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To: nicmarlo
My daughter is about to enter junior year in high school and had to read selections from Howard Zinn's book, A People's History. In it, he blames white men and Western Civilization for every wrong that ever occurred, and reports major historical events with "authentic" information. Matt Damon quoted him in Good Will Hunting. And he and Ben Affleck are making a movie, supposedly, about the "real" history.

What this history and any education system teaching it represents is Marxist indoctrination in Marxist theory: There are the oppressor and there are the oppressed. It is that simple and, for the last thirty or so years, this is the lesson that has been taught, reinforced, and imposed at every level on our populace: in the movies, in the classroom, in the news. It is anti-religion because religion is from the paternalistic white male oppressor. And the goal is to undermine the culture of the oppressor by demoralizing and creating disequilibrium.

By attacking religion and keeping people away from the "opiate of the masses" a great civilizing force is neutralized. Churches go vacant, which can be wonderful places to organize at such a time like this, and entire religious traditions themselves go bankrupt and disperse.

We need to start a public awareness campaign that what we are seeing is Marxism and resulting anarchy. We also need to turn to our churches and work patiently within them in Christian Charity. Churches reaching out to other churches is vital. We must do everything we can to refrain from racial baiting here, no matter how tempting, no matter how self evident it may be, here, that this is a racial issue. It is not. It is Marxism and an underclass nursed on it which happens to be black and a larger white culture also indoctrinated to accept the underlying Marxist pseudo "truths." Christianity, or Judeo-Christianity, with its ancient principles CAN fight back by principled behavior and with charity. I don't think we have any other option. Oh, and also keep yourselves armed. Even Christ sent His people out with a dagger, I believe.V's wife.

74 posted on 09/03/2005 4:53:06 AM PDT by ventana
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To: ventana
By attacking religion and keeping people away from the "opiate of the masses" a great civilizing force is neutralized. Churches go vacant, which can be wonderful places to organize at such a time like this, and entire religious traditions themselves go bankrupt and disperse. We need to start a public awareness campaign that what we are seeing is Marxism and resulting anarchy....

That is true; what I said is also true, it is not racial bating, it is factual, and it would apply to any group of people who, instead of rising to the occasion, acted depraved and barbaric.

93 posted on 09/03/2005 5:02:42 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: ventana

You are right. In this country, what used to be America, the ONLY 'crosses' the libs will allow in public and the ACLU will not sue against, are those constructed in places like "Camp Casey" for pure, unadulterated anti-US, pro-Marxist/Terrorist 'guerilla theatre.'


99 posted on 09/03/2005 5:04:03 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (USA should be studied by StateDept. as a "Foreign Country". Then will see OUR insurgents and chaos.)
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To: ventana

Thanks for the great post. It's a keeper.


109 posted on 09/03/2005 5:08:51 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: ventana
What this... education system teaching..represents.. Marxist indoctrination in Marxist theory: There are the oppressors and there are the oppressed. It is that simple and, for the last thirty or so years, this is the lesson that has been taught, reinforced, and imposed at every level on our populace: in the movies, in the classroom, in the news. It is anti-religion because religion is from the paternalistic white male oppressor. And the goal is to undermine the culture of the oppressor by demoralizing and creating disequilibrium.

By attacking religion and keeping people away from the "opiate of the masses" a great civilizing force is neutralized. Churches go vacant, which can be wonderful places to organize at such a time like this, and entire religious traditions themselves go bankrupt and disperse.

Well said. Bears repeating.

113 posted on 09/03/2005 5:10:03 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: ventana

Our children would be reading similar books if they were in government schools. Your post is spot on, but we need to also emphasize a few other points:

1. Many of the so called churches are complicit in this dissolution of our culture. Those churches that are pushing a progressive agenda are part of the problem

2. We need to remove our children from government schools. Government schools will only change when it becomes plain for all to see that they are far less viable than religious, Western culture and morality-based private schools, and home school alternatives.


136 posted on 09/03/2005 5:20:39 AM PDT by Huber (Pray deeply for the victims of Katrina, and shoot the looters and marauders on sight.)
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To: ventana; All
I don't believe the Marx "opiate of the masses" is correctly interpreted. Most would have you believe it is used BY THE MASSES to separate themselves from an uncomfortable reality, self-hynosis/delusion. Their toil, misery, etc. will be rewarded in a glorious afterlife. Using religion as a supressing force over a population.

Think about the effect of excommunication or shunning in a society where a individual's total world may consist of his 200 person parish. Even the the King Jame's Bible was written with a pro-monarchist bias.

The Marxist vision was to substitute religion with the government. Relaxation of religious based values, including the concept of free will and acceptance of altruism and duty to the state.

184 posted on 09/03/2005 6:12:15 AM PDT by olde north church
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To: ventana

BUMP. To the top.


268 posted on 09/03/2005 1:14:15 PM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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