Jim Lincoln wrote:
I have no problem with you meeting First Day

Jim, Remember what God recorded in His Scriptures, "Ex 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:" ~ That is what happens today. Next, "v10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,!" AGAIN that in order of days is what happens.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
But you mean Margie didn't recognize that the Shabbat, is only on Saturday and can't be moved to First Day?

At the end of those six days is the seventh called Sunday today. This is the Sabbath order which God established. The SEVENTH day is blessed and sanctified by God.

"Exod 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:"

"Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

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men wrote:
She did not hide behind your dodgy doctrine to justify her evil attempt to destroy the Christian Sabbath

Men wrote:
1. You have had ample opportunity to make a relevant response but you simply do not know what you are talking about.
2. btw - Still waiting for the Christian view on the "Christian" destruction of the Sabbath from you ... silence is golden.

Men wrote:
Do some real research for once, and find something relevant.

As for Mrs. Thatcher she brought leadership to government and helped to bring Britain back into the world as a competitor economically, which is the point about the so called Big Bang.

Men wrote:
abandoned by ALL Conservative movements worldwide today

"Lady Thatcher understood that commitment to low inflation had to come from the political process — government had to be fiscally and monetarily disciplined because this was what the people would vote for."

"The Thatcher record of reform stands up well. For today’s policymakers faced with the never-ending need to attend to the supply-side, the lessons are that good economic ideas are hard to translate into reality without good politics — know your enemy and only trust your friends; be cautious and prepare with endless thoroughness; don’t change anything that is working. The City’s Big Bang was an important component of the UK economy’s resurgence and she got it right." (Telegraph)

Maggie's deregulation of the city in London called the "Big Bang" demonstrates that her policies were right on the mark.

Of course the Socialists would want to bring back Big Government - more bureaucracy.

Some of the reported observations of Margaret Thatchers parliamentary career are:
* In 1988 she spent the year reading the Old Testament. She was noted for quoting the OT to staff.
* Those who worked with her speak of her faith being used to bring her through her turbulent career.
* Her strong Methodist upbringing is said to have supported her in life.
* She attended church throughout her life.
* She was a Lay Preacher at University.

If prayer, Bible study, faith and church are the mark of a Christian, then Thatcher demonstrated this mark.

Her life made manifest to those around her a witness of Christian church background contributing to her life and career with power and authority.

Like Deborah the Judge, she was a woman chosen to lead her nation at a crucial time in the country's history. She may not have pleased everybody - But she lead well.

"Thatcherism always owed more to Methodism than it ever did to monetarism. This was the real source of Mrs Thatcher’s “conviction politics”. Thatcherism centred on a charismatic leader who cultivated a religious aura, was promoted like a religion, had notable converts like a religion, was rejected like a religion, and would cause a sharp divide within the nation like that of a religious war from centuries past.
Christianity was not only fundamental to the political leader, but also the person."

"No British prime minister since William Gladstone was more deeply marked, nor their personality so defined, by their religious heritage and faith.
Lady Thatcher’s religious doctrine was not confined to the heart nor to the head, nor was it mere political spin.
It is only by understanding Lady Thatcher’s faith that we can understand the philosophy that bore her name, her leadership style and that steely resolve that enabled her to sustain power for 11 years." (Dr. Eliza Filby)

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John UK. wrote:
the pilgrim's battle song. I wonder if she knew what it was all about.

Men wrote:
First, Thatcher was not an environmentalist.

majority of Maggie's extra 2 million unemployed were not coal miners...

Fortunately Trade Unions are still with us

Unemployment wasn't the fault of any one person whether politician or peasant. Unions and their greed and mad cap strikes did more to increase unemployment than any single person.

Unions were worn out decades ago they are no use today and have been getting in the way of industry and production for decades. Their biggest contribution in recent times has been to destroy firms and industries.

Socialism is a disease which has helped destroy many western countries including the UK. The true effects of socialism can be observed in Russia, China and North Korea et al. And that is precisely where Stalin Milliband would take us today. Big Brother government for gullible people who want the bureaucrats to tell the people what to say think and do.