Queen Elizabeth Greets Pope With Eggs, Whiskey and Beer

Britain's Queen Elizabeth talks with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican Thursday. (Reuters/Stefano Rellandini )

Queen Elizabeth met Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday and gave a bemused pontiff culinary delights from the royal estates, including a dozen eggs and a bottle of whisky.

"I've also brought something from all our estates, which is for you personally," said the queen, wearing a lavender dress and a purple hat, as she handed Francis a wicker basket full of food at the end of a 17-minute private meeting in the Vatican.

The 18 items from Buckingham Palace, Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral also included two types of honey, "Coronation Best Bitter," "Grandad's chutney" and "Sandringham handmade aromatherapy soaps".

A Vatican official said the pope would likely share the food with other residents of the guest house where he has lived since his election after renouncing the spacious papal apartments or would donate it.

The Queen and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, met the pope in a modern room attached to the Vatican's audience hall without much of the ceremonial pomp that usually accompanies such visits.

A Vatican statement did not say what the two discussed. The Queen is also the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, which split from Rome in 1534.

The pope is Argentine and Britain went to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas, in 1982.

To cut short any speculation that the two might have discussed the Falklands, the British embassy reminded reporters that while the pope may be Argentine, the Vatican's official position on the territorial dispute is a neutral one.

Francis also gave the queen a gift for her eight-month-old great-grandson, Prince George of Cambridge. It was a sphere made of lapis lazuli, a deep blue semi-precious stone, topped with the silver cross of St. Edward.

"He will be thrilled by it," the queen told the pope. Then she paused and added: "When he is a little older."

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Preacher asked his congregants to eat grass to "get closer to God"

Preacher asked his congregants to eat grass to "get closer to God" (SHOCKING PHOTOS)

Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 10:00

A South African preacher to his congregation did eat grass to "get closer to God." Under the direction of Pastor Daniel Lesego Rabboni Ministries Center where dozens of fans fell down to eat the grass in his ministry in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria after they were told that "would approach God."

His controversial methods have drawn criticism from thousands of people, even members of his congregation swear by his methods, who claim that humans can eat anything to feed their bodies and survive with what meal.

"Yes, eat grass and are proud of it is because it shows that, without the power of God, we can do nothing," said Romero Phetha South Africa. 
The law student said he had been battling a sore throat for more than a year, but was cured after eating grass.

The actions of the pastor during the service led to a series of complaints online, as many of his followers ended up in the bathroom sick.

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Chrislam’s Rick Warren Partnering With Mosques To Teach That God And Allah Are The Same

Rick Warren and Chrislam 2.0

Rick Warren has decided to spend his time and wealth promoting the hybrid Chrislam religion.

RELATED STORY: Click here to read about Rick Warren’s beginnings in Chrislam…

From WND: (OCREGISTER) — The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and one of America’s most influential Christian leaders, has embarked on an effort to heal divisions between evangelical Christians and Muslims by partnering with Southern California mosques and proposing a set of theological principles that includes acknowledging that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

The effort, informally dubbed King’s Way, caps years of outreach between Warren and Muslims. Warren has broken Ramadan fasts at a Mission Viejo mosque, met Muslim leaders abroad and addressed 8,000 Muslims at a national convention in Washington D.C.

Saddleback worshippers have invited Muslims to Christmas dinner and played interfaith soccer at a picnic in Irvine attended by more than 300 people. (The game pitted pastors and imams against teens from both faiths. The teens won.)

The effort by a prominent Christian leader to bridge what polls show is a deep rift between Muslims and evangelical Christians culminated in December at a dinner at Saddleback attended by 300 Muslims and members of Saddleback’s congregation. source – WND

From Stand Up For The Truth: This past Sunday, a major shift was announced by Pastor Rick Warren at his Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, that has many Christian leaders concerned. As Saddleback hosted its ”celebration of Jesus (pbuh),” attended by a number of Muslim communities in Southern California, something theologically significant happened at the dinner portion of the event.

Only a select number of people were invited to the dinner. A document one year in the making was presented which encourages Christians and Muslims to “appreciate the similarities of our faiths.” What does this mean? Is it simply a way to reach out a helping hand to the communities in Southern California, or is something more serious happening? source – Stand Up For The Truth

From Time: WASHINGTON — Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that “the two largest faiths on the planet” must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.source – MSNBC

From Jim Hinch: Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, home to super-pastor Rick Warren (Obama inauguration, Purpose Driven Life, etc.) has joined forces with Southern California mosques to adopt a three-step plan for ending enmity between evangelical Christians and Muslims.

The plan’s first step calls for Muslims and Christians to recognize they worship the same God. Interfaith reconciliation has been proceeding for years between Muslims and more liberal-leaning mainline Protestant denominations.

Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, home to super-pastor Rick Warren (Obama inauguration, Purpose Driven Life, etc.) has joined forces with Southern California mosques to adopt a three-step plan for ending enmity between evangelical Christians and Muslims.

This is the first such effort I’ve heard of by an evangelical mega-church. Many evangelicals regard Islam as Christianity’s number one enemy, and they do not at all agree that the two faiths worship the same God. This is likely to make waves. source – Jim Hinch

Atheist Activists Demand that Wisconsin Governor Remove Scripture from Social Media Pages

MADISON, Wisc. – A prominent atheist activist group is demanding that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker remove a Scripture from his Twitter and Facebook accounts, alleging that they imply the government promotion of religion.

The Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to Walker this week after becoming aware that he had simply posted “Philippians 4:13″ as his status on his social media accounts on Sunday. The Scripture reads, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Walker’s Facebook status on Sunday.

“This braggadocio verse coming from a public official is rather disturbing,” FFRF wrote in the letter. “To say, ‘I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,’ seems more like a threat, or the utterance of a theocratic dictator, than of a duly elected civil servant.”

It demanded that the governor delete the post, contending that it is unlawful for Walker to endorse religion on his official social media pages.

“On behalf of our membership, we ask you to immediately delete this religious message from your official gubernatorial Facebook and Twitter,” the letter stated. “May we hear from you at your earliest convenience?”

“The question is will Walker be able to get away with it?” FFRF wrote in a press release announcing its correspondence to Walker. “If so, what might he post next, maybe something from Acts 10 (in which a sheet descends from above, with a voice saying, ‘Rise, Peter; kill, and eat’)? More sustenance and strength for the religious and exclusion for non-Christians.”

Walker has not responded to the letter, and it not known whether he plans on doing so. The Scripture remains posted on both his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Public reaction to the matter has been mixed.

“There is nothing wrong with finding strength in Jesus if that’s your thing,” one commenter wrote, “but posting about it it on an official state account is insensitive to citizens of other faiths and, frankly, unprofessional. It’s also kind of obnoxious.”

“Observe history: The Constitution was designed and authored by men who were over 90% Christians in believing in the Judaeo/Christian God!” another stated. “Nearly every one of the signers of the Constitution were Bible teachers in classrooms or preachers in local churches.”

“George Washington, the first president, … required the Bible be a standard book to be taught in all children’s classrooms!” they continued. “Most of the early colonial schools at the time were in churches, and even after colleges were established they all were based on [Biblical] standards of education!”

“I hope that today, the governor Tweets another Bible verse,” a third commenter opined. “In fact, I hope he does it every single day as a new agenda. Then I hope other officials begin doing it. We need to fight back and blatantly.”

CHRISTIANS ARE BEING PERSECUTED: Some Are Beheaded/Killed, As Others Are Imprisoned

by Ted on March 11, 2014 in General

EXCLUSIVE
By Walid Shoebat and Theodore Shoebat

Muslims in Syria have conducted an actual real life human sacrifice, and have gotten it on film, as we can see from this video:

In the video the speaker uses the term Qurbān (Arabic: قربان‎), which can only signify a sacrifice, which indicates that the filmed slaughter is nothing but a ritual human sacrifice.

In another recent video, an Islamic human sacrifice was also conducted, as one can see here:

Christians are being killed in these very rituals every day, and the bloodshed will not stop. We must work together to rescue them. We have been working with Sister Hatune Dogan in delivering Christians in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey. But we cannot continue on without your help. Please donate and be a part of the rescue mission of these Christians.

For over a year now we have been writing and warning the world on both the realities and the revival of Islamic human sacrifice. Though Islam is a Christian heresy, its pagan roots and elements cannot be ignored, which is why I prefer to call Muslims pagan heretics, or heretical pagans.

The Islamic prayer stated in the video is reminiscent to the prayer said in the sacrifice scene in the film Apocalypto, which is historically accurate in regards to its depictions of the bloody Aztec rituals:

In a prior article of ours, we wrote on how when rebels took a certain village they gave the choice to Christians to convert or leave; those who didn’t were told they could stay with the condition that they had to pay the jizya, but, as one account reads:

For Christians who refused there remained two choices: they could leave behind all their property or they would be slain. The word that was used for the latter in Arabic (dhabaha) refers to the ritual slaughter of sacrificial animals.

What Islam is is an Aztec-like religion of the pagan world, riddled with human sacrifice, cannibalism, and a pool of human gore. All heresy eventually leads to paganism, and we see this outrightly in Islam.

And just think to yourself, that the poor Christians are in the middle of all this savagery and sadism. We are currently working tirelessly to rescue Christians in Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and other nations.

https://shoebat.com/2014/03/11/muslims-conduct-real-life-ritual-human-sacrifice-video/

IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT

2. Muslims Force Young Christian Girls To Watch Their Mother Get Beheaded

by Ted on March 15, 2014 in General

By Theodore Shoebat

Muslims in Somalia seized two Christians, a mother of two daughters and her cousin, and after calling the entire village to gather together, they beheaded them in cold blood. The Muslims were so absent of shame, that they even had the woman’s two daughters, ages 8 and 15, watch their own mother get beheaded. The mother’s name was Sadia Ali Omar, and the cousin who was also beheaded was Osman Mohamoud Moge.

The 8 year old daughter weeped and begged for someone to save their mother, but nobody came, and the two innocent girls had no choice but to endure the sight of their beloved being savagely decapitated by these heathens. Before they beheaded them, the Muslims proclaimed:

We know these two people are Christians who recently came back from Kenya – we want to wipe out any underground Christian living inside of mujahidin [jihadists’] area

One resident said that they were captured after suspicions were raised because the two Christians were not attending Friday prayers as frequently as is expected in Muslim lands.

The two people who were killed on many occasions did not take Friday prayers seriously, especially Omar, who claimed that she was praying in her house

The two daughters were taken in to an undisclosed location for protection, and still there is fear that the Muslims will try to track them down to slaughter them just as they did to their mother. One resident said:

We are afraid that the Al Shabaab might continue monitoring these two children and eventually kill them just like their mother

This is just one of the stories that escaped the indifference of the media toward the suffering of Christians. There are countless others that have gone unreported. Imagine how many martyrs there are, which have not even been grasped by our knowledge. Idleness in the face of evil is just another form of idolatry. We can no longer be careless, there is no excuse. We either help the persecuted, or join the world. This is the only choice we have. Please make a donation to save Christian lives in the Muslim world. Even a small amount of money will make a difference.

The Muslims who killed the mother and her cousin were members of Al-Shabaab, a Somali based jihadist group, and “They have some spy everywhere in Somalia.”

Most have not a clue as to how cruel these pagan heretics are toward Christians. Here is a video of Al-Shabaab beheading a Christian in Somalia:

By this, are we reminded of the prophetic words of St. John:

and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)

As we revealed before, in our article entitled “The Obamas And the Nairobi Terrorists Both Involved in Funds to Islamize Kenya,” the Al-Shabaab terrorist group is connected to the Obama family. Obama’s brother, Malik Obama, works very closely with Omar al-Bashir, the Muslim president of North Sudan, who also is a logistical supporter of the Al-Shabaab group.

Obama’s family has ties to a Muslim dictator who supports an Islamic terrorist group that butchers Christians. It is not surprising, then, as to why Obama supports the jihadists in Syria.

The government is helping the Muslims butcher Christians, and in fighting this evil, we must help save the victims of this wickedness. The victims, of course, are the Christians. Let us unite in preserving the persecuted.

https://shoebat.com/2014/03/15/muslims-force-young-christian-girls-watch-mother-get-beheaded/

AGAIN

3. ASIA BIBI APPEAL HEARING AGAINST BLASPHEMY DEATH SENTENCE POSTPONED

• 18 Mar 2014 07:27

The appeal hearing against the death sentence of Asia Bibi has been postponed to a later date because of the absence of one of two judges who had been due to preside over proceedings today.

According to AsiaNews.it, a new date for the hearing has not been set. Pakistani law requires two judges to be present in death penalty cases for the duration of the trial.

Asia Bibi was accused of breaking the nation's blasphemy laws in 2009 by verbally abusing two Muslim co-workers, Islam and the Prophet Muhammad during an argument. She denied the claims, but was sentenced to death by the Pakistani courts in 2010.

The former Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, and Christian minister Shahbaz Bhatti were both murdered after expressing their support for Asia and calling for reform of the blasphemy laws, which are blamed by many for fuelling inter-religious tension and persecution across the country.

The blasphemy laws stipulate that "whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine".

Minority faith groups are living in constant fear of punishment, as human rights groups say that the laws are frequently misused by extremists. False charges are often bought against Christians in order to settle personal scores or to seize property or businesses.

Nearly four years after receiving her sentence, Asia's appeal was due to be heard at the Lahore High Court.

Nasir Saeed, UK coordinator of the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement had asked Christians to pray for the hearing today and spoken of his desire to see that "only justice [be] in the forefront when reaching a decision".

As Asia's story is once again brought to light, the Global Minorities Alliance (GMA), which is committed to upholding and protecting the rights of persecuted minority communities, has released a report highlighting the systemic injustice prevalent in Pakistan.

Shahid Khan, Vice-Chairperson of GMA and author of 'Invisible Citizens of Pakistan: Minorities in Focus' says that successive Pakistani governments "have failed to protect and safeguard the fights of minorities".

"Instead they have feasted upon the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the smaller minority groups by introducing laws which further pushed them deep into a sea of despair, injustice and inequality," he said.

The report details the discriminatory laws and law enforcement structure that allow for the abuse of minority communities, and have resulted in a significant amount of sectarian violence across Pakistan.

"Minorities are seen as non-entities and 'invisibles' in today's Pakistan with no equal, fundamental and constitutional rights. Where a governor, a judge or a minister is not safe, what hope does a vulnerable member of a minority community have?" he says.

The report has been sent to political and religious leaders all over the world, including Minister for External Affairs and International Relations in Scotland Humza Yousaf, who has responded by reiterating Scotland's commitment to "promoting a multi-faith, multi-cultural society".

"The Scottish Government is concerned by incidents of religious persecution in Pakistan, as highlighted in this report, and we continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to protect and guarantee the fundamental rights of all its citizens," he said.

GMA recommends in its report that the Pakistani Government extends full protection and freedom to all citizens, and immediately reforms its discriminatory laws.

"Without these changes, minority communities in Pakistan – which was founded as a free state where everyone has equal rights – will continue to face persecution in their homeland," it warns.

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4. Muslims Murder Christian, And Burn Cross On His Face

by Ted on November 14, 2013 in General

By Theodore Shoebat

Ninar Odisho, an Assyrian Christian in Syria, was walking with two Muslims when a number of Islamists stopped them. They let his friends go as soon as they found out that they were Muslims, but they kept the Christian for their own demonic pleasures. They killed him mercilessly, and burned a cross onto his face.

Odisho, Christian martyr, killed by heretics

Why the Holy Cross? Because the Muslims, being controlled by diabolical forces, despise that sublime symbol of Christ defeating their master the devil. They are the “enemies of the cross of Christ” who St. Paul wrote of (Philippians 3:18). The demons holler and scream in excruciating agony at the very sight of the Cross, for they are reminded of their utter defeat on the day of the Crucifixion. And so do slaves of the demons strive to obliterate that image off the face of the earth.

This hatred for the Holy Cross is illustrated in this video, in which Muslims destroy several crosses in the Christian city of Kosovo:

Their hatred for the cross is reflected by the violence which they cause upon the saints. A young Christian man in Syria was kidnapped by these advancers of Satan, and they then told his mother that they were going to cut her son into pieces if she did not pay a certain amount of money. They then sent her video of her son being tortured by these sadistic citizens of the underworld, as we can see in this video:

NB: MORE WILL FOLLOW

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Muslims Take 13 Christians And Chop Their Heads Off

by Ted on March 28, 2014 in General

By Theodore Shoebat

Just two days ago Shoebat.com reported on the brutal massacre that took place in the Syrian Armenian village of Kessab in which Muslims, sent by Turkey, butchered eighty Christians. Well,according to Barnabas Fund, it turns out that amidst this slaughter, Muslims took at least thirteen Christians and chopped their heads off in cold blood.

Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. (Revelation 20:4)

While the world is in collective denial about the dangerous and vicious aspirations of Turkey, thinking that the rising Muslim nation is a model for peace in the Islamic world, the reality is that the Turkish government is responsible for this massacre and mass decapitation of Armenian Christians. As we just wrote in Shoebat.com:

Turkey will never be the same again. Erdogan has changed set times and laws. The new Sultan-Hitler, Tayyip Bey is on the horizon and all the western media saying he is losing momentum will wake up on March 31 and it will be Sultan Erdogan, the winner.

This sultan, Erdogan, will only continue organizing the slaughter of Christians, and he will use the facade of helping the Syrian people as a coverup for his murderous plans.

Please donate to Rescue Christians, we are currently working Sister Hatune Dogan to help save Christians in Syria and Turkey. Please make a donation today and rescue these helpless and tormented Christians.

Muslims Take 13 Christians And Chop Their Heads Off

by Ted on March 28, 2014 in General

By Theodore Shoebat

Just two days ago Shoebat.com reported on the brutal massacre that took place in the Syrian Armenian village of Kessab in which Muslims, sent by Turkey, butchered eighty Christians. Well,according to Barnabas Fund, it turns out that amidst this slaughter, Muslims took at least thirteen Christians and chopped their heads off in cold blood.

Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. (Revelation 20:4)

While the world is in collective denial about the dangerous and vicious aspirations of Turkey, thinking that the rising Muslim nation is a model for peace in the Islamic world, the reality is that the Turkish government is responsible for this massacre and mass decapitation of Armenian Christians. As we just wrote in Shoebat.com:

Turkey will never be the same again. Erdogan has changed set times and laws. The new Sultan-Hitler, Tayyip Bey is on the horizon and all the western media saying he is losing momentum will wake up on March 31 and it will be Sultan Erdogan, the winner.

This sultan, Erdogan, will only continue organizing the slaughter of Christians, and he will use the facade of helping the Syrian people as a coverup for his murderous plans.

Please donate to Rescue Christians, we are currently working Sister Hatune Dogan to help save Christians in Syria and Turkey. Please make a donation today and rescue these helpless and tormented Christians.

Here is a video showing the Armenian survivors who fled Kessab, now taking refuge in a church:

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