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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Discernment, Wisdom and Verification are all time and "Face" savers

This is a Public Service announcement about Hoaxes and Online Petitions--We need to be discerning some are okay, but you need to understand the effectiveness of even the legit ones see the link at the ***. There are sites that you can go to to verify things and they are about 3/4 of the way down the page with ********.

Long ago I learned the hard lesson to check facts and verify things before I threw my name and email power behind it. As a christian we want to be diligent and responsible with our resources and with continuing bad information and projects. It only takes one person to stop and return the email stating "THIS IS A HOAX" check snopes.com or urbanlegend.com to verify information or google the subject to get more information to make sure the issue is what you think and that you want to join that fight. Does this fight have merit? Will God be glorified by this? (is it to help others, will it lead others to him, does it right an injustice).

Phillipians 1:9-11 And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--To the glory and praise of God.

Several things come into our inboxes asking for us to help the creator out and forward to all our friends and family. We need to be concious of the things we send people asking them to participate in and to pass along. Does it measure up to our christian filter?

Phillipians 4;8,9 Whatever is true, whatever is noble (helpful), whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me,(Paul) or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

***Understanding online petetions and their effectiveness and authenticity is important. see this article, http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp If it is a real cause and you really want to have some effect on changing policy or stop something from happening then a letter writing campaign to the appropriate decision maker is much more effective. Even more effective call and schedule and appointment to meet with them and hand carry the letters with you. For most causes and needs their are organizations and advocates, do a search and find one that is handling the issue you are concerned with and they can help you make the largest and most effective impact. Action is good, but action on the wrong thing can cost credibility and take attention away from the real issues that need support and public awareness.

By simply typing in "FCC PETITION TO REMOVE PASTORS FROM RADIO" into the search window, I received many responses these are the ones that are most helpful. Anytime I am wondering if something is truthful, accurate, and legit I go to snopes.com or urbanlegend.com to see if is a hoax. Even a "good" thing that is based in untruthful or misinformation is actually bad. Wasting time and energy on informing people of untrue threats is not responsible, if we would be more informed on the actual threats and if we would be just slightly diligent about checking things out we could do more to inform others of the actual things that we need to be fighting and banning together to stop.


******** www.snopes.com: Petition to Ban Religious Broadcasting
Nov 17, 2008 ... Madalyn is also campaigning to REMOVE ALL CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS, CHRISTMAS SONGS,
AND CHRISTMAS ... Joyce Meyer, Charles Stanley, David Jeremiah and other pastors
." ... the purported movement to ban religious programming from the airwaves.
.... "Rumor About Nonexistent FCC Petition Circulating Again. ...

www.snopes.com/politics/religion/fcc.asp – Similar pages
erumor -- do not sign - Need Christian prayer, we will pray for you
Petition for the Removal of Religious Teachers and Pastors From the Airwaves -
Fiction ... (FCC) to remove religious teachers and pastors from the airwaves....

www.annointed.net/Community/news-read-pray-about/58358-erumor-do-not-sign.html – Similar pages
Black Hills Monitor: Separating the wheat from the chaff
May 4, 2009 ... Some 30 years ago, there was a petition 2493 heard by the FCC, but its purpose
was not to remove pastors from the airwaves. ...

http://blackhillsmonitor.blogspot.com/2009/05/separating-wheat-from-chaff.html – Similar pages
» Righteous Airwaves ::: Subversive Influence
The email warns that the same group is campaigning to remove Christmas programs
and ... Of course I won't be signing either petition… it's a hoax, which the FCC
... to pastor m and the puking Jesus: i was immediately reminded of rev. 3: ...

http://subversiveinfluence.com/?p=1779 – Similar pages
Federal Hearing to remove Tabernacle Choir from airwaves? - Mormon ...
so they will not "remove" anyone from the airwaves - they will just force you to
mix .... David Jeremiah and other pastors from the airwaves. ... Commission (FCC
) in Washington , D.C. Their petition, Number 2493, would ...

www.mormonapologetics.org/index.php?showtopic=40587 – Similar pages
Petition Number 2493 (Religious Broadcasting) - Urban Legends
Petition Number 2493 - Pastor Removal from Television ... subject by the Federal
Communications Commission ( FCC) in Washington , D.C. ... of the gospel of our
Lord and Savior on the airwaves of America . ... This group is also campa igning
to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from public schools! ...

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_petition_2493.htm – Similar pages

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