God in Government

Banning Religious Books in Prison

By Michelle Boorstein

Does Rick Warren's "Purpose-Driven Life" incite violence? Does the Jewish Talmud? The Qur'an?

Such debates are the core of a continuing battle about what sort of access federal prisoners should have to religious writings. It's not your typical church-state fight. This time, the ACLU and conservative religious advocacy groups are on the same side, arguing that the federal government is overstepping its rights with its new proposed rules on acceptable reading material.

The government, meanwhile, has argued that it is attempting to prevent radicalization of incarcerated Americans, of which there are 2.3 million.

The rules -- under 548.21 of Bureau of Prison code -- came out in January and say that prison libraries and chapels can ban any material that "could incite, promote or otherwise suggest the commission of violence or criminal activity," including the overthrow of the government. The public comment period on the proposed rule ended earlier last month.

The question is whether the new wording violates the Second Chance Act, which Congress OK'd two years ago after word got out that the Bureau of Prisons was creating a list of "acceptable" religious writings and tossing everything else. The usually warring crowd of Jewish, Muslim, Christian and civil libertarian groups going after the new prison rules note that the 2007 Act only lets the federal government restrict access to writings that "seek" to promote or incite violence.

Opponents of the rule also object to the fact that the Bureau doesn't have to list the books it's banned, nor does it require that censorship decisions be made by top-level officials.

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Please See Federal Relief by: "Inmates at Otisville Federal Prison Camp suing for religious books" around AUG.2007:

Excerpt: "...that the politically well-connected reborn and reahabilitated Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries wrote an article last September entitled, "What's Hidden in the Shadows: Radical Islam and U.S. Prisons," in which he predicted that "If, God forbid, an attack by home-grown Islamist radicals occurs on American soil, many, if not most, of the perpetrators will have converted to Islam while in prison." Colson works inside the prison system to convert prisoners to Christianity..." {Credit to Becky ?}

http://www.preemptivekarma.com/archives/2007/06/inmates_at_the.html


Excerpt : "The removal of books is occurring nationwide, part of a long-delayed, post-Sept. 11 federal directive intended to prevent radical religious texts, specifically Islamic ones, from falling into the hands of violent inmates.."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-10-prison-book-ban_N.htm

Excerpt June.10th.07: "Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Feldman told U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain that prison libraries limited the number of books for each religion to between 100 and 150 under the new rules..."

http:// www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280096,00.html

AMAZING, No GRACE ()!

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 2, 2009 9:33 AM
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2 of 2 Continued: Oooops:

Those are the THREE TRANS {F.i.N.i.T.E} instructions in simple ABC form to legally GET RiD OF GOVERNMENT CHAPLAINS and not permit them to creep back into the structure of the government by pretending that the term "NO" in the clauses of law prohibiting such an establishment of religion could mean other than ZERO as the officials of government were pretending with their PRE-APOCALYPTIC thinking,

before the "BOOK OF O.U.R.s" (O.ne U.niversal R.eligion)was "SUPERNATURALLY" published , via the HOLYi NO MAN/WOMB, on Space-Ship Earth to Apocalyptically discredit their Pre-Apocalyptic spellbinding lies , due to APATHY + JEALOUSY, in ALL, Every & Any their (not OUR) BOOKS & in order to Usher in a NEW AGE of "Globally Faith Exchanging" for Uniting not Dividing US, in U.S & elsewhere!

Think of "O.U.R.'s as Government Friendly & Gender Neutral.

By using ones own "INTRO-VISIONS" that one must Think "APOCALYPTIC GOVERNMENT" & "GRIDARIAN DEMOCRACY" at a Local [via National] and Global {via United Nations] "VOTARY ASSOCIATION" thats prophetically & innately networked into the "PEOPLES EXCHANGE" (not Stock Exchange) of Nations PURLIEU ORGANIZATION, for APOCALYPTIC, not Pre-Apocalyptic Results!...

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 1, 2009 3:13 PM
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Part 2 of 2:... prohibiting the free exercise thereof and "NO” religious test shall there be a requirement as a qualification to ANY EVERY & ALL office OR public trust under the United States" it follows that

in order to be lawful (legal) and not in violation of such NO clauses, ANY needed chaplains bringing spiritual advice Or Religious Services to people in prison, or in the military, or in other parts of the governmental SYSTEM, must: (A) have NO religious test required of them by the government to "qualify" for that purpose, have NO government "rank" and NO set of keys to control the locks of the place;

(B) receive only an honorarium, or rather their financial compensation, from an INDEPENDENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, and not Public Payroll salaries, promotions up a chain of command, fringe benefits and lifetime retirement pensions from the Treasury collected by the government from the population of the country under force of taxation or imprisonment for refusing to pay such taxes to be given as "tithes" to support such an establishment of religion; AND

(C) have NO intimate and continuing relationship with the government for the enforcement of statutory or administrative standards and be allowed the protocol of equals with the same HUMAN RIGHTS as everybody else, rather than "rank" intimidations and bureaucratic pomp, when professionally dealing with government officials.

Those are the THREE instructions in simple ABC form to legally GET RiD OF GOVERNMENT CHAPLAINS and not permit them to creep back into the structure of the government by pretending that the term "NO" in the clauses of law prohibiting such an establishment of religion could mean other than ZERO as the officials of government were pretending with their PRE-APOCALYPTIC thinking

before "OUR Great BOOK" was published, in American Prison, via a MELCHIZEDEK PEACE BLESSING in sweet sweet AMERICA for Apocalyptic HueMates, not Preapocalyptic Humans, to Apocalyptically discredit their spellbinding D & D'rs Liars in OUR Government, not JEALOUSized Bible/Quran/Geeta Thumpers!

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 1, 2009 2:55 PM
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Part 1 of 2: "HOW TO LEGALLY GET RID OF GOVERNMENT CHAPLAINS"

Note: The Chumash (judeo-Jews Bible) & the New Testament (Judeo-Jews Bible) and the Quran & the Geeta & the Kangyurs;

From Beginning to End All Their Books (Violent passages & Unlawful Acts) was Characterised & Written by CONVICTS, PRISONERS, FUGUTIVES etc.. Backed by Fights over a Name for Thier god INSTEAD of OUR G-D! Hence Next weeks Baby Mass Murdering PASSOVER line Celebration of such Prisoners. AND


As Once Posted on Moderator's "CHUCK" Colsons "Onfaith" Blogg MARCH.22.2008:

"The United States government had installed its own 'POPE Figure' at the top of this establishment of religion on tax money, and he was called their "Central Chaplaincy Administrator," but the government and the courts of the SYSTEM denied that this was a GOVERNMENT CHURCH of SYMBOLIC CANNIBALISM or SYMBOLIC VAMPIRISM in any way or ANY other kind of religion be-cause it was the PRE-APOCALYPTIC tendency of such jealous worshippers to “DO IT AND DENY IT“, aka D & D‘rs“ ,and that was why they made nice-sounding laws against such an evil establishment while never intending to honor those "laws" in spirit and in-truth.

This mode of religious freedom can also be utilized in other countries as the people there "go APOCALYPTIC" with each other and synergetically amend their constitutional law accord-ingly. Since the Constitution of the United States commands that, "NO money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law" and "Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, OR

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 1, 2009 2:47 PM
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Hello Friends, We [i] cometh in peace:

Not Long ago His Honorable Prez Obama had reversed many of Ex Presiden Bush's so-called EXECUTIVE ORDERS". But

He did not reverse any of Mr. Methodist BUSH's & Mrs. CLINTON's "Faith Based Initiative" executive orders, but preserved them with a federally guaranteed $2 Billion Dollars?

Note: I'm not sure but The Name of this Religio-"Initiative" has changed slightly under Mr. Obama & Co..

Note: All this "Prison Book Banding" was not started by Mre. Obama, but by the Clintons & cattle branded by the Bush's & Co..

Important: Maybe the ACLU is blinded deliberately, by the Evil "DO & DENY"ng Licensed Jealous "PRISON CHAPLAINCY", A Office & Co., sneakily & ILLEGALLY Established deep-inside OUR, not their, Federal (& States) Prison System.?? Some one said,

"the Bureau {via CHAPLAINS Office) doesn't have to list [of] the books it's banned,(unlike the Catholic Church) nor does it require that censorship decisions be made by top-level officials (chaplain Officials who also assist non Preacheres, Rabbi's or Immams or Gurus Prison Officials commit corporeal punishment etc..!."

Amazing, No Grace ()!

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 1, 2009 1:58 PM
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