Hi jessica welcome to Theme of the Bible, can't wait to read any input you have on our topics..

Sounds like a plan sherlene, WoW dejan what an experience, i cannot imagine how devastated you were to come home to well!! no home.
My prayers are with you and your family, and i pray you situation is resolved quickly.

May God Bless you and your family.....

Thank you, sister Sherlene.

Just wondering if anyone else is troubled by what they see happening to animals at rodeos?  I've been investigating this form of 'family' entertainment and I've concluded that rodeos are just the education our children need in order to become desensitised to the suffering of animals.  Personally, I don't want my children to become insensitive to the suffering of any living thing, animal or human.

There is a large push to get the barbaric 'sport' of rodeos into the Australian family sport category. 

A song, with a catchy tune, suggestive lyrics and a music video has been produced in order to attract the young and to make them want to attend rodeos.  You can watch it on Youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5X6BxV8st0

The song is called Bucking Hell Rodeo Down Under. It is sung by Glen Albrecht and he also wrote the music to the song, while rodeo photographer, Jenny Dyer wrote the lyrics.  Jenny's website is here  http://www.rodeodownunder.com/cd-buckinghell.html)

I posted the following comments regarding this music video, but 'rodeodownunder' (Jenny Dyer) might or might not decide to publish them on her youtube channel.

My comments :
This video isn't Australian culture - it's  copying American rodeo culture!  And it  conveys the idea that real men manhandle women for sport.  BTW it is pretty clear from the footage that these bulls don't want to buck because they have to be encouraged by flank ropes, bells and spurs. That spoils it for me. Too violent. I saw a horse rip its hoof completely off at Alice Springs rodeo and officials let it stand there for hours without vet treatment. Don't tell me its not a blood sport.
 
On the other hand, there exists an organisation headed by Steve Hindi that is especially out to protect animals. Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) has a website that reports the abuses done to animals in the name of sport.


If you are interested, you might want to check out these SHARK websites for further information about animal sports, particularly rodeos.  I'm interested in your thoughts if you'd like to leave a post/comment here.

http://www.sharkonline.org/

http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000392 (videos of rodeos - illegally shocking horses with 6000 volts)

http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000349

http://www.sharkonline.org/UP0000000419.pdf (animal protection laws -  flank ropes and spurs)

http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000680 (need to see why calf-roping should be banned?)

Warning: the bull-fighting videos are horrific.  The videos, among other things, reports on the experience of one bull.  The story begins when the bull is in the holding pen with other bulls.  The bull is then isolated and placed in a dark closed in pen and deprived of food and water in order to weaken it. It has sacks of sand hung around its neck to tire its muscles. There is an opening in the roof to facilitate the stabbing of the bull with a sharp instrument.  This ensures blood loss and supposedly primes the bull to fight.  It is finally released into the bright sunlight of the bull-ring and the massacre begins.  The bull is repeatedly stabbed by a coward on a horse.  This coward thrusts sharp metal objects into the bulls spinal area, effectively harpooning him many times.  This is done so that with every step the bull takes, these sharp weapons work their way further into the bulls flesh.  The 'entertainment' continues with the entrance of the next coward - the matador who continues menacing the bull, inserting more harpoons into the bulls back. With the assistance of 4 other cowards, the bull is abused repeatedly with the harpoons.  Finally the bull's physical strength is sapped and he falls onto his knees through thrist, hunger, low blood sugar, spinal cord damage, limb control loss, blood loss and extreme pain.  The 'brave' matador then takes a dagger and stabs the bull into its spine, plunging the dagger completely to the blade handle, twisting it so as to ensure he severs the bull's spinal cord.  The audience complete with men, women and children, scream and applaude with the thrill of the stabbing.  The bull is now completely helpless.  It cannot move as it has been deliberately injured so that it is quadrapelegic or at least has serious spinal cord damage. However, the poor bull is not dead - the matador has made sure not to sever the spinal cord too high (or the bull's breathing would stop and he would die prematurely, before the matador had time to cause more suffering).  The bull can still feel pain on its head. Therefore the matador moves his attack to the head.  What terror the bull must feel being completely helpless and being still stalked by its persecutors!  The matador takes his trusty dagger and grabs the bull's ear.  He severs the bull's ear close to its head.  But even this excruciating pain does not end the bull's torment.  As the coward matador takes his trophy - the bull's ear - a horse is ridden into the arena.  A rope is attached to the bull's hind leg and the bull, still alive, is dragged with the harpoons still embedded in its flesh, outside the ring.  Some bulls die in the bull-ring, but this particular bull did not.  He died while being skinned alive outside the bull-ring.  For the rest of the story and graphic images of bull murder, you can visit this website.  http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000423  Be warned!  It is shocking and sickening, but these animals can't be helped by people putting their heads in the sand.  It is so easy for us to turn our eyes away from such barbarism and refuse to watch the video because we feel shocked and heartbroken by witnessing these scenes, but the poor bull did not have the luxury to pretend he wasn't being butchered alive.   While we have opportunity to protest this horrendous cruelty, we should be opposing it. Bull-massacre -and all cruelty - needs to be exposed so that public opinion can stop the butchering of more animals.  Human entertainment should not require the abuse of animals. 

In His perfect world, the Creator placed humanity in a position of trust. Humanity was given dominion over the animals.  Dominion places a responsiblity to care for and meet the needs of humanity toward animals.  The satanic system has typically reversed God's perfect arrangement and humanity has been deluded to believe that their race should have the right to use and abuse animals - for food, for clothing and for entertainment.

Do we believe the gospel of Jesus?  Jesus said to treat others the way in which we would like to be treated ourselves.  Does anyone really believe that principle applies only to our treatment of other people and that it excludes our treatment of animals?  I can't see how any Christians - even the Catholic believers in Spain - could fail to see that there is something theologically wrong with massacring bulls as is done in that countries national 'sport.'

If you want to help animals, please consider emailing politicians and businesses:
In USA - SHARK's website: http://www.sharkonline.org/

In Australia, animal lovers can also email politicians and businesses and become involved by contacting:
http://www.animalliberation.org.au    (for rodeo section go to http://www.animalliberation.org.au/rodeos.php) and
http://www.voiceless.org.au/

You can purchase from the cruelty-free shop in Australia
http://crueltyfreeshop.com.au/?main_page=page&id=2

Vegetarian Network Victoria - recipes and excellent information
http://www.vnv.org.au/site/

Vegan principles:
http://crueltyfreeshop.com.au/?main_page=page&id=4

Hope this helps you make the world a better, kinder place.
Sherlene

Hi Dejan
What an amazing experience.  Thank you for sharing it with us.  I'm so glad that, although you lost material things, all your children and your wife and you are unhurt.  Still it must be very traumatic to lose your house and personal items and it is only natural that you would be feeling very traumatised by that experience.  Do you have any photos of the house that can be posted on this website?

May God be your strength,
Sherlene

Note:
If anyone wants to donate money to help Dejan and his wife relocate, I am happy to set up a fund and pass the money onto them.

To donate to Dejan and his wife's relocation fund, please leave a message/comment on this forum and I will publish details of bank account when anyone replies.  This will have to be a separate bank account than that which we use for the MFC orphans' donations.

Thank you so much.

Dear brothers
I’ am in need of your prayers.
This week my family and I went to visit some brothers in the nearby city. When we return back our home was in smoke. That morning before our departure our son David has forgotten to turn off the electric blanket. His bed is completely burnt down. All of the rooms were in smoke, and many of our belongings were damaged (books, DVD’s etc…). We could managed to save many of the things, but also many are lost.
Although this was a very bad experience, there is still something good in it. I have had a plan for a long time to move to a village in the mountains, but my wife did not agree with me. Since this experience she is shore that she has received a sign from God, and that we have to take that step. She has prayed to God for a months to show her His will for our future. Few days before this incident happened she had a dream in which she saw our house in flames. This was an obvious fulfillment of her dream. Right after the incident she sad to me: “Dejan, this is a sign. We have to move to the mountains.”
We already have found a good house but we lack money.
Please pray for us. If God wants us to do that step He will open a way for that. If not the very house that we have in plan, than some other. His way is always the best.

Thank you in advance

Dejan

Thank you very much DonSmith for sending me those Alex Ortega DVDs.  I appreciate it very much.  I'll try to watch them soon and give you some feedback.  Sorry for my delay in posting this thank you message. 

Thanks AndrewG and TruthSeeker for all this information about magnesium and iodine. Such powerful information.  I'm now trying both the iodine and the transdermal magnesium.  I'll let you know how I get on with them.  Will give things a few weeks to see results.

I've found research http://www.indmedica.com/journals.php?journalid=3&issueid=137&articleid=1816&action=article  that reveals that pregnant mothers who are deficient in iodine have babies with physical deformities and mental impairedness.  The good news is that if they increase their iodine intake to normal levels during weeks 14-18 gestation, that these deformities which occur in the first trimester of the pregnancy, can be avoided and the baby is born with normal mental function.  However, if the iodine is not taken by the mother until after week 18, then the damage cannot be undone.  I also read research that said that human breast milk has concentrations of iodine in it that is 30% stronger than the level of iodine circulating in the mother's bloodstream.  I think iodine must be vital for human development.

Just a note of caution: pregnant mothers would do well to have a urine test prior to beginning taking iodine in any supplement other than food.  The test can be done by a naturopath or doctor.  Locally on the Sunshine Coast, Qld Australia, the test is available for $55.00.

Thanks for the info guys!  Any more?

4 and 5 of the series is up on worlds last chance web site!!!!
and lots of Q&A about Gods true calender 

Its alright just wondered whether anyone would post something lol