This is in continuing commentary on the USA Presidential Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, together with thereto relevant Executive Orders of now two Presidents allowing certain religious organizations to distribute publicly-funded services or monies on peculiar discriminations, to the exclusion of any other peaceable organizations regardless of faith, and to exclusion of agnostics, Gnostics, and atheists.

The USA reportedly a vast majority of Christians, if mostly "unchurched", here there seems a rise in credit and finance to congregations not necessarily having the greatest members, but a proclivity to "tweaking" the Bible in ways uncommon for at least 1, 995 years...actually, it's Biblical contexts which appear to be morphing to claim everything from 911 to Katrina to you losing your home or job to immigration and beyond is not a power-grab or drift of government and business, nor even of the devil; instead, they say God is "disciplining" or "chastising" you...if you're even a member of their Churches, which win money from government and find easy credit, and you come on hard times, well, obviously you've been a Pharisee in Church and no matter what you SAY you believe about God reading your heart, your congregation or faith must not help you against any poverty or whatever God is willing against you. Yea, for the REAL members, God and Jesus are armor and clubs willing to go knock down anybody and anything as if named Bruno and Tony...say "Praise Jesus!" a lot, quote mostly Old Testament, wear a collar, urge folks to stop pestering pols, look how "God" provides for you.

It's been uncommon over millennia for Christians to describe their Divinity as a "bread God", satisfying your every earthly whim, and taking from "losers" Providentially stricken into all global poverty due to a fit of pique, but there you go. While not Scriptural, it would be one thing if such clergy were trying to insinuate God doesn't want the financially stressed abroad to burden the USA or other nations by emigrating without money, but au contrere. Just by looking at Senator Inhofe's "good news" to Africa that the USA can both leave Muslim extremist Bashir alone and get homes and stuff for Africans, it looks like "Rapturing bread God Jesus" may be leading new Christians to an exodus into a new land with houses they did not build...ala so many Latinos and others, may USA clergy can help sift wheat from chaff with newcomers.

Thus, one presumes the number one job of a USA President being to protect the USA, and all things 911 onward described as Divine retributions, the raison d'etre of the Faith office is to promote the viewpoint of ministers to the "tough cheese!' exclusion of so many, on false premise Islamic terrorists are all poor so keep away from "money arming potential Islamic recruits". Likewise, the Faith office has to like the stress its mostly Christian beneficiaries afford politicians re need for economic improvements.

The within foregoing is my ground for respectfully challenging the legality of the Faith office; through limiting ANY peaceful religious expression to one especially uncommon context, it seems said office operates contrary to US S.Ct. (1943), West Virginia State Board of Education V. Barnette, 319 US 624, inter alia, in that said office prescribes what should be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or admixture thereof...confession of faith therein being a moot issue in re "the outcast".

For those exhorting the Faith office is but an arm of PSYOPS economic warfare defense, as Europe or Muslims influenced Scripture interpretations so long ago, and now Europe and other nations attack us using false "compassionate" Scriptures just to see big business and government spend more than they feel like:

1. Since the Faith office was created, from Asia to Africa, Buddhism to Eritrean Orthodoxy, Islam to Hinduism, more and more governments keep taking over their religions, and adopt the same contexts therein as found here...and they do this in reaction to us, not vice-versa. Treating people abroad with the same "tough love of God" sure reduces chances for our foreign consumer bases.

2. It's not an "attack" to say that much of the Old  Testament...to Christians...is the "old Covenant", Jesus being the new Covenant making the New Testament the first and last guide and filter of even the OT.  Jesus Himself said that in His fulfilling prophecies of Mosaic law, and giving new ways to serve God, there would be much of the old law which would pass away. For example, He says that henceforth do what you want, you won't be destroyed but will receive earthly treasure as your reward if you follow greed to Gehenna...unless you turn from egotism, follow the Ten Commandments, and follow His beatitudes and two greatest commandments to love (Mark 10:17-31). Whereas in the OT (Job 1, 10; Psalm 128; Isaiah 3,10) wealth and material goods (even in re the poor) were thought signs of God's favor, Jesus sees them as false security and says all must abandon such attitude if they truly want favor; at Mark 10:27. Jesus says it's beyond human power to craft their own salvations, but that God may gift it if one truly tried to live by Christ's teachings. Re New Covenant, see Hebrews 7, Luke 17:20-21.

3. To Christians, it shouldn't be "blasphemy" to say more than one religious road can lead to Heaven; Jesus always resisted intents that He, instead of God, be worshipped in any way(s) at all (Matthew 9:17, Matthew 26:63-64), yet obviously used words and miracles simply to establish credibility for giving ALL humans notice of how to act in the then and now present Kingdom of God (Matthew 3:1-17, John 11:37-38). He sees His role not as God, but as an intercessor always with us (Matthew 28:19-20) who has Divine powers to let or not let anything happen...limited to acting as executor of God's will, God having given up that wrath-before-dying Old Covenant...God to Christians intervenes only spiritually.  

4. As to universalism of Christ, while it seems Trinitarian baptism is essential for power to cast out demons, you can find redemption and salvation just by believing in Jesus and doing as He said (Romans 10:9-13). Also, no particular religion at all is envisioned nor any talisman or sacrament needed other than belief and action in step with Jesus (Mark 10:27, Colossians 2:20-23). Throw in Jesus saying all who keep his New Covenant are his brothers and sisters (Matthew 13:50) plus His intent the Covenant apply globally (Matthew 28:19), and it's pretty clear you can be anyone doing anything anywhere, as long as you don't think power emanates from an Ankh/Crucifix/Buddha/what have you symbol, do Christ's bidding, and be as Christian as Tony Perkins, Pat Robertson, John Hagee, or the Pope...no Christian being more or less important than another (1 Peter 5:37, Luke 9:49-50).

5. Despite Islamic terrorists being a small fraction of all Muslims, USA government separately gives aid to foreign theocracies connected to such terrorists, and of which the USA concurrently complains of violating even Muslim human rights, with not even the Faith office doing much to give religious voice or involvement to peaceful Muslim congregations.

It would seem that no foreign interest(s) is or are trying to hurt the USA economy simply by "conning" folks here to believe in a much less harshly Christianity...especially since my Bible cites came from the same unchallenged Bibles the "right" congregations use, and often they use themselves tracts in their own support which were once thought "text corrupted".

As a concluding scenario, some, notably "United Church of God, an International Association", might be growing a new angle on the "unchurched as unbalanced" scheme re the Faith office being of DHS "value". Reviewing at length much of their printed ephemera, they having international offices and apparently limitless funds for printing and mailing all ephemera free of charge to the world, the highlights of their credo differences seem to be that Christ does not want the Gospel spread everywhere, plus no matter what we all get a second chance to so much as be baptized, let alone choose Christ, at the Parousia...they say no Kingdom of God now present was ever indicated by Jesus; they feel they'll get into Heaven for sure if they urge souls now to "practice" or at least "teach" them, no matter their sins this life, what Christ will offer in a "second chance drawing".

The reason for such "second chance" is that God knows not one of us who had been, is, or will be living is capable of following Christ's teachings in His absence (despite saying, after Resurrection per Scripture, "I am always with you"); UCG metaphysics purports that the essential nature of man is bad, most recently in its "Good News" magazine, March-April 2009 issue, article "Goodness: God's Character and Man's Potential". At minimum, such view rejects Scriptural teaching that every last thing God creates starts off good (Genesis 1:27-31, 1 Timothy 4:4) and ignores secular research. For example, in England, the "Daily Telegraph" of 11/25/08 had the story " Children Are Born Believers in God, Academic Claims"; per story, Dr. Justin Barrett, a researcher at Oxford's Center for Anthropology and Mind, said children naturally sense a God, that evolution is hard for the human mind to grasp, and that in cultures where no expression of God exists kids still believe...THAT'S innate badness? Oh, and said "Good News" issue alerts in big spread that Islamic terror will soon engage most Muslims in a war with the West.

UCG alleges offices serving Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe; only one each in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia; two in Asia; three in or near Australia. Wouldn't it be something if anyone were implying to "real Scriptural Jesus" Africans of assorted races that racists and Muslims were trying to somehow keep them from houses they didn't build, even if houses weren't in Africa? After all, UCG isn't very ecumenical, in its said "Good News" issue, p. 23, saying: "Today many who claim to believe in Jesus also follow the commandments of man...they worship on Sunday and holidays that originated in pagan religious worship, including Christmas and Easter".

To recap, I respectfully submit the USA Office of Faith-Based Initiatives un-Constitutionally discriminates in use of public funds; so sets standards of orthodoxy in religion, nationalism, and politics; works contrary to USA economic and national security; and further defers to such favored religious view(s) against all citizen inquiries, complaints, and expectations in order to vitiate the public at-large.

Only time will tell if the Faith office next will turn aside "OT Jesus" for yet another kind not derived of ancient Scripture, what kind of Jesus Senator Inhofe et al seek to assist in Africa, and whether same in any way advise the USA is kept from progress not only due to atheists and the unchurched, but due to "pagan" Christians no one from outside should talk to...UCG, e.g., otherwise sells an OT "Bread King Jesus", but is it taught that's where African and USA Christianity part ways?