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ConserveGov said, 3 months ago
He can now hangout with his Murder Buddy Fidel.
Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago
I detest cancer but in this case it saved a lot of people in Venezuela.
russell5419 said, 3 months ago
obummer with love this smell, or at least he better get used to it.
Newshound41 said, 3 months ago
If you’re a Christian, then you cannot believe this cartoon. One thing Chavez disagreed with Castro about is belief in God. Chavez believed in God and that Jesus was his Lord and Savior.
disgustedtaxpayer said, 3 months ago
actually, this is a tragedy….Hugo Chavez had the same opportunity God gave every human on earth….the opportunity to accept the Bible’s recorded offer of salvation from the wages of personal sins….trusting God’s Word and putting Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ….and receiving eternal life and Heaven instead of where Chavez opened his eyes after leaving his dead body….soul/spirit in the fires of Hades.
what a waste human arrogance makes of the masses of the children of Adam’s race. Broad is the way to perdition, narrow is the way to endless Life with God….and few there are of those humans that find and accept it. I want lots of company in Heaven, as does the Good Lord….not willing that any should perish…but giving us the free will to choose.
indieme
said, 3 months ago
W. Bush killed a heck of a lot more people then Chavez ever did.
disgustedtaxpayer said, 3 months ago
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/03/06/hugo-chavez-faithful-to-death….(to Socialism/Communism).
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I’ve searched and cannot find any information that Chavez had any religious choice on record.
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No true Bible-believing professing Christian could live as Chavez did or could make the alliances Chavez made…Castro and Ahmadinejad of Iran….
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not only do those dictators hate the USA, they hate the Biblical churches in the world, who worship God’s Son, the Saviour who gave Himself to be the sacrifice for human sin, Jesus Christ.
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Islam perverted the truth of who Jesus was and is…God the Son who died, was buried and who rose again and returned to His eternal home in Heaven and is soon Coming to earth and Israel again….to defeat the world’s armies attacking Israel, in the valley of Megiddo….Revelation named that battle Armageddon. Iran’s armies will be slaughtered by Jesus, along with all their allies. Until then, they lie and work evil continually, as did Chavez…in nationalizing and stealing private businesses and stealing billions of profits of the oil sales which comprise 95% of the nation’s income. Chavez himself skimmed $2 Billion and his Bolivarian Party people in his government skimmed $11 or more Billions….God doesn’t honor thieves and liars who never repent but instead are arrogant and boastful of their sins against their own citizens and their sins against God.
Newshound41 said, 3 months ago
A tearful Hugo Chavez has prayed for God to spare his life as he attended a pre-Easter mass on returning from cancer treatment in Cuba, April, 2012.
The Venezuelan president wept in a televised speech from the Catholic service in his home state of Barinas. His voice broke as he eulogized Jesus, the revolutionary fighter Che Guevara and the South American independence hero Simon Bolívar.
“Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people. Do not take me yet,” Chavez said, standing below an image of Jesus with the Crucifix.
Chavez said he had held faith that his cancer would not return after his first two operations last year – which removed a baseball sized tumor from his pelvis – but it did.
“Today I have more faith than yesterday,” he said. “Life has been a hurricane … but a couple of years ago my life began to become not my own any more. Who said the path of revolution would be easy?”
(Agencies)
Colonel Claus
said, 3 months ago
Yea, Chavez prayed to God, so did Hitler…
feverjr said, 3 months ago
@disgustedtaxpayer
His parents, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez, were working-lower middle class schoolteachers who lived in the small village of Los Rastrojos.
Hugo was born the second of seven children, including their eldest, Adán Chávez. The couple lived in poverty, leading them to send Hugo and Adán to live with their grandmother Rosa, whom Hugo later described as being “a pure human being… pure love, pure kindness.” She was a devout Roman Catholic, and Hugo was an altar boy at a local church.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez#Jon07
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A reliable source in Venezuela has revealed to CNA that President Hugo Chavez died “in bosom of the Church” and received spiritual direction and the sacraments in his last days.
In announcing Chavez’s death to the nation on March 5, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said the Venezuelan leader died “clinging to Christ.” The source in Venezuela told CNA that during the last weeks of his life, Chavez requested spiritual direction and asked to receive the sacraments.Ever since he assumed power in 1999, Chavez butted heads continuously with the Catholic Church over statements by the bishops warning of the risks and excesses of his Socialist agenda. In 2002, Chavez accused the Venezuelan bishops of being a “tumor” for his revolutionary goals and demanded that the Vatican not intervene in the internal affairs of the country.In recent years, Chavez occasionally took part in the religious services of distinct denominations, but he surprised the press in April 2012 when he showed up at a Catholic church in his hometown of Barinas to attend Holy Week services. He wore a rosary around his neck and prayed for strength to fight his illness. Last July, Chavez made public his request to meet with the Catholic bishops.………
http://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2013/03/hugo-chavez-died-in-the-bosom-of-the-church-2449236.html
DrCanuck said, 3 months ago
And disgustedtaxpayer AGAIN places herself upon God’s holy throne and takes His place in pronuncing judgment upon Chavez’s soul.
Again “perverting the truth of who Jesus was and is” by usurping his authority and taking it upon herself, strutting proudly before us in her self righteousness.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 3 months ago
Your opinion can be what you want it to be and mine is, If Chavez was so “Passionate” about religious beliefs why did he become so asinine to the point to insult anything and anybody that displeased him? I understand if one is reared from humble origins, one’s education is flawed, I get that! But I don’t remember the truly Great M Gandhi ever disrespecting no person no culture not a thing period! Now! that is what I call Being a Great human being, (You’re welcome!
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Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago
With the mikey moore claiming that Cuba has the BEST free healthcare system in the world and they couldn’t extend Chavez’s life? How can that be?
DrCanuck said, 3 months ago
@Ms. Ima
^ Yuh, and Ronald Reagan died in America, proving the American medical system is useless.
disgustedtaxpayer said, 3 months ago
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-death-of-a-despot/?singlepage=true
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today I found the above article dated 3/6/13; it has links to sources of info; IMO it explains the harm Chavez did to Venezuela and how his 14 year example changed the leaders of many other South American nations to reject Chavez’ MO and try to build better governments.
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God’s written Word gives believers the authority to judge the FRUITS of the life record of self and others….Show me any “fruits” of Chavez that in the realm of rationality and sanity could suggest that Chavez was a Biblical Christian,
DrCanuck….?!! I cannot find any evidence of Salvation’s “fruit” in Chavez’ 14 years of ruling as a Despot; the only possibility would be a deathbed conversion. And as my first post said, that would turn a personal tragedy into God’s Grace and Mercy, but it still leaves the unfortunate citizens of Venezuela with a “clone” Despot and further misgovernment!