Is banning the Bible next?

Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 13, 2003 | Mark Steyn

[goldstategop]

Gays want Christians banned cause they would lose a real debate.

[WestPacSailor]

God is watching. He will judge the sodomites.

[ClearCase_guy]

Steyn is great.

I maintain that some folks have been trying to destroy everything that they can for a long time. They used to call themselves Marxists. They used to believe that "class warfare" was a great weapon. But, nowadays, most people realize that they might get richer later -- or they might get poorer. So, class warfare will probably bite them at some point in life -- which is why most people do not approve of class warfare.

However, sexual warfare is much better. Not too many people change sides in that war (though some do). And if the minority view can triumph, it can cause serious damage to just about everything: marriage, faith, personal responsibility. All of that goes out the window if homosexuality becomes normalized.

So, the people who have been trying to destroy as much as they can (they've been at it since at least the French Revolution) are now putting all their efforts toward normalizing homosexuality.

[twowilliam]

The Bible is already practically banded in many areas with
the advent of hundred's of so called newer and better
transactions. The Bible says that all Scripture was given
by Inspiration and I am sure that it was only done one time
by an all knowing God. Since 1881 many are taking part in so-called Bibles that change the Word of God to make it say what they believe, or seem to believe, is popular. God never changes, get to know Him, and ask Him for a Word of Wisdom and you won't go wrong.

[azhenfud]

For those who think the abominable before a holy God is in any way acceptable...

Malachi Ch.2 Vv.1-4
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

[Manic_Episode]

Banning the bible is already here, at least certain "offensive" passages, in some countries. This trend appears to be spreading. The next logical step is outlawing Christianity altogether, then martyrdom.

[Naspino]

Revival happens when you have a a sawed-off shotgun in one hand and the bible in the other....

[Avoiding_Sulla]

IMHO, declaring "homosexuality is not something to be applauded" is in direct opposition to thinking being fomented. Quite simply, homosexuals have fewer offspring, and fewer offspring has become desired policy at every level of power, so homosexuality HAS BECOME something to be applauded as a matter of policy.

Contrary to popular thought, it's not just at the U.N., but that would-be world governing organizaztion has helped greatly in coercing negative population growth. Click on keyword or bumplist Death Cultivation for more info.

And don't be misled by being told that Malthusian thinking is allegedly discredited The concerns it posed are still taught in government schools. "Too many people, not enough resources."

Believers of the Bible pose a standing opposition to this thinking. "God will provide."

Of course the British Columbia College of Teachers found another excuse to condemn the teacher's published statement. The teacher wasn't innocent and found guilty of any crime. He wasn't innocent and found guilty of any crime he might commit. But he was guilty of advocating policy that runs contrary to policy. Whether or not negative population growth is a declared policy, that policy intruding on each human's choice for their posterity everywhere. And on even what they choice to say even though they don't know how what they said should raise such a ruckus.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

corrections to last paragraph of #9:

Of course the British Columbia College of Teachers found another excuse to condemn the teacher's published statement. The teacher wasn't innocent and found guilty of any crime. He wasn't innocent and found guilty of any crime he might commit. But he was guilty of advocating thinking that runs contrary to policy.

Whether or not negative population growth is a declared policy, that policy is intruding on each human's choice for their posterity everywhere. And on even what they choice to say even though they don't know how what they said should raise such a ruckus.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

overlooked correction:

And even on what they choice choose to say...

[Cronos]

The fall of the West??

[Marauder]

I have a problem with the denial of rights to anyone because of what it says in the Bible; this is part of why we're at the point we are now with the gay issue. The other part of course is the gay/lesbian tendency toward extremism.
My embrace of the Bible means that I don't have to condone or approve of it on a personal level.
In my case, as an Episcopalian for most of my life, I now have to face the task of leaving my church, and my first question is Where? A schism would make that choice much easier.
My next question, as I see the attacks on religion in general from many fronts, is Do I need a church at all? Because the unchecked movement toward a Godless New World Order may soon mean that churches will be banned, as they were in the Soviet Union. It's hard to imagine an America where you have to hide your Bible and attend church underground with someone watching for prowling jack-booted ATF agents.

[bereanway]

And now several justices on the SCOTUS have begun traveling overseas to talk to their counterparts as they feel foreign culture and norms are relevant to interpretations of US law. And I thought we fought a war to free ourselves of that control and influence. As Steyn points out, this juggernaut is still in it's infancy in the US; however, we need to go along to get along. This is going to get real ugly.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Yes, you are correct. The prospects are great that things will be getting really ugly.

Especially under cover of that new phrase "compelling state interests." You know the one. In the pursuit of "diversity" it was used in the Michigan Law School case to openly violate the 15th Ammendment.

That phrase may now be used to violate every aspect of the constitution. Unless Congress acts. Seen any activity of that nature?

[Skooz]

The next logical step is outlawing Christianity altogether, then martyrdom.

Bring it on.

[Manic_Episode]

Yup. I be ready.

[dnandell]

Forget being gainfully employed if anyone discovers that you believe in that silly faith of Christianity AND that you believe homosexuality is an abomination.

If you don't hold approved thoughts, and don't think the way you are told to think, then you are doomed to lead a difficult life in this world.

Sigh. What a world.

d

[jeffc]

"The document itself may not violate the [Incitement to Hatred] Act, but if you were to use the document to say that gays are evil, it is likely to give rise to hatred, which is against the Act," says Aisling Reidy, director of the ICCL.

If homos held a march in front of a Godly church, and heteros got mad about it, would the homos be arrested for incitement to hatred?
If someone gets mad about something, we all know we are supposed to stay in the law to get justice. Even if I make you mad, I cannot be held responsible for your subsequent actions.
WOW! Isn't that a hoot? Being held responsible for your own actions: "Yeah?! Well, he made me do it!"

The Bible says true Christians will be vilified in the end days. I just hope I'm around to see homos and their supporters get their come-uppance.
Oooops! Did I just a non-PC? Did I Incite to Hatred?

[Skooz]

I remember reading a quote by some one-world-government, New Age, I'd-like-to-teach-the-world-to-sing type who said something to the order of: "Yes, Christians have a right to say those things, but they have no right to THINK those things."