When it becomes a crime to study the Bible, it is the law of man that is criminal and not the student! UPDATED!!!
Do you know your First Amendment to the Constitution?
Important update!!! July 13, 2012
I do think that so-called "hate crimes" are simply the first step in bringing down the First Amendment and need to be scrubbed from the books. There are either crimes or crimes not. We do not need thought police!
It appears that the Salmans were lying about their home and actually were trying to have a church while not having a church and sneaking around the law rather than obeying it, perhaps for tax purposes or to save building costs or whatever. Wrong is wrong.
Here is the real deal on the Salman case:
HE BROKE THE LAW AND TRIED TO PLAY PEOPLE
excerpt:
"Pictured
left is a man named, Michael Hashem Salman. On Fox News and Glen Beck’s
site and the rest of America he’s known as, Pastor Michael Salman.
Salman has been in the news recently for apparently (according to
“Pastor” Mike) for being “persecuted” by the City of Phoenix.
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, isolation, imprisonment, fear, or pain are all factors that may establish persecution. Even so, not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The suffering experienced by the victim must be sufficiently severe. The threshold level of severity has been a source of much debate. (source Wikipedia definition)
A very popular video lately has been making its rounds on the Internet where Michael Salman and his wife Suzanne Salman lay out their case before the public forum. In that video Michael H. Salman is wearing a T-shirt from Persecution.com (otherwise known as Voice of the Martyrs) sold as “Illegal Shirt.”
When I first heard of this story over this weekend it was through a link someone sent me for Glenn Beck’s site. I skimmed through the article and clicked on the YouTube video but was only able to watch a few broken minutes on my phone, so later this weekend I watched the whole video and instantly had suspicions. I live in Arizona and I had not even heard of this guy’s story. I gathered so much information within a few hours yesterday that by the end of the day I was no longer frustrated so much with Michael Hashem Salman as I was with you the readers and audience of Mainstream Media for believing this fabricated story without doing some minor searches yourself. I’m sure every Pastor who’s politically minded and concerned for our rights as Christians lifted up this “poor, persecuted, brother” in prayer and warned the congregation that being a Christian is becoming a crime in America, when in fact it is not–not yet.
I will break this story down as succinctly as possible and provide you with all the links to all the research I did on this story so you can COPY and PASTE and send in a Chain e-mail letter to all your friends before Salman is considered a “Martyr” for the faith, when in my opinion he is not.
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AGREED. 7/13/2012
Dietrich Bonhoeffer "(February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and activive member of German resistance movement against Nazism. He was also a founding member of the Confessing Church (a Christian resistance movement in Nazi Germany)."
He claims he is a victim of religious discrimination. However, the city of Phoenix said it is a matter of zoning violations, not religious freedom.
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Important update!!! July 13, 2012
I do think that so-called "hate crimes" are simply the first step in bringing down the First Amendment and need to be scrubbed from the books. There are either crimes or crimes not. We do not need thought police!
It appears that the Salmans were lying about their home and actually were trying to have a church while not having a church and sneaking around the law rather than obeying it, perhaps for tax purposes or to save building costs or whatever. Wrong is wrong.
Here is the real deal on the Salman case:
HE BROKE THE LAW AND TRIED TO PLAY PEOPLE
excerpt:
"Pictured
left is a man named, Michael Hashem Salman. On Fox News and Glen Beck’s
site and the rest of America he’s known as, Pastor Michael Salman.
Salman has been in the news recently for apparently (according to
“Pastor” Mike) for being “persecuted” by the City of Phoenix.Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, isolation, imprisonment, fear, or pain are all factors that may establish persecution. Even so, not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The suffering experienced by the victim must be sufficiently severe. The threshold level of severity has been a source of much debate. (source Wikipedia definition)
A very popular video lately has been making its rounds on the Internet where Michael Salman and his wife Suzanne Salman lay out their case before the public forum. In that video Michael H. Salman is wearing a T-shirt from Persecution.com (otherwise known as Voice of the Martyrs) sold as “Illegal Shirt.”
When I first heard of this story over this weekend it was through a link someone sent me for Glenn Beck’s site. I skimmed through the article and clicked on the YouTube video but was only able to watch a few broken minutes on my phone, so later this weekend I watched the whole video and instantly had suspicions. I live in Arizona and I had not even heard of this guy’s story. I gathered so much information within a few hours yesterday that by the end of the day I was no longer frustrated so much with Michael Hashem Salman as I was with you the readers and audience of Mainstream Media for believing this fabricated story without doing some minor searches yourself. I’m sure every Pastor who’s politically minded and concerned for our rights as Christians lifted up this “poor, persecuted, brother” in prayer and warned the congregation that being a Christian is becoming a crime in America, when in fact it is not–not yet.
I will break this story down as succinctly as possible and provide you with all the links to all the research I did on this story so you can COPY and PASTE and send in a Chain e-mail letter to all your friends before Salman is considered a “Martyr” for the faith, when in my opinion he is not.
..."
AGREED. 7/13/2012
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government
for a redress of grievances."
Dear Americans - The "progressives" are attempting to criminalize Christianity and invent "thought crimes", which is the next logical step after the ridiculous idea of "hate crimes!" If you let them arrest your neighbor for gathering to study the Bible, when do they come for you? How far will it go? Know your history!
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer "(February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and activive member of German resistance movement against Nazism. He was also a founding member of the Confessing Church (a Christian resistance movement in Nazi Germany)."
The above link gives a tiny part of his story. I like this one better, for it is longer and captures in small quantity the quality of Dietrich's life. An exerpt:
"...Bonhoeffer taught a confirmation class in what he
described as “about the worst area of Berlin,” yet he moved into that
neighborhood so he could spend more time with the boys.
Bonhoeffer was fascinated by Gandhi’s methods of
nonviolent resistance. He asked for—and received—permission to visit
Gandhi and live at his ashram. The two never met, however, because the
crisis in Germany demanded Bonhoeffer’s attention.
Bonhoeffer served as a member of the Abwehr,
the military-intelligence organization under Hitler. (He was actually a
double agent. While ostensibly working for the Abwehr, Bonhoeffer helped
to smuggle Jews into Switzerland—and do other underground tasks.)
Bonhoeffer studied for a year in New York City. He was
uniformly disappointed with the preaching he heard there: “One may hear
sermons in New York upon almost any subject; one only is never handled, …
namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, of the cross, of sin and
forgiveness.… ”
While a student at Union Theological Seminary in New
York, Bonhoeffer regularly attended the Abyssinian Baptist Church in
Harlem. He taught one youth Sunday school class and one women’s Bible
study; he also helped weekly in Sunday school.
Bonhoeffer learned to drive a car while in the United
States—yet he failed his American driver’s-license examination three
times.
Bonhoeffer directed an illegal seminary for two and a
half years until it was closed by the Gestapo. The seminary trained
pastors for the “Confessing Church,” a group Bonhoeffer and others had
formed as an alternative to the Nazi-influenced German Reich Church. It
was at this seminary that he developed his classic work The Cost of Discipleship.
Just before World War II, Bonhoeffer was invited to
lecture in the United States. This allowed him to escape increasing
persecution and the impending draft. But Bonhoeffer decided he must
share the fate of those suffering in Germany. In less than a month, he
returned home.
In 1936, because of his anti-Nazi views, Bonhoeffer was
no longer permitted to teach at the University of Berlin. Two years
later, he was forbidden to live in Berlin. In 1940, the German
authorities forbade him to speak in public, and he had to report
regularly to the police.
Bonhoeffer was engaged to be married, but he was arrested and eventually killed before he and his fiancee could be married..."
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UPDATE - ALL THE NEWS SOURCES LISTED BELOW WERE NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE FACTS. SALMAN IS A CRIMINAL. END OF STORY! JULY 13.2012
Why is this relevant, you ask? Because here in America persecution against Christians is ramping up and here is one example. A friend passed me this link and I easily found lots of news sources:
Phoenix Man Faces Jail Time for Home Bible Studies (go here to see video)
Should Pastor Michael Salman Be in Jail Over Home Bible Study? Judge For Yourself
Arizona pastor Michael Salman is currently in jail, serving a 60-day sentence, after he hosted Bible studies in his home. In the videos below, Salman shows footage of the police raid of his home in 2009 and also gives a tour of his 4.6 acre property to show why he shouldn't have been fined and jailed.
In 2010, Salman was found guilty of fire and zoning code violations for hosting Bible studies on his 4.6 acre property, which he has been doing for the past 7 years. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail along with three years probation and ordered to pay a $12,180 fine.He claims he is a victim of religious discrimination. However, the city of Phoenix said it is a matter of zoning violations, not religious freedom.
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