Atheist Oncologist Returns to Faith While Treating Cancer Patients

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Atheist Oncologist Returns to Faith While Treating Cancer Patients:

Science Proves the Existence of Higher Power

BY MARINA ZHANG TIME

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 

Dr. Stephen Iacoboni is part of the baby boomer generation. Born in 1952, he came of age during the 1960s when the country was living in the bubble of the ideal American Dream.

“I was raised as a Roman Catholic, and I was very faithful,” said Iacoboni, “but there are some inherent contradictions with Christianity, and when you’re young and idealistic, you don’t understand that humans are imperfect, and so you blame them for things that are just part of being a frail human with faults.”

Iacoboni’s disillusionment came in the early 70s, when the societal problems festering in America’s inner cities rose to the surface with civil rights protests and anti-war movements against the Vietnam War.

Anti-war demonstrators, wearing black armbands, fill the steps of the United States Capitol Building

and hold hands on the day of the National Moratorium in Washington D.C., to protest against the

continuing war in Vietnam, on Oct. 15, 1969. (AFP/Getty Images)

“I was raised to be patriotic and believed that everyone was equal; I became a young adult and [realized that] people of color don’t have the same rights and [we have been] slaughtering innocent people in Southeast Asia [in the Vietnam War],” Iacoboni told The Epoch Times during a phone call.

The United States withdrew from Vietnam once the casualties were too much for the country to bear.

In the aftermath of the lost war, Christians, who mostly held conservative views were blamed for the anti-communist policies that led to the United States’s eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War. This included the mounting casualties, traumatized veterans, and stories of brutal killings by the U.S. military upon the Vietnamese civilians.

Republicans are very good at associating their policies with Christian ideals, as if God wanted America to go to war in Viet Nam. Only the weapons manufacturers and their investors really wanted to go to war. This association is what has allowed Democrats to come out full force against anything Christian.

While Christians faced attack in the public forum for pushing the war agenda, modern science was spouting exciting new discoveries, framed in narratives that denied the existence of a higher being.

There is much more on this article in the Epoch Times. It is well worth the read.

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Malaysian PM: MH17 Findings ‘Politically-Motivated’, No Proof Russia to Blame

Conspiracy Theory - Blame Russia

BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Malay Mail

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad attends the Prime Minister’s Department Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house in Putrajaya June 20, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

PUTRAJAYA, June 20 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today claimed that the recent findings on the culprit behind the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was a “politically-motivated” conclusion to solely blame Russia.

In a press conference, Dr Mahathir also demanded proof that it was indeed Russia which was behind the shooting, adding that the incident was made into a political issue “from the very beginning”.

“We are very unhappy because from the very beginning, it became a political issue on how to accuse Russia of the wrongdoing. Even before they examine, they already said Russia.

“Now they say they have proof. So it is very difficult for us to accept that,” he told reporters.

“That is different, but as far as we are concerned, we want proof of guilt [that Russia did it]. But so far, there is no proof, only hearsay,” he said when asked if he is worried about Malaysia’s palm oil stake with Russia.

Dr Mahathir said he was convinced, therefore, that the investigations were politically motivated.

“Well certainly. From the very beginning they wanted to accuse Russia, and now of course they say they have proven who the person is. This is a ridiculous thing,” he said to a question as to whether he felt the findings of the investigations on MH17 were marred with political interests.

Moscow has denied the allegations made by the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that Russian servicemen were involved in the gunning down of Flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

In a press statement today, the Russian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said that the Russian Federation is the target of “completely unfounded accusations” with intention to discredit the nation in the eyes of the international community.

It pointed out the Russian authorities had also made the unprecedented move of declassifying Russian military equipment and conducting a meticulous experiment in collaboration with Almaz-Antei, to providing primary radar data and documents showing that the missile that downed the Malaysian Boeing belonged to Ukraine.

They also had precision expert analysis proving that the video clips supporting the JIT’s conclusions were fabricated.

Hysteria Over Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack Will Result in Disaster

Note: I am not defending Bashar al-Assad here; he is a butcher and a murderer. I am defending truth and sanity, neither of which is evident on the world stage right now.

The mess

Trump, May, Macron and other world leaders and ex-world leaders like Tony Blair are itching to teach Assad a lesson by risking war that would involve Russia and Iran. They seem to be in an extreme hurry to inflict their knee-jerk, emotional response before anyone even investigates to determine if it actually even happened. 

That's how they responded to Khan Sheikoun and a year later they still can't definitively link a chemical attack to Assad. Assad would know that another chemical attack would result in a considerably more damaging response. He just isn't that stupid that he would provoke such a response especially just days after Trump mused about pulling troops out of Syria. That would have been a major win for Assad; only an idiot would have given the US an excuse to change their minds. An idiot, or an enemy!

There are still several rebel groups fighting in Syria against Assad. Some are supported by the USA, some by Saudi Arabia, some by Turkey, and possibly Israel, although I have seen no evidence or even suggestions of that. But Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel would all like to see the US stay in Syria. They would prefer Syria in a state of war rather than in a state of peace with Iran as a close ally. Iran is already rebuilding schools in Syria, Islamic schools, teaching Iran's version of Islam  - Twelver Shia.

The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams, and their belief that the last Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, lives in occultation and will reappear as the promised Mahdi. According to Shia tradition, the Mahdi's tenure will coincide with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (Isa), who is to assist the Mahdi against the Masih ad-Dajjal (literally, the "false Messiah" or Antichrist). - Wikipedia

In reality, the Mahdi is the antichrist, or, at least, the False Prophet of Revelations, and will be destroyed when Jesus returns. Regardless of what you believe, Iranian leadership believes the 12th Imam is set to return soon and it is their responsibility to create absolute chaos in the world to set the stage. Former President Ahmadinejad was quite out spoken in this belief. His successor is less vocal about it but almost certainly believes the same thing, just as the Ayatollah does.

Who is responsible?

So, you can easily see why Turkey and Israel might not want such an influence on their borders. Iran is attempting to spread their influence elsewhere in the Middle East including Yemen. The proxy war they are fighting there puts them right on the border of Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom does not like it much.

So, there are at least 3 major countries who do not want peace to break out in Syria, plus a number of rebel groups, any of which would prefer the Americans to remain and even become more destructive of Assad's forces. 

They are all losing right now and, I'm sure, would do anything to reverse that trend. If that means gassing a few of their own women and children, well, that's a sacrifice they are willing to pay. Palestinians have been doing that for decades. Besides, they would be considered martyrs for Mohammed; why deprive them of that?

There are other possibilities, perhaps more remote, but I can't help but wonder if Deep State is involved in this. Deep State, I believe, represents many very wealthy manufacturers - vehicles, planes, weapons, etc., who found out way back in WWI that war is extremely profitable. Their influence is profound in most western governments and in NATO. This is not a conspiracy theory! Learn the influence that global industrialists had on WWII. They gleefully made vehicles, airplanes, ships, and weapons for all sides of the war. Hitler could never have accomplished his sweep of Europe without their help.

Whomever is behind the apparent use of chemicals in Douma, they are playing Trump, May, Macron and others for the fools they are. There is no moral imperative to punish someone who did nothing to deserve it; in fact, it is morally reprehensible.

It is very disappointing that Tony Blair has learned nothing from the fiasco in Libya and the disaster Khadaffi's murder had on both Libya and Europe with the hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the Sahara through Libya. I used to like Tony Blair. I used to think he was reasonably intelligent. Now I just wonder if he is on drugs.

The consequences

As much as I hate the fact that Iran is involved in Syria, they have a right to be there having been invited by the legally elected government. Russia is also there by invitation and has, not only a right, but an obligation to be there as an ally. All other countries and rebel forces in Syria have no right to be there, including the USA.

If Trump attacks Syria again, as he did after Khan Sheikoun, only even more viciously, Russia and Iran have every right to respond. They might respond by attempting to shoot down American missiles, or they might respond by destroying bases from which planes or missiles are launched. This certainly means casualties! And, God forbid, they would attack Navy destroyers or submarines for launching cruise missiles. Then there would be serious casualties and the US would certainly respond in kind.

The sensible thing

The sensible thing would be to investigate the incident thoroughly and investigate it with the idea of not just proving it was a Syrian Army action, but that it was not a false flag operation intended to provoke a stupid, knee-jerk reaction by the west.

It is hard to believe that the west is that stupid. But there is always the possibility that they aren't that stupid but are just hoping their citizens are.

The WHO and the OPCW are both trying to get boots on the ground in Douma and Russia has guaranteed the OPCWs safety. Any western response prior to their preliminary reports would be nothing short of insane.

At Last an MSM Personality Sees Through the Syrian Gas Attack Rhetoric

Tucker Carlson slams US foreign policy in no-holds-barred monologue on Syria, social media explodes

Finally, a powerful media personality gets on-board with what I have been writing for at least a year.

Be it known that I do not watch Fox News or Tucker Carlson. I haven't spent more than a couple hours watching Fox in my life and I have never seen Carlson. I may have to check him out soon.

© Fox News / YouTube

As US leaders and mainstream media push for the nation to go to war in Syria, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has slammed so-called "geniuses" who claim to know the truth behind the alleged chemical attack.

Speaking on his television show on Monday, Carlson spoke of the alleged attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma. However, he noted that while "genius" politicians, media, intelligence services, and think tanks seem to blame Syrian President Bashar Assad for the attack, they don't actually know what happened on the ground.

"All the geniuses tell us that Assad killed those children, but do they really know that? Of course they don't really know that. They're making it up. They have no real idea what happened," Carlson said.

"Actually both sides in the Syrian civil war possess chemical weapons," he said, noting that it wouldn't have benefited Assad to use chlorine gas, since his forces have been winning the war in Syria.

Still no proof Assad was complicit in Khan Sheikoun

He also discussed last year's sarin gas attack which the majority of US leaders also blamed on Assad. "But of course they were lying," he said, noting that US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis admitted two months ago that there is still no proof that Assad used sarin last year. Carlson called the story "propaganda."

Twitter exploded with support for Carlson following the broadcast, with many praising him for being the only American mainstream media personality to publicly challenge US foreign policy on television.

"Tucker Carlson is without question the greatest American in the mainstream media," tweeted the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Daniel McAdams. He added that Carlson may have saved "thousands of lives, maybe more" through his comments.

I'm not sure you can call US foreign policy - policy. It seems more like knee-jerk reaction than policy.

Former US diplomat Jim Jatras called Carlson the "bravest man on television."

'Foreign Policy By Viral Video': Tucker Rips 'Geniuses' Claiming to Know Truth About Syrian Gas...

Tucker Carlson blasted those who feel the latest gas attack targeting Syrian civilians is a call to declare war on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

I wrote exactly the same thing yesterday - the US has no moral imperative to respond without significant proof of Assad complicity. 

Writer and consultant Beth Clay said that Carlson is "the only person so far to ask the tough questions and make real observations." Twitter user Jake Nelson expressed a similar sentiment, calling Carlson the "only person on TV with enough balls to call it like it is."

While the majority of tweets were positive and full of praise for Carlson, there were a few critics who didn't approve of his words on Syria and Assad.

Human rights advocate Rachel Andrews tweeted that Carlson's words resulted in "chills" going down her spine. "How are these people allowed to be on air?" she asked, while accusing Carlson of "defending" Assad.

Have you no interest in knowing the truth, Rachel?

Twitter user @USAF Vet accused Carlson of "spinning conspiracy theories on the Syrian gas attack," calling Fox News "trash TV."

Unfortunately, it is the Administration that is spinning the conspiracy theory. Blaming the least likely person for something that hasn't even been proven to have happened. 

That a chemical attack seems to occur every time Trump starts talking about removing US troops from Syria would make Assad the stupidest man on earth. Assad is many things, some of them quite horrible, but he is not stupid. 

This was most likely a false flag operation conducted by one or more of those who would benefit from the US remaining in Syria - rebel groups, Saudi Arabia, NATO, US military, arms merchants, etc., etc.

Both Syria and Russia have called for an on-the-ground investigation, with Moscow proposing to create an independent mechanism into the alleged attack in Douma. Russia is ready to serve as a guarantor of security for experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The Russian military has stated that it found no trace of chemical weapons at the alleged attack site, accusing the rebel-linked White Helmets of distributing "fake news."

And the White Helmets have certainly distributed fake news before. 

Also, I noticed in the videos from Douma that there were men running about through the dust and rubble without so much as pulling their T-shirts over their mouths and noses. Amazing!

Climatism - The Religion of Global Warming

All you really need to know about global warming

Istvan Marko, Professor of Chemisty at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, discusses the need for CO2 on Earth.

He goes into how the 'Go Green' campaign has become a mindless religion where it is contrived of more activists than actual scientists.

If you want to know more about this high-level conspiracy go to:

Getting off the Fence on Global Warming

and

Top Scientist Admist Global Warming a Scam

Russia Has ‘More Proof’ ISIS Oil Routed Through Turkey, Erdogan Says He’ll Resign if True

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
© Sputnik / Reuters

Russia has received additional intelligence confirming that oil from deposits controlled by Islamic State is moved through Turkey on an industrial scale, said Vladimir Putin. President Recep Erdogan said he will resign if this is confirmed.

Moscow has grounds to suspect that the Su-24 was downed by Turkish jets on November 24 to secure illegal oil deliveries from Syria to Turkey, he said speaking on the sidelines of the climate change summit in Paris on Monday.

“At the moment we have received additional information confirming that that oil from the deposits controlled by Islamic State militants enters Turkish territory on industrial scale,” he said.

“We have every reason to believe that the decision to down our plane was guided by a desire to ensure security of this oil’s delivery routes to ports where they are shipped in tankers,” Putin said.

Speaking in Paris on Monday, President Recep Erdogan said that he will leave office if there is proof of Turkey’s cooperation with IS.

That will be the day!

 “We are not that dishonest as to buy oil from terrorists. If it is proven that we have, in fact, done so, I will leave office. If there is any evidence, let them present it, we’ll consider [it],” he said, as quoted by TASS.

The countries from which Turkey buys oil are “well known,” said Erdogan.

This is typical political stick-handling (to use a hockey term). Putin didn't accuse Turkey of buying oil from ISIS, but of allowing it to pass through Turkey to unnamed sea-ports.

He called on Russia to comment on the US’ recent black-listing of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the World Chess Federation President, accusing him of “materially assisting and acting for or on behalf of the Government of Syria.” Erdogan alleged Ilyumzhinov had been dealing with Islamic State oil.

Terrorists have been abusing the visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey to move freely, the Russian leader said adding that Ankara failed to address the issue after Russia raised it.

“We have been asking [Ankara] for a long time to pay attention” to the threat posed by some terrorists active in separate regions of Russia, including the northern Caucuses, that have been “emerging on Turkish territory,” Putin said.

Moscow has asked Ankara to “stop this practice,” he added, but pointed out that “we have traced some located on the territory of the Turkish Republic and living in regions guarded by special security services and police that have used the visa-free regime to return to our territory, where we continue to fight them,” he added.

Answering a question as to whether Moscow wants to form a broad based anti-terrorist coalition, Putin said Russia has always supported this initiative, “but this cannot be done while someone continues to use several terrorist organizations to reach their immediate goals.”

Is he referring to the US using ISIS and other rebel groups to bring down Bashar al Assad, or Turkey using them to weaken, if not eliminate the Kurds?

Putin admitted that he was personally saddened by the deterioration of relations with Turkey. He explained that “problems do exist and they emerged a long time ago and we have been trying to resolve them in dialogue with our Turkish partners.”

Putin said he has heard Ankara’s claims that it was not Erdogan who made the decision to down the Russian jet. However, he stressed that for Russia “it doesn’t really matter” which official made the decision. 

“As a result of this criminal campaign our two soldiers died – a crew commander and a marine, who was part of the rescue team of the [Su-24] crew,” he said, adding that Turkey’s actions had been “a huge mistake.”

Russo-Turkish relations have deteriorated in the wake of the downing of Russia’s Su-24 by Turkish jets over Syria on November 24. Russia imposed a package of economic sanctions against Turkey last Thursday, which included banning several Turkish organizations and the import of certain goods, as well as cancelling the visa-free regime for Turkish citizens travelling to Russia starting next year.

Speaking on the sidelines of the summit, Erdogan said that Ankara will act “patiently, not emotionally” before imposing any counter-measures.

Meanwhile, ahead of the summit, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that Ankara will not apologize “for doing our duty.”

Putin and Erdogan were hoped to meet at the environmental summit taking place in Paris, but Putin said that no meeting was held on Monday.