#third testament

[ahayaschild5447]

THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND KINGDOM OF CHRIST

[lordblepblep]

greek men: where can you find good men in greece?

diogenes: men nowhere at all, but boys in Sparta.

honestly it would take almost 2,000 years for the first men to emerge...

on a global wide network known as tumblr.

And these men shall have a new moniker.

Cat boys.

[downthetubes]

Sneak Peek: Third Testament Volume Three (Titan Comics)

Sneak Peek: Third Testament Volume Three (Titan Comics)

  The Third Testament Volume 3: The Might Of The Ox, written by Alex Alice & Xavier Dorison with art by Alex Alice goes on sale from Titan Comics on Wednesday 18th March in all good comic shops – and we have a sneak peek for you…

WHEN ALL APPEARS LOST…

Conrad of Marburg, Elisabeth, and their rakish guide, Trevor, are locked in the dungeons of Stornwall, while their enemies race towards the Third…

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[comiccrimefighters]

A medieval thriller and a swashbuckling 14th century relic quest - Indiana Jones meets The Name of the Rose!

Next week (Oct 22) sees the release of The Third Testament (Book I): The Lion Awakes (COL) by Xavier Dorison and Alex Alice! A chilling story of secrets, lies and murder...

A monastery is burned to the ground; every monk within killed. It now falls to Conrad of Marburg, a disgraced Inquisitor, to discover the motive for this heinous crime and make sure that those responsible are punished... but his journey into darkness is only beginning!

"A tale of fevered religiosity, set amid dizzying vistas and throbbing with action." 

- Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Secret Service)

  ABOUT THE BOOK:

THE THIRD TESTAMENT (BOOK I): 

THE LION AWAKES (COL)

STORY BY: Xavier Dorison & Alex Alice

ART BY: Alex Alice

COLORS: Alex Alice

LETTERING: Gabriela Houston

COVER BY: Alex Alice

PUBLISHER: Titan Comics

FORMAT: 48pp, HC, FC

COVER PRICE: $9.99 / CAN $11.99 / UK £8.99

RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

A CHILLING STORY OF SECRETS, LIES AND MURDER…

The 14th Century. Shortly after the discovery of an ancient relic in a secret, long-forgotten crypt, a remote monastery is burnt to the ground, and all its inhabitants slaughtered. 

Disgraced Inquisitor Conrad of Marburg is summoned from his exile and sent on a world-spanning quest to discover the truth behind the massacre. But is he, the Church and humanity ready for the shattering revelations his journey will reveal?

For more info visit:

http://titan-comics.com/c/124-third-testament-book-i-the-lion-awakes/

[mandypantaloons]

Harry Potter is like the new new testament.

[newstfionline]

America: With God on our side

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2011 In the United States, religion and politics have become inseparable. To lend authority to their views, presidential aspirants of both parties regularly press God into service. They know what he intends.

So the claims made by Republican front-runner Mitt Romney in a recent speech at the Citadel managed to be both striking and unexceptionable. "God did not create this country to be a nation of followers," Romney announced. "America must lead the world." Absent the "clarity of American purpose and resolve, the world becomes a far more dangerous place," with freedom itself in jeopardy. To avert this catastrophe, Romney declared, "this century must be an American century," with the United States economically preeminent and wielding "the strongest military in the world."

Whence do these insights derive? "Why should America be any different than scores of other countries around the globe?" Romney asked rhetorically. His answer captures the essence of our present-day civic religion: "I believe we are an exceptional country with a unique destiny and role in the world."

The Hebrew Bible provides no evidence to support this proposition. Nor do the teachings of Jesus Christ and his disciples. Yet the American Bible incorporates a de facto Third Testament, which validates this assertion of American uniqueness. That testament, fashioned from a carefully tailored rendering of the 20th century, recounts the story of a new chosen people serving as God's instrument of salvation, leading humankind onward to the promised land.

For anyone aspiring to high office, professing fealty to this Third Testament has become all but obligatory. And Romney took care to do so in his Citadel speech. Genuflecting before the "generations that fought in world wars, that came through the Great Depression and that gained victory in the Cold War," he summoned his listeners to "seize the torch" their forebears had held aloft, continuing the inexorable advance toward "freedom, peace and prosperity." This, he made clear, defines America's calling, one to which citizens of all religious persuasions (or none at all) can subscribe.

"This is America's moment," Romney insisted. He likened those who disagree to Third Testament villains, proposing that the nation should "crawl into an isolationist shell" and "wave the white flag of surrender," acquiescing in the claim that "America's time has passed." All of this Romney dismissed as "utter nonsense."

Now duty confers prerogatives. And God's elect are not bound by rules to which others must submit. Among other things, they need not admit error. "I will never, ever apologize for America," Romney promised. Apologies imply misjudgments, mistakes or wrongdoing, none of which figure in the Third Testament's depiction of a nation unsullied by malign intent or sordid action.

Above all, the United States need not apologize for its pursuit of permanent military supremacy or for its propensity for violence. "When America is strong," Romney declared, "the world is safer." The post-Cold War era, with unquestioned U.S. military preeminence going hand in hand with widespread disorder, offers little to substantiate this proposition. Even so, an insistence that American military power and its application are conducive to peace remains one of the Third Testament's central tenets. So, whereas a single Chinese aircraft carrier poses a looming danger, a dozen American aircraft carriers make the U.S. Navy a global force for good. A brief Russian incursion into Georgia threatens peace; protracted wars resulting from the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan advance it.

In his Citadel speech, Romney said nothing that a thousand politicians and pundits have not already said a thousand times and will say again. The significance of his presentation lies not in its originality but in its familiarity. Are Mormons really Christians? Romney has rendered the question moot. In all the ways that count politically, he has shown himself to be a true believer, committed to a faith-based approach to statecraft.

No leading contender for the Republican nomination will challenge the positions that Romney laid out. After all, they share his certain knowledge that God has designated America as his earthly agent. They endorse Romney's emphasis on enhancing U.S. military power as the key to perpetuating an American century. And they mirror his lack of interest in the world as it is, indulging instead the pretense that it's still 1945.

The eventual Republican nominee, whoever that may be, will argue that President Obama believes none of these things--hence his unworthiness for a second term. For his part, the president will exert himself to prove otherwise. As he has done before, Obama will signal his own allegiance to militant exceptionalism, offered as positive proof that he is authentically American. Rival messianic visions will compete.

Most experts expect bread-and-butter issues to decide the upcoming election. Yet regardless of the final outcome, the real winner is going to be the concept of American exceptionalism. Whoever takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2013, will be someone who believes in the American Bible's Third Testament. In that regard--whether for better or worse--the outcome appears foreordained.

Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He is the editor of "The Short American Century: A Postmortem," to be published next year.