Posted on 01/14/2007 4:53:30 PM PST by freedomdefender
I am certainly not a Churchill. I am not even a Revel. I am having enough trouble just trying to be a Lapin. But I am issuing a very serious warning about deep consequences, just as they did. It is a warning about the earliest stages of what could become a cataract of disasters if not resisted now.
During the 1930s, Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade the English people and their government to see that Hitler meant to end their way of life. The British ignored Churchill, which gave Hitler nearly 10 years to build up his military forces. It wasn't until Hitler actually drew blood that the British realized they had a war on their hands. It turned out to be a far longer and more destructive war than it needed to be had Churchill's early warning been heeded.
In 1983, a brave French writer, Jean-Francois Revel, wrote a book called "How Democracies Perish." In this remarkable volume, he described how communism's aim is world conquest. For decades he had been trying to warn of communism's very real threat. Yet in January 1982, a high State Department official said: "We Americans are not solving problems, we are the problem." (Some things never change.) A good portion of the planet fell to communism, which brought misery and death to millions because we failed to recognize in time that others meant to harm us.
Heaven knows there was enough warning during the 1980s of the intention of part of the Islamic world to take yet another crack at world domination. Yet instead of seeing each deadly assault on our interests around the world as a test of our resolve, we ignored it. We failed the test and lost 3,000 Americans in two unforgettable hours.
I am not going to argue that what is happening now is on the same scale as the examples I cite above, but a serious war is being waged against a group of Americans. I am certain that if we lose this war, the consequences for American civilization will be dire.
Phase one of this war I describe is a propaganda blitzkrieg that is eerily reminiscent of how effectively the Goebbels propaganda machine softened up the German people for what was to come.
There is no better term than propaganda blitzkrieg to describe what has been unleashed against Christian conservatives recently.
Consider the long list of anti-Christian books that have been published in recent months. Here are just a few samples of more than 30 similar titles, all from mainstream publishers:
"American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America"
"The Baptizing of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us"
"The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason"
"Piety & Politics: The Right-wing Assault on Religious Freedom"
"Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism"
"Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America"
"Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right"
What is truly alarming is that there are more of these books for sale at your local large book store warning against the perils of fervent Christianity than those warning against the perils of fervent Islam. Does anyone seriously think America is more seriously jeopardized by Christian conservatives than by Islamic zealots? (Yep, that loonytunes loudmouth, Rosie O'DonnelI, said something to that effect on the popular TV show, "The View" - RJ) fear that many Americans believe just that in the same way that many pre-World War II Westerners considered Churchill a bigger threat than Hitler.
Some may say that today's proliferation of anti-Christian print propaganda is nothing to become worried about. To them I ask two questions:
First, would you be so sanguine if the target of this loathsome library were Jewish? Just try changing the titles in some of the books I mention above to reflect anti-Semitism instead of rampant anti-Christianism and you'll see what I mean.
Second, major movements that changed the way Americans felt and acted came about through books, often only one book. Think of Rachel Carson's 1962 error-filled "Silent Spring" that resulted in the pointless banning of the insecticide DDT and many unnecessary deaths. Other books that caused upheavals in our nation were Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," many of Ayn Rand's books and of course "Uncle Tom's Cabin." ("Population Bomb" by Paul Ehrlich is another...I confess reading it as student at university & being mightily impressed by it....but since I'm older & bit wiser, I know now it was a lot of propaganda & hot air & unproven assumptions....the truth is the opposite - RJ)
No, I would advise you not to underestimate the power of books to alter the behavior of the American public, and I fear for an America influenced to detest Christianity by this hate-filled catalog.
It is not just books but popular entertainment also that beams the most lurid anti-Christian propaganda into the hearts and minds of viewers. One need only think of who the real targets of the recent hit movie "Borat" are. The brilliant Jewish moviemaker Sacha Baron Cohen, as his title character, using borderline dishonest wiles, lures some innocent but unsophisticated country folk, obviously Christians, to join him in his outrageously anti-Semitic antics. Cohen then triumphantly claims to have exposed anti-Semitism. In fact, he has revealed nothing other than the latent anti-Christianism of America's social, economic and academic secular elites.
Even the recent PBS documentary, "Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence," managed to do more attacking Christianity than defending Judaism.
Richard Dawkins, an Oxford University professor, is one of the generals in the anti-Christian army of the secular left. American academia treats him with reverence and hangs on his every word when he insists that "religious myths ought not to be tolerated."
For those with a slightly more tolerant outlook, he asks, "It's one thing to say people should be free to believe whatever they like, but should they be free to impose their beliefs on their children?" He suggests that the state should intervene to protect children from their parents' religious beliefs. Needless to say, he means Christian beliefs, of course. Muslim beliefs add to England's charmingly diverse cultural landscape.
The war is against those who regard the Bible to be God's revelation to humanity and the Ten Commandments to be His set of rules for all time. Phase one in this war is to make Christianity, well, sort of socially unacceptable. Something only foolish, poor and ugly people could turn to.
We have seen how a carefully constructed campaign pretty much made it socially unacceptable to drink and drive. For years, there had been stringent laws against drunk driving. They achieved little. In the end, the practice was all but eliminated by groups allied with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and their effective ways of changing the way Americans thought about it.
We have seen how a carefully constructed campaign has pretty much made it socially unacceptable to smoke. In the face of a relentless campaign (dare one call it propaganda?), Americans became docile and forfeited the right to make their own decisions. Nobody was willing to stand up to the no-smoking tyrants. Nobody even asked whether health was sufficient grounds for freedom to be reduced. Now, entire cities and even states have banned smoking, not only in public places but even in privately owned restaurants.
Tyranny comes when citizens are seduced into trading freedom for the promise of safety and security.
Considerably more intellectual energy is being pumped into the propaganda campaign against Christianity than was ever delivered to the anti-smoking or anti-drunk-driving campaigns. Fervent zealots of secularism are flinging themselves into this anti-Christian war with enormous fanaticism.
If they succeed, Christianity will be driven underground, and its benign influence on the character of America will be lost. In its place we shall see a sinister secularism that menaces Bible believers of all faiths. Once the voice of the Bible has been silenced, the war on Western Civilization can begin and we shall see a long night of barbarism descend on the West.
Without a vibrant and vital Christianity, America is doomed, and without America, the West is doomed.
Which is why I, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, devoted to Jewish survival, the Torah and Israel am so terrified of American Christianity caving in.
Many of us Jews are ready to stand with you. But you must lead. You must replace your timidity with nerve and your diffidence with daring and determination. You are under attack. Now is the time to resist it.
Many of us Jews are ready to stand with you. But you must lead. You must replace your timidity with nerve and your diffidence with daring and determination. You are under attack. Now is the time to resist it.
Trust in Yah'shua ! Call on His Name and say:Don't trust in Christians !
b'shem Yah'shua
Mattityahu 23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.'" [Tehillim 118:26]
Barukh haba b'Shem YHvH
Blessed is He who comes in the Name of YHvH
Yah'shua haMashiach
Thanks. I hope I'm ready for the battle!
satan HATES the Jews because Jesus came from among them. he has always tried to destroy them but God has always preserved a remnant. Anti-semitism isn't new, as you know. This is a spiritual battle and can only be won through interaction with a Holy God and his archangel, Michael, who is the prince over Israel, its protector. God will not allow Israel to be destroyed. Injured, yes, but never destroyed no matter how loudly the Iranian president shouts. We always need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and also our Jewish people here in America, to know the God of their fathers!
Pretty much the case. American Christianity has gotten so comfortable with their lattes, the plush theater seats(with cup holders) & having all their felt needs met they are ill prepared for the storm that's coming. Self esteem & complacency do not prepare one for battle.
I didn't realize that Sullivan of the famous team had written that. Amazing! Glad to hear it's in the hymnbook. Did they change any of the words to fit their PC bent?
Excellent points.
I have admired Rabbi Lapin for some time now and this piece is a primary example of why I admire him. I hope he continues to speak out.
If George Bush 'got' it, there'd be no road map to destruction for the Jews...And he wouldn't be trying to sell us his 'religion of peace'...
The Rabbi's concerns are legitimate...We no longer have any strong Christian leaders...
And of course you're right. I was merely responding to Rabbi Lapin's putting the responsibility on chr*stians when Jews are the Chosen People (and that carries a great responsibility which no other people have). Of course it is G-d Who is in control of all things.
...and Switzerland.
My son - who is very young - so far is very conservative and also pro life.
Bush no more believes Islam is the ROP than you do.
It's called diplomacy (also known as lying out of necessity).
Thus, we can get the oil we need and the Saudi royal family, et al, can maintain their fragile semi-control over the nutbags that make up their country, as opposed to outright opposition.
Unpleasant? Dishonest? Gross? Yeah. Also part of the job.
Dan's my Rabbi..! And when the Raiders aren't on, I call his show most Sundays (KSFO 560 am in San Fracisco, 2-4 pm, PST)
I agree totally. Who first has the duty to speak to suicidal, secular Jews?
I agree with your comments, but would alter the above to state "... to protect their jobs and all-mighty retirement benefits".
This is my Father’s world: the battle is not done:have been replaced with
Jesus Who died shall be satisfied, And earth and Heav’n be one.
This is my Father’s world, why should my heart be sad?I assume the reference to a battle is at odds with our church leadership's pacifict bent.
The lord is King—let the heavens ring. God reigns—let the earth be glad.
Perhaps the greatest PC travesty in our hymnal is that "God of Our Fathers" has been renamed "God of the Ages." The words to this song, which has come to be known as the National Hymn, were originally written in 1876 to honor America's centenniel. They were originaly set to the tune "Bozhe Tsarya Khrani" (God protect the Czar), the Russian national anthem. In 1888, a new tune was written for the hymn, to honor the centenniel of the US Constitution. However, our church's liberal leadershp pparently considers "God of Our Fathers" to be sexist.
Speaking of fathers, another popular hymn, Eternal Father, Strong to Save is missing from our hymnal. You will also be out of luck if you're looking for the third verse of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic":
I have seen his message written in the burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace will deas.
Let the hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,"
As God is marching on.
Strongly disagree. Christians aren't cowards. Unfortunately, many take the command to "be not of this world" to mean they should withdraw and simply take care their own. It's not my viewpoint, but it's not based on cowardice.
OK! you can count me in...I have understood the situation, for the last 30 years...the slide down hill began, with the state sanctioned abortion...followed by the so called: sexual revolution, which permitted the lesbian/homosexual, agenda to flourish....the gays can't procreate, they must indoctrinate, or burn out...
> Appenently the only one that gets it is George W Bush. <
What does he "get"?
They have become a bunch of pacifists and man haters, I think. The feminists are taking over. One reason why I left my dear church and am going to a non-denominational one. Sigh. I loved the old hymns the way the CHURCH FATHERS intended them to read. Grrr.
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