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THE GLAZOV GANG: IRANIAN SHARIA SURVIVOR'S BONE CHILLING WARNING TO AMERICA
Published on Jul 11, 2017
Aynaz Anni Cyrus at United America First Rally, CA -- July 8, 2017
Sharia: The Threat to America-Part 1
Published on Jun 18, 2017
An
ATP Report Production - On this episode Barry interviews Aynaz Anni
Cyrus, National Director of American Truth Project, and discusses what
Sharia law is and how it relates to American policy, law, society and
the pervasive spread of violence on America’s homeland.
Sharia: The Threat to America-Part 2
Published on Jun 25, 2017
An
ATP Report Production - On this episode Barry interviews Aynaz Anni
Cyrus, National Director of American Truth Project, and discusses what
Sharia is and how it relates to American policy, law, society and the
pervasive spread of violence on America’s homeland as well as the agenda
of Linda Sarsour, leading the Islamism movement in America.
Islam's "Kill-All-Jews" Day and the Left's
Hateful Silence
ISLAMIC AL-QUDS DAY FOMENTS HATE FOR JEWS
Anni Cyrus Video: Leftist Feminists’ S&M Islamic Odyssey
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During the National Education Association’s (NEA) annual meeting and
representative assembly held in Boston from June 25-July 5, delegates
approved 159 new business items, with one of the most radical proposals —
promoting the LGBTQ agenda — coming in at number three on the list.
Other proposals called for using NEA funds to “promote solidarity”
among all labor unions, oppose deportations of illegal aliens and
requirements that educators provide information about the immigration
status of students, deliver an ultimatum to Secretary of Education Betsy
DeVos demanding her resignation if she does not respond “to the
satisfaction of the NEA governance” to questions posed by NEA President
Eskelsen Garcia, and for the NEA to develop resolutions that local NEA
associations can introduce at school board meetings calling for
“county-wide and state-wide moratoria on new charter school
authorizations in every state that has legislation authorizing the
creation of charter schools.”
The obvious intent of this last proposal is to discourage the
formation of new charter schools, which often outperform traditional
public schools staffed by NEA members.
“Charter schools were started by educators who dreamed of schools in
which they would be free to innovate, unfettered by bureaucratic
obstacles,” NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia said in a July 4
statement.
“Handing over students’ education to privately managed, unaccountable
charters jeopardizes student success, undermines public education and
harms communities,” Garcia continued. “This policy draws a clear line
between charters that serve to improve public education and those that
do not.”
Apparently, Garcia believes that “fettering” educators with obstacles
placed in their path by bureaucrats beholden to the NEA — the nation’s
largest labor union — is desirable.
The statement posted on the NEA website noted that the 7,000
delegates in attendance at the meeting “overwhelmingly approved a
fundamental shift in policy by passing a new policy statement on charter
schools.” The statement could not have been more clear about its
intent:
The new NEA Policy Statement on Charter
Schools will boost NEA[']s forceful support of state and local efforts
to limit charter growth and increase charter accountability, and slow
the diversion of resources from neighborhood public schools to charters.
Among the criteria that charter schools should be required to adhere
to, states the NEA, are “the same civil rights, employment, labor,
health and safety laws and staff qualification and certification
requirements as other public schools.” (Emphasis added.)
Does this mean that the NEA is demanding that their union-controlled
public schools should not face competition from non-union schools —
which would be a typical labor union demand? Of course, since charter
schools are also public schools, it would not be surprising for the
government to rein in whatever education alternatives they have thus far
been allowed to offer and to subject them to the same requirements as
traditional public schools.
As for “civil rights,” we might place that in the context of the
NEA’s “New Business Item 3,” which promotes civil rights for LGBTQ
students and educators. Presumably, this means that LGBTQ teachers
should be guaranteed the right to teach your impressionable children.
The adopted item is lengthy, but it is important enough to quote at length:
The NEA will continue to advance the
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ)
students and educators by taking the following actions to counter the
continuing backlash against LGBTQ individuals:
Call upon our members and society to
promote a culture of safety, support, and affirmation that ensures civil
rights and advocacy for LGBTQ members and students, including adopting
policies that respect the civil rights of all educators and students,
inclusive of transgender students and educators.
Provide tools for affiliates and members
to use at the state and local level to gain or secure protections for
LGBTQ individuals at work and in schools.
Convene periodic webinars for state and
local affiliates and members (in the fall, winter, and spring) to
provide updates as to the current status of state and local protections
as well as models for actions that can be taken at the state and local
level to increase protections.
Provide legislative support and resources
to state affiliates and tools for local affiliates to use in advocating
for increased LGBTQ protections.
Continue to actively participate in the
legal efforts to secure full civil rights for LGBTQ individuals by
filing amicus curiae briefs in support of challenges to anti-LGBTQ
legislative and policy initiatives and in support of ensuring full civil
rights protections for LGBTQ individuals.
Evaluate eliminating states and cities as
acceptable locations for future NEA meetings if the state or city
adopts a law or ordinance that licenses discrimination against students
and educators based on their sexual orientation or gender
identity/expression.
The NEA has just provided parents with one more good reason for refusing to send their children to public (more accurately, government) schools at any cost.
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On Monday, the Seattle, Washington City Council unanimously passed an
income tax targeting the rich despite constitutional and legislative
prohibitions on doing so, making a court challenge to the tax almost
inevitable. According to the Seattle Times,
“The measure applies a 2.25-percent tax on total income above $250,000
for individuals and above $500,000 for married couples filing their
taxes together.” The city expects the tax to raise about $140 million a
year — assuming the well-off don’t flee the city — with the revenue to
be used “to lower property taxes and other regressive taxes; address
homelessness; provide affordable housing, education and transit; replace
federal funding lost through budget cuts; create green jobs and meet
carbon-reduction goals; and administer the tax.”
The bill still has to be signed by Mayor Ed Murray, but that appears
to be a foregone conclusion. Murray proposed the bill and praised its
passage in a statement, saying Seattle is “challenging this state’s
antiquated and unsustainable tax structure by passing a progressive
income tax” — one of the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto.
The tax will affect at least 11,000 Seattleites; that is the number
of individuals with earned annual incomes of at least $250,000,
according to the Times. However, since the tax applies to both
earned and unearned income, it is likely to be levied on even more
people. Then there’s always the matter of bracket creep as people’s
incomes increase because of inflation, plus the fact that income taxes
invariably start out small and aimed at the rich but eventually grow to
encompass more individuals and larger proportions of their income.
Supporters argue that the tax is necessary because the state’s tax structure is highly regressive. “In 2015,” wrote the Times,
“Washington households with incomes below $21,000 paid 16.8 percent of
their income in state and local taxes, on average, while households with
income above $500,000 paid only 2.4 percent.”
The solution to this problem, of course, is not to raise taxes on the
rich but to cut taxes for everyone. Seattle’s budget has increased 33
percent in the last four years; surely some spending could be trimmed so
that taxes could be reduced. Yet just last month, the same city council
that claims to be so terribly concerned about regressive taxes passed a
new tax on sugary sodas, which will also hit the poor hardest.
But instead of cutting spending and taxes, city officials have taken
the usual left-wing tack of appealing to envy, an approach that clearly
succeeded in getting the public on their side. A June poll
by KING 5/KUOW found that 66 percent of Seattleites favored the tax,
undoubtedly agreeing with 79-year-old Bobby Righi, who told the council
and an appreciative crowd Monday, “It’s time for the rich to pay their
fair share.”
Tax opponents have vowed to take the city to court over the measure,
arguing it violates the state constitution, which requires taxing
property at a uniform rate; state law, which prohibits cities from
taxing income; and various court precedents — not to mention the wishes
of Washington voters, who have rejected an income tax nine times.
Proponents believe they may have a shot at overcoming these obstacles
by carefully wording the tax legislation — it taxes total income, while
the state law only forbids taxing net income — and by taking the matter
to “the liberally configured Washington State Supreme Court,” in the
words of the tax-fighting Freedom Foundation. One councilwoman even suggested “pack[ing] the courts” to make sure the tax is upheld.
“We are greatly disappointed the Seattle City Council voted to impose
a clearly illegal and unnecessary income tax,” Dann Mead Smith,
president of the Washington Policy Center, which opposes the tax, said
in a statement.
“As a life-long Seattle resident, it is frustrating to see the Seattle
City Council choose to waste taxpayer dollars on lawsuits for an income
tax that is not needed.”
The Left, however, never hesitates to use any means necessary to
impose its will upon the rest of the population. Its opponents,
therefore, will need to be equally combative if Seattle is not to be
saddled with this destructive tax.
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Retired
Presbyterian Pastor Eugene Peterson issued a stinging criticism of
Donald Trump, saying the U.S. President is "the enemy" who has "no
morals" and "no integrity".
The scholar and author of popular book The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, was recently asked by Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service to share his thoughts on Trump and the "political mood animating our world."
Peterson, 84, did not mince words in his response.
"I think we're in a bad situation. I really do," he said.
"Donald Trump is the enemy as far as I'm concerned. He has no morals. He
has no integrity."
He
added, "But I have good friends who think he's wonderful. But I think
they put up with it less and less. People are getting pretty tired of
him, I think. Some of us were tired of him before he was elected. I
think we can put up with it, though. I don't think it's the end of the
road."
During the presidential election, Trump garnered major
endorsements within the evangelical community, including Paula White, a
televangelist and pastor of mega-church New Destiny Christian Center in
Florida, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., and Robert
Jeffress, the pastor First Baptist Church-Dallas. Overall, white
evangelical voters voted in high numbers for Trump, with 81 percent,
according to exit poll results.
However, other evangelical leaders, like Desiring God author
John Piper, Russell Moore, who presides over the political arm of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and evangelical theologian Wayne Grudem
actively spoke out against Trump's campaign, policies, and tactics.
Peterson, who pastored Christ Our King Presbyterian Church
in Bel Air for twenty-nine years, said he believes there's a "whole
part" of the Christian church that "operates out of fear."
"It's a negative kind of gospel, which I think is quite
contrary to the Gospel that Jesus brought to us," he said. "I'm not
happy with that. As with Trump, I think we can survive that too.
Overall, I'm optimistic. That's the short answer."
In his interview with RNS, Peterson shared his thoughts on
homosexuality, telling the outlet that if he were stll pastoring, he
would perform a same-sex wedding if asked. Merritt notes that in "The Message," Peterson doesn't use the word "homosexual" and "homosexuality" in key texts.
The
popular author also said he doesn't believe pastors today are "doing
their job", as many churches are more concerned with increasing the
number of attendees than ministering to individuals.
"I think the thing that's most disturbing is the megachurch
because megachurches are not churches," he said. "My feeling is that
when you're a pastor, you know the people's names. When 5,000 people
come into the church, you don't know anybody's name. I don't think you
can be a pastor with just a bunch of anonymous people out there. In the
megachurch, well, there's no relationship with anybody. I think the
nature of the church is relational. If you don't know these people that
you're praying with and talking with and listening to, what do you have?
I feel pretty strongly about that."
He added that overall he isn't "disheartened" by the state of the church, but is "upset by the fad-ism of the megachurch."
Is U2 a prophetic voice? I rather think so. And many of
my friends think so. If they do not explicitly proclaim the Kingdom,
they certainly prepare the way for that proclamation in much the same
way that John the Baptist prepared the way for the kerygma of Jesus…Amos
crafted poems, Jeremiah wept sermons, Isaiah alternately rebuked and
comforted, Ezekiel did street theater. U2 writes songs and goes on tour,
singing them.
THEN SEE: The Rock Group U2 https://www.wayoflife.org/database/rockgroupu2.html EXCERPTS: "“Bono played a far more
significant role on the formative years on those who became emergent
than anyone else, from a human standpoint. Bono, in the 1980s, was, if
not worshipped, then absolutely adored by millions of Christian youth
who were hanging on his every word. They saw his cool kind of
Christianity. He helped lead people into what eventually became the
emerging church. Bono has led people into a version of Christianity that
is so slippery, so undefinable, so liberal, yet he is considered the
main icon of the emerging church” (Joseph Schimmel, The Submerging Church, DVD, 2012)." "Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, says U2 has a prophetic voice to the world and says Bono is a prophet like John the Baptist (foreword to Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog)." "In fact, U2 is not a church and
rather is destitute of spiritual truth when judged biblically. That U2
is wildly popular with contemporary Christians is a fulfillment of the
apostasy described in 2 Timothy: “For the time will come when
they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall
they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2
Timothy 4:3-4)." "There is no evidence in U2’s lives, music, or performances that they honor the Word of God." "Though he speaks positively of
Romanism, Bono has nothing good to say about “fundamentalism,” falsely
claiming that it is a denial that God is love (Bono on Bono, p. 167) and calling it vile names (p. 147)." "Bill Flanagan, a U2 friend who
has traveled extensively with the group, in his authorized biography
describes them as heavy drinkers and constant visitors to bars,
brothels, and nightclubs." "For their Vertigo Tour in 2005,
U2 promoted “Coexist” as an icon for world peace. Bono wore a “coexist”
headband that featured the cross of Christianity, the crescent moon of
Islam, and the star of David of Judaism: and he led the crowds in
shouting, “Jesus, Jew, Muhammad, it's true; all sons of Abraham.”"
Bono & Eugene Peterson | THE PSALMS
Published on Apr 26, 2016
This
short film documents the friendship between Bono (of the band U2) and
Eugene Peterson (author of contemporary-language Bible translation The
Message) revolving around their common interest in the Psalms. Based on
interviews conducted by Fuller Seminary faculty member David Taylor and
produced in association with Fourth Line Films, the film highlights in
particular a conversation on the Psalms that took place between Bono,
Peterson, and Taylor at Peterson’s Montana home.
The film is
featured exclusively through FULLER studio, a site offering
resources—videos, podcasts, reflections, stories—for all who seek deeply
formed spiritual lives. Explore these resources, on the Psalms and a
myriad of other topics, at http://Fuller.edu/Studio.
a Fourth Line Films production, in association with Fuller's Brehm Center Texas and W. David O. Taylor
Bono: [Video
message, 2002] Mr. Peterson, Eugene, my name is Bono. I'm the singer
with the group U2 and wanted to video message you my thanks and our
thanks from the band for this remarkable work you've done. There's been
some great translations, very literary translations, but no translation
that I've read that speaks to me in my own language, so I want to thank
you for that. Take a rest now, won't you? Bye.
Eugene Peterson: I’d
never heard of Bono before. Then one of my students showed up in class
with a copy of the Rolling Stones—Rolling Stones?—and in it there was an
interview with Bono in which he talked about me and The Message. He
used some slangy language about who I was, and I said, "Who's Bono?"
They were dumbfounded I'd never heard of Bono, but that's not the circle
I really travel in very much. That's how I first heard about him.
Then
people started bringing me his music, and I listened to his music, and I
thought, "I like this guy." After a while I started feeling quite
pleased that he knew me.
[Interview at Point Loma Nazarene University, 2007:] Dean Nelson: Yes, but the rest of the story is that he invited you to come and hang with them for a while. You turned him down.
Eugene Peterson: I was pushing a deadline on The Message. I was finishing up the Old Testament at the time, and I really couldn't do it.
Dean Nelson: You
may be the only person alive who would turn down the opportunity just
to make a deadline. I mean, come on. It's Bono, for crying out loud!
Eugene Peterson: Dean, he was Isaiah.
Dean Nelson: Yeah.
Jan Peterson: The
Old Testament is a long, long book, much longer than the New Testament,
and it did take a long time and a lot of devotion on both of our parts
to have that happen.
Bono: I have to say, in the last years,
Eugene's writing has kept me as sane as this is, if you call it sane,
which you probably won't. Run With the Horses, that's a powerful manual
for me, and it includes a lot of incendiary ideas. I hadn't really
thought of Jeremiah as a performance artist. Why do we need art? Why do
we need the lyric poetry of the Psalms? Why do we need them? Because the
only way we can approach God is if we're honest through metaphor,
through symbol. Art becomes essential, not decorative. I learned about
art, I learned about the Prophets, I learned about Jeremiah with that
book, and that really changed me.
Eugene Peterson: Then
several years later...This was about 4 years ago, 4 or 5 years
ago...Bono would like Jan and me to come to Dallas for a concert. We
went to the concert. He was very sensitive to us. We were really well
cared for, had really good seats. I'd never seen a mash pit before. That
was my introduction to the mash pit. Is it a pit?
(Voice off camera): It's a mosh pit.
Eugene Peterson: Mosh pit. Okay. You can see how uneducated I am in this world.
We
had a 3-hour lunch. We just had a lovely conversation. It was very
personal, relational. He didn't put me on any kind of a pedestal, and I
didn't him, so we were very natural with each other. Through that 3-hour
conversation, I was just really taken by the simplicity of his life, of
who he was, who he is. There was no pretension to him. At that point I
just felt like he was a companion in the faith.
[About U2’s song “40,” based on Psalm 40:] I
think it's one of his best ones. He sings it a lot. I mean, he does
this a lot. It's one of the songs that reaches into the hurt and
disappointment and difficulty of being a human being. It acknowledges
that in language that is immediately recognizable. There's something
that reaches into the heart of a person and the stuff we all feel but
many of us don't talk about.
Bono: [Quoting from The Message’s translation of Psalm 40:] I
waited and waited and waited for God. At last he looked. Finally he
listened. He lifted me out of the ditch. He pulled me from deep mud,
stood me up on a solid rock to make sure that I wouldn't slip. He taught
me how to sing the latest God-song...
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John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree,
Massachusetts, and served as President of the United States from March
4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. Of the 44 men who have held that office, he
demonstrated the greatest knowledge of Islam. His impressions of that
religion, however, were not favorable; today, he would be excoriated as a
racist, bigoted “Islamophobe,” and were he President, there would be an
insistent chorus of rage demanding his impeachment, resignation, and/or
head on a platter. Consider the vicious and relentless hatred that is
directed against President Trump for merely daring to try to impede the
flow of jihadis into the United States by restricting immigration from
six countries for 90 days. Adams, for saying the statements below, would
be flayed mercilessly in a manner that would make the treatment of
Trump look gentle.
But can anyone prove that anything he says below about Islam is false?
Hugh Fitzgerald will be along in a few days with a proper tribute to
this far-seeing and honest man, but in the meantime, you can read his
words about Islam and consider how much the public discourse has
changed, not for the better, since the days of John Quincy Adams.
"In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering
Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of
transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the
fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger
from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive
portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic
law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with
it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and
apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope
of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust,
by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the
gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human
felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex,
and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and
exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of
mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE
BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.
Between these two religions, thus contrasted in their characters, a
war of twelve hundred years has already raged. That war is yet flagrant;
nor can it cease but by the extinction of that imposture, which has
been permitted by Providence to prolong the degeneracy of man. While the
merciless and dissolute dogmas of the false prophet shall furnish
motives to human action, there can never be peace upon earth, and good
will towards men. The hand of Ishmael will be against every man, and
every man’s hand against him. It is, indeed, amongst the mysterious
dealings of God, that this delusion should have been suffered for so
many ages, and during so many generations of human kind, to prevail over
the doctrines of the meek and peaceful and benevolent Jesus.
The precept of the koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that
Mahomet is the prophet of God. The vanquished may purchase their lives,
by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false
and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet,
may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to
propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it
can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed
alike, by fraud, or by force.
The fundamental doctrine of the Christian religion, is the
extirpation of hatred from the human heart. It forbids the exercise of
it, even towards enemies. There is no denomination of Christians, which
denies or misunderstands this doctrine. All understand it alike—all
acknowledge its obligations; and however imperfectly, in the purposes of
Divine Providence, its efficacy has been shown in the practice of
Christians, it has not been wholly inoperative upon them. Its effect has
been upon the manners of nations. It has mitigated the horrors of
war—it has softened the features of slavery—it has humanized the
intercourse of social life. The unqualified acknowledgement of a duty
does not, indeed, suffice to insure its performance. Hatred is yet a
passion, but too powerful upon the hearts of Christians. Yet they cannot
indulge it, except by the sacrifice of their principles, and the
conscious violation of their duties. No state paper from a Christian
hand, could, without trampling the precepts of its Lord and Master, have
commenced by an open proclamation of hatred to any portion of the human
race. The Ottoman lays it down as the foundation of his discourse." The American Annual Register for the Years 1827-8-9, pp. 269, 274, and 300, found here.
EMERGENCY: TOP BILLIONAIRES ASK GOOGLE & FACEBOOK TO CENSOR THE INTERNET
TO PUSH MEDIA LIES
Media moguls are trying to destroy alternative media and revive the MSM
Mike Cernovich joins Alex Jones live via Skype to
discuss the recent move by top billionaires, most of whom are in the
media business to censor the internet and promote their own content.
the future of globalized pseudo-education, which they said must be
imposed on every child on the planet to advance
the UN's radical plan for humanity known as “Agenda 2030.” Speakers at
the so-called “High-Level Event on Education,” including Muslims and
communists, all agreed that UN-led “education” was the key to realizing
their globalist goals.
The UN's controversial agenda, also dubbed the “Sustainable Development
and socialism.
And it includes the UN's vision of “education” at the heart of it all.
Under Agenda 2030, children are described as “critical agents of change”
whose “infinite capacities for activism” will be weaponized and
channeled by the UN's “education” schemes into advancing the planetary
entity's vision of the future.
The whole program, and especially the education component, is being
justified under the guise of imposing “sustainable development” on the
world. And as far as the nebulous, totalitarian concept relates to
education, the UN has already made clear that more education is actually
a threat to sustainability.
“Generally, more highly educated people, who have higher incomes,
consume more resources than poorly educated people, who tend to have
lower incomes,” explains a UN “toolkit” for global “sustainable”
education, which is still posted online at UNESCO's website.
“In this case, more education increases the threat to sustainability.”
Beyond that, when speaking of the UN's “sustainable development”
-murdering communist dictatorship ruling China,
it has become clear that the UN really means population control,
central planning, global governance, and other deeply totalitarian
schemes. In fact, the UN barely bothers to conceal that anymore.
In Goal 4 of the 17 SDGs, the UN makes clear that its “education” is
really indoctrination. For example, the document, which has not been
ratified by the U.S. Senate, demands that all children learn not to just
accept and submit to “sustainable development,” but to actually
“promote sustainable development.” The indoctrination program is also
heavy on the UN's vision of “human rights,” which are essentially the
opposite of the God-given rights enshrined in America's founding
documents.
And yet, at the UN education summit in late June, UN leaders put a
smiley face on it all. “I am confident you all agree that inclusive,
equitable and quality education goes to the heart of the 2030 Agenda,”
explained President Peter Thomson of the UN General Assembly, which is
dominated by regimes classified as unfree. Because brainwashing children
will be critical to imposing the UN's anti-liberty, anti-Christian agenda on
humanity, Thompson called the UN's idea of education the “golden thread
that runs through the implementation of all 17 SDGs.”
“We must educate young people about the logic of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development,” he added, never allowing for the possibility
that children may not agree with globalism and wealth redistribution.
“They must be taught to take ownership, to serve as agents for change,
and to be drivers of innovative ways of achieving the SDGs.”
The changes being proposed are drastic, too. “We have to do no less than
transform the way we think, invest, partner, and deliver on education,”
Thompson said, demanding all children be subjected to “universal early
childhood education.” “We need coherent, practical strategies for the
development of children’s physical, cognitive, and emotional skills to
set up positive adult productivity and behavior.” At a previous summit,
they even called for the UN to shape children's “spirituality.” The
UN is getting bolder and bolder in the quest to brainwash children all
over the world with its dangerous ideology. For the sake of faith,
family, and freedom, Americans must resist.
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The barbarians have finally broken down the school doors and are now
plundering knowledge. Books are their target. Banning them is the goal. In New York City, administrators at the Life Sciences Secondary
School have ordered all textbooks rounded up and removed. Books, they
say, are antiquated. Instead, technology is to be the new god of
learning.
Of course the excuse is that books are expensive. The schools
complain that the kids lose the books or that they wear out and there is
no budget to replace them. And more importantly, using iPads means they
can be automatically updated with the latest information, scientific
discovery and technology. So the schools need to keep up with all the
latest developments to keep the kids on top, they say. It’s a wide,
wonderful brave new world! Aren’t our children lucky to live in these
times? Everything in today’s school house is apparently designed for the
comfort and ease of the children. No stress. No demands. No
expectations.
And so the books were piled up in the hallway of the school. Next
stop – the trash bin. Most were in good condition, including hundreds of
math, algebra, geometry and various English literature text books. Also
strewn around the floor were copies of Romeo and Juliet and A Street Car named Desire.
The technocrats will argue that the World Wide Web contains vast
knowledge for the taking with the right tools. They argue that printed
books are limited. That printed text books soon become antiquated. And
so the future of learning is achieved by opening up this super highway
of knowledge in the class rooms so every child has access. Thus, throw
away the books and unchain their minds.
Said Headmaster James Tracy, “If I look outside my window and I see
my student reading Chaucer under a tree, it is utterly immaterial to me
whether they’re doing so by way of a Kindle or by way of a paperback.” Actually it does matter. First, traditional libraries were always
ordered to be quiet areas because students were absorbing information,
researching or writing papers. The atmosphere now is loud with lots of
talking taking place. That doesn’t provide a learning atmosphere.
Second, printed books cannot be changed. The content in iPads can be
changed and controlled by outside forces. In short, one can’t trust the
content to be accurate. Third, those same outside forces can actually
control what information is available. They can control knowledge. Today we are a divided society. Freedom verses control. Can anyone
deny that there are powerful forces that seek to change how we think in
order to fulfill a revolution to literally change our entire society? We
have observed massive changes in our culture over the past ten years.
Free enterprise is racist and evil. Private property ownership is a
social injustice. Individual thought is dangerous. Marriage and sexual
orientation are in great turmoil. Free speech is a threat. The mere
mention of a certain presidential candidate can send college students
into turmoil requiring therapy and major thumb sucking. Do you think these changes are just happenstance? No, they are the
result of a carefully orchestrated takeover of the public education
system with the specific purpose of creating a new kind of citizen for
the future. One that doesn’t challenge authority and official dictates.
How do you create such a product? Keep them ignorant of history,
philosophy and contrary ideas. If you don’t know there is even a
question then you will never ask it.
Printed books can be dangerous as they can’t be changed. If allowed
to remain they can be discovered by future generations. In printed
version, their message remains intact, ready to spark questions to a
hungry mind.
The Founding Fathers studied all kinds of government styles and
philosophies before deciding on our Republican form. They wanted one
that would protect the freedom of thought, movement and our ability to
benefit from the fruits of our own labor. Individuality, private
property and free enterprise were the roots of the government they
chose. To keep the freedom which these policies created, the Founders
fully understood that knowledge was key. Thomas Jefferson said, “If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.”
Today, the revolution in our classrooms has robbed the children of
the philosophy behind our founder’s actions. They have never been taught
that private property ownership is the only true way to eradicate
poverty. They have no idea that free enterprise is the true system that
gives then freedom of choice and control over the quality and quantity
of products and services we purchase. And as they color their hair
purple, dress in outrageous fashions, and take on the usual youthful
defiance to claim their individuality, they slavishly cling to their
public school teachings that individuality is selfish and must be
controlled. They do so automatically because their ability to think and
reason has been removed through lack of knowledge. Behavior modification, social justice and an all out assault on
attitudes, values and beliefs have replaced academics in the public
education system as it churns out the perfect global village idiots.
Leaving old books and their anti-revolutionary ideas lying around is a
danger to their revolution. Soon, books with contrary ideas will not be
available in your favorite E-book. Google will not provide the answers
in a search. Facebook will censure contrary postings. Oh, wait, all of
that is already happening.
I read the report on this trashing of books with great interest because such action was a major part of the plot of my recent political thriller ERASE.
In my fictionalized world an evil force called LEAP was systematically
taking over the publishing industry, slowly eliminating outlets for
printed books and replacing them with their own E-book version. LEAP
even made a massive gift to the schools across the nation by giving
every school kid a LEAP iPad to replace their school books. The only
problem was that now LEAP controlled the content and could change it at
will.
I wrote ERASE to be fiction. I didn’t intend to provide the forces of
evil with a “How To” manual! Yet, now my fiction has certainly become
reality and it’s growing in schools across the country. In one scene of ERASE a teacher asks the question, “How do they think
they can stop knowledge, it’s there, no matter what? The answer came
back to him, “They stop knowledge by banning it.” In our modern age,
controlled by technology, book burning is no longer a necessary tool for
tyrants. All they need to do is press a button and knowledge, history,
indeed entire societies disappear in an instant.
SoulFest
2017 is coming this August 3 - 5 at Gunstock Mountain Resort in
Gilford, New Hampshire. The artist lineup will include TobyMac, Matthew
West, for King & Country, Tenth Avenue North, Crowder, Rend
Collective, Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, Sidewalk Prophets, and many more!
Visit thesoulfest.com to learn more about this event.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Would you attend a church service if:
The pastor advocates same sex marriage.
The pastor is a regular speaker at Roman Catholic events.
A hard core/heavy metal non-Christian band played during the service?
The pastor promotes Roman Catholic mystical practices.
The pastor believes that … “I don’t particularly care about Scriptures stance on what is ‘wrong.’ I care more about how it says we should treat people”
The pastor is on the board of directors of a Roman Catholic church organization.
The pastor believes in unity between evangelicals and the Roman Catholic Church, which teaches a false religion.
If your answer to these questions is NO,
substitute the word pastor with “Christian music artist.” Would you go
to a Christian concert that has music artists and speakers who believe
and promote the above things I mentioned? It would seem that any
Christian who understands Scripture and its admonishments to stay away
from those who promote a different gospel, the answer should still be NO
to the question. Ecumenicalism is a big movement in the
world today. For the purposes of this article, ecumenicalism is defined
as “a movement seeking unity among groups that profess to be Christian.”
It seems everybody wants unity today. Unity amongst Christians is a
good goal, yet when a move towards unity contradicts Scripture’s
teaching, that is when we have trouble. So let’s turn to Scripture
briefly. Scripture is clear on the issue of who we should fellowship
with. For example, we have a clear directive in Ephesians. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph. 5:11 Over and over in various epistles, the same kind of instruction is given to us. God’s word says that we are not to
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove
them.” Reprove them! There is no biblical argument for promoting
ecumenicalism; for getting cozy with those who teach and promote false
doctrines, or to fellowship with self-professing Christians who are part
of a false religion. If a Bible-believing Christian would be
opposed to the above situations in a church setting, then what is the
difference if it is Christian artists performing at Christian concerts? “Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than Christ within us.” A.W. Tozer What Is Wrong With SoulFest? Soulfest is a yearly Christian concert
held in New Hampshire in the Summer. If you agree that the examples
above as far as attending a church are reasons to stay away, what is the
difference if the artists and speakers at the “Christian” concert are
promoting same-sex marriage, holding hands with Roman Catholicism, and
promoting false doctrine? There is no difference, and in fact,
everything mentioned above are actual positions held by various artists
and speakers that will perform at Soulfest. I cannot emphasize the spiritual danger
that young people and adults are in when they attend these concerts.
There is a great danger especially to those who are either very new
Christians, or are not saved at all. The influences of these popular
artists are very strong, and can lead a young person to accept things
that are not true and that are unbiblical. There is often a resulting
emotional high that comes during many of these performances, and emotion
can drive many to an experience that is false and does not last. Those
who are reading should consider carefully what kind of “Christian”
concerts they attend. Most often, it is not as Christian as you think it
is. Be wise, and use discernment. Biblical Christianity and Roman Catholicism are not the same “religion.”
How one is saved, the authority of Scripture, the work of Christ on the
Cross, and so much more, is totally opposite each other. There are so
many differences that are irreconcilable, which make true fellowship
impossible. Why would a Bible-believer want to
fellowship with and support those who promote a false religion? Why
associate with and give support to those who promote immoral behavior?
Why would you expose your youth to such an environment, where they are
susceptible to stumbling? Why go to a concert with so many artists who
ground their music on worldly ideas? Think twice on this, my Christian
friend, before you go to Soulfest. The summary below of just a few of
the major artists performing reveals a level of apostasy and deception
that should be very disturbing to Christians. SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS TobyMac performed for the Roman Catholic Youth Rally in 2011, which
featured Pope Benedict XVI and a Catholic mass during which a piece of
bread allegedly became Jesus.* Jars Of Clay Lead Singer Dan Haseltine Supports “Gay Marriage” This group is one of the
most popular Contemporary Christian groups around. Here is what their
lead singer said about same-sex marriage:
“Not meaning to stir things up BUT…
is there a non-speculative or non ‘slippery slope’ reason why gays
shouldn’t marry? I don’t hear one. … I’m trying to make sense of the
conservative argument. But it doesn’t hold up to basic scrutiny. Feels
akin to women’s suffrage. I just don’t see a negative effect to
allowing gay marriage. No societal breakdown, no war on traditional
marriage. … I don’t think scripture ‘clearly’ states much of anything
regarding morality. … I don’t particularly care about
Scriptures stance on what is ‘wrong.’ I care more about how it says we
should treat people” (“Dan Haseltine,” MetroWeekly.com, April 22, 2014). Crowder On the blog Christians United Against Apostasy, Dave Mosher documents
how Crowder teaches Lectio Divina to young teens. David Crowder is very
ecumenical and Roman Catholic-friendly. Crowder authored the bookPraise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi, where he encourages the practice of lectio divina
and references and quotes contemplative/emerging figure Walter
Brueggemann a number of times. Lectio Divina is one of the many forms of
contemplative mysticism which has been greatly popularized by the
emergent church movement and Roman Catholicism. Matthew West Mathew West is another
ecumenicalist and was a participant in the highly ecumenical event,
Together 2016, which included the pope and other false teachers and
ecumenicalists. Matt Maher Matt Maher prays to Mary and believes that she aids men in salvation. Maher’s wife is Methodist, but they are
raising their son “in the Catholic Church,” while also taking him to
Methodist services “so he can experience both traditions” (Religion News
Service, May 17, 2013). Maher ministers at Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Parish in Tempe, which is devoted to Mary as the Queen of Heaven.
The sign at the front of the church says, “Mary, Mother of Life, pray
for us.” Maher is on the board of directors for the Catholic youth organization Life Teen. Maher performed at the 2013 Catholic
World Youth Day in front of the pope, a great venerator of Mary as the
Queen of Heaven. Maher also led worship for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to
the Rally for Youth in April 2008. Maher says that touring with people like
Michael W. Smith is producing ecumenical unity because people come to
the concerts and find themselves standing beside a priest or nun, and
they learn that “we’re all in this family together.”* Project 86: Hard Core/heavy metal secular music at a Christian concert? Project 86 is a hardcore rock and heavy metal band. On their website,
you will not find a single reference to God or Jesus Christ. There is
no mention of Jesus Christ in any of their songs or their albums. Why
would such a group perform at a Christian concert? How can you tell the lost about Jesus
without a mention of His name? How can you reach people if you don’t
preach the word? We are told to preach the word. Romans 10:14 “How then shall
they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear
without a preacher”
Yet, here is lead singer Andrew Schwad: “I think right now with Project,
we’re going a lot more of a secular route. We’re not doing anything
differently – we just think were going to be doing more secular shows.
There’s a big debate about preaching at secular shows…we’ve always been
subtle but forceful at the same time…for us to go out there and play
with bands. We’re not going to go in there and say ‘hey were the
Christian band’ …were going to carry ourselves like a normal band.
Hopefully people will like our music and investigate into the band…and
they will learn our beliefs. If you don’t do it that way, I just think
you should only play Christian shows…because a lot of the times, club owners won’t even let you in. It’s very ineffective to just preach from stage.” Here is a sample of their music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKGtfOrtJ1s And here are some of their t-shirt
designs. Does looking at these things make you feel like reaching out to
Jesus and giving praise to God? “Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.” 3 John 11 Catholic Mass at Soulfest There are daily Catholic masses scheduled at Soulfest. Would you attend a Catholic mass at a local Roman Catholic Church? References:
SoulFest 2016 - Skillet, Switchfoot, Michael W Smith, Matthew West, P.O.D. and many more!
Published on Feb 29, 2016
SoulFest
2016 is coming this August 4 - 6 at Gunstock Mountain Resort in
Gilford, New Hampshire. The artist lineup will include Skillet,
Switchfoot, Michael W Smith, Matthew West, Lacey Sturm, P.O.D., Big
Daddy Weave, Colton Dixon, Zealyn, Building 429, Aaron Gillespie,
Propaganda, Manafest, The Violet Burning, Matt Maher, Natalie Grant,
Zealand Worship, Paul Colman, Peter Furler, The City Harmonic, and many
more! Visit thesoulfest.com to learn more about this event.
