Re: Donna's note about the Catholic Mexican authorities expelling the evangelicals who refuse to worship (honor) their dead saints.
 
All I could think was---- AH YES ..... Rome always rears her ugly, bloody hands (and head) when she is in a majority. Not much has changed since the Dark Ages. Many people won't even refer to the Dark Ages anymore. It's not considered "politically incorrect". They insist it be called the "Middle Ages," in the children's textbooks now --- (because Rome protested too much) because to call it the DARK Ages would be to admit that this was the time of history when the Roman Catholic Church was in power in Europe. Bibles were not allowed in the hands of the public - God's Word was not preached, paganism (worship of statues, bowing and reverencing popes, relics, paying for masses to dead saints, etc. ad nauseum flourished and Rome continued to grow in wealth and might). Christians died by the thousands in Rome's Inquisition. God answered those who were persecuting them with the wrath of His bubonic plague. The only light that was seen was shown on groups like the Anabaptists, Waldensians, Hugenots, and others, who kept the truth of God's word alive at the peril of their lives! And yet -- there are still thousands of people (Americans included - some who are saved) who refuse to COME OUT OF HER, because they are too comfortable, lazy and utterly stupid! They can not "see" the "handwriting on the wall". They would rather put their salvation in the mouth of a sinful human being than to trust in God's WORD to save them!  If Rome were in a majority in the US (and she is trying very hard to get there and probably soon will because about 90% of the illegal immigrants that cross our borders every year are - you guessed it - practicing ROMAN Catholics.) No one is more FOR incorporating the illegals into our society than ROME.  If you checked out most Roman Catholic diocese in this nation, they are ALL very much involved in helping immigrants (most of them illegal) get into our society as fast as they possibly can, take advantage of our welfare system, tax system, health system, grant system,  and immigration system! When it comes time to implement the Mark of the Beast - who controls the FOOD? Well, it will most likely be ROME - and the reins of the ship that controls the Mark will most likely be held by an antichrist wearing a papal crown or the false prophet. You bet-cha!!!
 
I have a sister in the West who has labored for years with her family to make payments on a house for herself and her children. She was telling me of a family that immigrated over here (the woman works with her). This person was telling her that she had a beautiful new home that was paid for - with grant money. She had applied (as an immigrant) for a grant and so had her boyfriend. What the two of them got combined ---enabled them to buy a beautiful brand new home for over $200,000. that is paid for ---and guess what - they don't have to repay ONE single dime. Why? Because your tax dollars, my tax dollars and my sister's family's tax dollars are paying for this type of total idiocy! Yet my sister, and her husband who struggled financially and are still struggling financially to make house payments are not ELIGIBLE for this same grant because they are NOT IMMIGRANTS!!!   GO FIGURE!  This is why thousands of people are beating down the borders trying to get into the US. Why not? Free money! Free schooling, Free Health Care! Free housing! Free food!  We might just as well put up signs all along the border advertising a "free ride". Thousands are already taking advantage of this "free ride," and we wonder WHY OUR ECONOMY is being destroyed?  Evangelicals need to get out and VOTE!
 
Rene