Posted on 06/17/2005 2:58:43 PM PDT by CHARLITE
'False Dawn' exposes powerful, secretive movement for new global faith
What do George W. Bush, George Soros, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Dalai Lama have in common?
All have thrown their support to the United Religions Initiative. And what is the URI? According to a new blockbuster book, "False Dawn: The United Religions Initiative, Globalism, And The Quest For A One-world Religion" by Lee Penn, it's something that doesn't bode well either for a sovereign America or for Christianity.
The interfaith movement, explains investigative reporter Lee Penn, began with the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, and has since grown worldwide. Although this movement has been largely unknown to the public, it now provides a spiritual face for globalization, the economic and political forces leading from nationalism to a one-world system, he says.
The most ambitious organization in today's interfaith movement is the United Religions Initiative, or URI, founded by William Swing, the Episcopal bishop of California. In "False Dawn," Penn, a Catholic ex-Marxist, exhaustively documents the history and beliefs of the URI and its New Age and globalist allies, the vested interests that support these movements, and the direction they appear to be taking.
The interfaith movement is no longer merely the province of a coterie of little-heeded religious idealists with grandiose visions, he says. The URI's proponents have ranged from billionaire George Soros to President George W. Bush, from the far-right Rev. Sun Myung Moon to the liberal Catholic theologian Hans Küng, and from the Dalai Lama to the leaders of government-approved Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China.
According to Penn, the interfaith movement, including the URI, is being promoted by globalist and New Age reformers who favor erosion of national sovereignty, marginalization of traditional religions, establishment of "global governance," and creation of a new, Earth-based "global spirituality" – in effect, a one-world religion.
Therefore, warns "False Dawn," the URI and the interfaith movement are poised to become the spiritual foundation of the New World Order – the "new civilization" now proposed by Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union.
As Penn explains it:
French metaphysician René Guénon, in "The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times," spoke of the "anti-tradition" (the forces of materialism and secular humanism) finally giving way to the "counter-tradition" (the satanic inversion of true spirituality), leading to the regime of Antichrist. The "anti-tradition" weakens and dissolves traditional spiritualities, after which the "counter-tradition" sets up a counterfeit in their place. Since Guénon's time, as is well known, anti-traditional forces have greatly advanced worldwide. It is less well-known that counter-traditional movements have also made great strides, and now stand closer to the centers of global political and religious power than ever before. The "counter-tradition" is making inroads on the political and cultural Right, as much as it is doing on the Left.
"False Dawn" painstakingly documents these trends, and speculates on their future development. In so doing, the author takes investigative reporting to the threshold of prophecy, and gives us a stunningly plausible picture of the global religious landscape of the 21st century.
It is foretold in the Bible. If you believe that the Bible is God's word, then it isn't a "nut" conspiracy. It is just the truth.
But have no fear--God has a plan.
Have you been in a Unitarian Universalist church lately?
Drop in some time and see who is attending.
Would you mind elaborating? I am seriously interested in your perceptions of what is going on in the church that you mentioned.
HELL NO!!! I stopped going when I left home many many decades ago. That is my parent's "Church".
I am not a follower or believer in the Bible as it is translated by King James, New International, etcetra. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, but not these translations of His word.
The Unitarians have a long history in America. Both Presidents Adams are interred in a Unitarian Universalist church.
Unitarians dropped any reference to Christ and the Cross sometime near the end of the 1800's as I recall.
I would characterized modern Unitarians as Spiritual Humanists. They talk of spirit as not to mean a reference to the God of Jews and Christians, but more as a collective consciousness. In my home state, their congregations look like freak shows. They reach out for members of any religion and misfits like homosexuals, bi's, and transsexuals
They are one-worlders.
Why? I'd never heard of this theory (or movement), let alone that George W. Bush, who is a Methodist, is somehow involved in it. So, that is why I posted it, to see what FR members know about it.
How does the posting of the article demonstrated being "troubled?" It amounts to a query, on my part. Kindly explain.
Char (:
I'm glad you did post it. I have no idea about any possible Bush involvement, but it is a very real and growing movement. And it is anti-Christian. Few paid attention to the secularist movement until it was too late and many FReepers try to warn of the socialist movement with little luck. People need to expand their horizons a little and start paying attention. Thanks again.
Thank you very much and from what you say, I agree they are, indeed, one-worlders. Not Christians, but the god of the cosmos-type believers.
Well, now I AM "troubled." This is troubling indeed.
Thank you for the information.
Char
Most Christians would take that to be an explicit endorsement of a "many ways to God" religion by a man who claims the name of Christ.
More likely that Presidnt Bush is trying to express a theological position that there is some truth in most great religions, this is not a new concept. To avoid offending those present he did not continue by saying Christianity Is all the Truth.
Thanks for the link. However, the following is from their website and I would like to know how the establishment of a world religion be ascertained from this:
ThPreamble
We, people of diverse religions, spiritual expressions and indigenous traditions throughout the world, hereby establish the United Religions Initiative to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
We respect the uniqueness of each tradition, and differences of practice or belief.
anks for the link. However, this is from the link and I would like to know how the establishment of a world religion can be seen in this:
The responses you get on this thread will prove the point, just watch,
Billy Graham said the same thing on the Larry King show, maybe that is where the president picked up that notion.
I have heard him say this a few times too. It does trouble me. I know that he has to represent all people, but there needs to be another way instead of throwing Jesus out ont he curb to make these people feel good about America.
"Have you been in a Unitarian Universalist church lately?
Drop in some time and see who is attending"
About two months ago the Houston Chronicle Sunday paper had a several page pull out on the Unitarian Church. There was a lot of interesting information in there about that church and it was all scary. They sound all nice and friendly, but just like what will happen in the one world religion, you have to throw Jesus out the door.
"More likely that President Bush is trying to express a theological position that there is some truth in most great religions, this is not a new concept. To avoid offending those present he did not continue by saying Christianity Is all the Truth"
*sigh* there are spiritual consequences for this. He would not have to say that. He could have said something along the lines of "My faith teaches that Jesus is the way to heaven and you have different faiths that talk about where you go. But the point is that America accepts whatever faith you have and you can live here in peace...He does not have to water down his own faith to do this.
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