What the Bible says about Jesus
The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.
The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” Matthew 13:24,25.
The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” Matthew 13:24,25.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
So, maybe now we are about to find out what the FEMA coffins were all about
Reblogged from: servehiminthewaiting.com
I do not do what I do here to scare people, and I try to be really
careful about speculating. But there are a couple of things that keep
coming up today. Of course the situation with Ebola makes no sense.
There seems to be a deliberate effort to keep the situation as confusing
as possible. Conflicting statements by various “experts”, etc. But
whether the Ebola threat is as contagious and potentially deadly as the
reports out of West Africa indicate, we are going to have a crisis on
our hands either way.
So does this put a different and more urgent light upon the FEMA coffins, and the innumerable rounds of ammunition, the steady “militarization” of police, and detention centers? Will Ebola be the specific crisis? I mean, consider the timing. Midterm elections are a month away. I am pretty positive that the outcome of that election, if it even goes forward, will be a sham, irrelevant, and is probably not going to even slow down the planned events that are in store.
I’ve said before that Alex Jones is “allowed” to reveal only what those who control all the rest of the media, allow him to reveal. Ultimately I believe God Himself is overseeing what information we are allowed to know, as I believe He is sovereign. So having said that, my purpose in linking a Prison Planet article, isn’t exactly the same as that of many people who might re-post something of his. It is undeniable he tends to know about things slightly ahead of other people. And his information is pretty accurate for the most part, speculation aside.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/cdc-suggests-hermetically-sealed-coffins-for-ebola-victims-aka-fema-coffins.html
That is only one of the Prison Planet headlines. Here is another one, and I watched this video on Fox News yesterday. It is pretty disturbing, as the video recorded by a child in the back seat, shows that the passenger and driver in this car were completely cooperative with reasonable requests, but the situation began to escalate when the passenger was asked for his drivers license, which he didn’t have with him.
As a person who started a Neighborhood Watch in my area, I found it pretty much “universal” that people don’t trust the police.
At first I thought it might be due to their own violations of the law, but then my neighbors, an older couple, he nearing retirement, she still babysitting several small kids in her home, told me about a police raid on their home, spurred by a “tip” in which, as it turns out, the “informant” got the address wrong. What is even more disturbing is that no lawyer in the area would take the case! Corruption seems to have permeated every level, in the police departments in some areas, and I dare say “some level, in all police departments”. When the video ended, and more “suggested videos” popped up, I found this documentary by a former policeman, on the Robert Leone case involving the Pennsylvania State Troopers, particularly scary! As we know, it is extremely rare for officers to ever be held accountable in any way for their crimes. This is the kind of officers who will take sick enjoyment in helping enforce a police state.
I don’t speculate much anymore, because nothing much makes sense as to what, of all the possible scenarios, actually ends up coming to fruition. The potential for “chaos” is so high, and in so many various threats, that the most likely outcome in my opinion, will be that several of these crises will come to a head at once. I think that the fact the election is next month, makes it highly likely that the Obama administration still has its most egregious crimes against America ahead of it. I don’t entertain any residual delusion that a shift in power in Congress will make a difference. In fact, as one post pointed out, a deadlock could render Joe Biden the deciding vote. He is Rain Man, for pity’s sake.
Even though I use terms like “scary” and disturbing”, I am not wringing my hands about any of this. I know it is not popular these days, but I believe that the Christian is not appointed to wrath. Wrath is reserved for those who have rejected the gift of redemption purchased by the blood of Christ on the cross in their behalf. The wages of sin is death. There is no remission of sins without the shedding of blood. Hell is a real place, created for the Devil and his fallen angels, but it is the default destination for many people, because there is a virus worse than Ebola, and it is the sinful state of fallen man. We do not measure up to God’s righteousness. That is why Jesus had to die. An infinite guilt, can only be assuaged by the sacrifice of someone infinitely innocent and holy.
My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. That’s an “old-timey” hymn, with phrases that aren’t popular anymore in church. Nor is the topic of hell, or sin. What the world needs now is not “love”, but truth. We don’t need more tolerance, we need less, a whole LOT less. God won’t be tolerant on judgment day. It is appointed unto man, once to die, and then judgment. 100 percent of humans who were ever born, went on to die, or will do so. And a hundred percent of those will then stand before God to be judged.
What will you have to say for yourself? Your money won’t buy you a lawyer, there will be no advocate at all. The only Advocate who is worthy to stand before God, is Jesus. And if you don’t know Him in life, He won’t know you in death. Jesus’ death, his burial, his resurrection, and his ascension to Heaven where He now sits at the right hand of God the Father, that is the gospel. You don’t need me to tell you that you are a sinner. You already know it, what you need is to admit it. Repent. The end is much nearer than you think.
So does this put a different and more urgent light upon the FEMA coffins, and the innumerable rounds of ammunition, the steady “militarization” of police, and detention centers? Will Ebola be the specific crisis? I mean, consider the timing. Midterm elections are a month away. I am pretty positive that the outcome of that election, if it even goes forward, will be a sham, irrelevant, and is probably not going to even slow down the planned events that are in store.
I’ve said before that Alex Jones is “allowed” to reveal only what those who control all the rest of the media, allow him to reveal. Ultimately I believe God Himself is overseeing what information we are allowed to know, as I believe He is sovereign. So having said that, my purpose in linking a Prison Planet article, isn’t exactly the same as that of many people who might re-post something of his. It is undeniable he tends to know about things slightly ahead of other people. And his information is pretty accurate for the most part, speculation aside.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/cdc-suggests-hermetically-sealed-coffins-for-ebola-victims-aka-fema-coffins.html
That is only one of the Prison Planet headlines. Here is another one, and I watched this video on Fox News yesterday. It is pretty disturbing, as the video recorded by a child in the back seat, shows that the passenger and driver in this car were completely cooperative with reasonable requests, but the situation began to escalate when the passenger was asked for his drivers license, which he didn’t have with him.
As a person who started a Neighborhood Watch in my area, I found it pretty much “universal” that people don’t trust the police.
At first I thought it might be due to their own violations of the law, but then my neighbors, an older couple, he nearing retirement, she still babysitting several small kids in her home, told me about a police raid on their home, spurred by a “tip” in which, as it turns out, the “informant” got the address wrong. What is even more disturbing is that no lawyer in the area would take the case! Corruption seems to have permeated every level, in the police departments in some areas, and I dare say “some level, in all police departments”. When the video ended, and more “suggested videos” popped up, I found this documentary by a former policeman, on the Robert Leone case involving the Pennsylvania State Troopers, particularly scary! As we know, it is extremely rare for officers to ever be held accountable in any way for their crimes. This is the kind of officers who will take sick enjoyment in helping enforce a police state.
I don’t speculate much anymore, because nothing much makes sense as to what, of all the possible scenarios, actually ends up coming to fruition. The potential for “chaos” is so high, and in so many various threats, that the most likely outcome in my opinion, will be that several of these crises will come to a head at once. I think that the fact the election is next month, makes it highly likely that the Obama administration still has its most egregious crimes against America ahead of it. I don’t entertain any residual delusion that a shift in power in Congress will make a difference. In fact, as one post pointed out, a deadlock could render Joe Biden the deciding vote. He is Rain Man, for pity’s sake.
Even though I use terms like “scary” and disturbing”, I am not wringing my hands about any of this. I know it is not popular these days, but I believe that the Christian is not appointed to wrath. Wrath is reserved for those who have rejected the gift of redemption purchased by the blood of Christ on the cross in their behalf. The wages of sin is death. There is no remission of sins without the shedding of blood. Hell is a real place, created for the Devil and his fallen angels, but it is the default destination for many people, because there is a virus worse than Ebola, and it is the sinful state of fallen man. We do not measure up to God’s righteousness. That is why Jesus had to die. An infinite guilt, can only be assuaged by the sacrifice of someone infinitely innocent and holy.
My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. That’s an “old-timey” hymn, with phrases that aren’t popular anymore in church. Nor is the topic of hell, or sin. What the world needs now is not “love”, but truth. We don’t need more tolerance, we need less, a whole LOT less. God won’t be tolerant on judgment day. It is appointed unto man, once to die, and then judgment. 100 percent of humans who were ever born, went on to die, or will do so. And a hundred percent of those will then stand before God to be judged.
What will you have to say for yourself? Your money won’t buy you a lawyer, there will be no advocate at all. The only Advocate who is worthy to stand before God, is Jesus. And if you don’t know Him in life, He won’t know you in death. Jesus’ death, his burial, his resurrection, and his ascension to Heaven where He now sits at the right hand of God the Father, that is the gospel. You don’t need me to tell you that you are a sinner. You already know it, what you need is to admit it. Repent. The end is much nearer than you think.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
The Land Without Muslims
The Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam.
Published: May 19th, 2013
Latest update: May 20th, 2013
Latest update: May 20th, 2013
Reblogged from: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2013/10/30/the-land-without-muslims/
There are countries in the world, mainly in Europe, that are
presently undergoing significant cultural transformations as a result of
Muslim immigration. France, Germany, Belgium and Holland are
interesting examples of cases where immigration from Muslim countries,
together with the Muslims’ high fertility rate, effects every area of
life.It is interesting to know that there is a country in the world whose official and public approach to the Muslim matter is totally different. This country is Japan. This country keeps a very low profile on all levels regarding the Muslim matter: On the diplomatic level, senior political figures from Islamic countries almost never visit Japan, and Japanese leaders rarely visit Muslim countries. The relations with Muslim countries are based on concerns such as oil and gas, which Japan imports from some Muslim countries. The official policy of Japan is not to give citizenship to Muslims who come to Japan, and even permits for permanent residency are given sparingly to Muslims.
Japan forbids exhorting people to adopt the religion of Islam (Dawah), and any Muslim who actively encourages conversion to Islam is seen as proselytizing to a foreign and undesirable culture. Few academic institutions teach the Arabic language. It is very difficult to import books of the Qur’an to Japan, and Muslims who come to Japan, are usually employees of foreign companies. In Japan there are very few mosques. The official policy of the Japanese authorities is to make every effort not to allow entry to Muslims, even if they are physicians, engineers and managers sent by foreign companies that are active in the region. Japanese society expects Muslim men to pray at home.
Japanese companies seeking foreign workers specifically note that they are not interested in Muslim workers. And any Muslim who does manage to enter Japan will find it very difficult to rent an apartment. Anywhere a Muslim lives, the neighbors become uneasy. Japan forbids the establishment of Islamic organizations, so setting up Islamic institutions such as mosques and schools is almost impossible. In Tokyo there is only one imam.
In contrast with what is happening in Europe, very few Japanese are drawn to Islam. If a Japanese woman marries a Muslim, she will be considered an outcast by her social and familial environment. There is no application of Shari’a law in Japan. There is some food in Japan that is halal, kosher according to Islamic law, but it is not easy to find it in the supermarket.
The Japanese approach to Muslims is also evidenced by the numbers: in Japan there are 127 million residents, but only ten thousand Muslims, less than one hundredth of a percent. The number of Japanese who have converted is thought to be few. In Japan there are a few tens of thousands of foreign workers who are Muslim, mainly from Pakistan, who have managed to enter Japan as workers with construction companies. However, because of the negative attitude towards Islam they keep a low profile.
There are several reasons for this situation
First, the Japanese tend to lump all Muslims together as fundamentalists who are unwilling to give up their traditional point of view and adopt modern ways of thinking and behavior. In Japan, Islam is perceived as a strange religion, that any intelligent person should avoid.
Second, most Japanese have no religion, but behaviors connected with the Shinto religion along with elements of Buddhism are integrated into national customs . In Japan, religion is connected to the nationalist concept, and prejudices exist towards foreigners whether they are Chinese, Korean, Malaysian or Indonesian, and Westerners don’t escape this phenomenon either. There are those who call this a “developed sense of nationalism” and there are those who call this “racism”. It seems that neither of these is wrong.
And Third, the Japanese dismiss the concept of monotheism and faith in an abstract god, because their world concept is apparently connected to the material, not to faith and emotions. It seems that they group Judaism together with Islam. Christianity exists in Japan and is not regarded negatively, apparently because the image of Jesus perceived in Japan is like the images of Buddha and Shinto.
The most interesting thing in Japan’s approach to Islam is the fact that the Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam. They make a clear distinction between their economic interest in resources of oil and gas from Muslim countries, which behooves Japan to maintain good relations with these countries on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Japanese nationalist viewpoints, which see Islam as something that is suitable for others, not for Japan, and therefore the Muslims must remain outside.
Because the Japanese have a gentle temperament, and project serenity and tranquility toward foreigners, foreigners tend to relate to the Japanese with politeness and respect. A Japanese diplomat would never raise his voice or speak rudely in the presence of foreigners, therefore foreigners relate to the Japanese with respect, despite their racism and discrimination against Muslims in the matter of immigration. A Japanese official who is presented with an embarrassing question regarding the way the Japanese relate to Muslims, will usually refrain from answering, because he knows that a truthful answer would arouse anger, and he is both unable and unwilling to give an answer that is not true. He will smile but not answer, and if pressed, he will ask for time so that his superiors can answer, while he knows that this answer will never come.
Japan manages to remain a country almost without a Muslim presence because Japan’s negative attitude toward Islam and Muslims pervades every level of the population, from the man in the street to organizations and companies to senior officialdom. In Japan, contrary to the situation in other countries, there are no “human rights” organizations to offer support to Muslims’ claims against the government’s position. In Japan no one illegally smuggles Muslims into the country to earn a few yen, and almost no one gives them the legal support they would need in order to get permits for temporary or permanent residency or citizenship.
Another thing that helps the Japanese keep Muslim immigration to their shores to a minimum is the Japanese attitude toward the employee and employment. Migrant workers are perceived negatively in Japan, because they take the place of Japanese workers. A Japanese employer feels obligated to employ Japanese workers even if it costs much more than it would to employ foreign workers. The traditional connection between an employee and employer in Japan is much stronger than in the West, and the employer and employee feel a mutual commitment to each other: an employer feels obligated to give his employee a livelihood, and the employee feels obligated to give the employer the fruit of his labor. This situation does not encourage the acceptance of foreign workers, whose commitment to the employers is low.
The fact that the public and the officials are united in their attitude against Muslim immigration has created a sort of iron wall around Japan that Muslims lack both the permission and the capability to overcome. This iron wall silences the world’s criticism of Japan in this matter, because the world understands that there is no point in criticizing the Japanese, since criticism will not convince them to open the gates of Japan to Muslim immigration.
Japan is teaching the whole world an interesting lesson: there is a direct correlation between national heritage and permission to immigrate: a people that has a solid and clear national heritage and identity will not allow the unemployed of the world to enter its country; and a people whose cultural heritage and national identity is weak and fragile, has no defense mechanisms to prevent a foreign culture from penetrating into its country and its land.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Satan´s Temper Tandrum
Satan’s Temper Tantrum
By Donna Wasson
Reblogged from raptureready.com
I’m overwhelmed
these days. I
feel as if I’m
standing in the
middle of a
field without a
weapon, while
continuously
being fired upon
by enemies I
can’t see. I
know the general
direction of
their hiding
places and I
know they mean
to do me great
harm, but
there’s nowhere
to run or hide.
I’m exposed and
vulnerable, and
that makes me
very, very
angry!
So, who’s the
enemy and what
are they
shooting?
Ephesians 6:12
pretty much
says it all.
“For we wrestle
not against
flesh and blood,
but against
principalities,
against powers,
against the
rulers of the
darkness of this
world, against
spiritual
wickedness in
high places.”
That’s who
we’re battling,
but I’d still
like to slap the
ever-living snot
out of the human
beings they
currently
employ.
I’ve never been
a big fan of
temper tantrums.
When I see
anyone, whether
adult or child,
giving in to
their base,
immature nature
and spilling the
toxic sewage of
their rage on
the rest of us,
I have an
overwhelming
urge to blister
their fanny.
And, right now,
satan is
throwing one
hellacious
temper tantrum
that’s getting
louder and more
violent and
obnoxious by the
day.
He’s had
approximately
6000 years or so
since the fall
of Adam and Eve,
to rule this
earth and his
time is quickly
running out;
after all, he’s
read the Bible
too. He’s well
aware that his
playdate is
about to end
with a long
sojourn in the
Bottomless Pit
and, because
he’s a spoiled
brat with a
massive
entitlement chip
on his shoulder,
he’s going to go
out with a bang,
wreaking all the
havoc possible
and taking as
many human
beings down to
the pit with
him.
At the moment,
he’s pitching a
royal fit on the
floor of the
cosmic grocery
store, kicking
and screaming,
because he can’t
ascend to the
heights of
heaven and be
like the Most
High. Poor baby.
Quite frankly,
he’s so out of
control at this
point that his
machinations
have progressed
past causing
alarm and terror
in my heart, to
inspiring a
yawning boredom
and disdain. If
I hear about one
more beheading,
I’m tempted to
buy a ticket to
Syria, find one
of those filthy
camel urine
drinkers (No,
I’m not kidding)
and stick a
pencil in them!
You do realize
that ISIS was
created by our
government,
don’t you? Just
like the CIA
created, trained
and equipped Al
Qaida in the
1980’s to battle
the Soviets in
Afghanistan
during the cold
war, we have a
new, improved
version,
courtesy of our
twisted, wicked,
Globalist
serving
government.
Remember back in
2013 when Bashar
al-Assad
supposedly used
chemical weapons
against his own
people? The
Occupant went
into convulsions
of humanitarian
sympathy,
announced that
the United
States needed to
invade Syria to
depose Assad as
the United
Nations
inspectors were
called in to
investigate.
While this
inspection was
occurring, the
Occupant was
doing his
dead-level best
to persuade the
American people
that we needed
to start yet
another war
against a Middle
Eastern nation
that posed no
direct threat to
us, and he
didn’t need the
permission of
Congress to
proceed either.
The American
people put their
collective foot
down with a
resounding “NO!”
No more of our
blood and
treasure would
be wasted.
Besides, Russia
and China had
wagged their
fingers in the
Occupant’s face
and dared him to
step one toe
into Syrian
territory. They
threatened ‘If
you do, America
might just go
boom!’
Suddenly, the
Occupant decided
he might need to
check in with
Congress after
all, knowing
they wouldn’t
back him, and
he’d be able to
back out of his
pitch for war
and save face at
the same time.
It would be all
Congress’ fault
for not giving
him permission.
That is, until
the United
Nations
inspectors
report showed it
was the rebels
who used the
chemical
weapons—not
Assad. Whoops!
Our bad!
The Globalist’s
directive that
the Occupant
continue the
‘Arab Spring’
regime change in
Syria would have
to wait for
another
opportunity, so
it was put on
the back burner.
Hmmm. What could
they come up
with as a
reasonable
excuse to bomb
the patooty out
of Syria and get
rid of Assad?
Oooo, ooooh, I
got it! Let’s
create a new
boogeyman; one
SO big and bad
and scary that
the American
people would
freak out and
demand action be
taken to stop
it.
Introducing:
ISIS.
It’s pretty much
common knowledge
that Ambassador
Stevens was a
CIA operative in
Benghazi, whose
mission it was
to procure
weapons for the
Syrian ‘rebels.’
Those rebels
were members of
Al Qaida, who
were secretly
trained by the
U.S. in Jordan,
and supplied
with weapons so
they could pose
as ‘freedom
fighters’ in
Syria in their
quest to
overthrow the
‘oppressive
Assad regime.’
They were more
than happy to
learn the best
of America’s
combat secrets,
as well as
receive billions
of our tax
dollars in
backing and
weaponry. Heck
yeah, they’d
take it! They’re
not stupid—they
just seem to
avoid bathing.
Some of the
‘freedom
fighters’
apparently got
tired of
fighting Assad’s
forces, set up
shop inside
Syria where they
knew Russia and
China would have
their back and
under the
leadership of
the ever
charming Abu
Bakr al
Baghdadi,
decided to take
it upon
themselves to
establish a
Middle Eastern
caliphate. In
other words, the
Frankenstein-monster
freedom fighters
the U.S.
government
created are now
out of control,
and cutting a
bloody swath
across Iraq and
Syria.
So, only one
year after the
Occupant pulled
all troops out
of Iraq, against
the advice of
his military
advisors, ISIS
has conquered
almost every
major city our
nation fought to
free from Saddam
Hussein. America
spent 10 years
in Iraq. We lost
4,500 precious
men and women,
had 32,000
wounded, some
severely, and
spent 3 trillion
dollars of our
treasure. Great.
Isn’t that
special.
When ISIS reared
its ugly head in
Iraq, the Iraqi
army we spent
the last several
years arming and
training to take
over the
security of
their own
country,
screamed like
little French
girls, threw
down the
weapons, tanks,
personnel
carriers, etc.,
we left behind
for their use,
and ran for the
hills, giving
ISIS
state-of-the-art
American
equipment to use
against anyone
who looks at
them funny
Again, the ISIS
monster is not
minding its
creator. They
have their own
agenda which
must be stopped,
and soon! Russia
and China are
still wagging
their finger,
warning the U.S.
against invading
or even bombing
inside Syria for
any reason.
So…what’s the
plan, Mr.
Occupant? What’s
that? We’re
going to conduct
airstrikes
inside Syria
anyway?
Airstrikes which
ISIS can scatter
and hide from?
Airstrikes which
are all but
useless
according to our
military
leaders?
Airstrikes which
might just hack
off Russia and
China enough to
lob a few nukes
our way? Our
current and
retired military
leaders are all
over the talking
head shows,
pointing out the
obvious: ISIS
cannot be
stopped by
airstrikes
alone. Oh, but
the Occupant has
promised that
America will NOT
have boots on
the ground in
the fight
against these
horrible people.
And if we like
our doctor, we
can keep our
doctor.
Now, Congress
has just
approved giving
$500 million
MORE of our tax
dollars to train
and equip
“moderate Syrian
rebels” to fight
ISIS on the
ground. OK, so
let me get this
straight. We’re
gonna give more
money, training
and weapons to
Syrian rebels so
they can fight
former Syrian
rebels? The same
“moderate Syrian
rebels” who just
signed a
non-aggression
pact with ISIS?
The “moderate
Syrian rebels”
who will most
likely join the
very ISIS that
we’re trusting
them to fight?
Am I missing
something? Who’s
the President of
the United
States? Forrest
Gump? After all,
“Stupid is as
stupid does.”
I think it’s
time I change
the Occupant’s
name to
“Obomb-ya,”
because he
apparently
thinks that’s
the answer to
everything. Hey,
we have to use
those drones for
something! And,
don’t forget he
boasted that
he’s very good
at killing
people. Unless,
of course, he’s
on the golf
course. I’m so
proud to be an
American. Aren’t
you?
I’ll address the
nightmare that
is ISIS in part
2 of Satan’s
Temper Tantrum.
By the way, are
you saved? I
highly advise
you get right
with the Lord
because the U.S.
government
created
Frankenstein
plans to come to
America. God
promises
tomorrow to no
man. Think about
it.
author: bensmomi99@gmail.com
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Learning from Russia's Return to Its Historical Roots
Reblogged from The American Thinker
By Janice
Shaw Crouse
Having swept all
before them in the aimless societies of the west, the LGBTIQ crowd is in a
howling fury with Russia’s pro-family movement for its refusal to capitulate to
their gay marriage agenda. They are calling for federal investigations of
Americans participating in what should have been a non-controversial
international pro-family celebration, honoring an institution that has been the
backbone of virtually all societies throughout thousands of years of history.
The International Family Forum, convening in Moscow on September 10 at the
State Kremlin Palace and continuing September 11 at the Cathedral of Christ the
Savior, drew more than 1,000 participants from around the world (including
about a dozen individuals from the United States).
Many Western
nations have kowtowed to the pressures of the LGBTIQ movement that seeks to
destroy freedom of speech, religious liberty, marriage and the family.
Emboldened by their political victories in the United States (more often than
not at the hands of unelected judges), the protesters made global headlines by trying
to shut down the World Congress of Families’ pro-family celebration in
Australia. They succeeded in preventing American organizations -- especially
the World Congress of Families -- from participating in the just-completed
International Family Forum in Moscow; they threw up barriers and threatened
retribution, but they could not shut down either the Australian or the Russian
events. The most they could do was demand there be investigations of the
American individuals who helped plan the Russian conference, but they could not
stop free citizens from participating on their own.
The Russian
forum in its “General Concept” preface succinctly identified the harms caused
by the “sensate culture” (a term from Pitirim Sorokin, a famous Russian
sociologist who knew well the deleterious effects of a man-centered, atheistic
worldview), a modern-day post-Christian dimension in world history: “the
destruction of moral standards such as Goodness, Truth, and Beauty and
destruction of faith in a Created natural order that distinguishes good from
evil.” Such attitudes -- “this modern-day ambiguity, relativity, and
indeterminacy regarding family” -- “creates the threat to the civilized
existence of societies.” The Russians declare that “it is high time to talk not
only about the role of the family institution in the retention of humanity as a
biological species but also about the vital role of [the] natural family in the
preservation of civilized society and “ordered liberty.” This
transformation is “crucially important especially given the millennial battle
between civil society and barbarism, where the latter appears in a highly
technological and disguised progressive form contributing to the increasing
moral chaos.”
The Russians,
having experienced 70 years of the horrors and “moral chaos” brought about by
the Marxist-Leninist experiment at creating the "New Man," are not
about to give up their hard-won grip on reality, regained by going back to
their historic Orthodox roots. Their clear unswerving vision of their recent
past under Communism enables them to see progressivism as “a new tool of
secular, post-modern humanists and sexual radicals to pursue not only their
economic interests, but also, ideological, philosophical and political
interests.” Russian pro-family leaders recognize that the threats to “the
meaning of family in the context of global ideological competition from
self-interested post-modern humanists and challenges to the ensure the survival
and sovereignty of modern states grows to such an extent that the protection of
the classical notions of normative behavior, civilized man, the human family,
and definition of marriage have to be enshrined in national constitutions.”
Whatever critiques of Putin’s foreign policy you may have, the pro-family
movement in Russia is a genuine and deep phenomenon, unrelated to foreign
affairs.
Intellectual dry
rot has made western intellectuals susceptible to every foolish fad --
neo-Marxism, feminism, genderism, humanism, environmentalism, etc. -- that has
resulted from deconstructionism. Nowhere is this more evident than their
inability to discern simple biological realities such as the difference between
male and female. As the Russians noted, “Only precise and univalent definitions
may permit us to understand that behind the fuzzy expectations of modern
humanism and its jargon, there hides traits of degradation and deception that
would lead to the death of humanity.” Such thinking, of course, is scorned by
the elites who have produced our distorted Western intellectual condition.
Having chosen
the mush of moral relativism and multiculturalism over the sterner more
rigorous and demanding Judeo-Christian worldview, the leaders in the great
universities, the media with the vast array of communications technology at its
disposal, the business and government leaders of the western world from
Washington to London to Paris to Frankfurt to Vienna, all have been easily
swayed and finally subjugated by first one movement and then another ––
including feminism's flimsy claims that men and women are interchangeable, the
LGBTIQ's claims that gender is a social construct and thus we must give up
everything from traditional/real-world designation of male and female bathrooms
to father and mother on birth certificates.
We in the west
have read a bit of Russian history, but know little of what is embedded in the
DNA of the Russians from the first-hand experiences of generation after
generation of those who struggled to survive one tragedy after another.
Napoleon’s half a million strong army was able to reach Moscow but was turned
back in defeat by the realities of the flames that consumed the city and the
deadly cold of the Russian winter. Hitler learned nothing from Napoleon's
folly. He had no comprehension of how tenaciously the Russians would defend
their Motherland no matter how many millions of them he managed to kill with
advanced German weaponry.
Now come Obama,
Kerry, Clinton and the rest of the LGBTIQ's claque who bluster, sanction, and
slander pro-family Russian leaders; these, however, are persons who see and
understand the real threat to their homeland of the depopulation and
demographic winter that follow when there is a failure of natural families to
flourish. Now come the Human Rights Campaign and those who demonize and demagogue
anyone who dares to speak Truth to power on these fundamental issues.
Meanwhile, the
radical Islamist jihadist have taken the measure of the decadent West with its
vast technological superiority (but moral and spiritual bankruptcy) and have
decided they can with beat us with suicide bombers. And as long as we are led
by thinkers who not only fail to recognize the importance of (but actively
fight against) something as elementary and fundamental as the necessity to a
society of having the foundational strength of families lead by a mothers and
fathers, then perhaps the jihadist are right.
What western
elites refuse to comprehend, the Russian cab driver taking us to the airport
effortlessly grasps, (from practical, real-life experience), namely the importance
of family and fidelity. We conversed even though his English was a faltering,
rusty, classroom level of vocabulary. In response to my question about family,
he told us that he had two children – a boy 21 and a girl 3 years old. Then,
apparently in recognition that we were Americans, he wanted to make it very
clear that he was married, had had only one wife -- had loved only one woman --
even though he “made” his son when he was only a lad of 17. Family was
obviously very important to him as a man and he wanted it clearly understood
that he was faithful to his vows to his wife.
Today, after 80
years of the horrors of life under communism, Russia is working to restore
family and Orthodoxy as the foundations of its culture and the means of its
survival as a nation. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how much stomach the
west has left for a fight for survival. Perhaps we will simply, once again,
capitulate to Jihadism just as we have to LGBTIQism and so many other hollow
“isms.” But if after witnessing the miracle of Russia's unblinking repudiation
of the blight and sorrows of its own Marxist experiment, I wouldn't bet on the
Russians capitulating to western LGBTIQ fascists without a fight.
Janice
Shaw Crouse, Ph.D., was
winner of the 2013 Global Leadership Award by the Leadership Institute and The
World Congress of Families. She was one of about a dozen American participants
in the International Family Forum in Moscow, September 10-11, 2014.
Source: American
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