiting the ability of the well-to-do to take tax deductions for charitable contributions.
The chamber unanimously approved an amendment to a pending budget plan that rejects the proposal to limit the size of itemized deductions that can be taken by those earning more than $250,000.
Obama proposed using the estimated $318 billion such a change would generate to help finance a health-care overhaul, which he says will cost at least $630 billion. Lawmakers said they feared the effect of such a tax change on charities.
“The Senate sent a clear message to the president,” said Senator Bob Bennett, a Utah Republican who sponsored the amendment. “Charities benefit greatly from the donations made by individuals in this income bracket, and raising taxes on these contributions would be a disservice to Americans and the millions of charities across the country.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAKl4RpzgwpY&refer=worldwide
Alarm raised about religion defamation ban
Associated Press - 3/29/2009 4:00:00 AM
There are concerns being raised about a U.N. religion defamation proposal which could actually suppress religious free speech rights. The U.N.'s top human rights body has approved a proposal by Muslim nations urging the passage of laws protecting religion from criticism. Members of the Human Rights Council voted 23-11 in favor of a resolution to combat "defamation of religion." Opposing the resolution were mostly Western nations. Thirteen countries abstained. The resolution was proposed by Pakistan. Muslim countries have cited Western criticism of Islamic law, as well as the inflammatory effect of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as examples of unacceptable free speech.Christian, Jewish, and secular groups say the non-binding resolution restricts freedom of speech and will worsen relations between faiths. Bennett Graham of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty argues that religious discrimination can be prevented with existing human rights laws. Graham says there should not be an international ban on defamation of religion. "It sounds like it's for respect and for tolerance and about religious harmony, and unfortunately it actually creates religious disharmony and shuts down any sort of discourse in the public square," Graham contends. Members of the U.S. Congress voiced opposition to the defamation ban, including Congressman Trent Franks (R-Arizona). "This notion of outlawing the defamation of religions is a very, very dangerous one. As a Christian, it hurts me when maybe someone says something negative about my faith or my Savior, but if they don’t have the right to do that, then their religious freedom is gone," he notes. "And so as a Christian, I'm very, very committed to religious freedom. When people have the right to express their faith and express dissent, it gives us all maybe a better chance at arriving at the truth."
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=467812
In times like these, more people are going to church for help
Pleas for help — spiritual and financial — are flooding U.S. churches, from tiny congregations to megachurches, as recession woes seep into the pews, a new survey finds.
Pastors say they're giving out benevolent funds in record numbers, increasing ministries to the unemployed and the financially fearful, even reaching into their own pockets more to help.
Nearly two in three pastors (62%) report more people from outside their church asking for help, and nearly a third (31%) see more such requests from church members, according to a survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors.
The survey, by LifeWay Research, a Christian polling firm based in Nashville, finds that 40% of pastors say they have church members out of work, and 37% say their church has increased spending to help the needy. (The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.)
The Rev. Bill Ankerberg has seen it all at his Whittier Area Community Church, east of Los Angeles. The church gave more financial aid to folks in one month, $26,000 from the benevolent fund, than it was asked to give in all of 1996, the year he came to Whittier, he says.
Like 27% of pastors in the survey, Ankerberg has given personally, too.
Last weekend, 1,100 of the Whittier Area church's 1,800 adult members were signed up to help with more than 112 service projects in area schools, hospitals, homeless shelters and other public sites.
First Family Church in Overland Park, Kan., called all 5,000 members to tell them about a special February Sunday worship service where people who had lost their jobs could come to be anointed with oil by senior pastor Jerry Johnston and his son, Jeremy, the executive pastor.
"We had 2,000 people, the largest worship service turnout of the year," says the Rev. Jeremy Johnston. "The worship team led the prayers while my dad and I stood in the aisles, and one after another people came forward to be anointed and for prayer. It brought me to tears."
First Family also has added ministries to support the unemployed, and next month will hold a baby shower for new mothers from 17 shelters in Kansas City.
"We're going through money a lot faster in terms of helping people with utility bills and shut-offs, and we're seeing people we have never seen before seek help," says the Rev. Larry Klinker of historic Zion Lutheran Church in New Middletown, Ohio, where nearly 140 worship on Sundays.
Zion is a distribution site for the Salvation Army, which once gave Zion $5,000 to distribute each year but now has cut back to $3,500.
"I spend more time on counseling now. The difference I see between now and other hard times," says Klinker, who has spent 27 years at Zion, "is that it's more pervasive, and there's a sense of no end in sight."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-29-churches-helping_N.htm
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