Posted on 01/08/2005 3:27:18 AM PST by Lindykim
The Christian Underground http://www.christian-underground.com --- Secular Fundamentalism in America by Gary Schneider Jan 6, 2005
Have you forgotten already? Has the anger, angst and concern you felt just a few short weeks ago dissipated as you recall the opprobrious attempts by secularists to suppress your First Amendment rights, and oppress people of faith that were highlighted over this holiday season? I haven't forgotten. Indeed, I commence this new year with a renewed vigor to aggressively challenge the oppressive efforts of the radical Secular Fundamentalist element in America.
Here are just a few quick reminders:
- A California School district forbids teacher from providing handouts that reference significant documents in U.S. history because they mention God.
- In schools throughout the country students were forbidden to say Merry Christmas, hand out Christmas cards, or sing Christmas carols with religious references contained in them.
- The right to display the Ten Commandments on public grounds has been lost or is being challenged in Alabama, Ohio, Kentucky and Texas to name a few.
- The tax exempt status of churches is being actively challenged by extremist groups such Americans United for Separation of Church and State and their ilk using the argument that they receive benefits such as roads, sewers, police and fire protection!
- The honorable Boy Scouts of America is facing legal attacks of unparalleled proportions from these same organizations due to their recognition of God.
- School Choice is being aggressively opposed for fear it represents a "Trojan Horse" that will (oh dread) expose children to God. This despite considerable support for school choice among a key liberal constituency…minorities.
- In Pennsylvania, Christians face up to 47 years in prison for reading the Bible in public during a homosexual event. And many more egregious examples of attempts by such fundamentalists to restrict the freedom of religion, expression and individual liberty, from sea to shining sea, are ongoing.
Freedom and liberty, according to the American tradition, have been commensurate to a value … a sacred unalienable right endowed to us by our creator. Yet, on the hierarchy of sacred rights, freedom and liberty are being pushed aside by capricious and contrived new world axioms imploring that "though shalt not offend" (note: this axiom largely only applies to Conservatives and Christians). In this left wing, politically correct netherworld, unabridged "freedom" should only be afforded to those who will not engage in activities that challenge the perceived inerrancy of liberal doctrine or their sanctified special interests…or so is the illiberal world of the Secular Fundamentalist.
In nearly all aspects, barring the existence of a supernatural being, Secularism has established itself as a religion. Secularists maintain a strict set of beliefs, values and ideals to which they pursue with an unyielding zeal and devotion that nearly parallels that of their Islamo-Fascist comrades; the core of which is the belief that considerations of (primarily the Judeo-Christian) God should be strictly excluded from civil affairs or public education. And they actively support, maintain and proselytize these beliefs via highly organized means and institutions that are well funded by their donations. The question remains though: What other tenets do they hold as gospel? And from where are they derived?
The reality is, when one scratches just slightly below the already transparent surface of the secular left, you find a Liberal or Socialist using secularism as a means to an end…for if you remove God as the grantor of the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you relegate the sole authority to grant and maintain these rights to the state. This is a Socialists' utopia and mankind's (historically proven) nightmare. In furtherance of their statist faith, these fundamentalists seek to subjugate the will of those who embrace belief systems that threaten their own. That is, the supremacy of rights endowed to man by a creator, over those architected by man and implemented via the state, threaten their very doctrinal foundation. Clearly, pluralism is no longer trait that the left can claim, for they recognize that vetted truth, derived from free, fair and open discourse, will spell their continued dissolution.
In a now broadly distributed quote, It was the ACLU's founder, Roger Baldwin, who said: "We are for socialism, disarmament, and ... We seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal." Folks, simply connect the dots.
And as with all faith systems, Secularism has its zealots and radicals to what is already an extremist doctrine at its base. These secular fundamentalists and their organizations such as moveon.org, the ACLU, American's Coming Together, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, etc., represent in my opinion, the proverbial "enemy from within" for those of us who embrace the American vision framed by our Founding Fathers.
Surprisingly, many in the Democratic Party, it appears, also deem these secular left wing-nuts as the enemy within and are progressing efforts to purge, or at least marginalize, this element from their ranks by promoting the "New Democrat". This movement, spearheaded by The Democratic Leadership Council (www.ndol.org), apparently seeks to reestablish a more moderate party platform ... or at least tone. According to their website: "New Democrats are the modernizers of the progressive tradition in American politics. We believe in the traditional values that have always propelled the Democratic Party and we believe that the best way to further those values in a new era is to modernize our policies and programs to keep up with the changing times."
The very probable risk here, of course, is that the Democrats will be successful at modifying there liberal "new speak" to a tone that is more palatable to the American mainstream while not truly modifying their policies, or breaking away from the extremist forces within their party to which they have become so beholden…Stay closely tuned.
Irrespective of Democratic Party platform changes or potential moderation in tone, this Cultural-Political war for the soul of America is very much in play. Understand that what is now coined as the "culture war" comes down to one faith (secularism) seeking to suppress another; and cloaking secular oppression in the language of American liberty does nothing to mitigate this fact.
A controversial ad released by Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) stated that "maybe we should just let religious fundamentalists (read Christians) take over the United States (after all, it's worked so well in Iran.)" Ironically, if mainstream Americans do not stand up against organizations such as AU, the ACLU, etc., then ceding control of America to radical fundamentalists is exactly what we will be doing.
Gary Schneider is the President and founder of TheRealityCheck.Org, Inc. TheRealityCheck.org, Inc. is a conservative issue advocacy and information group established to promote and defend conservative social, political and economic principles nationally. They are located in Fairfield County, CT. moderator@christian-underground.com http://www.christian-underground.com/archive/read.php?sid=234 Posted to the CU: 2005-01-07 02:15:47 CST ======================================== We will Pray WHEN we want School - WHERE we want Work - The Street - The Mall - Persecute Us At Your Own Peril! The Christian Underground http://www.christian-underground.com ========================================
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Pretty soon they are going to attack people who home tudor their own kids, if they work for the government or get a government pension. They already attacked the Boy Scouts on military bases overseas, I believe.
They must be opposed on every level. This political, religious, economic and social warfare...We must win.
"Spiritual zombies".....that's a good description. And yes, home schoolers are on the zombies radar. They can't afford to allow any child's mind to be left undefiled.
A prior article on this subject is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1314682/posts?page=4
Pretty soon they're going to demand that anyone in the government cannot even attend church services.
Ironically, if mainstream Americans do not stand up against organizations such as AU, the ACLU, etc., then ceding control of America to radical fundamentalists is exactly what we will be doing.
The AU & ACLU aren't the problem and never were. The AU & ACLU don't blow up court buildings and terrorize federal judges. They don't force federal judges to enforce their idiotic claims and never have. The federal judges are the problem and Congress is the solution. THE GOP CONGRESS IS THE SOLUTION TO CORRUPT JUDGES.
Half the solution is correctly identifying the problem, and the problem isn't the AU & ACLU! As long as folk are fixated on the AU and ACLU, the problem will never be solved.
Confronting the Imperial Judiciary
Never in our history have unaccountable federal judges wielded more power over our lives.
Judicial activism, the practice of judges ignoring the law and deciding cases based on their personal political views, has intensified in the decades since Roe v. Wade. This practice is now standard for many federal judges. They dismiss the doctrine of strict construction as hopelessly outdated, instead treating the Constitution as fluid and malleable to create a desired outcome in any given case. For judges who see themselves as social activists, their vision of justice is more important than the letter of the laws they are sworn to interpret and uphold. With the federal judiciary focused more on promoting a social agenda than upholding the rule of law, Americans find themselves increasingly governed by men they did not elect and cannot remove from office.
But what is to be done? Since many citizens lack basic knowledge of our Constitution and federalist system We the People Act(HR 3893 IH), they are easily manipulated by media and academic elites who tell them that judges are the absolute and final arbiters of US law. But the Supreme Court is not supreme over the other branches of government; it is supreme only over lower federal courts. If Americans wish to be free of judicial tyranny, they must at least develop basic knowledge of the judicial role in our republican government We the People Act(HR 3893 IH). The present state of affairs is a direct result of our collective ignorance.
The ultimate solution to the problem of unbridled judicial activism at the federal level is clear: Congress must reassert its constitutional authority to define and restrict the jurisdiction of federal courts. This power is plainly granted in Article III We the People Act(HR 3893 IH), and no constitutional amendments are required. On the contrary, any constitutional amendment addressing judicial activism would only grant legitimacy to the dangerous idea that social issues are federal matters. Remember, when social issues are federalized, conservatives always lose. Giving more authority over social matters to any branch of the federal government is a mistake, because a centralized government is unlikely to reflect local sentiment for long.
Congressional cowardice enables judicial activism. Just as Congress ceded far too much legislative authority to presidents throughout the 20th century, it similarly has allowed federal judges to operate wildly beyond their constitutional role. In fact, many current members of Congress apparently accept the false notion that federal court judgments are superior to congressional statutes. Unless and until Congress asserts itself by limiting federal court jurisdictionWe the People Act(HR 3893 IH), judges will continue to act as de facto lawmakers.
The political left increasingly uses the federal judiciary to do in court what it cannot do at the ballot box: advance an activist, secular, multicultural political agenda of which most Americans disapprove. As a society we should reconsider the wisdom of lifetime tenure for federal judges, and pay closer attention to the judicial nomination procedure. It's time for the executive and legislative branches to show some backbone, appoint judges who follow the Constitution, and remove those who do not. It's also time for Congress to start establishing clear limits on federal judicial power.
Perhaps someones cares to speculate on why that is. I sometimes sense a resignation that the slide into the abyss is somehow unstopable.
This is nothing more than the Communist manifesto in disguise. We must fight these people where ever we find them.
There is always a lot of rhetoric saying that we must win, but there seems to be little action.
Perhaps someones cares to speculate on why that is. I sometimes sense a resignation that the slide into the abyss is somehow unstopable.
Apathy based on ignorance, personal peace and prosperity which asks only 3 questions:
I fear it is this indifference that will eventually become our undoing.
The left is scared stiff that Pres. Bush will get a consertive surpreame court judge appointed. a lot of these unconstutional ideas will be settled once and for all. When this happens they should be pretty much finished, I hope.
I fear it is this indifference that will eventually become our undoing.
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Are you talking about Netherlands or the US? religious schools inthe US are not funded by the gov't while the gov't takes money from me at gunpoint to fund their schools.
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