Waking Jonah

On the latest episode of the Future Quake Show, guest Mark Breton talks about the devastating effects of hypocrisy in the church, as well as the inherent challenges of evangelizing someone you are about to torture or kill.*

* sarcasm intended

Show: Future Quake
Full Podcast: Evangelical Christianity “On The Couch” – A Spiritual And Mental Health Assessment
Date: 8/10/09
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Mark Breton
Topics: Fake Christianity/hypocrisy is a soul killer; Torture and the death penalty; How can you share the love of Christ with someone you are torturing or killing?

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Mark Breton

Trevor Paglen explains that when you create places that are outside of the law, you create places where anything can happen. And if you create places where anything can happen, anything does happen…

Show: Future Quake
Date: 7/13/09
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Trevor Paglen
Topics: Torture; The CIA’s extraordinary rendition program; Created entirely outside of our own laws and the Geneva Convention; Occurs under both Republican and Democrat administrations–not a left/right issue; Obama continuing a lot of the policies started under Clinton and Bush; Bohemian Grove

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Trevor Paglen

[Editor's note: Although I stand by the positions taken in this post, I no longer support Pastor Steven Anderson in general based on recent statements he has made about President Barack Obama. See my post Jesse Woodrow on Pastor Steven Anderson – Part 1 for more information.]

What happens when you stand up for your Fourth Amendment rights in a Constitution-free zone in America?

Just ask Pastor Steven Anderson. You can learn about his horrific run-in with Border Patrol agents in Arizona by visiting this post on his family blog. Additional footage of the incident can be seen here.

In the following 3 min., 2 sec. audio clip from the Future Quake Show, Pastor Anderson describes why he decided to take a stand against unlawfulness in our country.

Show: Future Quake
Date: 6/8/09
Host: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Pastor Steven Anderson
Topics: Romans 13; Final governing authority in our country is the Constitution; Public officials not above the law; It’s our duty to resist unlawfulness
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Why not comply?
Additional Footage of Pastor Attacked by Constitution Free Zone Thugs
Audio/video/commentary from Anderson’s blog: “Border Patrol Abuse” category

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Pastor Steven Anderson and Family

Today I’m going to break my own rule and post an audio clip that is longer than 3 min., 3 sec. This is just too important not to post the entire thing…

So below is a 16 min., 36 sec. interview between Alex Jones and Mancow Muller. Mancow describes his experience of being waterboarded, why he did it, and his own personal story of how he went from thinking waterboarding was no big deal to understanding first hand that it’s a traumatic form of torture.

Here are a few words he uses to describe his experience: “horrific“, “instantaneous“, “absolutely torture“, and “felt like my brain had been short-circuited“.

Again, think of this being done to your loved one. What would you call it then? “Enhanced interrogation”, or torture?

Show: The Alex Jones Show
Full podcast: The Alex Jones Show – L I V E – June 2nd With Webster Tarpley
Date: 6/2/09
Host: Alex Jones
Guest: Erich “Mancow” Muller
Topics: Mancow’s waterboarding experience; Set out to prove it was not torture, now believes it absolutely is torture; Used CIA method of waterboarding; Field method vs. full waterboarding discussed; Not about left vs. right, it’s one big political party
Related video: Mancow waterboarded
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WLS 890 AM: The Big 89 Waterboard – Mancow Muller
Mancow Waterboarded, Admits It’s Torture

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Mancow Muller

If a foreign enemy was doing it to your loved one, would you still call it “enhanced interrogation”, or would it go back to being torture?

In the following 3 min. clip, Jesse Ventura and Alex Jones discuss the true nature of waterboarding, as well as Mancow Muller’s change of heart on the subject.

Show: The Alex Jones Show
Full podcast: The Alex Jones Show – L I V E – June 1st With Jesse Ventura
Date: 6/1/09
Host: Alex Jones
Guest: Jesse Ventura
Topics: Torture; Waterboarding; Mancow Muller undergoes mild form of waterboarding, changes position and says it’s torture; Jesse Ventura and another Navy SEAL declare waterboarding is most definitely torture
Related video: Jesse Ventura on Fox and Friends: Torture Debate Part 1 | Part 2
Related articles:
Mancow Waterboarded, Admits It’s Torture
The “Water Cure” for Mancow Disease
Waterboarding is not Bobbing for Freaking Apples

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Jesse Ventura

How can you tell the difference between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of man?

It’s really not as complicated as modern American evangelicals have made it out to be. First, you unplug the T.V., turn off the radio, and shut down the computer. Then you still your heart, search the Scriptures, and ask God alone to speak.

You have to completely set aside any thoughts or opinions that are parroted over and over again from the government, mainstream media, friends and family, your favorite political commentators, and especially… your own mind.

Listen for the Holy Spirit alone to convict you according to the Word of Truth. That is the only place you will find answers that you can truly rely upon.

In regard to the torture debate, I have to ask myself one question: If the Bible and the Spirit of God were literally my only inputs (no mainstream media, government officials, political analysts, T.V. shows, newspapers, movies, Jack Bauer, or anything else), where would my convictions rest?

If I put Christ above country, do I end up with torture, or something radically different?

Derek and Sharon Gilbert from P.I.D Radio break down their thoughts on this topic in the 3 min., 2 sec. audio clip that follows. I must say, I completely agree with their commentary.

Show: P.I.D. Radio
Date: 5/22/09
Hosts: Derek Gilbert, Sharon Gilbert
Topics: Torture; Discerning between what God tells us to do through His Word and what is “right for the nation”; All kingdoms of the earth under the domain of Satan (no exception for the U.S.); Is the United States truly a “Christian” nation?
Related article: When Christian Love Grows Cold, Evil Flourishes
Full podcast: P.I.D. Radio 5/22/09: Dodgeball

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Derek & Sharon Gilbert