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Lee: LIFE UNDER SHARI'A
LAW, AND IT'S NOT JUST IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
IF PEOPLE AREN'T AFRAID
OF IT, DON'T STEAL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
STONED TO DEATH, DON'T
COMMIT ADULTERY.
Lee: SEE WHAT IT IS
HAPPENING AND WHY IT MAY BE
COMING TO THE U.S.
AND THEN, INSIDE THE BIGGEST
MOVIE OF THE SEASON.
WHAT'S BEHIND THE TWILIGHT
OBSESSION.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
TERRY, YOU'RE AN INTELLIGENT
LADY.
DO GIRLS LIKE TO HAVE
CREATURES BITE THEIR NECKS
AND DRAW BLOOD?
Terry: WELL, WE HAVE A
GUEST WE'RE GOING TO TALK
WITH A LITTLE LATER WHO IS
GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE
DRAW OF ALL OF THAT IS.
Pat: ARE YOU GOING TO
TELL ME WHAT THE FEMALE SIDE
OF IT IS?
Terry: WELL, SHE IS.
I'M NOT.
Pat: I AM NOT A VAMPIRE
FAN.
IN ANY EVENT, WE'LL TELL YOU
ABOUT THAT.
MORE PRECISELY, IN TERMS OF
DRAWING BLOOD, IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE READY FOR WAR IN
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL SEEMS TO BE ON THE
BRINK OF WAR WITH THE
PALESTINIANS.
FIGHTING BETWEEN THE TWO
SIDES IS NOW HEATING UP IN
GAZA.
Terry: ISRAEL'S AIR
FORCE IS LAUNCH DEADLY
ATTACKS ON GAZA.
AND THE TENSION COULD SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: "OPERATION
PILLAR OF DEFENSE" IS AIMED
AT LAUNCHING MASSIVE ATTACKS
ON SOUTHERN ISRAELI CITIES
THAT ESCALATED OVER THE LAST
DAYS AND WEEKS.
THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN
140 ROCKETS THAT HAVE BEEN
FIRED INTO ISRAEL SINCE THE
BEGINNING.
Reporter: ISRAEL UPPED
THE ANTE ON WEDNESDAY WHEN
IT CARRIED OUT A STRIKE ON
HAMAS' WING.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE
BORDER OF ISRAEL AND THE
GAZA STRIP.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRACE OF ONE
OF THE ROCKETS FIRED INTO
SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
THIS IS A BATTLE THAT IS
CONTINUING.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
SEVERAL DAYS, AND LIKELY
SEVERAL MORE.
Reporter: ISRAEL SAYS
IT WAS TARGET TERRORIST
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ROCKET-LAUNCHING SITES.
BEHIND US, YOU CAN CAN
SEE THE PLUMES OF SMOKE OF
THE IRON DOME.
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE DOME,
WHICH IS THE COLOR RED
ALARM, WHICH IS NOTIFYING
ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN HEAR THE BOOMS IN
THE BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW, OF
PROBABLY IRON DOME SHOOTING
DOWN SOME OF THOSE
MISSILES.
Reporter: THE IRON DOME
ARE ABOUT 80% EFFECTIVE OF
HITTING THE MISSILES.
BUT ON THURSDAY, AT LEAST
ONE MISSILE GOT THROUGH.
WE'RE NOT TOO FAR FROM
THE GAZA STRIP, AND YOU CAN
SEE BEHIND ME, THERE HAS
BEEN A DIRECT HIT BY ONE OF
THE ROCKETS.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THREE
ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN KILLED,
AND OTHERS ARE WOUNDED.
THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE
ROCKETS THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED
FROM THE GAZA STRIP INTO
ISRAEL.
WE HEARD A BIG BOOM, AND
WE SAW THE BUILDING
DESTROYED.
FIRST I THOUGHT IS MY MOM
OKAY.
I'M STILL SHAKING AND I'M
VERY SCARED.
RIGHT NOW I'M REALLY
SCARED.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAFE.
Reporter: NETANYAHU
SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
OVERNIGHT.
OBAMA BACKED ISRAEL'S RIGHT
TO DEFEND ITSELF, AND ALSO
URGED ISRAEL TO DO
EVERYTHING TO PREVENT
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN
GAZA.
AND EGYPT RECALL ITS
AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL.
HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT
THIS TO GO?
I EXPECT THEM TO GET THE
MESSAGE THAT WE SEND THEM.
AND IF IT WILL NOT BE LIKE
THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE.
Reporter: IT'S NOT
CLEAR IF ISRAEL WILL MOUND A
GROUND INCURSION IN THE
GAZA, BUT SOME RESERVISTS
HAVE BEEN CALLED UP, AND IN
THE COMING DAYS, ISRAEL
EXPECTS THE ROCKET FIRE TO
CONTINUE.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
ISRAEL.
Pat: I WOULD THINK
ISRAEL WOULD HAVE TO MOVE
INTO GAZA.
THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE
GIVEN IT UP.
BIG MISTAKE.
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE, WE
WILL GIVE UP LAND.
IT HASN'T WORKED.
IT DIDN'T WORK ANYWHERE, AND
IT WON'T WORK THIS TIME
AGAIN.
AND SO THE ISRAELIS WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE TO GO IN
WITH GROUND TROOPS AND GET
RID OF THE TERRORISTS WHO
ARE LAUNCHING ROCKETS INTO
ISRAEL.
YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM.
HERE AT HOME, CONGRESS IS
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED ON THAT
DEADLY ATTACK OF AMERICANS
IN LIBYA.
THEY KEEP TALKING BACK AND
FORTH.
BUT WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY
INTERVIEW WITH SOMEBODY WHO
SAYS THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN
MUCH MORE SINISTER THAN WHAT
THE PRESS HAS LED US TO
BELIEVE.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT EXCLUSIVE
STORY.
Lee: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
HEARINGS ON THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACK ON THE
U.S. CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI,
LIBYA, START TODAY IN
CONGRESS.
REPUBLICANS ARE EAGER TO
MOVE PAST THE DISTRACTION OF
THE GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
SEX SCANDAL.
THEY WANT TO GET TO THE
TRUTH ABOUT THE ATTACK THAT
KILLED U.S. AMBASSADOR CHRIS
STEVENS AND THREE OTHER
AMERICANS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: AHEAD OF
TODAY'S BENGHAZI HEARINGS,
SPARKS ARE ALREADY FLYING.
IN HIS FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE
SINCE RE-ELECTION, PRESIDENT
OBAMA LASHED OUT AT
REPUBLICAN SENATORS JOHN
McCAIN AND LINDSAY
GRAHAM.
THEY'VE BEEN CRITICAL OF HIS
U.N. AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE,
WHO TOLD THE WORLD OVER AND
OVER AGAIN THE BENGHAZI
TERROR ATTACKS WERE NOTHING
MORE THAN A PROTEST GONE
WRONG.
President Obama: IF
SENATOR McCAIN AND SENATOR
GRAHAM AND OTHERS WANT TO GO
AFTER SOMEBODY, THEY SHOULD
GO AFTER ME.
BUT FOR THEM TO GO AFTER THE
U.N. AMBASSADOR, WHO HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH BENGHAZI,
AND TO BESMERCH HER
REPUTATION IS NOT GOOD.
IF THE PRESIDENT THINKS
WE ARE PICKING ON PEOPLE, HE
REALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY
IDEA OF HOW SERIOUS THIS
ISSUE IS.
Reporter: SENATOR
LINDSAY GRAHAM ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAY, QUOTE,"DON'T
THINK FOR ONE MINUTE I DON'T
HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE.
I BELIEVE YOU FAILED AS A
COMMANDER IN CHIEF BEFORE,
DURING, AND AFTER THE
ATTACK."
THEY HAVE BEEN JUGGLING THE
BENGHAZI SCANDAL AND THE
DAVID PETRAEUS SCANDAL.
HE WENT TO LIBYA TO
PERSONALLY INVESTIGATE IT,
BUT HE HANDED IN HIS
RESIGNATION LAST WEEK AFTER
HIS PERSONAL SCANDAL BROKE.
NOW OFFICIALS SAY HE WILL
TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENT COMMITTEE ABOUT
THE BENGHAZI ATTACK.
CBN NEWS SPOKE WITH RETIRED
LIEUTENANT GENERAL JERRY
BOYCAN.
HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND,
AND HE FINDS THE TIMING VERY
SUSPICIOUS.
WHEN THIS ALL COMES OUT,
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND
OUT THERE IS A HUGE COVERUP,
AND THERE IS MORE TO THIS
THAN MEETS THE EYE.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THERE IS
A COVERT ACTION GOING ON TO
FUNNEL ARMS TO THE REBELS IN
SYRIA.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE
STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE
CONCLUDED THAT THE JIHADISTS
ARE OUR FRIENDS, AND THAT WE
NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THEM,
AND A VARIETY OF OTHER
THINGS.
President Obama: I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED IN BENGHAZI, AND
I'M HAPPEN TO COOPERATE IN
ANYWAYS THAT CONGRESS
WANTS.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Lee: MEANWHILE, THE
HEAD OF THE U.S. MILITARY'S
AFRICA COMMAND NOW CONFIRMS
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ATTACKED THE U.S. CONSULATE
IN LIBYA HAVE TIES TO
AL-QAEDA.
AND THE U.S. HAS DRAWING
CONCERNS, PAT, THAT THE
REGION HAS BECOME A
TERRORIST HAVEN.
Pat: LEE, GENERAL
BOYCAN IS AN INCREDIBLE
MAN.
HE HEADED UP THE ORIGINAL
DELTA FORCE PEOPLE.
HE IS A GREAT WARRIOR.
AND FOR HIM TO SAY HE THINKS
WE WERE FUNNELING WEAPONS
COVERTLY TO THE
TERRORISTS -- NOT THE
TERRORISTS, BUT THE REBELS
IN SYRIA, AND THAT CERTAIN
PEOPLE IN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT ARE ON THE SIDE
OF THE JIHADISTS -- DID HE
REALLY SAY THAT?
LEE?
Lee: YES, PAT, HE DID
SAY THAT.
HE SAYS THAT'S A THEORY.
HE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT.
HE ADMITS HE DOES NOT HAVE
INSIDE INFORMATION, BUT HE
IS SPECULATING THAT.
Pat: IT IS QUITE AN
INTERESTING SPECULATION FROM
A MAN THAT IS AS HIGH-PRICED
AS HE IS.
THAT OPENS UP SOMETHING THAT
NEVER WAS MENTIONED BEFORE,
THAT THERE WAS A COVERT
OPERATION BY THE C.I.A. TO
GET WEAPONS TO SYRIA, AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE
FAVORING THE JIHADIES.
AND SUSAN RICE I THINK IS A
DISASTER, AND THE THOUGHT
SHE WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE REPUBLICANS WILL
FILIBUSTER THE DAY LIGHTS
OUT OF THAT ONE.
THERE IS NO WAY SUCH AN
APPOINTMENT WOULD POSSIBLY
GO THROUGH.
LET'S GO ON.
IT'S AN INTERESTING DAY,
LEE.
Lee: IT IS, PAT.
TOP REPUBLICANS SAY MITT
ROMNEY LOST THE ELECTION
LAST WEEK BECAUSE HE DID NOT
RESPOND TO ATTACKS FROM
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN,
AND THAT HE DIDN'T OFFER
SPECIFIC POLICIES.
ROMNEY SAYS THE PRESIDENT
WON RE-ELECTION BECAUSE OF
SO-CALLED GIFTS HE GAVE TO
BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND YOUNG
VOTERS.
HE MADE THAT CLAIM ON
WEDNESDAY.
THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN
FOCUSED ON CERTAIN MEMBERS
OF HIS BASE COALITION, GIVE
THEM EXTRAORDINARY FINANCIAL
GIFTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
AND THEN WORKED VERY
AGGRESSIVELY TO TURN THEM
OUT TO VOTE.
Lee: HOWEVER, LOUISIANA
GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL CALLS
THAT, QUOTE,"ABSOLUTELY
WRONG," AND SAYS THAT
SENTIMENT DOES NOT REPRESENT
REPUBLICANS.
MEANWHILE, ONE LEADLY
POLITICAL AUTHOR BELIEVES
ROMNEY'S MORMON FAITH MAY
HAVE PREVENTED HIM FROM
REALLY CONNECTING WITH SOME
VOTERS.
AUTHOR STEVEN MANSFIELD HAS
WRITTEN BIOGRAPHIES OF
GEORGE BUSH AND BARACK
OBAMA.
MORMONISM EXPRESS ALMOST
A HYPER PERFORMANCE, ALMOST
BEING PERFECT.
LOOK AT MITT ROMNEY, HE'S
STRAIGHT FROM CENTRAL
CASTING, AS FAR AS WE KNOW
HE HAS NEVER HAD A BAD HAIR
DAY, HE HAS THE PERFECT
FAMILY.
HE IS A MAN ALMOST WITHOUT
FLAWS.
WHAT FLAWS HE HAS ARE AN
EXTENSION OF HIS STRIVING
FOR PERFECTION AND STRIVING
FOR EXCELLENCE.
AMERICANS LIKE THE STORY OF
REDEMPTION.
THEY LIKE THE GUY WHO IS
FLAWED, WHO HAS HAD THE
FAILURES AND HAS ASCENDED
AGAIN.
PEOPLE PREFER GEORGE W.
BUSH.
THEY PREFER THE MAN WHO
HAD
A DRINKING PROBLEM AND FOUND
JESUS.
THEY PREFER THE YOUNG HALF
WHITE, HALF BLACK KID WHO
WAS MOVING TWEAN BETWEEN
WORLDS AND THEN FOUND FAITH
AND FOUND A PURPOSE IN
LIFE.
YES, IT COULD VERY WELL BE
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT
HE DID NOT CONNECT WITH VAST
SEGMENTS OF THE ELECTORATE.
Lee: TO HEAR MY ENTIRE
VIEW WITH STEVEN MANSFIELD,
YOU CAN GO TO CBN.COM.
MANSFIELD DIDN'T SAY THAT'S
NOWHY CHRISTIANS DIDN'T
VOTE FOR HIM, BUT THAT MAY
BE A REASON.
Pat: SO IN ORDER TO BE
A PRESIDENT, YOU'VE GOT TO
BE A FLANDERER AND GO
THROUGH SOME GREAT TRIAL.
WE, AS CHRISTIANS, BELIEVE
IN REDEMPTION.
I THINK THE MAIN REASON THAT
ROMNEY LOST IS BECAUSE THE
CHICAGO POLITICIANS PULLED
THEIR USUAL TRICK.
IF YOU CAN'T RUN ON YOUR
RECORD, DEMONIZE THE OTHER
GUY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
THEY SPENT MONTHS POUNDING
AT ROMNEY, SAYING HE WAS OUT
OF TOUCH, HE WAS A VULTURE
CAPITALIST.
AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER.
HE EITHER DIDN'T HAVE THE
TIME FOR THE MONEY TO ANSWER
IT.
AND BECAUSE THOSE QUESTIONS
WERE NOT ANSWERED, THEY
STUCK IN THE AMERICAN
PSYCHE, AND HIS POPULARITY
NEVER GOT TO WHERE IT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHAT A
LIKEABLE GUY HE IS.
HE IS CERTAINLY LIKE THE
CANDIDATE FROM CENTRAL
CASTING, HE IS ABSOLUTELY
PERFECT.
GOOD-LOOKING AND LOVELY WIFE
AND WONDERFUL KIDS AND
SUCCESS.
WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THAT?
LEE?
Lee: EVANGELIST FRANG
FRANKLIN GRAHAM HAS A
WARNING FOR AMERICA.
HE TELLS CBN NEWS THAT THIS
COUNTRY HAS TURNED THEIR
BACK ON GOD.
FRANKLIN GRAHAM SPOKE WITH
CBN'S DAVID BRODY FOR THIS
FRIDAY'S EPISODE OF "THE
BRODY FILE."
THIS WILL USHER IN THE
LARGEST CHANGES IN OUR
SOCIETY SINCE THE CIVIL
WAR.
NO QUESTION.
EVERYBODY'S TAXES WILL GO
UP.
NOT AT FIRST, BUT
EVERYBODY'S TAXES ARE GOING
TO GO UP.
IT IS JUST GOING TO GET MORE
EXPENSIVE.
AS YOU TRY TO PAY FOR
OBAMACARE AND ALL OF THESE
OTHER THINGS OUT THERE
BEFORE US.
GOD IS IN CONTROL.
AND IF CHRISTIANS ARE UPSET,
THEY NEED TO BE UPSET AT
THEMSELVES.
WE NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB
OF GETTING OUR PEOPLE, THE
CHURCH, TO VOTE.
NOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL
YOU HOW TO VOTE.
BUT VOTE.
MY GOODNESS.
AND VOTE FOR CANDIDATES THAT
STAND FOR BIBLICAL VALUES.
BUT OUR COUNTRY IS IN
TROUBLE.
IT'S TROUBLE SPIRITUALLY.
WE'VE TURNED OUR BACK ON
GOD.
Lee: AND YOU CAN SEE
MORE OF THAT INTERVIEW ON
"THE BRODY FILE" PROGRAM
THIS FRIDAY, TOMORROW,
9:30 A.M. ON THE ABC FAMILY
CHANNEL.
INVESTORS ARE STILL GETTING
OUT OF STOCKS WHILE
WASHINGTON STARTS WORKING ON
A DEAL ON THE SO-CALLED
FISCAL CLIFF.
STOCKS HAVE HIT THEIR LOWEST
LEVEL IN FOUR MONTHS.
CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
HAVE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT
ON THE BUDGET BEFORE THE END
OF THIS YEAR.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID AGAIN
YESTERDAY THAT HE WANTS
HIGHER TAXES ON UPPER INCOME
AMERICANS.
SOME OF THOSE TAXES COULD
INCLUDE PROFITS FROM
STOCKS.
SOME INVESTORS WANT TO SELL
THEIR STOCKS NOW AND PAY A
LOWER TAX RATE AS A RESULT
OF THAT.
ECONOMISTS SAY IF WASHINGTON
CANNOT REACH A DEAL, THE
U.S. WOULD FALL BACK INTO A
RECESSION, AND THAT'S GIVING
SOME INVESTORS ANOTHER
REASON TO SELL.
PAT?
Pat: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
YOU KNOW, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WHAT WE -- THE
THOUSAND-POUND GORILLA IN
THE ROOM OR WHATEVER TERM
YOU WANT TO GIVE, IS THAT
THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS BEEN
FLOODING THE NATION WITH
CURRENCY.
THEY'RE BUYING UP
$40 BILLION WORTH OF
SECURITIES EVERY MONTH.
IT IS INCREDIBLE EASING.
AND THE INTEREST RATES ARE
AT HISTORIC LOWS AND THEY'VE
KEPT THEM LOW.
AND THEY SAID WE'LL KEEP
THEM LOW.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN THAT MONEY BEGINS TO
COME BACK HOME AND IT BEGINS
TO DO WHAT MONEY ALWAYS
DOES.
AND ABUNDANCE OF MONEY WILL
CAUSE PRICES TO GO UP.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE
GOODS AND SERVICES ARE ANY
MORE VALUABLE.
IT JUST MEANS IN TERMS OF
DOLLARS, THEY'LL BE PRICED
HIGHER.
AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS AND WE
BEGIN TO KICK INTO
INFLATION, WHICH NUMBER HAS
TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WOULD WE
DO IF WE SUDDENLY HAD 6%,
7%, 8% INFLATION?
AND WE HAD INTEREST RATES
THAT HAVE TO CORRESPOND.
WHAT WOULD THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DO WITH THIS
INCREDIBLE DEBT IF THEY HAD
TO PAY FOR IT IN TERMS OF
MARKET INTEREST RATES AT 6%,
7%, 8%?
IT WOULD MEAN THERE WOULD BE
NO MONEY LEFT FOR ANYTHING.
THE FEDERAL DEBT WOULD
CONSUME ALL OF THE AVAILABLE
FUNDS.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD
PAY FOR IT IS EITHER TO
DEFAULT ON THE OBLIGATIONS,
WHICH IN A SENSE IS
UNTHINKABLE HERE FOR AMERICA
TO BE LIKE ARGENTINA, OR IT
WOULD MEAN THAT TAXES WOULD
JUST GET TO BE
CONFISCALTORY, AND THAT'S
WHERE WE'RE HEADING AS A
SOCIETY.
WHAT FRANKLIN GRAHAM HAD TO
SAY, HE IS RIGHT ON IN HIS
ANALYSIS.
IT IS COMING UNLESS
SOMETHING IS DONE.
SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE
TO STOP WASTING MONEY.
Terry: IT SEEMS LIKE
THAT IS A MESSAGE WE KEEP
HEARING AND HEARING AND
HEARING.
Pat: BUT NOBODY
LISTENS.
WE WANT TO STOP THE WASTE,
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP
THIS PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO STOP WASTE, BUT
YOU CAN'T CUT THE SCHOOL
LUNCHES.
Terry: AND IN THE
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE
DONE ANY OF THEE MEASURES,
THERE IS RIOTING IN THE
STREETS.
Pat: PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO GIVE UP THEIR GOODIES.
Terry: THEY DON'T GET
THE MESSAGE.
HERE IS A SERIOUS ONE.
HOW ABOUT AMPUTATIONS FOR
THEFT, STONING FOR
ADULTERY.
IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF IT,
DON'T STEAL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
STONED TO DEATH, DON'T
COMMIT ADULTERY.
Terry: A CHILLING LOOK
AT LIFE UNDER SHARI'A LAW IN
LONDON.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION: COULD
THE U.S. BE NEXT?
Pat: IT SOUNDS
UNTHINKABLE, ISLAMIC LAW
BEING PRACTICED NOT ONLY IN
SAUDI ARABIA, BUT IN EUROPE,
INCLUDING PARTS OF LONDON
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE
ALREADY SEEING SIGNS OF IT
RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.A.
ERIC STACKELBACH HAS THIS
SHOCKING REPORT.
Reporter: STONING FOR
ADULTERY, AMPUTATIONS FOR
THEFT, DEATH FOR APOSTATES,
AND SECOND CLASS STATUS FOR
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
THIS IS LIFE UNDER SHARI'A
LAW.
THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM PRACTICED
IN COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN,
SAUDI ARABIA, AND GREAT
BRITAIN.
YES, GREAT BRITAIN.
THERE ARE REPORTEDLY SOME 85
SHARI'A CORT COURTS
OPERATING THERE.
WITH ISLAMIC JUDGES THERE.
WE WENT TO PROCEEDINGS,
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
ISLAMIC JUDGES SITTING UP
ABOVE THE REST.
AND THERE WAS ONE MUSLIM
WOMAN SUING FOR DIVORCE.
Reporter: ALLEN CRAIG
IS A FORMER CITY COUNCILLOR
IN EAST LONDON, HOME TO
SEVERAL SHARI'A COURTS WHERE
WOMEN FACE OPEN
DISCRIMINATION.
THE WOMEN'S WITNESS VALUE
IS HALF OF THAT OF A MAN.
THEY WOULD TEND, THEREFORE,
TO TAKE THE MAN'S POSITION
IN A DIVORCE.
Reporter: CRAIG IS
WORKING WITH BARONESS
CAROLYN COX, PROTECTING
WOMEN FROM THE SHARI'A
OPPRESSION.
MUSLIMS FACE TEMPTATION TO
SETTLE THINGS THE SHARI'A
WAY.
AND SOME WRONGLY BELIEVE
ISLAMIC COURTS ARE THEIR OWN
OPTION.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY
THAT MUSLIM WOMEN IN THIS
COUNTRY NEED TO BE INFORMED
THEY HAVE BETTER RIGHTS
UNDER ENGLISH LAW.
Reporter: SHARI'A LAWS
OPERATE OUTSIDE OF BRITISH
COMMON LAW.
THEIR DEFENDERS SAY THE
COURTS ARE LEGAL UNDER A
1996 ARBITRATION ACT THAT
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SETTLE
DIFFERENCES THROUGH METHODS
OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING.
THESE COURTS HAVE POPPED UP
IN SEVERAL BRITISH CITIES
WITH LARGE MUSLIM
POPULATION, INCLUDING
BIRMINGHAM, BRADFORD,
MANCHESTER, AND LONDON.
THIS IS THE TOWER HAMLET
SECTION OF EAST LONDON.
IT IS REALLY THE EPICENTER
OF THE SHARI'A MOVEMENT IN
GREAT BRITAIN.
THIS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC.
CRITICS SAY HE HAS TIES TO
EXTREMIST GROUPS.
HIS OFFICE DECLINED CBN
NEWS' REQUEST FOR AN
INTERVIEW.
GAYS HAVE BEEN BEATEN IN THE
STREETS.
IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
IT, DON'T STEAL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
STONED TO DEATH, DON'T
COMMIT ADULTERY.
Reporter: HE WANTS
SHARI'A LAW TO RULE GREAT
BRITAIN.
LAST YEAR HIS FOLLOWERS PUT
UP POSTERS LABELLING IT A
SHARI'A-CONTROLLED ZONE,
WHERE ISLAMIC RULES ARE
ENFORCED.
WE'RE SITTING IN A
BEAUTIFUL PARK.
WOULD THIS PARK LOOK
DIFFERENT IF SHARI'A CAME TO
THE U.K.?
SUDDENLY THE ADULT WOMAN
WOULD HAVE TO COVER HIMSELF,
AS WOULD THE MAN.
Reporter: CRAIG FEARS
THE GROWTH OF SHARI'A LAW
COULD LEAD TO MUSLIM EN
CLEAVES ISOLATED FROM MAIN
TRAIN BRITISH SOCIETY.
MY VISION IS THOSE WHO
ISOLATE THEMSELVES, THOSE
WHO SEPARATE THEMSELVES, IS
GROWING FASTER THAN THOSE
WHO WHAT WE WILL CALL
PROGRESS.
A BIG MARKER FOR THAT WOULD
BE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, THE
GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF
WOMEN, AROUND HERE WEARING
THE FULL FACE VEIL, THE FULL
BURQA, THE FACE VEIL.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW
YOUNGER AND YOUNGER THE
WOMEN GET.
Reporter: SO COULD
SHARI'A COURTS COME TO
AMERICA?
THE IDEA SOUNDS FAR-FETCHED
TO SOME.
YET ACCORDING TO THE CENTER
FOR SECURITY POLICY IN
WASHINGTON, THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME 50 COURT CASES IN AT
LEAST 23 STATES THAT HAVE
SEEN CONFLICTS BETWEEN
SHARI'A LAW AND AMERICAN
STATE LAW.
AND FOUR STATES HAVE ADOPTED
LEGISLATION CALLED AMERICAN
LAWS FOR AMERICAN COURTS
THAT WOULD PROTECT U.S.
CITIZENS FROM THE USE OF ANY
TYPE OF FOREIGN LAW, LIKE
SHARI'A, IN THE COURTROOM.
BACK IN EAST LONDON, CRAIG
SAYS THE FIGHT AGAINST
SHARI'A IS MUCH MORE THAN A
RELIGIOUS OR LEGAL ISSUE.
IT IS ACTUALLY A HUMAN
RIGHTS ISSUE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH
NON-CHRISTIANS ON THIS
TRYING TO BOLSTER AND
STRENGTHEN THE POSITION FOR
MUSLIM WOMEN.
Reporter: ERIC
STACKELBACH, CBN NEWS,
REPORTING FROM EAST LONDON.
Pat: WHAT IS THE OLD
THING ABOUT THE FROG IN THE
WATER?
YOU PUT HIM IN A VAT OF COLD
WATER AND SLOWLY TURN THE
HEAT UP, AND HE JUST SWIMS
HAPPILY ALONG UNTIL THE TIME
COMES WHEN HE IS COOKED AND
HE IS DEAD.
YOU DROP INTO HIM BOILING
WATER, HE'LL JUMP OUT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT BOILING IT.
THEY'RE JUST TURNING UP THE
HEAT LITTLE BY LITTLE BY
LITTLE, AND THE BRITS DON'T
SEEM TO HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, YOU'LL
MEET A WOMAN WHO WAS HEALED
OF CRIPPLING ARTHRITIS IN AN
INSTANT.
PLUS WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
NEEDS.
AND LATER ON, ESCAPING THE
VAMPIRE.
WHAT TWILIGHT LOVERS ARE
REALLY LOOKING FOR, AND HOW
YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THEM.
Terry: WELL, ARTHRITIS
IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF
DISABILITY IN AMERICA.
MORE THAN 20 MILLION
INDIVIDUALS WITH ARTHRITIS
SUFFER PAIN ON A DAILY
BASIS.
AMELIA HUBB USED TO BE ONE
OF THEM, BUT NOT ANYMORE
BECAUSE AMELIA WAS HEALED IN
AN INSTANT.
Reporter: EVERY DAY,
AMELIA HUBB WOKE UP TO
CRIPPLING PAIN IN HER HIPS.
GETTING UP FROM BED IN
THE MORNING, IT WAS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE.
OR WHEN I SIT FOR TOO LONG
ON THE CHAIR, I HAVE TO GET
UP.
I HAVE TO GET UP SLOWLY AND
WAIT A FEW MINUTES TO BE
ABLE TO WALK.
THEY SENT ME TO A SPECIALIST
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I HAD
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
BUT THEY CHECKED ME, AND
THEY SAID YOU HAVE VERY BAD
ARTHRITIS OF THE HIPS, AND I
DON'T GIVE YOUR HIPS MORE
THAN A YEAR OF LIFE.
Reporter: HE ALSO TOLL
HE TOLD HER HIP REPLACEMENT
SURGERY WAS INEVITABLE.
SHE TOOK MEDICATION TO NUMB
HER ACHES.
I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
THOSE PILLS.
I USED TO TAKE TWO,
SOMETIMES THREE,
PAINKILLERS.
Reporter: THE PAIN
PERSISTED, AND YET SHE HELD
DOWN HER JOB AT A
RESTAURANT.
SOMETIMES AT WORK I HAD
TO START WALKING SLOWLY AND
HOLD MYSELF FROM THE COUNTER
OR THE CHAIRS THAT ARE THERE
WITHOUT PEOPLE NOTICING OR
SIT DOWN BECAUSE I THOUGHT I
WOULD JUST FALL DOWN FROM
THE PAIN.
Reporter: AND AFTER
WORK, SHE HAD TO CONQUER THE
STAIRS IN HER SECOND-STORY
APARTMENT.
IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE.
ONE STEP, WAIT.
ANOTHER STEP, WAIT.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET UP
THOSE STEPS, AND THERE IS NO
ELEVATORS HERE.
Reporter: AND ONE
MORNING AMELIA WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
PAT ROBERTSON WAS PRAYING
FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEALED.
SUDDENLY PAT SAYS
SOMEBODY WITH ARTHRITIS, YOU
ARE HEALED.
AND I JUST JUMPED, AND I
SAID I RECEIVE THAT.
THAT'S FOR ME.
THAT'S FOR ME.
AND I FELT IT COMING ALL THE
WAY DOWN FROM MY FEET, UP,
UP, UP, UNTIL IT STOPPED
HERE.
AND I STARTED SCREAMING,
CRYING.
NO MORE PAIN SINCE THEN.
NO PAIN AT ALL.
AND NO MORE PILLS.
I HAVEN'T HAD TO.
I CAN SHOW YOU THE
CONTAINER.
IT IS FULL OF PILLS, AND THE
DATE.
I HAVEN'T USED THEM.
I DON'T HAVE TO.
I'M HEALED.
IT IS NOT JUST -- PEOPLE
THINK IT IS A COINCIDENCE
THAT IT JUST HAPPENED.
BUT, NO, IT FROM THE LORD.
THE LORD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO
ME.
SO GOOD.
ANY TIME I HAVE ANY KIND OF
TROUBLE, ALWAYS THE LORD WAS
THERE FOR ME, ALWAYS.
Terry: AMELIA, WHAT A
WONDERFUL STORY.
YOU CAN SEE STILL THE
SURPRISED JOY IN HER FACE
THAT GOD HAS TOUCHED HER.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT THAT
SUFFER, AND SUDDENLY IT IS
GONE.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HER.
BUT GOD KNEW HER.
GOD KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HER
PROBLEM WAS.
IT IS A CREATIVE WORD -- WE
SPEAK IN THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE
CREATIVE WORD GOES FORWARD.
Terry: YOU DON'T KNOW
THIS PERSON, EITHER, BUT LET
ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO
HER.
THIS IS TRISH, SHE LIVES IN
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA.
SHE NOTICED SHE HAD A SOFT
GROWTH IN HER LEFT ARM,
BETWEEN HER SHOULDER AND HER
ELBOW.
IT WASN'T PAINFUL, BUT SHE
WAS CONSTANTLY AWARE OF IT.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING THE
PROGRAM, AND SHE HEARD, PAT,
YOU GIVE THIS WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE.
YOU SAID, THERE IS A WOMAN
WHO HAS THIS SWELLING, LIKE
A BALLOON.
IT IS GOING DOWN AND YOU'RE
GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
HEALED.
SHE CLAIMED THE HEALING.
WHEN SHE REACHED FOR THE
GROWTH, IT WAS ALREADY
GONE.
SHE IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WAS
GOD WHO HAD HEALED HER.
Pat: PRAISE THE LORD.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER LADY HERE
THAT YOU HAD A WORD ABOUT A
BURNING SKIN CONDITION, AND
SHE HAD HAD THIS THING, AND
IT COVERED THE SHOULDERS,
DOWN TO THE ELBOWS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH HE
HURT.
SHE HEARD THE WORD, CLAIMED
IT, AND SHE WAS HEALED.
FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO
BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE GOD TO
HEAL YOU.
COMING UP ON THANKSGIVING,
THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING
TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT, GIVING
PRAISE.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY THAT GOD
WHO CREATED THE WORLD WE'RE
GOING TO ASK TO TOUCH YOU.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME
LITTLE DOLL THAT PEOPLE HAVE
MADE UP.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.
AND HE INVITES US TO COME
AND TALK TO HIM.
AND HE, IN TURN, WILL BLESS
YOU.
NOW TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS.
I'LL ASK YOU WHEREVER YOU
ARE, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM.
FOCUS ON IT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE DAY.
NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT NEXT
YEAR, BUT NOW.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THESE
ONES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED
AND HEALED.
THANK YOU SO, LORD, FOR THE
BLESSING OF GOD.
THANK YOU SO THAT YOU LOVE
US SO MUCH.
AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT
WE SAY TO YOU RIGHT NOW
WE'RE NOT WORTHY OF YOUR
TOUCH.
WE'RE NOT WORTHY OF ANSWERS
TO PRAYER.
WE'RE NOT WORTHY TO COME
INTO YOUR PRESENCE.
BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR
LOVE, BECAUSE OF THE
SACRIFICE OF JESUS, CAN WE
COME BEFORE YOU.
SO RIGHT NOW WE COME,
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MANY,
MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM.
THEY'RE HURTING, LORD.
NOW, GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU
WITH PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS.
THEIR JOINTS ARE SWOLLEN.
THEY CANNOT MOVE THEIR
FINGERS AND HANDS AND
ELBOWS.
THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN THEIR
SHOULDERS.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
OF NAZARETH, WE SPEAK THE
WORD OF FAITH.
MAY THIS ARTHRITIS BE
HEALED.
BE TOUCHED BY THE POWER OF
GOD.
TERRY?
Terry: IT'S KIND OF
STRANGE, THERE IS SOMEONE,
YOU HAVE A LONG, DEEP
SCRATCH ON YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A
FIGHT WITH SOMEONE OR IF IT
IS FROM AN ANIMAL OR WHAT IT
IS.
BUT IT'S SWOLLEN AND RED AND
INFECTED, AND GOD IS HEALING
THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND THE HEALING IS NOT JUST
FOR THE RELEASE OF THE
DISCOMFORT OF THIS THING.
IT IS FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT
HE IS REAL.
THAT HE SEES YOU AND KNOWS
YOU AND IS DOING SOMETHING
SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU TODAY.
Pat: AND THERE IS A
WOMAN WATCHING RIGHT NOW,
AND YOU'VE GOT A GROWTH --
IT'S LIKE A BENIGN TUMOR IN
YOUR STOMACH, AND IT IS WAY
BIG, AND YOUR STOMACH IS
DISTENDED.
PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR
STOMACH, YOUR ABDOMEN RIGHT
AT THIS MOMENT, AND IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, BE HEALED.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Terry: THERE IS SOMEONE
ELSEWHERE YOU HAVE AN ODD
JAW SITUATION, WHERE IT IS
ALMOST LIKE YOUR JAW HAS
LOCKED NO AN OFF POSITION.
IT IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD
BE FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
WELL.
JUST TOUCH YOUR JAW AS GOD
TOTALLY REPLACES IT AND SETS
THAT RIGHT.
Pat: NECK MUSCLES
REPLACED, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, YOU'RE HEALED.
SOMEONE, YOU'VE GOT
LEUKEMIA, AND THE DOCTORS
SAID IT IS HOPELESS.
IT IS NOT HOPELESS.
GOD IS HEALING YOU RIGHT
NOW.
YOUR BLOOD IS GOING TO BE
COMPLETELY FREE OF ANY
CARCINOGENIC MATERIAL.
YOUR BODY WILL BE WHOLE IN
JESUS' NAME.
NOW, LORD, FOR THESE AND ALL
OVER THIS AUDIENCE WHO ARE
WATCHING, WHO HAVE NEEDS,
FINANCIAL NEEDS, FAMILY
NEEDS, DO MIRACLES, WE PRAY,
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: WOW!
Terry: UH-HUH.
HE IS ABLE.
HE IS GOOD.
HE'S REAL.
WELL, STILL AHEAD, WE'VE GOT
YOUR E-MAIL.
MARSHA WANTS TO KNOW, IS IT
OKAY FOR CHRISTIANS TO HAVE
ACUPUNCTURE.
WE'LL BRING IT ON WITH THAT
QUESTION AND MORE.
PLUS, WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND
THE TWILIGHT OBSESSION.
FIND OUT.
ALL OF THAT COMING UP.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
THE FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION WANTS AN ICONIC
CROSS ON A MOUNTAIN IN
CALIFORNIA TO COME DOWN.
THE CROSS HAS STOOD ON
MT. RUBADO IN RIVERSIDE FOR
MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
THE GROUP IS THREATENING TO
SUE THE CITY IF THEY DON'T
TAKE IT DOWN.
THEY SAY THE FIRST AMEND THE
CLAUSE PROHIBITS RELIGION ON
PUBLIC LAND.
THE CROSS DRAWS THOUSANDS OF
VISITORS EACH YEAR.
MANY SAY THEY WOULD HATE TO
SEE IT GO AWAY.
THE CITY WILL MAKE A
DECISION ON WHETHER TO SELL
THE CROSS NEXT YEAR.
A PROSECUTOR IN BRAZIL IS
TRYING TO REMOVE THE PHRASE
"GOD BE PRAISED," FROM THAT
COUNTRY'S MONEY.
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ARGUES
THAT BRAZIL IS A SECULAR
STATE, AND THAT THE PHRASE
DISREGARDS THE RIGHTS OF
NON-CHRISTIANS.
THIS WEEK HE ASKED THE
FEDERAL COURT TO ORDER THE
PHRASE REMOVED.
HE SAYS MOST BRAZILIANS ARE
CHRISTIANS, BUT HE SAYS
MENTIONING GOD VIOLATES THE
RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO FOLLOW A
DIFFERENT RELIGION OR DON'T
BELIEVE IN GOD.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST BY GOING TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WE HAVE SOME
E-MAIL QUESTIONS THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS RIGHT
NOW.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
MARSHA, WHO SAYS, "IS IT
OKAY FOR CHRISTIANS TO HAVE
ACUPUNCTURE?"
Pat: I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, AS
LONG AS YOU DON'T ATTACH
SOME SPIRITUAL THING.
THE THOUGHT ABOUT
ACUPUNCTURE IS THAT THERE
ARE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL
IMPULSES FLOWING AROUND.
YOU GET INTO ALL THIS
CHINESE BUSINESS ABOUT YING
AND YAN, AND YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE BALANCE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAVE
HORSES, AND ONE PARTICULAR
HORSE, THAT IS A PERFORMANCE
HORSE, AND WE HAVE AN
ACUPUNCTURIST WHO WORKS ON
THE HORSES, AND THE HORSES
SEEM TO LOVE IT.
Terry: I HAVE A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERIOUS
PAIN ISSUES WHO HAVE FOUND
TREMENDOUS RELIEF THROUGH
ACUPUNCTURE.
Pat: I WAS OVER IN
CHINA, AND MY WIFE WAS A
NURSE, AND WE WERE SEEING
PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPERATIONS
AND THEY DO ACUPUNCTURE.
THEY PUT SOMETHING INTO A
SENSITIVE AREA AND IT SEEMS
TO -- THEY SEE SOME
ELECTRICAL IMPULSES GO UNDER
THE DIRECTIONS.
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP IT INTO
THE ELECTRICAL IMPULSES,
THAT'S COOL.
BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO YING
AND YANAND THEN YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE.
Terry: THIS IS ANNIE
WHO SAYS, "I RECENTLY GAVE
MY LIFE OVER TO THE LORD.
I'M SO EXCITED, I WANT
EVERYONE TO HAVE WHAT THE
LORD HAS GIVEN ME.
I FIND MYSELF TALKING ABOUT
GOD'S GRACE, AND NOT ALL OF
MY FRIENDS LIKE THIS.
SHOULD I LET GO OF ALL OF MY
UNBELIEVING FRIENDS?"
Pat: HONEY, GOD BLESS
YOU, AND KEEP TALKING.
I HEARD ONE PERSON, THE
INDIVIDUAL SAID, I HATED THE
WAY YOU LOOKED, I HATED THE
CLOTHES YOU WORE, BUT ONE OF
THESE DAYS I FINALLY
ACCEPTED WHAT YOU'RE TELLING
ME.
IN ANY EVENT, YOU'RE A
WITNESS FOR THE LORD, AND
THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU.
BUT WE USE WISDOM WITH WHAT
WE DO.
WE DON'T CAST PEARLS BEFORE
SWINE.
AND LEST THEY TURN AND REND
YOU, SO YOU PUT OUT THE
PERILS OF GOD'S TRUTH IN
FRONT OF SCOFFING PEOPLE,
THEY'LL TURN AND HURT YOU.
JESUS WARNED ABOUT THAT.
Terry: JEAN SAYS, "I
HEAR OF THE STOCK MARKET
TAKING A PLUNGE.
SHOULD I LIQUIDATE MY STOCK
IN A MAJOR OIL COMPANY.
I HAVE 3,000 SHARES THAT PAY
GOOD DIVIDENDS.
I'VE HAD THIS STOCK FOR 12
YEARS?"
Pat: YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PAYING CAPITAL GAINS, TAX.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOSING THE
REVENUE.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
OIL COMPANY'S STOCKS ARE
GOING TO GO DOWN.
NOW, THERE ARE WAYS YOU
COULD HEDGE THAT.
YOU COULD BUY SOME PUTS ON
THAT MANY SHARES AT A STRIKE
PRICE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
FROM TODAY, SO THAT IF THE
THING DID GO DOWN, YOU'D GET
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF THE PUT.
BUT I THINK LIQUIDATING
STOCK JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE SAY THERE IS GOING
TO BE, YOU KNOW, A
COLLAPSE -- ULTIMATELY, THE
STOCK MARKET IS GOING TO GO
UP.
BUT IN YOUR CASE, I WOULD
THINK IF YOU REALLY ARE
CONCERNED, I'D BUY ENOUGH
PUTS TO MAKE YOU
COMFORTABLE.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER
WHO SAYS, "I'VE BEEN SAVED
FOR 24 YEARS AND HAVE TRIED
TO RAISE MY CHILDREN IN
JESUS' WORD.
BUT LATELY, I AM FEELING
VERY AFRAID MY CHILDREN WILL
ARE LEFT BEHIND IN THE
RAPTURE.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT IT?"
Pat: THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT THOU SHALT BE SAVED IN
YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
I BELIEVE YOUR CHILDREN ARE
GOING TO BE WITH YOU.
I MEAN, LOOK, I DISAGREE
WITH SOME OF THESE RAPTURE
TYPES.
I BELIEVE IN RAPTURE, BUT I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS
GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN --
Terry: WE ESCAPE
EVERYTHING --
Pat: -- WHERE AIRPLANES
ARE FLYING ALONG AND THE
PILOT SUDDENLY LEAVES HIS
FLIGHT DECK AND GOES OFF AND
THE PLANE DOESN'T HAVE A
PILOT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TRAINS
ARE GOING TO BE WITHOUT
ENGINEERS.
I THINK ALL OF THAT IS
FANTASY.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE
IT IS BIZARRE.
IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, AT THE
END OF THE AGE, WHEN JESUS
COMES BACK AGAIN.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE HIS OWN.
HE SAYS, I'LL SEND THE
ANGELS AND THEY'LL GATHER MY
PEOPLE UNTO THEMSELVES.
AND HE WANTS YOUR CHILDREN
TO BE WITH YOU.
BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
GOOD GRIEF.
JUST MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE
LORD AND LIVE TOGETHER.
Terry: AND IF THEY
DON'T, PRAY.
AND PRAY SOME MORE.
Pat: PRAY, AND THEY
WILL.
YES.
Terry: THIS IS GEORGE
WHO SAYS, "MANY PEOPLE
BELIEVE I'M CALLED TO BE A
PREACHER, BUT THIS IS NOT
WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY
LIFE.
HOW DO I GAIN THE STRENGTH
TO FULFILL MY CALLING, EVEN
THOUGH IT IS NOT WHAT I WANT
TO DO?"
Pat: WELL, YOU DON'T
BECOME A PREACHER BECAUSE
YOUR FRIENDS THINK YOU OUGHT
TO BE.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
LISTEN, I'VE SAID BEFORE,
AND TERRY KIND OF RAISED HER
EYEBROWS WHEN I SAID IT, BUT
IT'S TRUE, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO AND
BE VERY HAPPY DOING IT, THEN
THE CALL OF GOD IS NOT ON
YOUR LIFE.
PAUL SAID, WOE IS ME IF I
PREACH NOT THE GOSPEL.
I HAVE A COMMISSION PLACED
UPON ME.
I'VE GOT TO PREACH.
JEREMIAH SAID THERE IS A
FIRE BURNING INSIDE OF ME.
I'VE GOT TO SPEAK.
IT'S THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THAT DOESN'T COME ABOUT
FROM YOUR FRIENDS.
EVEN IF YOUR FRIENDS THINK
YOU'RE A REAL PREACHER, YOU
OUGHT TO BE A PREACHER -- NO
WAY.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU GET A
CALL FROM THE LORD.
Terry: MY EYEBROWS ARE
NOT RAISED TODAY.
Pat: I HAD TO ASSUME IT
SO THERE WAS NO SHOCK.
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT
MORE, GO TO cbn.com AND
WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
PAT?
Pat: WHEN BABY TASHA
WAS BORN WITH SERIOUS BIRTH
DEFECTS, HER PARENTS KNEW
THERE WAS NO WAY THEY COULD
HELP HER.
THEY BARELY HAD ENOUGH MONEY
JUST TO SURVIVE, AND TASHA
NEEDED NOT ONE, BUT TWO,
MAJOR OPERATIONS.
Reporter: 2-YEAR-OLD
TASHA IS NOT YET AWARE OF
HER CLEFT LIP OR THE LUMP
GROWING ON HER FOREHEAD, BUT
HER PARENTS CERTAINLY ARE.
AS I WAS HOLDING HER IN
MY ARMS, I LOOKED AT HER,
AND I COULDN'T HOLD BACK MY
TEARS.
I WONDER IF HER CONDITION
COULD BE FIXED.
WHENEVER I GIVE HER MILK OR
FOOD, IT CAME OUT OF HER
NOSE.
I WONDERED HOW LONG SHE
WOULD SURVIVE.
Reporter: TASHA'S
PARENTS LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
TASHA AND I ARE VERY
CLOSE BECAUSE I CARE FOR HER
MOST OF THE TIME.
WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO TO THE
MARKET, SHE CRIES, WANTING
TO GO WITH ME.
Reporter: TASHA'S
PARENTS ARE CHRISTIANS.
THEY LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN IN
INDONESIA, WHERE LAMSON
EARNS A LIVING SELLING BIRD
FOOD.
WITH HIS SMALL INCOME, THEY
KNEW THAT PAYING FOR SURGERY
WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION.
CBN MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR
TASHA TO HAVE THE LEFT LIP
SURGERY FOR FREE.
THE NEWS WAS SUCH AN
ENCOURAGEMENT.
I THOUGHT THIS IS GOD'S WAY
OF PROVIDING HEALING FOR MY
DAUGHTER.
Reporter: TASHA'S CLEFT
LIP SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WE THEN ARRANGED FOR A
SECOND SURGERY TO REMOVE THE
GROWTH ON HER FOREHEAD.
SHE HAS CURED HER LIFE.
OUR FEARS ABOUT TASHA'S
FUTURE ARE GONE.
WE FEEL LIKE LEAPING FOR
JOY.
I'M THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE
WHO HELPED HER.
I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS
CBN AND THAT THEY WILL KEEP
HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED.
Pat: JUST TO THINK A
SIMPLE OPERATION CAN CHANGE
A CHILD'S LIFE.
LEFT PALATE.
IT COSTS ABOUT $500.
>$500.
THAT'S A "700 CLUB" GOLD
MEMBERSHIP.
IT CHANGED SOMEBODY'S LIFE
FOREVER.
LITTLE TASHA WILL NEVER BE
THE SAME BECAUSE YOU WERE
THERE FOR HER.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE.
THEY GET CLEAN DRINKING
WATER.
THEY GET ANTI-PARASITE
MEDICINE.
AND NOT TO MENTION THE JOY
OF KNOWING JESUS.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF
THIS MINISTRY.
AND WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED
"GOD'S PLAN FOR AMERICA, HOW
TO PREPARE FOR THE DAYS
AHEAD."
I'VE DONE A D.V.D. THAT
TALKS ABOUT WHERE GOD SET
THIS COUNTRY -- THE COVENANT
THAT GOD MADE WITH AMERICA.
AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE
THIS.
AND AS YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB" WITH YOUR PLEDGE OF
$20 A MONTH, WE WILL SEND
THIS TWO YOU WITH OUR
GRATITUDE.
SO CALL IN RIGHT NOW.
1-800-759-0700.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
IS WHY YOUNG GIRLS WANT TO
GET BITTEN IN THE NECK BY
VAMPIRES.
Terry: THAT'S RIGHT.
UP NEXT, THE TWILIGHT
OBSESSION.
WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND TODAY'S
VAMPIRE CRAZE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, THE
TWILIGHT BOOKS HAVE SOLD
MORE THAN 100 MILLION
COPIES, AND THEY'VE BEEN
TRANSLATED INTO 37
LANGUAGES.
THE MOVIES HAVE BEEN
BLOCKBUSTERS AT THE BOX
OFFICE.
AND TONIGHT THE FINALE OF
THE SAGA OPENS IN SELECTED
THEATERS, AND IT IS EXPECTED
TO BREAK SALES RECORDS.
TAKE A LOOK.
AFTER 18 YEARS OF BEING
UTTERLY ORDINARY, I FINALLY
FOUND THAT I COULD SHINE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO
SEEM SO...YOU.
THE FAMILY IS IN DANGER,
I NEED YOUR HELP.
WE WILL JOIN YOU.
WE WILL STAND WITH YOU.
I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF
VAMPIRES.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB" THE AUTHOR
OF THE BOOK "ESCAPING THE
VAMPIRE," KIMBERLY POWERS.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Terry: THE IDEA OF
VAMPIRES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
YEARS, BUT USUALLY IN THE
NEGATIVE CONCEPT.
TALK A BUILT ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THIS SERIES
THAT STRUCK A CHORD IN OUR
CULTURE.
THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A
CHANGE AND THE LAST 50
YEARS.
THERE IS A CHANGE FROM THIS
EVIL, FANGED, DARK AND BLACK
SCARY FEATURE TO THIS
HANDSOME, DEBONAIR,
MYSTERIOUS CREATURE THAT
DRAWS IN BECAUSE OF THE
MYSTERY.
AND THE DRAW TO THESE TEENS
IS QUITE AMAZING.
Terry: AND HERE IS THE
LAST SEGMENT OF THIS OPENING
IN THEATERS.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
IT IS THE LAST PIECE FROM
ALL OF THE BOOKS SERIES.
IT IS THE FIFTH MOVIE.
IT IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE
STORY, THE ENDING OF THIS
YOUNG WOMAN, BELLA, WHO
THEY'VE SEEN GROW THROUGHOUT
THE MOVIE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE END
OF THE SAGA, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS
SHE NOW HAS A CHILD.
AND SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS
WHAT SHE HAS BEEN BORN TO
DO, TO BE A VAMPIRE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUITE
INTRIGUING.
Terry: INTERESTING IT
SHOULD END ON THE NOTE OF
BELLA'S LIFE.
CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN
MEN AND WOMEN, YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN, WHO HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN THIS SERIOUS,
BUT PRIMARILY IT HAS BEEN
YOUNG WOMEN THAT HAVE REALLY
HAD THIS STRONG, STRONG
ATTRACTION.
WHY?
YES.
WELL, IT'S A DRAWING.
I DON'T THINK THAT ALL GIRLS
AND WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO
VAMPIRES, BUT THEY'RE DRAWN
TO THE LOVE. THEY'RE DRAWN
TO THAT STORY, THAT
FORBIDDEN LOVE, OFTENTIMES,
THAT DRAWS US IN BECAUSE OF
THE NEED INSIDE OF EACH OF
US.
Terry: WHY DO YOU THINK
THAT WOMEN IDENTIFY WITH
BELLA?
YOU KNOW, AS I WATCHED IT
THE FIRST TIME, THE MOVIE,
AND AS I WAS READING, I
THOUGHT, SHE IS SO NORMAL.
SHE IS ORDINARY.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOT SOME
GLAMOUR PERSON.
SHE IS A NORMAL PERSON.
SHE WAS BEING SOUGHT OUT BY
THIS PERSON WHO EVERYBODY
WANTED TO BE BE WITH, BUT HE
SOUGHT HER OUT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF THE ANSWER
TO HER DESIRE, I'M
SOMEBODY.
AND SHE WAS FULFILLED THAT
WAY.
Terry: THIS ALMOST, IN
SOME QUARTERS, AN OBSESSION
WITH THE SERIES, WOULDN'T
YOU SAY?
I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY
THERE IS AN OBSESSION.
IT'S KIND OF SCARY.
Terry: WHY?
I THINK THEY FOLLOWED THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELLA
AND EDWARD.
I THINK IT IS A LOT OF LOVE
RELATIONSHIP, AND IT'S A
LIFE.
IT IS A STORY OUTSIDE OF
THEIR OWN STORY.
WE OFTENTIMES LOOK AT OUR
OWN LIVES AND WE SAY, OH, MY
GOODNESS.
I HAVE THIS SMALL LITTLE
STORY HERE AND I'M NOT WORTH
ANYTHING, AND MY LIFE ISN'T
EXCITING, AND THEN YOU SEE
THIS GLAMOUR STORY OF
ADVENTURE, AND GIRLS ARE
DRAWN TO THAT.
AND IT BECOMES AN
OBSESSION.
Terry: I GUESS THE
INTRIGUING THING IS THAT IT
IS FICTION, YOU KNOW THAT IT
IS FICTION WHILE YOU'RE
READING IT, AND YET THERE IS
SOMETHING IN IT THAT DOES
CONNECT WITH THE HEART OF
ESPECIALLY A YOUNG WOMAN.
IS IT HARMLESS?
WELL, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE VERY
CAREFUL WITH HOW YOU ARE
TAKING IN THE MOVIE AND THE
BOOKS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT PIECE.
BECAUSE OUR HEART IS DRAWN,
AND THEN WE CONNECT.
AND THEN WE START
COMPARING.
AND DECISIONS ARE MADE.
AND -- YEAH.
Terry: I WONDER IF
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF
PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED,
NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY
KNOW WHAT IS GOOD, BAD, OR
INDIFFERENT ABOUT IT, BUT
JUST BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF
CONNECTION THAT THEIR KIDS
ARE FEELING.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
PARENTS WHO KIDS HAVE REALLY
GOTTEN INTO BOTH OF BOOKS
AND THE MOVIES?
RIGHT.
AND IT'S OUT THERE IN ALL
WALKS.
Terry: IT HAS BEEN OUT
THERE ARE FOR A WHILE.
FOUR YEARS.
IT IS AMAZING IT STILL HAS
THE DRAW IT DOES.
I WOULD SAY IT IS A
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
COME ALONGSIDE AND SAY,
WHAT'S SO FABULOUS ABOUT
THIS GUY?
WHAT IS IT?
IT IS THE WAY HE TALKS TO
HER AND THE WAY HE RELATES
TO HER.
WELL, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU
THE TRUE LOVE, THE EPIC
STORY OF LOVE THAT YOU CAN
BE A PART OF.
Terry: TALK ABOUT THAT
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT THERE IS -- YOU
KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE
EXPERIENCED THAT ANGST THAT
COMES WITH GROWING UP, AND
FIGURING OUT WHO AM I AND
WHERE DOES LOVE FIT INTO MY
LIFE.
BUT TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
MISSING IN THE YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN AND THE EPIC STORY
THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
THERE IS SUCH A LOSS
SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOUNG
GIRLS AND GUYS HAVE BOUGHT
INTO THE LIES THAT IT IS
OKAY IF I HAVE THESE NEEDS
INSIDE, TO SEEK OUT THESE
THINGS TO KIND OF MEET THE
NEED, RATHER THAN SEEKING
OUT THE LOVER OF THEIR SOUL,
THE EPIC LOVE STORY THAT CAN
FILFULFILL EVERY NEED
WITHOUT LEAVING THEM LONELY,
WITHOUT COMING TO A PLACE
WHERE THEY'RE AT A LOSS.
Terry: SO YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE LORD WHO
SEEKS US OUT, WHO HAS
SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR
US --
ABSOLUTELY.
Terry: THE PROTECTOR OF
OUR SOUL.
YES.
Terry: THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO DON'T
KNOW THIS AND DON'T WALK IN
THIS TRUTH.
NO, THEY DON'T.
AND THEY'RE CLUELESS TO BE
FIERCELY PROTECTIVE AND
MORTALS.
AND HE SEEMS DISTANT, BUT HE
IS NOT.
Terry: THIS IS CALLED
"ESCAPING THE VAMPIRE," AND
THEN HAVE YOUR KIDS READ IT
AND USE IT AS A SUBJECT OF
DISCUSSION IN YOUR HOME.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
THANK YOU, KIMBERLY.
THANK YOU.
Terry: PAT?
Pat: I THINK WILLIE
NELSON'S GREAT SONG, "MAMAS
DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW
UP TO BE COWBOYS," WELL
MAYBE IT SHOULD BE MAMAS,
DON'T LET YOUR KIDS GROW UP
TO BE VAMPIRES.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM 1 JOHN: "BY
THIS WE KNOW LOVE BECAUSE HE
LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US."
THAT'S TRUE LOVE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
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