As the Family Goes, So Goes Civilization

Teach it to your children…

Family and marriage are institutions designed by God–they are not man-made.  Perhaps then, we shouldn’t be surprised that the family is becoming an enemy. Who would have ever believed there would come a time when society would be hostile to what has always been considered the basic unit of its existence?  It is why I think feminism has had the most damaging impact on our culture…because at the core, it seeks to separate family…with destruction as a result.

We have slid down a slippery slope and arrived at the belief that the basic unit of society is the INDIVIDUAL.  (Think about it for a minute…look at all the ways families are divided and the expectations that is should be so…even within the church.)  And when that is believed, the individual is very quickly lost in the state.

“Dr. Carle C. Zimmerman, Harvard University spent his life studying the history of the family.  He has pointed out the family’s significance:  that whenever the atomistic (separate, unrelated members) family develops, in which the authority of the father is no longer paramount, then there is a very quick disintegration of society, the total state takes over, and there is a radical collapse of civilization…..

With the development of the atomistic family–which is really no family at all–the home is simply a place to room and board while the state takes over the role as father–to take care of the family in its every need, providing for the children and the parents; the family no longer cares for itself; civilization collapses. ” -R.J. Rushdoony

(By the way, this paradigm does not exclude the rare single men and women not called to marriage;  all still belong to a family and have a major importance in that role.)

Listen to  Zimmerman’s conclusions:

He believed…

“..that a fundamental purpose of civilization is the empowerment and enabling of the family — and is absolutely key to the health of any civilization. … Nobody undertakes to have a large family because it’s fun, or, in advanced societies, because it’s economically beneficial. They do it because they believe that’s what people do. In other words, they believe that children are a blessing from God, and that we humans are participating in the divine will by begetting children and raising them up to carry on our civilization….

Mankind has consumed not only the crop, but the seed for the next planting as well. Whatever may be our Pollyanna inclination, this fact cannot be avoided. Under any assumptions, the implications will be far-reaching for the future not only of the family but of our civilization as well. The question is no longer a moral one; it is social.”

Building the family is the only option for surviving–slice it any way you like, our ideals and personal opinions won’t erase factual reality.

Insanity at the White House…a Word From a Russian Immigrant

The Obama administration is seeking to pass the health care reform bill WITHOUT the constitutional, traditional procedure of sending it through the House for a vote.  They are pushing to pass the bill under the “Slaughter Rule”, though no real precedent has been determined.

Our nation stands on the brink of becoming something entirely different than we’ve ever known.  I found the following article quite timely in regard to the topic at hand:

“In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, I was taught to believe individual pursuits are selfish and sacrificing for the collective good is noble. In kindergarten we sang songs about Lenin, the leader of the Socialist Revolution.

In school we learned about the beautiful socialist system, where everybody is equal and everything is fair; about ugly capitalism, where people are exploited and treat each other like wolves in the wilderness.

Life in the USSR modeled the socialist ideal. God-based religion was suppressed and replaced with cultlike adoration for political figures.”

Read the rest of Perspectives on Communism from a Russian Immigrant

Why Obama’s (Socialistic) Plan Will Not Work

Relativism: The Most Perilous Threat to a Free Society

Relativism:  a theory that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.  Great, 3 min. clip warning us to fight relativism.  And may I add my own reminder…as goes the church, so goes the culture.

Interesting…a reader sent me this quote:

The 9/12 Project

Radical Gay Activist Appointed to the Department of Education

Hat tip to Tawny…

Kevin Jennings, radical gay activist, has been appointed to the Department of Education, in charge of the “Safe Schools” program.

If you are a Christian and have children in public school, make sure you read this…

(I might as well state the disclaimer right up front…this is a Christian blog.  And as such, I firmly believe that homosexuality is an abomination to God.  That does NOT mean I hate homosexuals or promote hatred for them.  I am no more anti-gay than I am anti-cohabitation.  I’m anti-immorality, whatever form it takes.  So if you comment to blast me for “hating”, don’t.  I’ll delete the comment because you’re incorrect.  This is not the place to try to convince me that immorality should be accepted and taught to our children.  You won’t.)

I wanted to offer yet another reason Christians must strongly consider whether it is acceptable to allow our children to be taught by the state.  And let me prod you to think about this…if we truly uphold all lifestyles of sin as sin, making no distinction about “levels”, why are we so easily outraged about a homosexual agenda being taught to our children, but we’re not bothered by the humanist agenda?  Or by the immorality being taught in the health classes under the guise of  “sex education”?  Or by the other teachings that oppose what we believe about God and truth?   Let’s give no allowance to be called hypocrites.  In my opinion, this is not a better reason to remove our children fro public schools; it’s just another one.

Obama has appointed Kevin Jennings as Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education.  Kevin Jennings is the founder and head of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).  He is operating under the guise of promoting “safe schools”, where he claims his agenda is to protect children from harassment regardless of their sexual orientation.

But if there are any doubts about how this agenda is promoted, in a nutshell, they try to inundate people (read in this case “students”) with the language, expressions and familiarity of the homosexual lifestyle to “break down barriers” placed by “prejudice and ignorance”.  That’s their version and Jennings admits that “the affirmation of the lifestyle equals ’safety’ “.

It should be noted, that in order to desensitize children to the homosexual lifestyle, they have to be desensitized to immorality altogether. You can’t convince children that homosexuality is OK, until you first convince them that sex–in any form–is OK (it’s happening in Britain schools).  Folks, in case you didn’t know, we are witnessing a time in history when you are called “ignorant” for teaching your children that sex before marriage is wrong.  Or that virtually anything is wrong, for that matter.  There is no wrong; only choices.  And the state plans to “set right” that ignorant brainwashing by teaching your children otherwise. I’m not being hyper, I promise.  Ultimately, the religion of tolerance (America’s religion of choice) forces the state to keep pushing back anything established as *wrong*.    After all, being wrong may hurt my feelings.

If you feel brave enough to investigate what kind of sick, disgusting things are being taught at the GLSEN conferences (the group Jennings heads up), it may help you to understand that I’m not being an alarmist.  But I will warn you that what I read from a Massachusetts’ conference (my audio didn’t work) is jaw-dropping explicit–bordering sadism.  The conferences receive federal funding, are supported by the Dept. of Education and have students as young as 14 in attendance.

Here are a few details about Jennings and his network:

” The group’s target has been to place these clubs (GLSEN) in all U.S. schools, K through 12.”

In a speech in a New York church in 2000…

“Twenty percent of people are hard-core fair-minded [pro-homosexual] people. Twenty percent are hard-core [anti-homosexual] bigots. We need to ignore the hard-core bigots, get more of the hard-core fair-minded people to speak up, and we’ll pull that 60 percent [of people in the middle] over to our side. That’s really what I think our strategy has to be. We have to quit being afraid of the religious right. We also have to quit — I’m trying to find a way to say this. I’m trying not to say, ‘[F—] ‘em!’ which is what I want to say, because I don’t care what they think! [audience laughter] Drop dead!” — Jennings speech to Marble Collegiate Church, March 20, 2000.

(How’s that for irony…one of his “safe schools” tactics was to declare a no-name-calling week.  He has been hired to promote respect and kindness for all. Do you really think that is his aim?)

At a GLSEN conference, Jennings told his fellow gay teachers that they must teach kids to accept homosexuality “before the children have a chance to be prejudiced by their parents and churches.”