I am always blessed by your your articles. Thanks for sending me your church bulletins as well. I thank God for you, my brother.

As to "right or wrong" - Good grief man are you actually suggesting we could be wrong over here in mainland Britain.

I have no doubts we will cross "keys" again on the site.

I remember well the night the Belfast Agreement was signed, I was wrongfully arrested and locked up on the orders of the then secretary of state for Northern Ireland. It was only after the assistant chief of police intervened that I was released. On my release I was kicked and cursed by certain loyalists who supported the Belfast Agreement.

But that was yesterday, this is today, and tomorrow is tomorrow.

Today at long last we are starting upon the road - I emphasise starting - which I believe will take us to lasting peace in our province. I have not changed my unionism, the union of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom, which I believe is today stronger than ever.

We are making this declaration, we are all aiming to build a Northern Ireland in which all can live together in peace, being equal under the law and equally subject to the law."

(Dr. Ian PAISLEY)
(Speech at Stormont)

By Grace he is what he is. (1Cor 15:10)

God be with you brother!

Your
“That depends how well the leaders and elders rule there churches. If ruled well there would be less sinners.”
I believe that NO Christian could ever come to such a naive conclusion as this?
Can’t you see to what extent you have excluded God and Grace? Mortal Elders, themselves sinners, can reduce sin in the world.? Either you don’t know what sin really is in the human condition (try reading Rom 7.14-25) or you don’t understand grace, the crucifiction and sanctification.

Your constant return to situation ethics precludes the reality of sin and its power in creation. You also underestimate Satan; – Do you honestly believe that he is not a part of every church and his false professors are active in the pew and pulpit?

Bunkum!!!!
Humbug!!!!

The visible church is full of sinners.
Decisions and judgements made by many in the churches are pure unadulterated iniquity. Nothing [R] Nothing to do with the situation, - all to do with grace and the obvious lack of it.
Luke 6:45
"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."

In the churches some people can read the Bible many cannot. Yes they scan the words but NO, they do not receive the truth. eg. Matt 7:21-23, 2Pet 2.1/2 etc.

2] As for Canada - Didn't get as many blessings as Ireland.

Ooohh come on????????

Religion, Christian teaching and doctrine is geographically limited is it????
Does that mean Canadians can complain on judgment day that they didn't receive as much teaching and incentive as other countries???

Considering this has been sent from one of the most LIBERAL countries on the planet - I'm very surprised???
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Of course we do observe that the reason why folks from other nations are joining in the bandwagon of Paisley hate. It's because they have PERFECT government and REAL Christians in their political administrations.
Mind you these were the very ones who used to praise him in days gone by.
Their judgment OF COURSE comes from their perfect hearts???
Whats the definition of hypocrite again?

These Paisley haters clearly are just as hostile as the various gun toting terrorists in Northern Ireland. I guess now that it is so deeply esconced within their hearts, it will take more than words and common sense to bring real peace to this community.

How very sad it is that these hypocrites call themselves Christians.

Oh c'mon John stop trying to gain sympathy with your family history. I'm a Scot with a family tradition in one Highland Regiment which goes back centuries. Grandfather, his brothers, WWI. Father, his brothers WWII. With all the usual round of injuries and deaths. Some came home, some did not.
I also was in the military. My brother in Ulster too. But were not doing a tear jerker here are we? The Jocks and the Irish have always fought histories battles and n'er did they flinch.

As for military history - I was brought up on doses of it. My father was at Dunkirk, not as one of those who came home, but as part of the rear guard keeping Gerry off the beach, then being half blinded in Stalag 33. He spent 10 years getting over that little fracas.

There were *MORE PEOPLE* in London than other parts of the UK, therefore statistically speaking there would be more of various ilks, creeds, ideologies and persuasions.

BTW your "tommy gun" - why level that at me, I thought you were the people who applied the gun to politics, - not us?

But don't worry about your people rejecting the call-up, during WWII, the Scots, English and Welsh went over in their place.

Lets add all the facts about Ulstermen greetin about going to war, before you complain about Britain.

"September 1939
anti-war protests in west Belfast"

"27 May 1941
After mass protests, Britain decides again not to conscript in Northern Ireland"

Even after the war started we had to let you off!!! "Loyal" to Westminster until the going got tough eh???

Don't throw bricks in glass houses.

"In October 1939 the British government announced that all men aged between 18 and 41 who were not working in 'reserved occupations' could be called to join the armed services if required. Conscription was by age and in October 1939 men aged between 20 and 23 were required to register to serve"

# So friend, if your country had been truly loyal to Britain as you maintain, - then YOU would have come under that legislation.

BUT

"As a part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland participated fully as a belligerent. The particular contributions were manpower (about 37,000 Northern Ireland residents volunteered for the British Armed forces), food, industry and geographical position.

# Despite urgings from the Stormont government, conscription was never implemented in the region. The British Government *HAD DECIDED NOT TO* conscript in Northern Ireland following mass protests in 1941."