Jay's Blog part Deux

 Last night as many of you know Erin O’Toole (Durham MP ) won the leadership for the Conservative Party Of Canada. It comes a bit of a surprise as I thought for sure that Peter McKay (who finished second)had a lock on the leadership as he was the front runner O’Toole may be too right-wing to win the next election and may have been dismissed as an also-ran a few months ago. However, with the governing Liberals in the middle of the WE charity scandal which saw the resignation of the Minister of Finance and put Justin Trudeau’s leadership into question. I would say that he has a very good shot of becoming Prime Minister. However, he can’t merely preach to the choir but will have to at least appear moderate in order to appeal to voters in Ontario and Quebec where the Conservatives need to win in order to form a government. Also,I’m not sure about how well O’Toole speaks French but he may want to brush up on it. Not only he is going to have to share his policies with the public but also...

 The short answer to that is the Baptist church which is part of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. But recently I across a series of surveys which tell you what Christian denomination best suits you or in some cases what religion best suits you. The first one is from Playbuzz and Asks What Christian Denomination Should You Be Part Of? I took the survey and the answer I got was Lutheran which is a bit strange since I have never foot in a Lutheran church. But I do use a Lutheran Book of Prayer in my devotions sometimes. I came across a blog by Internet Monk and the post was titled Where do I belong? On it he had a bunch of surveys he had taken the results given. One was Belief Net-Belief-O-Matic and I learned that I am a Conservative Christian Protestant The next one was What is Your Spiritual type which learned that I am a Confident Believer. Two other ones were the Christian Denomination Selector which has as 100% Wesleyan/Methodist and 100% Southern Baptist but would be...

 My politics have shifted over the past few years as I have gone from being a libertarian to social conservative to being middle of the road. The position I have embraced is Red Toryism as I was a supported of the Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada and later the Conservative Party Of Canada but I have not supported the later in years. My political heroes have included former Prime Ministers Sir.John A MacDonald, Sir Robert Borden and John Diefenbaker. But the problem I am having is what does it mean to be a Red Tory and what Red Toryism is. It is often described by the media as “fiscally conservative and socially liberal” but many Neo-conservative governments such as Mike Harris in Ontario and Ralph Klein in Alberta espoused these views are definitely not Red Tories. What is a Red Tory then?  In Oxford”s Dictionary it is defined in Canada “a member of a political group who,while maintaining some conservative principles,supports many liberal and socialist policies “. Wiki...

Lately, I have been doing some reading about various Bible-based cults and one group that has stood out is the IFB which stands for Independent Fundamentalist Baptist. The reason was I attended and was a member of an IFB congregation for two years. I just figured they were another Christian denomination and never thought of them as a cult but there are some issues bought up the make me believe it is a cult. How I got involved the IFB was there was new Baptist church near a grandmother’s house that held services at an Inn. I was disgruntled with evangelicalism particularly my former denomination and was seeking and looking for a new church home. Although the piano music was not my cup of tea the fact that they used the KJV Bible(King James Version) was to my liking. Also, it was a lot different from most of the evangelical churches I attended (I would later there was a reason for that).The pastor was a Hyles-Anderson graduate. Like most IFB churches it was KJV only and there was the bel...

As promised I am following up my last post which I talked about my belief in a deity and will mention the reasons why I believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate. These are some of the reasons why I embrace Christianity. 1. It Was Prophesied In the Old Testament There are several mentions of a plan to redeem man who consistently fall into sin. The old way was the people had to offer animal sacrifices to atone for their sins. This was insignificant as it only covered past sins and was a”shadow of things to come”(Col 2:17.  ) The prophets were told this and pointed people to a coming Messiah or Saviour:        Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear A son, and          Shall call his name Immanuel.                                                       ...

This is kinda of my statement of faith and my attempt at apologetics. Many who read this know about my Christian faith and know how it sharps many of my views. These are some of the reasons why I follow God. The universe is to far orderly for it to have come into existence by accident. The earth will orbit around the sun without falling off course. The stars do not all spontaneously fall out of the sky and all the other planets remain in orbit. Not to mention the sun doesn’t just burn out or disappear and goes out every day or for that matter hurl toward Earth. There is natural law such as marriage which goes back to Adam and Eve and is a universal  institution that goes across numerous cultures. All world religions celebrate this rite and seems natural to the world to get married and rise a family.  Even the gay community have been fighting for this right as they recognize this as universal expression of love between two people. I feel that this had to be designed by a higher...

Earlier this week Canada’s Finance Minister released a fiscal update which has grown to 343 billions dollars and our national debt to 1 trillion dollars. This is up from 34 billion the previous year meaning the deficit has swollen over one hundred percent. This is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic which shut down our economy and created the need for stimulus for both businesses and individuals. Missing however was any cohesive plan to get our finances back in order. The government may not want to release any action plan being in a minority situation and not wanting to risk defeat. However here ares some predictions of some measures that will be taken: Personal income taxes will be raised as well as the GST likely up to 7% again. Transfers to the provinces will be cut leading to cuts in health care and education. Property taxes will go up as municipalities look for ways to cover shortfalls in income. Corporate taxes will remain frozen neither going up or down. The civil service cuts ...