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by <\/strong>Understand the Times with Roger Oakland\u00a0<\/strong>
\nUnderstand The Times sends out news alerts to inform our newsletter recipients about current events that line up Bible Prophecy. This news alert is somewhat different. Today [October 17th] I experienced a news event first hand while in Washington D.C. Then I had one of my researchers find the news event online to post as an alert.<\/p>\n

I am writing this from the Washington Dulles Airport on my way to London, England. I had a one day layover in Washington, spending some time with my wife Myrna while she was attending a work related conference. This morning I went with a friend to see the Smithsonian museum located at the Washington Mall. While there we walked towards the House of Congress where a large crowd was assembling. When I asked a security guard what was going on I was told that the Dalai Lama was soon to appear following a presentation of a Congressional award.<\/p>\n

The sound of Tibetan chanting and whaling over the loud speakers confirmed that a ceremony was about to take place. A large sign posted the following message: “There can be no world peace without first obtaining inner peace.”<\/p>\n

While the secular media would never report what I am about to state, my perception is that this event has paramount significance in the spiritual realm. Last week a so-called “born-again” President stated that all religions pray to the same God. This week in front of the United States House of Congress, Tibetan monks were chanting to the gods and a “man of peace” who some say is God was being honored. Click here to read the rest of this story.<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Story:<\/strong>
\nPresident Bush: All religions pray to same God<\/a><\/p>\n

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