Whamy ! There goes another Kanye West banger ! Kanye Omari I-interrupt-Taylor-Swift West is one of the most successful Hip Hop and RnB artists in those times – point.

He is the most important representer of Chipmunk Soul, which is signed by high pitched soul samples.

He says about his music: “everything I do is authentic. It comes from my soul.” And one can definitely hear that !

Instead of bore you with details about his career which you already know and how much success he has, I want to remind you on the most important singles and features of his career:

2003: Slow Jamz (Featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx)
2003: Through the Wire
2004: This Way (Featuring Dilated Peoples)
2004: All Falls Down (Featuring Syleena Johnson)
2004: Talk About Our Love (Featuring Brandy)
2004: Jesus Walks
2004: The New Workout Plan
2004: Down & Out (Featuring Cam’ron and Syleena Johnson)
2004: Selfish (Featuring Slum Village and John Legend)
2004: I Changed My Mind (Featuring Keyshia Cole)
2004: The Corner (Featuring Common and The Last Poets)
2005: Number One (Featuring John Legend)
2005: Diamonds From Sierra Leone
2005: Hey Mama
2005: Gold Digger (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
2006: Heard ’Em Say (Featuring Adam Levine)
2006: Touch the Sky (Featuring Lupe Fiasco)
2006: Drive Slow (Featuring Paul Wall and GLC)
2006: Number One (Featuing Pharrell Williams)
2006: Extravaganza (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
2007: Wouldn’t Get Far (Featuring The Game)
2007: I Still Love H.E.R. (Featuring Teriyaki Boyz)
2007: Classic (Better Than I’ve Ever Been) (Featuring Nas, KRS-One and Rakim)
2007: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Featuring Consequence)
2007: Can’t Tell Me Nothing
2007: Stronger (Featuring Daft Punk)
2007: Pro Nails (Featuring Kid Sister)
2007: The Good Life (Featuring T-Pain)
2008: Flashing Lights (Featuring Dwele)
2008: Homecoming (Featuring Chris Martin)
2008: American Boy (Featuring Estelle)
2008: Put On (Featuring Young Jeezy)
2008: Swagga Like Us (Featuring T.I., Jay-Z and Lil Wayne)
2008: Go Hard (Featuring DJ Khaled and T-Pain)
2008: Love Lockdown
2008: Heartless
2009: Amazing (Featuring Young Jeezy)
2009: Knock You Down (Featuring Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo)
2009: Paranoid (Featuring Mr Hudson)
2009: Kinda Like a Big Deal (Featuring Clipse)
2009: Whatever You Want (Featuring Consequence and John Legend)
2009: Supernova (Featuring Mr Hudson)
2009: Make Her Say (Featuring Kid Cudi and Common)
2009: Run This Town (Featuring Jay-Z and Rihanna)
2009: Forever (Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Eminem)
And here is the track you have been waiting for:

Kanye West – Im so Appalled

Cover of Kris Allen's debut CD

The word is out. American Idol winner Kris Allen’s debut cd is a mix of pop and personal picks that give the album a less-than-intense impact to mainstream listeners. Nevertheless, this one will bring him closer to his core fanbase with ditties like the catchy carrier single “Live Like We’re Dying” and “Before We Come Undone.” I downloaded the whole thing from iTunes recently and I did enjoy listening to most of the songs. His new version of “Heartless” is quite different from how he dished it out during AI themed nights and I still prefer the latter which had more spunk to it. Bottomline? “Kris Allen” is not half-bad so if you’re the type who would buy a CD on the strength of a few songs, then don’t give this a miss.

Want to listen to Kris Allen’s “Live Like We’re Dying”? Then click on the clip below:

video courtesy of YouTube/DavidArchCook

I’m not as heartless as I appear to be.  It’s just an act because of how shy I am.  What in the world has happened to me?  I used to be so happy?  I’ve changed for the worse.  I hate this so much!  I just can’t believe that I’ve turned out like I did.  Am I this soulless?  I just don’t get it!  I can always change though, but I need a reason to change.  Will I ever find my way?  I’m tired of being lost.

Heartless from my previous post is back!

Heartless : *pops head out* Hello guys, check out my new ride.

(I love this picture a lot). ↑

Heartless : *closing door* , this is my Ferrari 348 ts. ↑

Heartless : How you like my new ride? >=P
(actually Ferrari 348 ts is a very old model)

Author : Took these while making FIS Video Presentation. I will be away (or rarely online) for revision. By the way, Chloe Screening is this 28th Nov 09, hope that the event turns out good. =] More photos is coming.

Sigh, Heartless is now one legged. (lost its leg).

So there’s an obscure song called ‘Heartbreak’ by a little known artist named Kanye. I don’t know if any of you may have heard it since it was only played… on every radio station every minute of the day for like a year but anyways for this episode of Showdown we have Lydia Paek (of Quest/Boxcuttuhz fame) in one corner and Kris Mark, Kinh Nguyen, CP Phan, & Matt Clores in the other.

Lydia Paek

Kris Mark x Kinh Nguyen x CP Phan x Matt Clores

So who do you think flipped the song better?

*Just a note, Lydia talks for a few minutes before the clip starts but I set it to start when she sings. Feel free to listen to what she had to say by moving the cursor back to the start.

Oh my!  So much has happened since I last turned my cathexis to addressing the people in Internet world.  I apologize for the use of the word “cathexis” but I just learned it and I want to look smart.  So much has happened.  For example, Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at MTV’s VMAs, insisting that Beyonce should have won the award for Best Video instead of her.  Then there was a huge public outcry and everyone hated Kanye West.  Now Taylor Swift won a bunch of awards at the CMAs and some people are pissed off about it, suggesting perhaps she didn’t deserve it.

Let’s see.  I think that’s probably about all that’s happened over the last month or so.  There were some shootings and something to do with the health care bill, but as someone whose primary news source is facebook news feed (Not really. Don’t castrate me), I think the first paragraph covered the topics we as a country feel most passionately about.  I would suggest that Twitter would be a better source for news, but I hate it, and as far as I can tell it’s mostly used for daughters of former presidential candidates pissing off conservative people and governors showing their breakfast to the world.

So, back to the lecture at hand (perfection is perfected so I’ma let ‘em understand), we’re going to talk about Kanye West and Taylor Swift.  This is a conflict that seems like it needs a resolution and since I don’t see these names as real people but as performers whose names go next to songs, I think the fairest way to settle this is to have a song battle.

When I typed “Taylor Swift” into iTunes, her top 3 most popular songs were “You Belong With Me,” “Love Story,” and “Our Song.”  Kanye’s top 3 were “Heartless,” “Stronger,” and “Gold Digger.”  I originally planned on doing top 5, but I don’t know Taylor’s #4 song and I’m not a thorough enough investigator to listen to something new.

First up: “You Belong With Me” vs. “Heartless.”  Both of these songs are pretty whiney.  The difference is that Kanye has given up and is jaded against his girl while Taylor is (naively) still hopeful that the boy of her dreams will break up with his girlfriend and come date her.  This one is a tie because they’re both complaining too hard for me to think straight.

Next up: “Love Story” vs. “Stronger.”  This is a tough comparison.  It’s like comparing apples and… detergent.  Love story is, well, a love story.  As far as I can tell, Stronger is sort of about pursuing a girl, although it kind of switches a lot and the hook doesn’t seem to relate to the rest of the song.  Although Stronger is badass, point Taylor for being cute and mostly consistent.

Lastly:  “Our Song” vs. “Gold Digger.”  I’ve got to give this matchup to Kanye just because of the line “We want prenup” (yeaaah).

But wait, some might say – doesn’t that make it a tie?  The score is 1-1.  As the official scorekeeper, the tie goes to Kanye because he runs this town (feat. Jay-Z (hovi, baby) and Rihanna) so everyone has to stop hating on him, admit that he’s living the good life, start his new workout plan, and keep your love locked down (or you lose).

Of course this could all change if Taylor comes out with a new better song some time soon.  Good luck.

UPDATE:

I have been reminded that Taylor Swift is cooler than I gave her credit for.  Please see the following video as evidence:

Of course this bumps her into a slight lead over Kanye.  Kanye’s rebuttal?  A big tall glass of crazy:

I know it may seem like the deck is stacked, but I’ve got to give this one back to Kanye.  He’s the model of consistency and he gets bonus points for the reaction he elicited from Mike Myers.

Acrylic on Canvas,

41 x 51 cm,

I think my style has taken on a different look in this my newest painting

I’m not quite pleased enough with this paintined yet, I think the hole needs some more and perhaps some more shading incertain areas

There’s times when I just want to leave the self-centred, politically correct, emotionally sterile and heartless Western ‘civilisation’ of Australia where inward-looking churches, bureaucratic Government agencies, and morally bankrupt society appear to be doing their utmost to quell any sense of love, emotion, commitment, or community. My personal preferred destination would be Philippines, though I’m sure almost any impoverished country would do.

It’s not that I am unthankful for the material blessings I am privy to in Australia, and I’m not for a moment suggesting that the Philippines offers a better standard of living. It’s because I don’t want all vestiges of human compassion to be leeched out of me by a culture and community who have become numb to the real priorities in life, and, as Michael W. Smith says, “love isn’t love ’til you give it away”. The Filipino people experience terrible hardship, which provides a great opportunity for me to make just some small contribution to the betterment of their lives, but they also make many sacrifices for each other and exhibit, in my view, an intrinsic sense of family, community, commitment, and love – where would you rather be??

A combination of events in recent weeks, including of course a number of triggers in my personal life, have focussed my attention on how far people are prepared to go for others. It’s my sad observation that, generally speaking, our selflessness quotient tends to be pretty low. For a number of years now I’ve been passionately encouraging others to consider the needs of the impoverished in Philippines, Africa, Colombia, and so on – but it seems to be that the underlying cause for Australians’ limited involvement at a global level, is a numbness of heart that pervades every relationship in people’s lives starting right at home. There’s a perpetual tension between our own self-preservation/self-interest, and the desire to compassionately attend to the needs of another. It shows up in our divorce statistics, it shows up in the number of people struggling with abandonment, mental health issues, domestic violence, and (relative) poverty. It shows up in the fact that finance given to or through Western churches is almost all used locally, with some reports indicating as little as 1% makes its way overseas.

The question hovering incessantly in my mind for the past few days has been, where’s the evidence of God at work in the church? Jesus said in no uncertain terms “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” – John 13:35. There is no other way to interpret this than to expect that, if God is really at work in a community of people, they will distinguish themselves by their love for each other. To be indistinguishable in actions from the secular community around is not an option.

Maybe that’s why I like Bono so much. He’s a man of faith, but not of ‘religion’. Long before I was disenchanted by the navel-gazing of the church, he was unashamedly critical of them and felt no need to align himself with them in order to appease any religious guilt or be seen to be aligned with the God camp. Having a Protestant father and a Catholic mother in war-torn Ireland, he knew all too well how religion has in fact been used as the justification for hatred, bigotry and killing.

In the video at right, Bono puts a very compelling message to the US President and many other distinguished guests at a combined prayer meeting. He highlights that the USA currently spends less than 1% of their annual budget on international aid, and puts an inarguable request that the USA increase their international aid by just 1% – an amount which would pretty much solve all of Africa’s extreme poverty issues. I applaud him. It’s such a little thing to do. And he rightly highlights that “This is not charity. This is justice.” Maybe the word ‘justice’ doesn’t resonate with everybody, but it’s just another way of saying that nobody should be allowed to die under our watch when there’s something we can do about it. Just as you wouldn’t turn your back on a drowning person.

Why wouldn’t we do something?

Perhaps because our hearts are hardened. Maybe we don’t want to make a sacrifice for somebody else. It could be that, even in our own relationships and friendships right here in Australia (or equally USA, UK, Europe, etc…), our own needs ultimately come before anybody else’s. We don’t want to feel the discomfort, take a risk.

When was the last time you swallowed your pride, did something you didn’t want to do, at an emotional cost to yourself, because you cared for somebody else?

Where’s your heart land?

This was one of my most anticiapted games of 2009. As Kingdom Hearts is my favourite game ever I felt sure that the latest installment on the DS would bring back old memories in a new way.

Unfortunately, it has fallen short of my high expectations, not by much though and in all fairness, my expectations were through the roof.

358/2 Days bridges the gap between Chain of Memories (GBA, PS2) and explains what happens to Roxas, Axel and a mysterious 14th member of Organization XIII. Story wise this game is brilliant and you’re constantly eager to find out what happens next.

To get to any really juicy details though, you must first sit through a lot of text and play through a lot of “filler” missions that provide no further explanation of the story. Only some cutscenes are shown with PS2 graphics and totally mind blowing voice overs, something the series has always done well. Not only are the voice overs back, but the spectacular music is back as well which really adds to the game.

Basically, the missions revolve around The Castle that Never Was in a place called the Grey Area. Here you can visit the Moogle Store and accept missions from other members. At first, you get no choice in what missions you can play however as you progress you can choose between mandatory and optional missions.

To be able to play with decent 3-D graphics, some of the games levels have had to be scaled down but they still provide fun gameplay. The missions consist of gathering intel, collecting hearts, defeating a certain enemy or collecting emblems. These can begin to feel stale once you play to many missions in a single world but it’s not too bad.

Sometimes you go solo as Roxas or have another member accompany you. The AI in these guys isn’t amazing but they heal you and fight relatively well. Occainsionally though they may block your path when you attempt a jump. This doesn’t happen often but should still be noted.

The combat during these missions is exactly the same as Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, thankfully there’s no card system this time around. Magic can be used but otherwise you just mash A until the enemies are dead. Due to the lack of combos this can feel a bit repetitive at times but won’t take away from the overall experience.

Limit commands try to shake things up though. Whenever you are low on health you go beserk for a few seconds totally wiping out anything near you. That never gets old.

Aside from the main missions, another set of missions that can be attempted are challenges. These are the missions you have played before but with different restrictions and tougher enemies. By completing these challenges you can earn medals and trade them in for items at the moogle store.

All these missions, will help you level up and earn abilities. To equip items and abilities you place their blocks into a panel system. Some blocks can be linked together for bonuses and you must carefully consider what you need and don’t need as they can’t be changed mid mission. This provides an interesting level up alternative to the traditional method of leveling.

Once you get tired of story mode you can hit up missions mode and challenge your friends or play by yourself as as Organisations member, as well as a few awesome characters the can be unlocked after the completion of the game. This mode makes mission more exciting by experiencing them with different characters, they still aren’t new though. These are the same missions you played in story mode.

Overall, 358/2 Days is a solid game with good story, graphics and gameplay. What is was missing was something more new and exciting. Chain of Memories had cards/card synthesis but this doesn’t really bring it’s own style to the franchise. While a little repetitive at times, it’s a brilliant game that all fans of the series should play. Nothing beats its story line.

I wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone who hasn’t played the other ones yet as knowing the story is half the fun.

For those of you still wanting awesome adventure on the DS, buy Zelda: Phantom Hourglass or wait until December 7 for all you Australians because Zelda: Spirit Tracks comes out.

Un cover superb a melodiei ‘Heartless’ – Kanye West.

Melanie Fiona is a boss b*tch!
This is the first time I’ve seen her video for “It Kills Me“, with a guest appearance from Adam Rodriguez. I think that she and the song is amazing! I’ve really appreciated her talent from the start and she’s keeping me interested time after time. So go on girl, keep on amazing us! Something you should definitely watch is this “Subway Series (NYC)” (link to OnSmash) she did with New York based street performers, really cool. Her album “The Bridge” comes out November 10th, GET IT!

Under the cut you can enjoy Melanie’s version of Kanye’s “Heartless” together in the studio with the one and only ?uestlove! + one extra…

Somebody come get me, before I kill this man!

Questa mattinata la vogliamo iniziare con un bellissimo video dei The Fray che magari a qualcuno può ricordare i suoi “appunti di filosofia di quando ero giovane e arzilla”…e a voi?? Vi ricorda qualcosa?

so I’m gonna be awesome and buy a mandolin…

(a mandolin made of my imagination)- and I will be the John Lennon of the mandolin world and everyone will love me ( also in my imagination)

I realise quite some time has elasped since I was last inclined to share with you the boredom and tediousness that is my life… uhhh…. bbblllllbbb (raspberry) he he he

Do you ever find yourself wishing life had a ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Z’ button, (As Mr Hiroshima would say “DELETE”), so by just pressing down on those two little buttons your life could be tidied and put right; corrected and formalised- and from an ugly duckling a beautiful swan would arise

of course in this situation the ugly duckling would be a certain individual embarrassing themself by laughing at their maths teacher… because it felt like church…… I don’t know? my brain… a certain individual’s brain works in odd ways

and then the beautiful swan would be the same same certain individual keeping quiet at the back… and not comparing the professor of maths to a priest  that would be perfect… if it were real

george was in my dream- you know the usual, arranged marriage, fat old indian guy who smells like samosas and he shot me in the head with a fork… cool…samosas- We’re studying BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM which may have somewhat influenced that dream/nightmare/thing in my head that is weird

Mummy got me EMMA, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND PERSUASION and they are really cool/ oldish books that make me look smart if I put them on my bookshelf.

Houseboat is a compound word… ha

I also bought HEARTLESS by Tasma Walton- life ambition: to read lots of bookies… that reminds of a man called Russell Brand or man with the big hair… he seems cool if a little bit addicted to certain things… don’t say I didn’t warn you

Astro ( ckeck out Alex592 dans le blogroll) may be Batman but I am Oprah, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi, Jane Goodall, and Emily Bronte (INFJ). And… get this… I am the Tinman… suck on that batty watty with a biggy wings…. sorry

The tinman came to my 4th birthday… only I’m pretty sure he was from the Horsham Theatre Company

I is zinking zat is all (imagine that with a sexy french accent- ooh seductive)

don’t catch my cold via the interweb, stay sweet my hot doggies…

sometimes I just don’t know….

alice xx

Euthanasia is a hot topic today, and realistically, it is a by-product of 20th century medical success. People who would have died in past times are now kept alive by advanced medical treatments.

Alongside the decision to prolong life, we have come up with  slogans like “the right to die,” “choosing not to suffer,” “death with dignity,” and “doctor-assisted suicide.” These are nothing less than softened expressions which take our mind off what we are really accomplishing! The time-honoured Hippocratic oath upon which the healing medical profession was founded and which in part reads  “I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect,” is slowly being discarded in favour of killing people.

What I find highly hypocritical is that the same people who advocate euthanasia will bend over backwards to keep convicted killers alive. Now I know the two issues are separate in people’s minds, as they’ll say one prevents suffering and the other prevents injustice. However, let’s look at the commonality between the two – death at the hand of fellow man.

The Death Penalty Commanded

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God, through the Old Testament of the Bible speaks with perfect plainness on the issue of capital punishment: “He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death” (Exod. 21:12).

Genesis 9:6 and Leviticus 24:17 also give full authority to those sitting in judgment to execute a murderer. Deuteronomy 19:11-13 commands unsparing punishment for such a killer: “…deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.”

The subject has now been taken up in force by the overwhelmingly anti-death-penalty news media. In the growing national debate, death-penalty advocates are being made to look heartless and uncompassionate.

Let’s ask this fundamental question: Is the God of the Old Testament heartless and uncompassionate? The Bible says that God is a God of love (I John 4:8). So how could a loving God actually command putting someone to death?

Actually, when the death penalty is understood from God’s vantage point, it is one of the greatest acts of love there can be toward society—and the condemned criminal.

At this point, many Christians will argue and say that in the “Christian” era, the death penalty is no longer enforced due to the grace of Jesus Christ doing away with the need to execute criminals. However, that is an error! The one who became Jesus Christ is actually the author of the death penalty in the Old Testament.

John 1:1-3 gives us the prehistory of God, at a time prior to Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him [the Word]; and without him was not any thing made that was made”

The Word became the Son of God, Jesus Christ. And it also says that God “created all things by Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:9).  There is further proof of this in Colossians 1:12-13, 15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; Hebrews 7; John 1:18; 5:37 and I John 4:12.

So the Word, who became Jesus Christ, was the God of the Old Testament! Hebrews 13:8 tells us, “Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Scriptures also say that “for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” (Matthew 26:52). Is there a principle most supposed critics are missing? Do they read Rev. 1:1, which says: “he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.”

Yes, even the New testament reaffirms the Old Testament authority to execute murderers, as shown in the book of Romans: “Let every soul be subject unto the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God…. For he [a government or court official] is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil” (Rom. 13:1-4; New King James Version).

Correction is the God-given means to prevent crime and other problems. Using strong correction forces change in criminals convicted of lesser offenses and eliminates entirely the threat of those convicted of violent crimes such as murder. If we do not receive correction, we will proceed on a course to our own destruction (Prov. 14:12), instead of a happy, fulfilled life.

Still, the liberal element in our society abhors what God says. They explain away evil deeds through “mitigating circumstances” to justify a softer sentence. Claims of parental abuse, mental instability, racial injustice or genetic and biochemical predisposition to violent behaviour have all been used to acquit clearly guilty individuals. All of it is whining, indulgent nonsense which has led to a permissive society which substitutes indulgence for discipline.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 tells us the importance of swift punishment when it says, “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

Without swift punishment, any hope of dissuading others from committing similar crimes is lost or greatly diminished. Ezra 7:26 guides us toward speedy response to crime by stating, “And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.”

Immediate punishment has a huge deterrent value. Harshly punishing criminals with retribution so severe that they never want to commit crime again prevents prisons from being filled to overflowing and society from being inundated in violent crime. Why is this so? Because the criminal mind does not respect authority. The only thing such a person respects is equal or stronger force!

Man says he is just trying to be more compassionate and to understand his fellow man. Clearly, not one person on earth understands the human mind better than god who says that our natures are deceitful and desperately wicked (Jer. 17:9). And in Romans 6:23 we are told that the “wages of sin is death”—not separation from God—but death, the absence of life.

God does not condone mitigating circumstances, justifications or excuses for crime and lawlessness. The Ten Commandments are clear proof of this, and yes, they are still in effect today. Those who say they have been nailed to the cross clearly do not understand their Bible.  They desire the abolition of law merely to make excuses for which they are given leniency. In God’s eyes, repeated reprieves and appeals to verify guilt should not be necessary for death-row inmates.

I understand that no one wants to put another person to death and that it is human to have a certain degree of pity for someone who is going to die, even if he or she deserves to die. I understand also that human justice will always be flawed to a degree, but we cannot stop the wheels of justice or remove the deterrent value of the death penalty simply because we may make a mistake! To do so is to make a far greater mistake.

Imposing and carrying out the death penalty stops the example of lawlessness in society which can corrupt other human beings into the same wrong ways of violence and murder. It also prevents the murderer from continuing in a downward spiral of ever-deepening rebellion.

Why Does God Command The Death Penalty?

There is a very good reason that god commands the death penalty. First, it allows flawed humans to live in a society which has sound, moral principles and a safe society. Second, human death means nothing to God except a temporary sleep (I Cor. 15:51-55), as He will resurrect these criminals again when Christ is ruling the Earth. Then they will be given a chance to learn and change. (Heb. 6:1-2)

The prophet Daniel wrote: “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Dan. 12:2). In the New Testament, Jesus Christ said, “…the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation [judgment]” (John 5:28-29). Acts 24:15 and I Cor. 15  also states “that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.”

Doesn’t this sound a lot more humane than the pagan teaching of an ever-burning hellfire to which most professing Christians today would condemn the executed murderer? Gladly, this ridiculous doctrine is nowhere found in your Bible!

Euthanasia Not Within God’s Law

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The Euthanasia Society of America was founded in 1938 by the Charles F. Potter (a “Reverend” no less). We also have the Hemlock Society, Exit, Voluntary Euthanasia Legalization Society, and the Society for the Right to Die, Inc. The AMA even endorses euthanasia. In the past two decades the cases of Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Beth Cruzan and Baby Jane Doe have shown us the power of the courts to rule in favour of euthanasia. We may not bury alive our sick elderly like the Sandwich Islanders do, and we may not leave our aged parents to die on the banks of the Ganges River like children of India do, but it is clear that Americans have found an acceptable, clinical, high-tech, “humane” way of accomplishing the same thing.

The Bible reveals that God created mankind as a special creation. Although we share a physical existence with the animals, man is not an animal. Man is the highest form of life created from the dust of the earth. We are made after the God kind (Genesis 1:26-27). All men are made in the very image and likeness of God. The Hebrew word for image refers to God’s spiritual character. Man’s physical creation (same form and shape as God) was complete at the creation of Adam and Eve. Yet, mankind’s spiritual creation is ongoing according to God’s plan for each individual. It is God’s intention to create His very character in any human being who desires Him to do so. Building godly character requires not only God’s Spirit but also time and experience. These facts are fully explained in Mystery of Ages by Herbert W. Armstrong. Write for your free copy today.

Man’s purpose is to qualify to receive eternal life. We are not immortal beings trapped in physical bodies, as the Greeks believed. We are mortal—subject to eternal death (Genesis 3:19). Every man has only so much time to prove to God his worthiness to be given eternal life.

Life is an incredible gift. Our high purpose, and the time allotted to us by God, makes human life very precious. No man has the right to take any other human life through murder. It is the brutal devastation of a man’s hopes, dreams and plans. Therefore, at Mount Sinai God commanded the Israelites, “Thou shalt not murder” (Exodus 20:13, Jewish Publication Society translation). To take a human life is truly a capital sin. Besides destroying the highest creation of the Eternal God, it is a wicked attempt to thwart the very purpose of Almighty God. God is the giver of all life. Man has no right to take it away.

Provide For The Aged

We are given positive Biblical principles that address the specific situation of old age. We have a Biblical command to care for the aged and not abandon them (Deuteronomy 28:50; Leviticus 19:32; Isaiah 1:23; Matthew 15:3-5; Ephesians 6:2; James 1:27; 1 Timothy 5:4,8). We would do well to remember the words in the Psalmist’s prayer to God: “Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength faileth” (Psalm 71:9).
Finally, let us remember the difference between “sanctity of life” and “quality of life.” The Bible teaches us that we must live on, even though our “quality of life” may be poor. Human suffering is not be eradicated by death. We are to live with suffering, and learn from it (Romans 5:3-4; 1 Peter 1:6-9; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11). The pro-euthanasia advocates, on the other hand, believe that a life has value and should be prolonged only as long as it has some good “quality” to it. According to them, when the “good life” is gone, it’s time to die.

The Russian poet Dostoyesky remarked: “If God is not, then nothing is morally wrong.” So we kill the unborn (abortion), we kill the new born (infanticide) and we kill the aged (euthanasia). We are pretty well killing with impunity, which is the same as genocide. And no wonder since our doctors and moral ethicists are weaned on evolution theory. We kill our domesticated pets; we kill our humans; no problem, we are all animals anyway, right?

Can God Take Life?

Some accuse God of being hypocritical, since in similar fashion to capital punishment, He commanded Israel to carry out certain wars on His behalf. However, these wars should never be viewed as violent acts of wholesale murder, but as the carrying out of divine will through human instruments. Deuteronomy 7:1-2 shows that God directly commanded Israel to wipe out the pagan peoples of Canaan. These were murderous pagans who killed their own children in sacrifices to false gods.

When God permitted the taking of human life, it was only as His representative according to His will. God used Israel as an instrument of His divine judgment. It simply doesn’t matter what man says, because God is our Creator. Also understand that whenever Israel engaged in war on its own initiative, it suffered massive defeat.

So why is there a difference in how the law is applied between the two covenants of the Bible? Israel was a physical, unconverted nation (though God’s chosen people), who were not given access to God’s Holy Spirit at that time. The true Church of God represents the spiritual nation of Israel. Because of this, there is a difference as to how the law applies today.

The Apostle Paul stated this for Spirit-led Christians: “[F]or the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). From our creation, God intended that man learn not to kill, murder or make war against another nation. God is specifically teaching His Church that our purpose is to save human life, not destroy it. In Christ’s soon-coming Kingdom, murder and war will become a thing of the past (Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3).

Conclusion

In an address to National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on October 27′, 1992, Dr. Kevorkian stated that “Every disease that shortens life is terminal.” Doctors such as Kevorkian are letting money alter their concepts of their good judgment. Should they really help anybody who wants to die to do so as long as they are paid well for the service? Are doctors not supposed to “help life,” rather than take it?

Three percent of deaths in the Netherlands are directly caused by doctors. Three percent in the U.S. would is equal to about 64,860 killings by doctors, This amounts to more deaths by euthanasia than in drug or alcohol related motor accidents combined. (www.euthanasia.com)

We must also understand the principle of the Sixth Commandment (thou shall not kill) and then fully obey it! Certainly, abortion, euthanasia and suicide are included. God considers all three to be murder. Only His commandment to take the life of killers in society is just and merciful, because it comes from the mind of o loving God who understands best how we interact with each other and what is best for us. But then, some will always argue wi

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[Chorus]
In the night, I hear ‘em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?

[Verse 1]
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin’ to me though
You know need to watch the way you talkin’ to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we’ve been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain’t told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that’s the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon’ show me
So you walk around like you don’t know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it’s still so lonely

[Chorus]
In the night, I hear ‘em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?

[Verse 2]
How could be so Dr. Evil, you bringin’ out a side of me that I dont know..
I decided we weren’t gon’ speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me fo’
Homie I dont know, she’s hot and cold
I won’t stop, I won’t mess my groove up
‘Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you’re leaving me
They say that they don’t see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon’ see
You’ll never find nobody better than me

[Chorus]
In the night, I hear ‘em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?

[Verse 3]
Talkin’, talkin’, talkin’, talk
Baby let’s just knock it off
They don’t know what we been through
They don’t know ’bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon’ keep hatin’ me
And we just gon’ be enemies
I know you can’t believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can’t make it right
I’m gon’ take off tonight
Into the night…

[Chorus]
In the night, I hear ‘em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost hïs soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?