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.
God is not about to let Christianity cave in. He is going to test us until we rise up and be the men and women of God (and this may just be a remnant) that He intends us to be. It ain't over yet. Don't be so negative about it. God's yet to have HIS say.
I can understand why Rabbi Lapin is concerned, but the mere existence of those books means nothing. I would guess that, taking all those titles together, their sales are in the low single thousands, and the publishers will lose money on each one, when the returns come in.
How do they make up the losses? Well, it's simple. You see, there's no copyright on one book that's always in demand by those creepy Christianists.
(Also available in the lighter but equally revered Jewish version, approved by rabbis and 100% Gospel-free).
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
I have just completed Leon Uris' book, "THE HAJ." There is a brilliant passage at the end explaining a fundamental difference between Muslim and Jewish culture. Jews love their people. Muslims are so entrenched in hatred they are incapable of expressing love.
I was left with the sudden, clear understanding that salvation for Muslims will come not through Christianity but through Judaism. The very hatred of the Jews by Muslims is fratricidal. Muslim culture will, finally, be drawn into fellowship with their brothers of the Book.
There will come a day when the true Christians will stand head and shoulders above those you describe. It may mean disastrous things happening to America, either by attacks from the enemy or natural disasters like Katrina, etc., but it will happen and then the world will see who's real and who isn't. They will want to know how we can have peace when everything else is falling apart. I believe that time is coming. So, fellow believers, we have to press into God NOW and obey His commands so we will be found worthy during these tumultuous times.
I tried to find a song in the new hymnal that I could sing at a funeral (was asked to sing when I came in) and I looked through it and was astounded that I couldn't really find anything I knew. I don't even think they have Onward Christian Soldiers in it anymore. bye bye Methodists...
Only GOD can save America, ZC. He may use Christians and Jews to do his bidding, but he, ultimately, is in control, not us.
Exactly! Poor folks don't have a clue what's gonna happen when persecution really comes. Christianity will grow faster than it ever has.
The Rabbi is.
Anyway, this is just one article from a prolific writer and talk show host that is directed to conservative Christians from a friend of conservative Christians. Specifically he examines this current threat: "There is no better term than propaganda blitzkrieg to describe what has been unleashed against Christian conservatives recently."
The remark "When it comes to people cutting their own throats, I say take the beam out of your eye, Rabbi." was not called for. The article was not an analysis of people "cutting their own throats" but of a serious threat to friends.
Tax-Chick might be having a bad day.
To all the doomsayers out there, it is darkest just before the dawn. Also, we have all been under the propaganda for so long that we can become gloomier than need be.
The islamofascists have their weaknesses also. Many of them. About 16,000 of them convert to Christianity every day. I bet they really hate that.
To everyone, near the end of each day, think of three things that you accomplished during that day. Today I topped off a tree, got the Christmas tree outside and cut up, took my wife to lunch. Sometimes you can count just getting out of bed as an accomplishment. It does not matter what you count just as long as it is an accomplishment for you. It is a constructive way to approach life.
And... Remember to thank God for your time on this earth.
What really creeps me out is the similiarity between the nazi demonization of the Jews and the anti-Christian nonsense that the good rabbi is talking about.
To paraphrase Peter Brimelow, the Jews were murdered verbally long before they were murdered physically.
The authors of these antichrist screeds are nothing more than verbal murderers.
"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."
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One name says it all: MOSES!
Nevertheless, I canNOT agree with this statement, "Once the voice of the Bible has been silenced,..." The writer, assuredly not understanding the teaching of Jesus on this point, assumes that God is dependent on His people for praises. Not so! Even if I were silent, the rocks would cry out and give witness that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father. The Word will never be silenced. It will ring through, as It has, through the ages and into eternity.
The question is, will God use me to spread His Word or will He use some other agent?
Let me inject an encouraging word.
Today, millions of American children are bypassing the statist indoctrination camps, the compulsory tax-funded "de-education centers." History is never shaped by majorities, but rather by energetic and creative minorities. Who will occupy the positions of influence in the coming generations? The enslaved-enforcers, the janissaries of the "talented and gifted" programs? Or people raised in home schooling families to worship a transcendent God, and look askance at the claims of the self-deifying state? Starting with the State's assumption that it can confiscate 30 hours a week of their lives?
Many of us are betting on, and investing in, the Christian education of our children.
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