The Subtle Doctrine Of Critical Race Theory

 There are many churches which have bought into the Critical Race Theory, without understanding it's subtly and how it is creeping into the churches today.

 Before we delve into this, I will give a brief summary of what this Critical Race Theory is, and why it is dangerous. 

  In a nutshell, here is what comprises this erroneous doctrine:

1. Starts off with empathy. I believe this is the very reason why the churches get sucked into this theory.

2. Has erroneous belief system of anthropology as it stands on the premise that all white people are born racists. The Bible teaches that people of all skin colors are born with sinful hearts, but not a specific group of white skinned people being born as racists.

3. Has erroneous belief system of American History. It bases its idea on America being formed in order to forge a Slave nation, built upon the industry of slavery.

4. Believes racism is in the DNA of America. (Obama)

5. Stands on the premise that white people are the oppressors and black people, as well as other marginalized groups, are the oppressed.

6. Believes that systemic racism is embedded in our laws and legal system. Our legal system, for example, is designed to keep the black people oppressed. 

7. There is no atonement that can be made to repair the damage done by white people to the black people. But one must continue to try to make atonement. One person even recommends that white people shine the shoes of every black person they encounter. This is supposed to be symbolic of foot washing in the Bible.*

8. Reparations must be made by the white people as they stole land from the Native Americans and stole labor from the African slaves that were used until the Civil War. Thus, the reason for rioting is justified. Supposedly, the black people are taking back what rightfully belongs to them. 

9. White people will have to deal with racism until the day they die. They will have to repent of this sin daily and will never be free from it until death. 

10. White people have 'white privilege' as well as 'white guilt'. It is hard for a white person to see their sin of racism because of their 'whiteness'.

If you think I am joking about this or making a Babylon Bee article, I will later on post references which will have clips from pastors, well-known people, and others who have bought into this lie. 

The 1619 Project is an essay written by Hannah-Jones. From what I understand, it is actually intended to be fictional, yet, schools are using this material to now teach children the History of America with. It has been used in Chicago schools already. 

I am basing everything on this page from my studying this subject for the past 3 months. I had not heard of the term, 'Critical Race Theory until recently, and realize that this is just an orderly form of the Social Justice concept that many churches have already embraced. 

The reason I am familiar with this subject though, is based upon my observations of mainly young people who are in the church. There are a few older ones too. 

If you ever talk to a Millennial about politics, for example, you will feel like both you and the Millennial are talking about 2 different subjects. And let me mention, almost every Millennial aged person, or maybe rather every person in the church 40 and under is in this category.

I have noticed a trend. The people who are sucked into this way of believing have certain characteristics in common. They were originally sucked in by empathy (which is like compassion) and a sense of justice that has been violated, but the lies followed. It was subtle. It has evolved into many turning from Republican to Democrat. That was the puzzling part for me.

If you notice, these people believe that the issue of racism trumps any other issue, period. So, abortion gets put on the shelf. The lie of Trump being a racist is so promoted by the Mainstream Media that these young people have bought into it and many are voting for Biden, simply because they have been led to believe that Trump is a racist. And the only reason for their voting for Biden is to get Trump, the supposed racist, out. They don't care about Biden. They have no idea what he stands for or against. They just believe that Trump is a racist, and racism must go. Period. 

Abortion has no weight in this matter. 'The' problem we are dealing with is 'racism' and nothing can change their minds on this.

Voting for Biden is a symptom of the problem, not the cause. 

It is interesting to note also, those who make up BLM, for example, are mostly white. This whole concept of Critical Racial Theory is not composed by black people trying to defend themselves and empower themselves. Most of the people promoting this are white, mainly younger people who have been taught to hate America and destroy it. 

When surveyed, black people actually do not want to defund the police. The want the security of having a police force around. It's not the black people who are doing this. It is the radical Left political group forming an agenda to destroy America by dividing our country by race, class and whatever else they can use, so they can erase the true history of America and replace is with Socialism. 

Simply speaking, the Critical Race Theory is a ploy to destroy America and replace it with Socialism and then Communism. 

I have read posts by many of my Facebook friends, not only in America, but all over the world. This thinking is universal. The Mainstream Media has won in promoting its lies and rumors, as well as its justification of hatred. 

God has put in all of us a sense of justice. When we come to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally, this sense of justice becomes very clear. But when the premises that underlie the reason for justice are wrong, then people get confused and justice goes awry. And that is what happened with this Critical Race Theory.

America still has enough older people who have good common sense and have been taught American History accurately, that we can still promote the truth. But when the distorted version of anthropology and History are being taught, with empathy and desire to make the supposed sin right, then it gets hard to communicate truth to those who have been erroneously taught. 

* https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-ceo-criticized-shinin-black-mans-shoes-repent-2020-6

The Real Story Around Early American History

 I could write a thousand posts right now, so let me stay focused. I am having a thought right now, and it needs attention.

  I am so upset at how many young people and even people of color, are being duped into a new understanding of American History. This has come to my attention more recently as people are rising up and openly defying our country. 

   Years ago, I watched a documentary made by Dinesh D'Souza. Dinesh is a genius. We had seen him in a debate against Christopher Hitchens before this documentary came out. He did an excellent job, and in the opinion of many, he won the debate (though that was debatable by some!).

   So, in this documentary we were watching, Dinesh informed us that we were being taught that America was an illegitimate nation, because she stole land from the Indians and owned slaves. Well, I had not heard that before and had to process that thought. 

  Many years have gone by and I actually see the fruit of that teaching in people I know, sadly. Recently, the 1619 Project has been published and is now being taught in the schools. If you don't know what this project is, please research it on the Internet. It stands on the premise that rather than America having its beginning in 1776, America really began in 1619 when the first slave ship arrived in America. 

  There are embellished teachings in our school systems and colleges now which inform us that America was formed for the sole purpose of building a slave nation. Older people know this isn't true, but the younger Americans really have no clue. I have a lot of questions I am asking myself now. Did we not teach American History to our children? Did our children's curriculum include History on slavery? Did we teach the children the real reasons why and how America came into being? I am not quite sure anymore. 

  One of the things that was missing from our teaching was Communism. At least, I don't remember teaching Communism to our children. I taught History in a co op and I don't ever remember teaching about Communism or any countries that were Communist. What we did, and we did well at, was teaching our children about Islam. We taught them about the religion of Islam as well as the activities and schemes of Islamic Terrorists. We knew they were a threat to our country's freedom, so we prepared them for fear of Islamic takeover, should that happen.

  But Communism wasn't something we taught to our children. We didn't see it as a threat, or forgot about the Cold War or the Cuban Missile Crisis. We didn't teach them about how some of the people who were trying to get to the United States by boat to escape Communist Cuba didn't make it. Some did, and they tell their stories of the horrors of living under Communism. We weren't aware of how hard it is to live in North Korea today, unless we read publications like 'The Voice of the Martyrs'. The Mainstream Media doesn't seem to see any reason for broadcasting what its like to live there. Of course, no one can get into North Korea to see how bad it is there for they have closed themselves off to the rest of the world. 

  History has been rewritten, and the lies concerning our country have been taught for the past 45 years or more in our public schools. More and more publications are coming out with these lies. 

  You might ask, why is this such a big deal? Well, you know we have 2 main political parties running against each other for presidency. But its not like we have two good guys, both with a love for our country, who want to become president. We have now have two opposing ideologies going on. One group has no moral compass, and embraces evil in every bit of action they take. The other group, not without flaws, has a moral compass and wants to preserve our country. The first group, the Democrats, want to erase the America we all have known and grew up in. They want to replace it with a Socialistic government. This is not speculation, but, they are very open about it. I call them the party of absurdity. They have no wisdom in their decision making, and at the rate they are going, if allowed to continue with their plans, they will destroy America. Of course, that is what they want. They want to erase the true America and replace it with a Socialistic America, with the goal of it becoming Communist. 

  If our ancestors knew what was going on, they would be turning over in their graves. America was founded primarily for two main reasons; freedom from the tyranny of the government, especially in the area of religion, and because they wanted to build a society where they could develop their businesses and grow economically. 

  I'll never forget a story I heard about my great grandmother, who came from Austria. I guess the family was watching 'The Sound of Music' and my uncle asked Oma, 'Why did you ever leave that place?' to which Oma replied, 'You can't eat the flowers'. From what I understood, Oma did not come from a rich family. She was an illegitimate child and probably had a stigma. She was also very talented and was taught how to sew. She became a seamstress and when she came over to America, she built a thriving business in making clothing. Her husband who also came from Austria, was a chef and a waiter, and built a business using his cooking skills. They had several businesses throughout their lifetime together and did quite well over here in America. 

   People who lived in Ireland came over here during a famine. Actually, they were rejected by the rest of the already settled citizens. There was a fear of the Irish coming over and converting everyone to Catholicism and they were not wanted at first. But, the Irish made themselves at home here and they became hard workers and fit right in. If you can read old census records, you can see how prolific the Irish were when they came to America. They proved themselves well, and a large portion of the American population today came from Ireland.

  To be continued.....

   

The President's Many Accomplishments Since He Has Been In Office

 We know we are in a spiritual battle that requires spiritual weapons. We are not fighting flesh and blood. Throughout History, people have been disappointed with whoever was elected president for that term. Yet, there is something very different about #45. It's not a matter of his personality or that he tweets too much. There is a deep reason why he is hated and being slandered ruthlessly.

  We know that he is aware of the inner workings of what goes on at the White House. President Trump is keenly aware of the things that are happening behind the scenes. He is determined to 'drain the swamp' and the swamp is determined to not be drained. In fact, the swamp doesn't want the public to know what is going on behind the scenes. But Donald Trump is sure to defy them. And they hate him for that.

  We need to be praying for this man. He is under great spiritual attack. His temptations to sin will be great. We don't need an enlightened president to fall into sin. May God keep him safe, physically and spiritually.

  Someone compiled a list of many of the accomplishments the president has done since he has been in office. You will not hear about these accomplishments on the news or in the newspapers. It will simply be missing.

  So, with that in mind, I will paste them right here. Enjoy. And if you repost them somewhere on social media, be prepared for some nasty attacks. This was posted in a group called, 'Conservative Hangout'.

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President has been in office for just over 3 years and what has he done? Other than dodging the vile, fake news media, along with Pelosi and Schumer?!?

What have PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished you ask? Since the liberal media won't tell you, we will.

Here you go.

* Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.
* Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
* Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.👀👀
* Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected.
* Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.👀👀
* Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.
* Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
* Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.
* Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.👀👀
* Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.
* The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers.
* Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay.
* Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.
* Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.👀👀
* He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.
* Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much fewer providers charge insurance companies.
* When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance.
* Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.
* In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month.
* He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.👀👀
* VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
* Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.
* Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.
* Trump signed into law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.
* Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.👀👀
* All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.
* Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price👀👀
* President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.
* In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill that enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.
* The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.👀👀
* The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in the sentencing of non-violent crimes.
* Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.
* The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.
* Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.👀👀
* Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.
* New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago.
* Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
* Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.
* The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.👀👀
* Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.
* President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water, Conservation Fund.
* Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.👀👀
* Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high.
* More than 7 million jobs created since the election.
* More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
* More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.
* Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.👀👀
* Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.
* Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.
* In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.
* Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking.
* Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.
* Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.
* The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.
* Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.👀👀
* The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.
* President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.👀👀
* The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million.
* The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.👀👀
* Under his leadership, ISIS has lost most of its territory and been largely dismantled.
* ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.
* Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.
* Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.
* Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.
* Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.
* President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.
* Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens.
* Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.
* Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.👀👀
* Withdrew the U.S. from the job-killing TPP deal.
* Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.
* Okay’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.👀👀
* Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.
* Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades.
* Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.
* The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.
* Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.👀👀
* President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.
* 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.
* Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.
* Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
* Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.
* Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.👀👀
* Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.
* Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years.
* Stock Market has reached record highs.
* Median household income has hit the highest level ever recorded.
* African-American unemployment is at an all-time low.
* Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low.
* Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low.
* Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.
* Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low.
* We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.
* The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.
* 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever.
* As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.👀👀
* Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.
* Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.🙌🙌
* Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.
* Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.👀👀
* Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try an experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before.
* Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.❤️❤️
* Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.👀👀
* U.S. oil production recently reached an all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East.
* The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
* NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.
* Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in carbon emissions.👀👀
* Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration.
* Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.
* Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.👀👀
* Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in.
* Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
* Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.
* Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.👀👀
* Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
* The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it.
* It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.
* In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to states to fund child care for low-income families.
* The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care.
* In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families.👀👀
* In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.
* Another upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once it’s the law, the TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone.
* US stock market continually hits all-time record highs.
* Because so many people asked for a document with all of this listed in one place, here it is. No links provided to remove bias as Google search is easy. Print this out for family, friends, neighbors, etc. I encourage you to drop this list off to voters before the 2020 election too!
*Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges.

——-please explain to me why you have a problem with OUR president? Because he has misspoken a few times? Tell me when you find a perfect person, please....I’ll wait!

I’ll tell you why because the media has skewed him in such a negative light and unfairly report his accomplishments to undermined those achievements!

Why? Because the media is complicit in every single thing this man is trying to undo! Start thinking for yourself!

And they have the nerve to call him a racist.

The New Enemy - Our Educational System

 "Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity" Thomas Sowell, "Random Thoughts" Jewish World Review, 5/24/00

Public schools, and even some private schools have become dangerous. In some schools, especially in California, the schools think they have more authority than the parent. In one school, sex education is being taught in the form of porn. The parents protested, yet, the school tells them they have no authority to take their children out of school or resist this teaching. The school insists on teaching this subject wrongly.

Public education has become an enemy. Not only are they teaching gender identification, but they are teaching everything else from Marxism to porn. More recently, they have rewritten American History to make America out to be an evil illegitimate country that needs to be destroyed.

Is it any wonder we have riots going on now? How about family divisions? How about a new phenomena? Millennial aged women coming back home from college to reject their parents (if they are white) because she learned while at college that her parents were racists and are part of the problem in America? Did you know that was happening here today?

A lot of new 'religions' are being taught in our schools today. They don't look like religion, and they probably don't include the word 'God' anywhere, but, new philosophies are out there that are intended to divide people groups up by labeling and accusing certain people groups of having certain undesirable traits. These things are being taught in our schools right now. Be careful where you go to college. And be careful where you send your children to school.

The Pandemic has brought many children home and now the parents are seeing what their children are learning. Many have a lot to say about the curriculum that is being used to teach their children.

This is not a minor issue. People need to hear the Gospel message. We need to become familiar with what the Bible teaches. We need to become discerning and able to separate the truth from the lies.

Always remember, this is not just a political war. We are in a cultural war and that is where the issues are that we need to be dealing with. We deal with the heart. We deal with the heart but preaching God's word and looking at our own hearts first. God changes us, then we can help others to be changed.

We could have all the right rules to follow, but if our hearts aren't changed, nothing much is going to happen.

Pray for the word of God to go out in power today.

Voting And Supporting Those With Integrity

I found this meme on Facebook today. I hope the person doesn't mind me using it. The point isn't to divide Republicans against Democrats, but, to help us see what is going on behind the scenes.

I think sometimes, people just get out and vote without knowing what they are voting for or against. Or maybe they are stanch Democrats or Republicans. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa were Democrats. Mom and Dad were Democrats. So, the person has no intention of looking into whatever the Democrat party supports. They will stay Democrat until they die! (I have seen this with religion and churches as well).

We need to think through what we believe in. It is not enough to just go to a voting booth and think we are good citizens just because we voted. We voted for someone or something, but we weren't really sure of what all that is involved in who we voted for.

So, here is the meme I promised you. It has a lot of wisdom in it and if we take heed, we can vote intelligently in the November election. Otherwise, our country will lose its freedoms that it was founded upon, and yes, America was founded upon freedom, not slavery, as some new revised corrupt History courses are now teaching our students.

Just remember in November that the current Democratic presidential candidate is behind all these things listed here in the meme. Do you want your country to be overrun with crime? Do you want a weak police force (remember, Biden said that the police are our enemies)? Do you want abortions to continue and to be funded by the taxes you pay? Do you want your freedoms to be taken away?

If you look at, for example, New York City. People who lived there are getting out. Why? Because New York City is run by someone who is not making wise decisions for that city. Taxes are very high and it is almost impossible to live there now. Other places in the country are having their businesses destroyed by the rioters, so many are packing their bags and leaving town for a safer place. And all of those places are sadly run by Democrats. They are called, 'Blue States'.

But think about this, if our country is run by someone as unwise as Biden, this is what the whole country will end up looking like. Is this what you want? Then vote for Biden. But any wise person who has thought through the issues will see the danger of our losing our freedoms and our country will end by being like a third world country pretty soon.

It is not enough to say that 'politics are dirty. I don't want to have anything to do with them'. If that is the case, then evil will triumph and we will all lose.

Pray for the November election. Vote wisely in November.

History Erased and Redone and the Effect Upon Young People Today

This past week, I have been livid. I can't describe the level of concern I have right now. I'm always mulling things over in my mind, and to be honest, the future of our country looks bleak.

There are many things to talk about but I want to focus on just one or two at a time.

I see people in authority who are lying constantly. And people are following them. I see hate and violence, supposedly justifying a murder. I continually see injustice. People get away with murder and innocent people end up in jail. What is wrong with this picture?

Well, this week, my beef is with how the public educational system has ruined the last generation. Remember in the 1960s, when the Hippies revolted. There were Hippies who were promoting peace. Yet, they were, at the same time defying the American government and dodging the draft. Well, these 'Hippies', or rather Radicals, went to college, became college professors and teachers, and have successfully indoctrinated their students for the last 40+ years.

Today, there are people rewriting American History. Before History can be rewritten, it must be erased. So, the statues come down. Then there's the 1619 Project, which is being taught in the schools now. Not only do we have erroneous History being taught, but in many schools the subject of sex education has been revamped and children, and I mean 5 and 6 years olds are taught the different methods of having sex. They are basically being taught porn and one school in California has told the parents that there isn't anything they can do about this because they will teach the children what they want to teach and parents there have no authority to stop them.

Of course, the big puppet master behind all this is Satan himself. His goal is to break down the family unit. Homosexuality, Transgenderism, and whatever else goes on in the perverted sexual world is being promoted and protected. While the authorities in society are trying to silence and even penalize the church for teaching that marriage is made up of one man and one woman, and that it is wrong for a married person to commit adultery.

Anyway, sin has become normalized now, and if you oppose someone's right to sin, like if you point out that homosexuality is sin, you could be penalized. Maybe even go to jail.

We get to today, and my anger rises. Many, many young people (ages 18-40 let's say) have bought into this racial strife scenario. They have been led to believe that America is a racist nation founded upon slavery. When I hear this kind of talk coming from people I want to scream. Although early Americans did have slaves, our nation was not founded upon the principle of slavery. Slavery began way before America was even thought of. Spanish explorers brought slaves over here as they explored America before we were a country. Many who migrated here from other countries already had slaves in their families. And many who had slaves, gave a portion of their slaves to their children as they married.

If you inherited several slaves, what would you do with them? Would you let them go free? Would you send them back to Africa? These ideas were in the minds of our founding fathers as well.

I have been researching this for the past couple of years and have found some interesting information. A charitable group decided to raise money and send slaves back to Africa. They were brought back there to start their own country, and it was called, 'Liberia'. It wasn't very successful though, because there were not enough resources available to keep it going, as well as to build a country. Both Washington and Jefferson seemed to think that slavery of African Americans was not a good idea. Washington put in his will that his slaves were to be freed upon his death. But that brings up another issue; where can newly freed slaves go in order to sustain themselves and their families? Would freeing them be in their best interest? Were there other alternatives?

  A couple of Washington's slaves managed to escape. No one ever went after them to bring them back.

  Thomas Jefferson was able to get a bill passed in 1807 to make illegal the importation of slaves. You won't hear about that though from those who believe America's greatest problem is systemic racism. Yes, Jefferson did want this bill to be passed and it got passed. Problem is, even though it got passed, many smuggled in slaves from Africa. And so it continued.

  And then there was the Quakers, who came to the realization that slavery was wrong and forbade any of its members to be slave owners.

  We actually had many, many who opposed slavery in the beginning of our country's existence, yet, you will not find them in most History books.

  O.K., I am still very upset because I know many of my young friends have fallen into this idea that America is a racist country. Wherever they are getting their information from, they are not getting the whole picture. Black Lives Matter is not an organization dedicated to defending black Americans. It is a Marxist group much like Antifa, supported by the Democratic party. But you can't tell this to some people because they will unfriend you on Facebook or they might even leave your church that they feel now they are being betrayed by.

   I found a post by a young Facebook friend that was very correct. He had learned genuine American History and understands what the big picture is that is going on in this country. He wrote a very gracious post inviting people who want to dialog about this subject to do so. I commented on his post telling him what an excellent post it was. However, I was surprised (or should I have been?) at the number of people who criticized his post. Some mentioned that his whiteness was showing. Others recommended that he read 'White Fragility'. Even some of his family members wanted to make sure that all sides were heard. To be honest, I would have probably become very angry at the comments. And they were mostly from young, white friends.

   I asked in a comment if any of the black people would be willing to share their experiences of being oppressed today. I did ask graciously and didn't pressure anyone to respond. One woman responded by letting me know that I should not ask them to do such a thing. It would be too traumatizing to the black person for him or her to tell their stories. (I believe this woman was white).

  I was just amazed at how many young people were into this whole racial strife thing, and how many of them, probably in ignorance, were on the wrong side.

  This is not just a political battle. This is a cultural war. I heard Rush speaking last week and he was telling us that he is seeing a problem with young white women, millennial age, coming home from college and dissing their parents. These young women had been taught that racism is the American problem and that their parents are the reason for this problem. Sadly, I can see this way of thinking with my Facebook friends who are young, even some who were my students. Some of them have unfriended me, and I am sure that it has to do with this cultural/political war we are in.

   There's a whole different way of thinking today among the millennials, and it doesn't appear to have much reasoning. That is why I am very concerned. The young man who wrote the Patriot post that many were irritated by, obviously learned History correctly. I am sorry to say that I don't think I did a good job in teaching History to my children, and even to the students I taught in class. We had the best materials. We covered a lot of stuff. I even learned from what I taught. But as I think about it, I don't remember teaching anything on slavery in America. Come to think of it, I don't remember ever teaching what Communism is and why it is bad. How did I learn so much about Communism then? My parents taught me about Communism when I was little. In my adult years, I learned about Communism and other tyrannical types of government from places like 'The Voice of the Martyrs'.

  So, right now I am going through a book called, 'Streams of Civilization', which is basically a Christian History book. There are 2 volumes and I am reading volume 2.  So far, I have read some about slavery and I am only at the beginning of the book! I will continue to read through the book and also take notes from the Internet on Historical subjects.

  The answer to all these racial problems is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When lost people come to know the Lord, they become transformed. Their hearts are softened. The love of God is in them. If people hear the Gospel message, some of them will be saved. This is the only answer to this dilemma. There is no other recourse.

   Books like 'White Fragility' and courses like 'The 1619 Project' will not give us answers to the problems of life. Much of this is based upon lies, and people who have commented on White Fragility have said that the book is self-defeating. It makes no sense and provides no answers on how to have racial reconciliation. But the Bible does.

   For those who are interested, I pin a lot of my research on my board in Pinterest. If you want to go to my board on slavery, here is the link: https://www.pinterest.com/awestruck12/slavery-history-and-info/

  I also have other Historical boards that you might find interesting.

  We need to be praying for the salvation of the lost. We also need to be praying for God's intervention in our country right now. We need to pray that people will be able to separate light from darkness, truth from error, right from wrong, and good from evil. There is a great need for wisdom and discernment. We need to pray for God to raise up God-fearing men and women to lead and run our country. And, we need to be praying that American citizens will learn the 'fear of the Lord'.

Erasing American History and Replacing It With Socialism

   First, it's 'defund the police'. Then it's 'tear down the statues'. What's next? What is the plan and who are the players?

    Before all this garbage came forth, there were players in the field. They were the college professors and teachers, as well as educators in our public school systems. They have been behind the scenes for many years and have gone undetected.

   Let's look at the latest scheme of the Enemy of our souls. It is the Black Lives Matter group teaming up with the teachers and educators. Their latest game play is to erase American History and rewrite it. It will be rewritten in Socialist fashion, of course.

   I just wrote a similar blog a little while ago, so this one will seem like a continuation of the other one. Both have to do with the movement to erase true American History and replace it with Socialism. That's why statues are being taken down. Even the good statues are coming down. Everything has to go. Then they'll make an America of their dreams.

   Most of the people who support this kind of thinking are the Millennials. If they understood what the underlying issues were facing our country, they wouldn't be so supportive of Socialism. This concerns me because it shows me that these young people are really just followers, not leaders. Someone somewhere is leading them, and leading them far astray into darkness. They are being lied to and bribed so that they will succumb to this false Utopia one day.

  This is another article on the same subject. It has some more interesting insights into this way of life. I will post some excerpts here, along with the link.

BLM Teams Up With Teachers' Unions To Teach Anti-American Nonsense

Radical Anti-American curriculums such as the New York Times’ 1619 Project are now being taught throughout America. Students are being taught that America is a horrible place that has committed sins that are irredeemable. The entire system must be burned to the ground to make way for a Socialist utopia.

Behind the Black Lives Matter lies their true motivation: destroying American capitalism. See, little of the carnage enveloping the nation has anything to do with a genuine concern for George Floyd or others that have been unjustly killed. These defilers of monuments want to institute Marxism and they are using the murder of George Floyd as a Trojan Horse for socialism.

Read more at: https://freedomwire.com/blm-teachers-unions/

Yes, we are against all injustices, whatever they are. Everyone I know agrees that George Floyd was unjustly murdered. We pray that justice will be served for those who commit such crimes against innocent people. 

But the action of taking statues down and rioting, looting, and even killing people does not bring closure to the situation. It is not intended to. These actions are being committed, not to get even with those who killed George Floyd, but they are being used, under the guise of vengeance, as a means to bring about Socialism to this country. 

Why have we sat back so long and have done nothing to halt this kind of stuff? I don't know. Maybe we are apathetic. Or maybe we just don't really believe it is happening in our country. Maybe its too far away for us to care about? I don't really know, but if we don't wake up soon, we will wake up to a Communist country, one like we have never seen before.

History repeats itself, they say. If one knows what happened in History, it is less likely to repeat itself. But if History is erased, then we risk having it happen to us and being repeated in our lifetime. What we don't know, will hurt us. 

American History Being Erased and Rewritten in the 1619 Project

Here I am on a rant again. I am very concerned for the preservation of this country. Here is a threat to this nation as now the public schools are planning on having the 1619 Project incorporated into the educational system.

   I have a lot to say about this, so let me try to be concise. I went to school in the 60s and 70s. Living up North gave a much better educational system than in the South, but I did learn something while in school, whether up North or in the South.

   We learned true History in the 60s and 70s. We learned to respect the flag and understood what freedom was. If you study world History, you will find that rarely was there a country that gave freedom to their subjects. Citizens were always under the authority of the government, which controlled much of their thinking and limited their knowledge. America was exceptional as the founders were looking to create a society where people were free. Not free to do whatever they wanted or to hurt others, but to be creative and expressive of their feelings and also a place where they could grow and develop their skills. Those skills would enable them to have work, and the work would serve to meet other people's needs as well as provide for the family.

  It goes both ways. A person has a job either selling a product he or she believes in or has created, or the person has the job that is a service to other people who need that service. That's how a normal society works.

  But today, there are people who hate the fact that you and I have skills. They would say that those skills are used to oppress others. They want to disempower us and make us have to depend upon the government for our sustenance.

  With that in mind, I will post excerpts from an article I read along with the link. It is most disturbing.

  Also, keep in mind that when you send your child to school or even to college, your child may come back home seriously disliking you or maybe even hating you. Children today are taught that Americans, including their parents are irredeemably racists. Your child may never forgive you for the racist that you are, in his or her eyes, and may not be able to understand that supposed fact about you.

You can also sign the petition when you go to the link.

Petition; Keep the 1619 Project Out Of Schools

History education is critical to our nation’s survival — it is an important way we pass on to the next generation our understanding of who we are as Americans and help them to become good citizens.

Unfortunately, progressives are working to hijack education in order to teach our children to hate their country’s history. For years, America’s colleges and universities have been the breeding ground for an ideology which sees America as irredeemably racist, and a generation of students has been indoctrinated with this message.

The 1619 Project, launched by The New York Times in 2019, is an attempt to reframe America’s history around the institution of slavery. Some of its claims include:
*America’s true founding was not in 1776 but rather in 1619, the year the first slaves landed on this country’s shores.
*The Founders’ real reason for fighting for independence from Great Britain was to preserve slaveholding.
*American capitalism was developed from and modeled on plantation slavery.
https://secure.giveworks.net/app/iris_16192

We know the real reason why people came to America to begin with. It didn't have anything to do with slavery.

Did you know that George Washington had his slaves set free upon his death (actually the death of his wife)?1
Did you know that Patrick Henry was a slave owner who, over time, changed his mind and became an abolitionist?2
Did you know that John Adams didn't believe in slavery and while he was in the White House, he would not allow any slaves to be there while he was in office?
Did you know that the Quakers came to the decision that slavery was wrong and that they would not allow any of their members to be slave owners?
Did you know that The U.S. Congress passes an act to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States…from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.”?

For more information on this topic, you can visit my board on Pinterest at:
https://www.pinterest.com/awestruck12/slavery-history-and-info/

Please understand that this article is not written to make light the subject of slavery. We empathize with those who have ancestors who were slaves in America, during that period of time. We also empathize with those who have suffered because of the Jim Crowe era, as well as at the hands of the KKK. We will do what we can to help turn the hearts of the people back to God, who loves all people and made them all in His image. We will do what we can to turn bigoted hearts back to God by preaching the Gospel message to all around us. The answer to bigotry is not found in a government program. The only answer for this problem is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Only God can change a heart, and when one hears the Gospel message and responds to it, that heart will be changed. Changing the world, one heart at a time, with the Gospel message. 

1. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-changing-views-on-slavery/
2. https://foundersandslavery.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/patrick-henry-founding-father-slave-holder-and-pioneer/

How A Country Can Be Conquered From The Inside Out

The threat of America losing it's freedom is nothing new. Countries have always wanted to take over this country and ruin it, so they could take over the government and do things their way.

Every country has had this experience, and many have lost their governments due to others more powerful than they. But America has always been able to protect herself from being conquered. America has had a strong military which is able to protect this country from others coming in and taking over.

As an aside, America did not come into existence by conquering the Native Americans. America had her share of those coming over to find gold or explore. Many of these people settled in the land. The land was vast and had a lot of room. There are reports of good relationships between the Native Americans and the early settlers who lived here.

Today, the threat of America losing her freedom is even greater than before. Take for example, in the 1960s, newscasters would never give their opinion on events or of people they didn't like. They were more objective. But today, on some news channels, all we see is hatred and slander. If someone who is a broadcaster on those stations doesn't like you, look out! They will put a label on you that they want everyone to believe about you.

Everyone knows that America cannot be conquered from the outside. If America is to be overthrown, it will have to be from an inside job. That's where infiltration and propaganda come in.

For the past 50 years or so, other ideologies have come into our public schools systems. They have taught our children and young adults that Socialism is good. Marxist principles are being taught as normal and sadly our young people have bought into this. So there's a whole generation of people who are planning on voting for candidates who are going to incorporate Socialism. This is a far cry from how young people thought in the 60s.

College professors strongly urge their students to think like a Socialist. There are even college professors who will do whatever they can to make you lose your faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior from sin, and to believe that God doesn't exist, that we are products of evolution. They will wear you down with their lies and pressure to believe what they are saying.

With all the lawlessness and chaos we are experiencing as a country, with all the lies and misunderstandings of the motives of what is behind all the violence and anger, we are seeing those who want to take over this country. It has to be destroyed first, then they will remake it into a Socialist nation. There is almost no use in trying to reason with these people, for they are unreasonable. There is power behind them. They are empowered by Satan to bring out his work of destruction. Most have no idea they are following him like a puppy dog does to its owner.

While I write these articles, I do not want to appear to be insensitive to those who are hurting out there. I am not intending to make other situations seem minor. But I want people to see that we are being played. Certain groups are being used and played, and believe me, those who are in charge of the rioting and looting are not for the minority groups in our country. They are victimizing people, then using them by supposedly being sympathetic, then coming to their rescue. But what they are really doing is victimizing people, coming to their rescue, then ultimately, enslaving these people to themselves. 

Everything they accuse the opposite side of doing, is what they themselves are actually doing. 

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." Words of Jesus Christ found in John 10:10 ESV

Three Top Level Men Hated For The Same Reason

In 1991, Clarence Thomas had an extremely hard time as he was being appointed to the Supreme Court. But he was confirmed and has done a great job.

In 2018, Brett Kavanaugh found himself in a similar boat. A bogus case was made against him by a woman who wanted to frame him as a rapist and destroy his character in order for him to not be confirmed into the Supreme Court.

Both of these men had something in common. Both were opposed to abortion.

Another person is also facing slander on a daily basis. His name is Donald Trump. He was the duly elected president in the 2016 election.

Trump was hated from day 1 of his announcing his candidacy. Why was he so hated and why is he still being slandered today?

I believe one big reason is, he is fighting against the turn of the culture in supporting abortion. It is the same reason they despise Thomas and Kavanaugh.

Here is an excerpt from article on Clarence Thomas called, 'The Quiet Rise of Clarence Thomas".
"What’s interesting is that this story is being told in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, which were eerily reminiscent of Thomas’s own experience in 1991. “Democrats did to Kavanaugh what they had done to Thomas years prior in an attempt to derail Kavanaugh’s confirmation,” explains the Washington Examiner’s Kaylee McGhee. “They elevated not just one but several accusers who could not corroborate their stories or provide substantive evidence backing their troubling, and in some cases, outlandish claims.”

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/70983-the-quiet-rise-of-clarence-thomas-2020-05-29

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.  But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” 

John 3:19-21 ESV

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.  But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people  and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

John 2:23-25 ESV

America Is Not A Monarchy! The President is Not a King!

I wrote this and posted it on Facebook today. It expresses what I am thinking right now. We are not ignorant of the devil's devices. We must realize we are in a spiritual battle and have to take action using the spiritual weapons. We need to be responsible citizens by voting and standing up for justice and truth.

What we are going through as a country would have been unheard of 50 years ago. Back then, people knew the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. I am not saying that people necessarily knew the Lord, but, there was some fear of God in our society and there was also fear of consequences of wrongdoing when committed.

This situation would look a whole lot different if it were happening 50 years ago. If someone were suspect of being a Communist, he or she would have been shunned. People knew the horrors of Communism back then. Today, they don't. Colleges and schools do not teach on Communism for the most part. And if they do, then Socialism or even Communism is taught as something desirable. After all, who doesn't want something for free? Older people know better. Younger people haven't learned yet that there is no such thing as a 'free lunch'.

February 14, 2020
People don't understand why the President can't just write a bill to abolish abortion. First of all, if he could, I'm sure he would. Second, he is limited in his powers. When he comes up with a bill, it has to go through the House and Senate, before it will be passed. A bill to abolish abortion would be stopped immediately once it gets to the house. Remember, the Left prizes their idea of a 'woman's right to her own body' above anything else. The Left controls the House and the decisions made there. The President has tried to get bills passed to build a wall and also to come up with a health care bill, but both have been rejected by the Left-wingers in the House and Senate. The third thing about this is that, let's say the President did announce that he would abolish abortion today. This is an example of something we wish could happen. But here's what would happen; The President's enemies (the Left-wingers in the White House) would be able to have grounds for impeaching him. In this case, they would accuse him of 'abuse of executive powers'. They would be able to successfully impeach him this time if he were to do that. Also, keep in mind, we are not a monarchy. The President, unlike the king, does not have absolute authority. He cannot announce what he wants and demand that it come to pass. We have a system of checks and balances, and unfortunately, some of those who are in that system are totally perverted. So, instead of protecting bills that are right and good, and for the good of the country, they will veto them and only enact the ones that are evil. So, all we can do at this point is go step by step, and try to be one step ahead of them. The President can take some worthwhile steps by appointing judges and people in various places in governmental positions (which he is doing). We had 8 years of destruction embedded into our governmental system. It's not easy to uproot all that and replace it with integrity. It's a fight. We're in a spiritual battle.

Please feel free to share this article with others if you can. I know that the social media outlets have algorithms and also have the advantage of using key words to determine how the post will be published. They do not stand with us on our views concerning many things such as abortion. 

We Are Not Laughing With You. We Are Laughing At You.

Hey Democrats!
Do you realize how stupid you look to everyone who is watching what you are doing? You think that the rest of us are stupid like you, but we're not. We see what's going on. We see your schemes and plans.

You know, sometimes when we play a game or a sport, we lose. We can lose graciously and act in a mature way, like adults, or, we can act like little children and say it isn't fair that we lost. Immature people are sore losers. They try to change the rules of the game to benefit them. Yet, if the winning side was to do that, they would cry 'cheater'.

We know, Democrats, that you can't handle the thought of losing. Well, you have become a laughingstock to the rest of the world. They see your temper tantrum you are throwing. If this incident weren't so serious, it would be laughable to all of us.

The joke is on you, not us. You might not see how silly you look, but we have been watching the circus. We are not laughing with you. We are laughing at you.

Picture courtesy of Babylonbee