Tuesday, January 29, 2019

OB/GYNs, NURSES SPEAK OUT AGAINST NEW YORK ABORTION LAW-IT IS NEVER NECESSARY TO KILL BABY FOR HEALTH, LIFE OF MOTHER


One of those firing back at Cuomo and New York state’s gleeful Democrats is Dr. William Lile, an OB-GYN whose website, prolifedoc.com, makes his stand on abortion very clear.
Lile made a video that now on YouTube in which he said New York leaders are wrong to be celebrating death.

“If they’re a patient they’re a person, and if they are a person they deserve our protection,” he said. “I’ve been in private practice almost 20 years and I’ve delivered almost 4,000 babies with two primary rules: We want to have a healthy mom and we want to have a healthy baby,” he said.
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OB/GYNs, NURSES SPEAK OUT AGAINST NEW YORK ABORTION LAW-IT IS NEVER NECESSARY TO KILL BABY FOR HEALTH, LIFE OF MOTHER 
BY HEATHER CLARK
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A number of pro-life obstetricians and nurses nationwide have spoken out against the New York Reproductive Health Act signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week, which not only codifies the “right” to an abortion, but also allows mothers to obtain an abortion past the 24-week mark and without limitation if the child in their womb is not expected to survive, or to “protect” the mother’s health or life.
“Every individual who becomes pregnant has the fundamental right to choose to carry the pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion,” the Reproductive Health Act, signed into law on Tuesday, reads in part. “A health care practitioner … may perform an abortion when … the patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability, or the abortion is necessary to protect the patient’s life or health.”
The language reflects the 1973 Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade, in which Justice Harry Blackmun, nominated to the bench by Republican president Richard Nixon, wrote, “If the State is interested in protecting fetal life after viability [written in the ruling to be as early as 24 weeks], it may go so far as to proscribe abortion during that period, except when it is necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother.”
“I want to clear something up so that there is absolutely no doubt,” Dr. Omar Hamada of Tennessee, who outlined that he has delivered more than 2,500 babies, wrote on social media on Wednesday. “There’s not a single fetal or maternal condition that requires third trimester abortion. Not one. Delivery, yes. Abortion, no. There is absolutely no medical reason to kill a near term or term infant. For any reason.”
“If there’s a problem—and there are problems in the third trimester, both with the babies and with the mom that require delivery—just deliver the baby. We don’t have to kill it,” Hamada further explained to Fox News.
Dr. David McKnight, also of Tennessee, likewise said that if a concern arises, the baby is simply delivered via C-section. There is no need to kill the child to save the mother.
“As a board-certified practicing OB/GYN physician for over 30 years, I need to say publicly and unequivocally, that there is NEVER a medical reason to kill a baby at term,” he remarked. “When complications of pregnancy endanger a mother’s life, we sometimes must deliver the baby early, but it is ALWAYS with the intent of doing whatever we can to do it safely for the baby too. The decision to kill an unborn baby at term is purely for convenience. It is murder.”
NICU nurse Olivia Scherlacher said that the concept of the “health of the mother” could mean a variety of things, such gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, or even the mental health of the woman, and similarly stated that if significant medical issues arise, the baby is simply taken early.
“The major problem with [the Reproductive Health Act] is that ‘the patient’s life or health at risk’ can mean so many different things,” she remarked on social media. “It’ll be abused and people will say they’re mentally unstable and need to abort their baby, or the baby is giving the mother gestational diabetes, or the baby is giving the mother high blood pressure or even preeclampsia.”
“But almost all of the conditions that put the mother’s life or health at risk can be solved by delivering the baby early by C-section when the risk gets too high, and very often these babies survive and grow up to be perfect,” Scherlacher outlined. “It is heartbreaking to me to see this [law] happening when I hold little 24-weekers in my hands and watch them grow, help them breathe, and help them jump all the hurdles.”
Dr. Bill Lile of Florida, who has delivered nearly 4,000 babies over the past 20 years, likewise noted that babies in NICU born as early as 24 weeks can survive if they need to be removed from their mother’s womb, and that third trimester abortion is therefore never necessary.
“We can have babies in our NICU doing great at 24 and 25 weeks gestation,” he stated in a video posted to YouTube. “Are there reasons we need to deliver babies early sometimes? Yes. But not [to] take their lives in the process. Deliver them and let them survive and thrive in our NICU. To take the lives of these babies in the womb breaks my heart.”
Speaking as well on the personhood of the child, and the medical advances that allow doctors to operate on babies even in the womb, Lile noted that the unborn can receive blood transfusions as early at 19 weeks, and that heart surgery can be performed as early as 22 weeks. Spina bifida has also been corrected in the womb as well, as recent news reports indicate.
“If they are a patient, they are a person, and if they are a person, they deserve our protection,” he stated.
“Don’t believe the lies. There is no need for late-term abortion. There is no need for an emergency abortion. There is no need for #abortion. Period,” said Sarah Cleveland, who has served as an ultrasound technician for more than 15 years.
While there is no such thing as an emergency abortion, she stated, emergency C-sections are common.
“If there is a true emergency (high blood pressure due to pregnancy, for example) doctors will, in fact, end the pregnancy to save the mother. It is called an emergency C-section. The baby is out—maybe very early, but the baby is out—and cared for. The pregnancy has ended and Mom can be cared for,” Cleveland explained.
“Isn’t that the so-called point of why pro-choicers advocate for abortion? That they need to be able to ‘terminate the pregnancy to save the life of the mother’?” she asked. “Well, here ya go. Emergencies ending in C-sections, ending the pregnancy and saving the mother, happen all the time.”
Cleveland noted that late-term abortions take two to three days and that no true “life-threatening emergency takes three days to treat as an outpatient procedure,” as the woman would not be able to wait that long if she were in jeopardy of dying.
“You know what doesn’t happen all the time? As in, like, never? An emergency abortion. There is NO SUCH THING,” she declared. “Never in the 9 years while working in a large hospital, often in the ER, did I hear the words, ‘Quick! Get me forceps and suction! This woman needs an emergency abortion STAT!’ Why did I never hear these words? Because emergency abortions don’t exist.”
As previously reported, one of the numerous reasons that the organization New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms had spoken out against the Reproductive Health Act was because of the legislation’s expansion into the “health” of the mother, which it believes is a broad term that could be utilized for virtually any reason.
It pointed to the 1973 Supreme Court case of Doe v. Bolton, which determined that “medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors—physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age—relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.”
As also previously reported, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once stated the same information as the medical professionals who have spoken out over the past week—that the life or health of the mother is never a reason for an abortion as doctors will simply deliver the baby in order to save both lives.
“Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of pediatric surgery, I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life,” he said. “If toward the end of the pregnancy complications arise that threaten the mother’s health, the doctor will induce labor or perform a Caesarean section.”
“[The doctor’s] intention is to save the life of both the mother and the baby,” Koop continued. “The baby’s life is never willfully destroyed because the mother’s life is in danger.”
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The New York City Abortion Law: 

Meet The New Sanctioned Face Of Evil

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a disgusting new abortion law in New York that allows abortions up to the 9th month of pregnancy. Owen Benjamin exposes the face of evil as this law is celebrated by the left.

New York Passes Radical Abortion Law, 

But World is Becoming More Pro-Life!!!


New Abortion Law in New York is Outrageous!


How To Schedule Abortion At Nine Months Pregnant!

Infowars Reporter Millie Weaver challenges the Democrat talking point that "late-term abortions are only available for medical emergencies" by showing she was able to schedule an abortion appointment in her 9th month of pregnancy simply using the vague excuse of depression.

GLAZOV MOMENT: TLAIB'S GUEST PRAISED MURDERER OF 4 YEAR OLD JEWISH GIRL


GLAZOV MOMENT: TLAIB'S GUEST PRAISED MURDERER OF 4 YEAR OLD JEWISH GIRL 
BY JAMIE GLAZOV
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/glazov-moment-tlaibs-guest-praised-murderer-of-4-year-old-jewish-girlrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, I focus on Tlaib’s Guest Praised Murderer of 4-Year-Old Jewish Girl, and I unveil what the establishment media will never tell you about its new anti-Trump Muslim hero.
Don’t miss it!
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REP. TLAIB'S ANTISEMITISM PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE

BY DANIEL GREENFIELD
SEE: https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272717/rep-tlaibs-antisemitism-problem-getting-worse-daniel-greenfieldrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib followed a familiar path to lefty celebrity, ranting as loudly as anyone could about Trump. The rants were loud enough that the Democrats had no interest in addressing the very serious problem with her candidacy. Or that of Rep. Omar.
Now the latest Daily Caller report shows how closely Tlaib is linked to hateful bigots.
Tlaib's connections to "Palestinian" activists have already led to her linkage to a terror supporter who praised the murderer of a 4-year-old Jewish girl. But these latest linkages are even uglier.
Tlaib is a member of the Facebook group “Palestinian American Congress,” where members often demonize Jews. The group’s founder, Palestinian activist Maher Abdel-qader, was a key fundraiser for Tlaib and organized campaign events for her around the country.
While anyone can be a member of a group, Tlaib has close ties to Maher and Maher is about as anti-Semitic as it gets.
In January 2018, Abdel-qader shared an anti-Semitic video that claimed Jews aren’t actually Jewish, and invented their historical claim to Israel and secretly control the media.
The video, which described Jews as “satanic,” also questioned whether 6 million Jews actually died in the Holocaust.
“Research the truth about the Holocaust, and you’ll definitely start to question what you thought you knew,” the video’s narrator says.
And Maher is closely linked to Tlaib.
In March 2018, Tlaib presented Abdel-qader with a medal showing her appreciation for his help with the campaign, according to Voices of New York, a project of the City University of New York (CUNY). She posted multiple pictures of herself with Abdel-qader on Facebook during the campaign and emphasized how important his support was to her.
Abdel-qader took credit on Facebook for organizing fundraisers for Tlaib among Arab-Americans, pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars for her campaign. Photos he’s posted on social media show him speaking at Tlaib campaign events.
As we've already seen with the Dem embrace of Farrakhan and the media whitewashing of the Hebrew Israelites, the left has no problem with anti-Semitism as long as it comes from their political allies. But this is the ugly flavor of anti-Semitism being mainstreamed on the Left.
And it should serve as a warning.
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UK: AT LEAST 15 CHURCHES GET LETTER WARNING THEM TO STOP ALL SERVICES OR FACE BOMBINGS & STABBINGS

UK: AT LEAST 15 CHURCHES GET LETTER WARNING THEM TO STOP ALL SERVICES OR FACE BOMBINGS & STABBINGS
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/uk-at-least-15-churches-get-letter-warning-them-to-stop-all-services-or-face-bombings-and-stabbingsrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Islamic law forbids Christians to make public display of their religion. Could that have something to do with this? Perhaps not, but what other group thinks Christian worship is immoral and wrong in itself, and has a theology of force and violence?
“‘Petrol bomb’ threats sent to churches and supermarkets,” BBC, January 16, 2019 (thanks to David):
More than a dozen churches have been sent “threatening letters” bearing a West Midlands postmark, with one letter warning of a petrol bomb attack.
West Midlands Police is investigating and said churches and supermarkets in the region and further afield had been targeted “over a period of months”.
In one handwritten letter, threats were made to “petrol bomb” services and stab congregation members “one by one”.
A priest from Sheffield described the letter he had received as “horrifying”.
Each letter bears a West Midlands postmark, the BBC understands.
Parish priest Father Andrew Browne, of St Mary’s Church in High Green, Sheffield, received a letter on 4 January.
He said: “It looked like just an ordinary handwritten letter on the outside.
“But when I opened it and read what it said, the horror of what it could entail became clear.”
Fr Browne said he was told at least 15 letters had been received by churches nationally during a Bishops’ conference last week.
He added West Midlands Police took over the investigation from the South Yorkshire force after discovering all the letters originated from the region….

SALAM WEB: AT LAST A NEW WEB BROWSER COMPLIANT WITH ISLAMIC VALUES & SHARIA

At last: New web browser is compliant with Islamic values

BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/at-last-new-web-browserrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Why is this needed? Microsoft Edge isn’t enough?
“Halal internet? This browser promises to be compliant with Islamic values,” by Yudith Ho, Bloomberg, January 28, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Malaysian startup is betting that there’s plenty of pent-up demand for a new browser that’s compliant with Islamic values, at a time of mounting concerns over privacy, bias and online abuse over the internet.
SalamWeb, a mobile browser, is designed to deliver a Muslim-friendly web experience. The app, which includes messaging, news and other features, is aimed at users in Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Hasni Zarina Mohamed Khan, managing director at Salam Web Technologies MY Sdn.
Her goal is to eventually capture 10 per cent of the 1.8 billion global Muslim population. She pointed to some of challenges facing the web, as the world’s largest technology companies from Google to Facebook Inc. face criticism for doing too little to address harmful content and false information. Human rights group Amnesty International looked at abusive interactions and concluded that Twitter is a “toxic place for women.”
“We want to make the internet a better place,” Hasni Zarina said. “We know the internet has the good and the bad, so SalamWeb offers you a tool to create this window that lets you go to the internet to see the good.”
SalamWeb relies on community-vetted content filters that mark web pages as appropriate, neutral or inappropriate, while warning users when they approach sites with gambling or pornography. It also has Muslim-specific functions, such as prayer times and an indicator for Qibla, or the direction that a Muslim must face when praying….
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IRANIAN AYATOLLAH: "UNTIL WE TURN THE WHITE HOUSE INTO A SHIITE ISLAMIC CENTER, WE'LL ALL SHOUT "DEATH TO AMERICA"

IRANIAN AYATOLLAH: "UNTIL WE TURN THE WHITE HOUSE INTO A SHIITE ISLAMIC CENTER, WE'LL ALL SHOUT "DEATH TO AMERICA" 
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
“With our hopes high, we are fighting and awaiting the day when the banner of “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger” will fly all over planet Earth and the one global and just rule of the Mahdi will be established.”
This man is the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in Fars Province. 
But remember: those who call attention to such aspirations are racist, bigoted “Islamophobes.”
“Ayatollah Lotfollah Dezhkham, Khamenei’s Representative in Fars Province: We Will Shout ‘Death to America’ until We Turn the White House into a Shiite Islamic Center,” MEMRI, January 25, 2019:
Ayatollah Lotfollah Dezhkham, Khamenei’s representative in the Fars Province of Iran, delivered a Friday sermon in the city of Shiraz on January 25, 2019. Ayatollah Dezhkham said that the Iranian people are fighting and awaiting the day when the banner of Islam will fly all over the planet and the Mahdi establishes his global rule. He said that the economic sanctions are evidence that the U.S. and President Trump are terrified of Iran, and added: “Until we turn the White House into a Hussainiya [Shiite Islamic center], we will all continue to shout: ‘Death to America!'” The crowd subsequently chanted: “Death to America!”
Ayatollah Lotfollah Dezhkham: With our hopes high, we are fighting and awaiting the day when the banner of “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger” will fly all over planet Earth and the one global and just rule of the Mahdi will be established. Who says that the time for these things has passed? This is what the Islamic Revolution has brought. Today, the enemies have realized that those who oppose them are strong. Allah be praised, they are terrified. If America had not been terrified, it would not have imposed such comprehensive sanctions, which target even the bread that people eat. If Trump is not afraid, he should let us sell our oil undisturbed and bring dollars easily [into Iran]. You poor thing! You are terrified! He is only pretending and acting like a bully. He is afraid of the Iranian people. The loud cry of the Iranian people epitomizes the fight against global arrogance, and makes them tremble in fear… Until we turn the White House into a Hussainiya [Shiite Islamic center], we will all continue to shout: “Death to America!”
Crowd: Death to America! Death to America! Death to America! Death to America!
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THE "PEACEFUL", "JESUS LOVING" JIHADIST SPEAKS

PARENTAL RIGHTS ATTACKED: FOX NEWS CLAIMS DOCTORS GIVING VACCINE EXEMPTIONS SHOULD BE IMPRISONED~BILL GATES, DR. NANCY MESSONNIER, CDC DOING VACCINE SURVEYS BY PHONE


 
EUGENICS & THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE 
FOR YOUR FAMILY'S DEMISE:
FOX NEWS CLAIMS DOCTORS GIVING VACCINE EXEMPTIONS SHOULD BE IMPRISONED

The attack on Americans who are skeptical of vaccines has only begun

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/fox-news-claims-doctors-giving-vaccine-exemptions-should-be-imprisoned/republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A doctor on Fox News is claiming that any doctor that gives parents an exemption from vaccinating their children should be prosecuted.
Alex reveals the elite’s dark agenda to use vaccines to cull the population.
Rod Rosenstein’s sister presides over the secret vaccine court that decides if claims of physical damage on children by vaccines are valid or not.
Alex exposes the globalist agenda to use government agencies to cover up their crimes against the population.
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INFOWARS - Rod Rosenstein’s Sister Runs Vaccine Cover-Up

Rod Rosenstein's sister presides over the secret vaccine court that decides if claims of physical damage on children by vaccines are valid or not. Alex exposes the globalist agenda to use government agencies to cover up their crimes against the population.

Rod Rosenstein has a Sister who 

HEADS THE VACCINE DAMAGE COURT

SEE: http://truckingboards.com/bb/threads/rod-rosenstein-has-a-sister-who-heads-the-vaccine-damage-court.90473/republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
His sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, is the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases [NCIRD] at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Messonnier has a long career at the CDC going all the way back to 1995. For the past decade, she has consistently held leadership positions as a vaccine official. She has been director of NCIRD since March 2016 after serving as deputy director from October 2014. Before that, she was chief of the Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch in NCIRD’s Division of Bacterial Diseases.

Messonnier was already NCIRD director at CDC when agency employees were “crying in the hallways” over Trump’s victory. And Trump’s statements over the years have given them plenty of reasons to cry.

https://www.autisminvestigated.com/vaccine-chief-raid-trump-lawyer/

This is SO ****ED UP FOLKS

They poison us and I guarantee

ROD and his SISTER 

DO NOT TAKE THE SHOTS
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SEE ALSO:
EXCERPT: "He has one sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
AND:
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National Immunization Surveys, Phone Call, 

CDC Now Calling People

Have you been called by 312-578-7022 or 312-578-7029 (Caller ID CDC NATL IMMUN or NORC UCHICAGO) or received a letter from Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), about the National Immunization Surveys (NIS), including the NIS-Child, NIS-Teen, or NIS-Child Influenza Module (NIS-CIM)? https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-mana...
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SPIRITUAL ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE: HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE BEING SPIRITUALLY ABUSED OR DECEIVED

SPIRITUAL ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE: HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE BEING SPIRITUALLY ABUSED OR DECEIVED
BY CHRIS LAWSON
SEE: https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/newsletters/2019/newsletter20190128.htm#101;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Below is a portion of the content of Chris Lawson's booklet, How to Know if You Are Being Spiritually Abused or Deceived—A Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire. The full booklet has 101 questions. To order copies of this booklet, click here. 
How to Know if You Are Being Spiritually Abused or Deceived—A Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire
Do you know a loved one, a neighbor, or a co-worker who is in a cult or an abusive church or group? Or perhaps you yourself are in such a situation. The Spiritual-Abuse Questionnaire in this booklet will help shed light on this issue.
Spiritual abuse occurs when a leader, a church, or a belief system, whether well-intentioned or not, dominates, manipulates, or castigates individuals and even entire families through fear tactics, mind control, or some other psychological or emotional abuse.
Sadly, the mask of spiritual abuse deception can be worn by anyone. The following two Scriptures are reflective of what happens when the position of authority is abused within a spiritual/church setting (e.g., self-exaltation, heavy-handed leadership, etc).
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means [by their own authority]; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jeremiah 5:31)
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. (3 John 9-10)
It is my hope that this booklet will help people who have been through or are experiencing things similar (or worse) to what my family and I personally experienced years ago.
If you have been spiritually abused, take heart; the true Jesus desires to help and heal you as He has helped countless others.

Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire

This questionnaire is designed to help the reader think through a number of areas he or she may have never seriously considered before. As you read each question, circle either YES or NO. When you reach the end, go back through the list and prayerfully consider the questions you have answered YES to.
Answering YES to any of the following questions may be an indication of an unhealthy problem in your group or with your leaders. Answering YES to more than just a few questions is a definite cause for concern.
If this is the case, it is recommended that you take a much closer look into your group or organization’s history, purpose, and goals. Observe closely the methods, activities, and lives of the leaders. Are they using abusive and manipulative tactics on people?
The basic Yes or No questions of this questionnaire enable the reader to think critically on his or her own—something generally not allowed in abusive systems.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note also that while this booklet can be a useful tool in helping to bring clarity to difficulties in a church or ministry, the questions offered here should also be tempered with careful thought and godly counsel. Answering yes to just a few questions does not automatically mean you are in a cult or abusive situation. One thing for certain is that every church or group is composed of fallible people who are not always as loving as they should be. Nor should we expect to be in a place where there is no authority over us. Be reflective, therefore, to your answers to the following questions with the goal of being fair to both your church or group and to yourself.

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR CHURCH OR GROUP’S LEADERS

  1. Are you in any way fearful of your leader(s)? YES / NO
  2. Does your church or group revolve around one main charismatic personality who is the final arbiter of “truth”? YES / NO
  3. Do your leaders make claims of being “Anointed,” having “Elijah’s Mantle,” having “Apostolic Authority,” etc.? YES / NO
  4. Does the main leader or the leaders in your church or group always insist that they are right? YES / NO
  5. Does your group, church, or movement employ a corrupted modern-day version of the Moses/Aaron style of leadership where the pastor/leaders allegedly—by themselves—hear directly from God, like Moses? (This form of leadership is unlike the balanced plurality of elders found in the New Testament.) YES / NO
  6. Does the pastor/leader of your group, church, or movement surround himself with “people-pleasers” rather than with qualified men whose personal and public lives maintain the biblical leadership characteristics as found in I, II Timothy and Titus? YES / NO
  7. Is your group, church, or movement set up like a pyramid, with a hierarchy—with one single man at the top? YES / NO
  8. Are you discouraged or prohibited from freely asking questions about the background of your leader(s) and your group? YES / NO
  9. If so, are you looked down upon and considered to be divisive? YES / NO
  10. Would you be rebuked or chastised/punished by your leader(s) if you researched the background and history of the group and its leader(s)? For instance, would doing a background check on your leader be considered “disloyal” or “sinful”? YES / NO
  11. Are you discouraged or prohibited from freely discussing teachings, “prophecies,” or so-called new revelations that your group leader(s) has/have stated in the past or present? YES / NO
  12. Are you allowed to ask your leader(s) questions regarding their background in ministry, education, teaching, policies, etc.? If not, why? YES / NO
  13. Do you view those who are assisting your group or church pastor/leader as ones who simply “do what they are told” rather than people who can rationally think for themselves and if need be would not be afraid to confront the main leader(s) if questionable practices/teachings arise? YES / NO
  14. Are the leaders of your group, church, or organization above reproach (without blame) in morals, ethics, teaching, and the handling of your group's finances? How do you know? YES / NO
  15. Do any of your leaders have a criminal record? YES / NO
  16. Would your leader(s) allow you to freely ask questions or research their background in order to find out if they have a criminal record? If not, why? YES / NO
  17. Has anyone in your group ever tried to persuade you to NOT research the personal background of the leaders? YES / NO
  18. When issues are brought up about abusive situations, do your leaders say, “You just need to have more faith!” or, “You are being disloyal to leadership!”? YES / NO

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GROUP AND ITS TEACHINGS

  1. Do you feel your group twists or takes Scripture out of its historical context and consistently or often misapplies Bible verses? YES / NO
  2. Does your group or church “allegorize” and “spiritualize” Scripture instead of utilizing a literal, grammatical, historical approach to interpreting documents, like you would in any legitimate Bible college or court of law? YES / NO
  3. Are you told what you will believe; and is questioning authority and doing further research on your own, aside from the group, discouraged or frowned upon? YES / NO
  4. Are you guided through the Bible by your leaders but at the same time not allowed to study the Scriptures on your own, apart from the group or organization’s own published materials? YES / NO
  5. Do your leaders claim to receive “new revelations,” a special “anointing,” and so-called “words” or messages from God? YES / NO
  6. Do your leaders withhold or avoid providing you and your group with a written “Statement of Beliefs” or “Statement of Faith”? YES / NO
  7. If you attend a group that is a recognized charity organization, have the leaders illegally withheld from you the organizations written bylaws when you have asked for a copy? YES / NO
  8. Is it difficult to get a straight answer from the group leader(s) on the group’s teachings? YES / NO
  9. Is your group secretive about any of its teachings, practices or meetings? YES / NO
  10. Does your group take “oaths” or have you commit to unrealistic expectations? YES / NO
  11. Are your leaders ever “harsh” in tone with you, or do you ever feel like an animal that is “driven hard”? YES / NO
  12. Have you been taught, told, or commanded not to share any of the teachings, doctrines, or practices that your group is involved in? YES / NO
  13. At any time of involvement with your group, have you ever been instructed to cut all ties with the past, with relatives (spouse, children, in-laws, etc.), or with friends? YES / NO
  14. Do your leaders favorably quote and endorse known false teachers and false teachings in their own sermons/teachings, messages, and materials? YES / NO

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GROUP OR CHURCH’S POLICIES

  1. Does your group have any written or unwritten policies that allow leaders to use threats, pressures to conform, bribes, intimidation, verbal abuse, out-loud shaming, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or substance abuse, etc.? YES / NO
  2. Is foul language (cussing) or public humiliation used in any way as part of the public or private teaching within your group? YES / NO
  3. Would you say that your church or group has an extreme policy or guidelines for “disciplinary actions”? YES / NO
  4. Is, or could, your group’s policy on “discipline” be dangerous, illegal, or abusive in any way? YES / NO
  5. Do you think law enforcement officials would have a problem with the disciplinary guidelines and/or practices of your church, group, or organization? YES / NO
  6. Does your group restrict you from “visiting” other churches? YES / NO

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GROUP’S LITERATURE AND MULTIMEDIA

  1. Do you rely completely, without question, upon the literature and information that your church/group gives you—for your own spiritual growth? YES / NO
  2. Will you be disciplined if you ever, at any time, listen to, read, or view literature and multi-media materials that are not from your group, church, or organization? Materials could include such things as books, journals, tracts, magazines, newsletters, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes, videos, websites, etc. YES / NO
  3. Are you only allowed to use study aids, books, etc. that are from your group or organization? YES / NO
  4. Have your leaders ever told you that all Bible study materials outside of your group are considered worldly, bad, apostate, “of the devil,” or evil? YES / NO

QUESTIONS ABOUT MORALS AND ETHICS, HEALTH, AND CONSCIENCE

  1. Are you emotionally dependent on or require the “approval” of your leaders for what you do—what you eat, what you wear, where you go, what you say, who you spend time with, who you marry, the music you listen to, etc.? YES / NO
  2. Do you feel as though your life (or ministry) is being “micromanaged” by others? YES / NO
  3. Are your leaders cruel, vindictive, intimidating, or overbearing? YES / NO
  4. Do any of your leaders justify sexual immorality by telling you or anyone else things like “God told me it is okay for us to do this,” or “The Lord revealed this to me,” or “No one will ever know”? YES / NO
  5. Have you ever been instructed, led, forced, or coerced into any type of sexual activity with any of your group’s leaders—or anyone else in the church, group, or organization? YES / NO
  6. Are you or have you ever been commanded, forced, coerced, extorted, or manipulated into financial giving, tithing, “sowing your seed-faith offering,” etc.? YES / NO

QUESTIONS ABOUT MAKING PERSONAL CHOICES

  1. Do you feel you are manipulated when making personal choices about diet, clothing, time commitments, church/group service, tithing, friendships, dating, spouses, purchases, etc.? YES / NO
  2. Are choices ever made by any of your leaders that go against your own conscience? YES / NO
  3. Do authority figures within your group ever demand answers from you or use threats to get their way? YES / NO
  4. Do your leaders or the group-dynamics implemented in your group make you feel as though you cannot come and go as you please; meaning, you feel as though you’re expected to be at all or most of the meetings, and if you are not, you are in trouble? YES / NO
  5. If you are experiencing abuse in any way, very likely you are fearful or nervous about leaving your group, church, or organization. Are you fearful in any way that if you left, you would be hounded and harassed? YES / NO
  6. Do your leaders, or the group itself by consensus, make choices to involve you in things that you don’t like or would prefer not to be a part of? YES / NO
  7. Are you pressured, manipulated, or coerced into making decisions—any decisions at all—regarding anything with the group and its leaders, members, and activities? YES / NO
  8. Do you feel guilty or “dirty” after making decisions because . . . “that is just what our group does”? Or, is the proverbial “red flag of conscience” waving inside of your heart and mind saying, “This is just not right at all,” or, “This is weird” or, “We should not be doing or allowing this!”? YES / NO
  9. Is pressure put upon you in any way to avoid “outside information” about your group—like online reviews, assessments, and critical essays that contain quotes from your leaders and/or your organization’s published resources? YES / NO
  10. Are you fearful that if you make an accidental “wrong choice” your leaders will punish you or purposefully humiliate you in front of your peers, family, or the group/church congregation? YES / NO
  11. Have you ever been punished or abused in any of the following ways: Physically abused, out-loud verbal shaming in front of others, given the non-verbal “silent treatment,” given coded non-verbal abuse such as “the look,” financially mistreated or extorted and as a result suffered financial repercussions, sexually abused in any way, emotionally manipulated, purposefully betrayed, been the victim of sexual innuendos, spousal divisiveness, etc.? YES / NO
  12. Are spoken or unspoken must-obey “dress code rules” implemented in your group, and, if broken, will this lead to “disciplinary action”? (This is beyond simple personal modesty in dress in social, cultural, and cross-cultural settings.) YES / NO
  13. If you are a woman, are you taught or commanded that you absolutely must wear long skirts, have long hair, avoid all make-up, and wear a head covering in order to please God? Will you be chastised or considered “carnal” if you do not comply with these rules? YES / NO
  14. If you are a woman, do your group leaders tell you that you are to submit to your husband no matter what he does to you or tells you to do even if it is illegal or physically, sexually, or emotionally abusive to you or your children? YES / NO
  15. If you are a husband and father, are your church leaders overly involved in telling you what to do with your wife and children (beyond the normal parameters of biblical counseling and advice)?
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