Why my site is offline..

Comments welcome!

I started spirituallysmart.com back in 1999 as just a little one page web site to share my faith in Jesus Christ. After 9/11 I couldn't help but get sucked into reading and studying all the conspiracy theories about that day and other theories beyond 9/11. What I began seeing was many people attempting to name who was behind it all. Which group? Or maybe it was an agreement among MANY groups and they basically share the spoils resulting from "lowly man's" labors? etc etc I saw many were blaming the Jews and I did not like that or believe it. (I do now believe some powerful and rich masonic Jewish people ARE involved but all fall under obedience to the Papacy).

I began looking more into WHO was behind "it all" and came up with a lot of what Jack Chick and Alberto Rivera stated in their work. Both I knew about since around 1997. But I never put them to the test to see if they were right about who was behind the conspiracies in the world. When I did that, I found A LOT of what they said to be correct and I began adding to my little one page web site.

My web site and work from the beginning was never meant to be site SOLELY dedicated to proving Tony Alamo as an innocent man. But my site slowly but surely turned into this. I never thought Tony Alamo would have done the things he did. But now I do. During Alamo's trial, what I heard from their own defense showed me who Tony Alamo and his inside people really were. And I am embarrassed now that I EVER even mentioned "Tony Alamo" and I'm sorry to all my readers for this. But at least I am accepting fault. Many are continuing on attempting to re victimize the victims by blaming Alamo's troubles on the Vatican. It's not true everyone. And I probably wont even come back to spirituallysmart.com after this. And I gladly suffer the reproach in public for my errors in the past.

At least I have the open mindedness to see I was in error in the past and attempt to correct it.

So long everyone. And you can thank Tony Alamo for this because it was his DECEPTIVE TACTICS that caused it.

Tony Alamo Guilty On All 10 Counts

Jurors convict evangelist on 10 sex-abuse counts
By JON GAMBRELL (AP) – 29 minutes ago

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.

Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away a tear.

"I'm just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the Gospel," Alamo called to reporters afterward as he was escorted to a waiting U.S. marshal's vehicle.

Shouts of "Bye, bye, Bernie" — Alamo was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman — came from a crowd gathered on the Arkansas side of the courthouse, which straddles the Texas-Arkansas border.

Jurors were convinced Alamo had had sex with the girls when they were underage, but deliberated for more than a day to ensure that they considered everything, jury foreman Frank Oller of Texarkana said.

"That was the evidence. That was proven," Oller said. "We came up with a full decision that we are quite satisfied with."

Defense lawyer Don Ervin said the evidence against the 74-year-old preacher was insufficient and that the preacher would appeal. He also said Alamo's criminal history — he served four years in prison on tax charges in the 1990s — "will hurt him" at sentencing in six to eight weeks.

"We believe he will face the rest of his natural life in prison," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyra Jenner. The penalties on the 10 charges total 175 years in prison, she said, and violations of the century-old Mann Act also carry fines of up to $250,000 each.

The five women, now age 17 to 33, told jurors that Alamo "married" them in private ceremonies while they were minors, sometimes giving them wedding rings. Each detailed trips beyond Arkansas' borders for Alamo's sexual gratification.

Alamo never testified. Though he announced to reporters that he wanted to, his lawyers told him he should not directly challenge their testimony and the attorneys argued to jurors that the girls traveled for legitimate church business.

State and federal agents raided Alamo's compound last Sept. 20 after repeated reports of abuse. Defense lawyers said the government targeted Alamo because it doesn't like his apocalyptic brand of Christianity. Alamo has blamed the Vatican for his legal troubles, which include a four-year prison term for tax evasion in the 1990s.

With little physical evidence, prosecutors relied on the women's stories to paint an emotional portrait of a charismatic religious leader who controlled every aspect of his subjects' lives. No one obtained food, clothing or transportation without him knowing about it.

At times, men were ordered away from the compound and their wives kept as another Alamo bride. Minor offenses from either gender drew beatings or starvation fasts.

In the end, prosecutors convinced jurors in Arkansas' conservative Christian climate that Alamo's ministry offered him the opportunity to prey on the young girls of loyal followers who believed him to be a prophet who spoke directly to God. They described a ministry that ran on the fear of drawing the anger of "Papa Tony."

"You really appreciate the courage that they showed stepping up to face their demons," said Thomas Browne, the special agent in charge of the FBI office at Little Rock.

Alamo remained defiant during the trial. He openly referred to the Branch Davidian raid at Waco, Texas, muttered expletives during testimony and fell asleep at times — while alleged victims spoke from the witness stand and again as prosecutors urged his conviction.

He had built his multistate ministry on the backs of followers who worked in various businesses to support the church. In the 1980s, he designed and sold elaborately decorated denim jackets, hobnobbed with celebrities and owned a compound in western Arkansas that featured a heart-shaped swimming pool.

Federal agents seized a large portion of his assets in the 1990s to settle tax claims after courts declared his operations a business, not a church. Among items offered for auction were the plans for the studded jacket Michael Jackson wore on his "Bad" album.

The Southern Poverty Law Center considers his ministry a cult.

The woman considered to be Alamo's common-law wife, Sharon Alamo, and several other of his 100-200 followers missed the verdict, hustling up the courthouse stairs and entering an empty courtroom five minutes after court adjourned.

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http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=88474&catid=238

Jurors have found Tony Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of child-sex charges. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Jurors arrived at the Texarkana federal courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Friday. They spent 8 1/2 hours discussing the 10-count federal indictment against the 74-year-old Alamo on Thursday.

Jurors paused twice to ask questions of the judge. The court won't say what they were about. Alamo's attorneys said it was about clarification of the Mann Act.

Prosecutors allege Alamo took five underage girls across state lines for sex as far back as 1994. They claim one was as young as 9 and was "married" to the evangelist.

Defense attorneys say the girls traveled on legitimate business for Alamo's ministry, which espouses an apocalyptic form of Christianity.

Going on a hiatus

Here's what I now believe regarding Tony Alamo. I believe that he was marrying young girls, even as young as 8 years old. I DO NOT think that is of GOD. I think it's "molestation" and sin and criminal activity. But I DO NOT believe he is guilty of the charges of "BRINGING YOUNG GIRLS ACROSS STATE LINES FOR SEX"

These charges do seem odd. Why wouldn't they just charge him with criminal sexual abuse or something like that? There are probably answers to all this and so I don't want you to think I'm suggesting there isn't. I just don't have those answers.

So I'm writing this because I have been such an avid supporter of Tony Alamo in the past. That has now ended though. Even if Tony gets out of this and is found "not guilty" for "bringing young girls across state lines for sex" I will still believe he and the parents of that 8 year old girl are guilty on several counts of child abuse. And I blame any parents who knew about this "marriage" between Tony Alamo and this 8 year old girl and have not realized your error in accepting this.

in 1997-99 When I was at the church in Fort Smith Arkansas, I remember catching wind that a certain very young girl was going to "live with the sisters" in Texarkana. At that time I had a dream about the girl and in it the girl was standing in a dark blue satin dress with her hair done up with blue satin ribbons in her hair. The lights were dim and the feeling was if anything dismal. And that's it. It was a very odd and vivid dream and the dream stayed with me these 12 years. And I'm still wondering what it meant. If anything at all.

Maybe God was telling me there was a sad wedding ahead of her.

The story we are now hearing regarding this precious child (now young woman) breaks mine and my wife's hearts. And that's just the very beginning of these accusations against Alamo. What else is or isn't true about Tony?

So at this time I am readjusting. And when I am finished I will be better than ever. I know this. I wish everyone good health and happiness.

Thomas

Gary Dale Cearley is a false witness

Recently I was confronted by a man I consider to be a Jesuit Coadjutor (helper) and a Vatican Shill.

His blog is entitled "Thou Shalt not Bare False Witness." Who is this directed to? A dead man named Alberto Rivera (Ex Jesuit Priest). Seeing this man Gary wasn't getting much of a response from Alberto, he decided to go after someone a little more lively. Me.

Link to Cearley's Blog Challenge He began confronting me over my comments to a book he wrote refuting Alberto Rivera's info tying the Papacy to Islam. Why would someone who professes to be a baptist (Clinton claimed to be a Baptist also) take it upon himself to try and vindicate both the Papacy and Islam all the while attempting to DEBUNK Alberto Rivera? That alone should have any serious researcher  suspicious. When I began reading excerpts of his book I found a lot of these types of wordings. "it was known to be" or "it is well known that..." as if this verifies his info.

Gary Dale Cearley

While reading these types of things i couldn't help to think that this mans book is TRASH. I don't consider Alberto infallible. I am open to anything and if I saw enough evidence to show Alberto is a fraud I would never promote his work and I would completely disassociate myself from him.

But this has not happened. over and over again i see his words verified. Can Alberto misspeak? can he get a fact wrong? yes he can. I lived on a US NAVY vessel and knew like the back of my hand it's exact dimensions and the exact manning, etc. if I tried to tell you the exact dimensions today i may get some of it wrong. Does that mean i wasn't on the ship? NO! Does it mean I wasn't in the NAVY? NO!

So, recently i began to look again at this man who is publicly calling me out and here's what i found right away.


I just began looking a little bit into the Gary Cearly who confronted me on his blog in regards to Alberto Rivera's testimony. Just to show you a taste of what this man is all about, he interviews Dr. Walid Mustafa, a Professor of islam at the University of Bethlehem in Israel.

here is the school:

http://www.bethlehem.edu/about/history.shtml

"Bethlehem University of the Holy Land is a Catholic Christian co-educational institution of higher learning founded in 1973..."

As you can see, this man Gary Cearley actually tries to use a professor from a CATHOLIC University to debunk Alberto Rivera!

You can begin reading that and see what this Professor is about and what his sources are. THIS WAS THE FIRST THING I FOUND IN RESEARCHING THIS MAN! what will I find next? I don't know if I need to continue.

Here is the Professor he interviewed.

http://thoushaltnotbearfalsewitness.wordpress.com/category/jack-chick/

Additionally, when I began reading this interview I saw that the professor has a slanted version of history. First of all the Jews who left Egypt with Moses didn't study Judaism as this Professor suggests. they followed only the law of Moses. "Judaism" is a much newer religion which I believe started around the time or after the time of Christ. I would have to look at that to get the exact details. ("Judaism" or the religion the Jews practice now is not what any of the Jews practiced of old. "Judaism" is not even found in the Old or New Testaments of the Bible. "Judaism" started after 70 AD when the Temple was destroyed by the Romans.)



But these are the reasons I said what I said about Cearly. When I started looking at things he was saying way back when I saw that he was washed up.

Not to mention the other links i have included in this thread along with Dr. Veith's incredible lecture entitled "The Islamic connection"

I would say that this Cearley who has challenged me has found himself buried under a mountain of evidence tying Islam to the papacy that he would NEVER be able to dig himself out of.

Thomas Richards

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Now let's see if he approves my comment in his blog...

EDIT: Gary Dale Cearley has finally, after almost a year, approved my comment. Additionally he's acting like he didn't wait to post it and doesn't explain why he waited so long.

The Faces of Meth and a Foster Parent

Attention, This is a 2016 edit of this page. It has been exposed that "Faces of Meth" is propaganda tailor made for the bogus war on drugs. Also read this (Crack Then. Meth Now.) for your own education. It turns out Meth is actually virtually the same drug as Adderall which is liberally prescribed by doctors all over the world. Please read this article and this article to read the details.

But that doesn't remove the hypocrisy of state agencies and people involved in the story below.



This woman looks as if she lost her soul.. Look at more pics

Look at what a former Meth Lab did to a family's health after they moved into the house. ~Story

Now read this article:

"Lawton foster mother arrested after meth lab found in home with kids"

Michigan authorities removed two children from a licensed Van Buren County foster mother Tuesday evening after finding an active meth lab in the home.

The lab was discovered when the Lawton Police Department, assisted by other agencies, investigated possible methamphetamine production and found evidence in the home’s basement.

That’s when police also discovered that the small children were placed with the 51-year-old foster mother, the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release.

They were returned to Child Protective Services for relocation by Berrien County, since that’s where their custody cases originate.

Police plan to file meth manufacturing charges against the woman, whose name has not been publicly released.

-end article-

I wish Foster Homes would be overly scrutinized like parents are..