Is This America? Part 6
By Mary Ann Collins
December 14, 2009
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Is This America? Part 6 By Mary Ann Collins December 14, 2009 |
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"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20)
"...know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." (James 4:4)
"Sin is a monster of such awful mien [appearance],
That to be hated needs but to be seen,
But seen too oft, familiar with face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace." (Alexander Pope)
We live in a world where multiculturalism, secular humanism, and occultism are rising like a monstrous tsunami in opposition to God's ways and moral guidelines. Compromise has become the norm, and God's unchanging Truth is dismissed as an obstacle to solidarity. Rarely has it been more difficult for Christian parents to pass their faith and values on to their children.
Public schools have long been undermining the Biblical faith and morality of Christian children. Through sex education using manipulative techniques such as "values clarification"[1] and facilitated dialogue, they expose children to sexual lifestyles that God's people were warned never to imagine or experience.
The same mind-changing techniques are used to promote all kinds of spiritual alternatives to Christianity. Classroom projects making Hindu gods, New Age rituals to a mystical Mother Earth, interpretations of Tarot cards, and "worry dolls" that supposedly ward off evil spirits are merely four examples of today's promotional blitz of popular occultism.[2]
In addition, today's children live in a world that is filled with movies, music, toys, and video games that promote a worldview that is diametrically opposed to Christianity.
UNGODLY ENTERTAINMENT
Countless Video games, TV shows, movies, and music now glorify violence. Recently a 17-year-old boy murdered his 10-year-old brother because he had a craving to kill somebody. He said that he was inspired by the TV show "Dexter," which features a serial killer. Last year, a Canadian man committed a murder that was inspired by the same TV show.[3]
The Virginia Tech massacre was inspired by a violent movie that the killer watched over and over.[4] (For more information, see "Toying with Death: Learning to love evil & crave violence."[5]
Through popular video games and their vivid imagination, young players can torture people, delight in the gore, listen to screams, and be rewarded (by the game) rather than reproved for their corrupt fantasies. According to the Medical Foundation for the Care and Victims of Torture (U.K.), such games demonstrate "a dangerous decline in social attitudes towards inflicting suffering." Players become "desensitized to torture" -- and other kinds of evil as well! [6]
We live in a sex-saturated culture. For example, the Bratz Babyz are dolls representing babies with bottles. And they wear thongs instead of diapers or training pants.[7] What kind of message does that give to little girls?
The regular Bratz dolls are overtly sexy and immensely popular. Some have described them as being "Hooker Barbie."[8]
One mother reports that her seven-year-old daughter was crying while she was taking a bath, saying that she wasn't sexy enough. Her daughter liked playing with Bratz dolls with her friends.[9]
Popular entertainment promotes mysticism and the occult. The Harry Potter books may seem innocuous to many, but they introduced children around the world to an imagined domain that hides a dangerous reality. Our nation is just beginning to see the sobering consequences of laughing at evil and befriending demons.[10]
"Charmed" is a soap opera about three sisters who are witches. It is so popular that it had both the current show during the day and reruns at night.[11]
Role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons "open doors to forbidden realms and spiritual seductions."[12] A new breed of children's games is "training kids to love evil more than good."[13]
JUDGE VERSUS CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOLER
A ten-year-old girl from New Hampshire has been homeschooled all her life by her Christian mother. But a judge has ordered her to go to public school because she "vigorously" defends her Christian faith.[14]
The girl is "well liked, social and interactive with her peers," and participates in a number of extra-curricular sports activities. The girl is also "academically promising and intellectually at or superior to grade level," and she attends some public school classes in addition to being homeschooled. Her homeschooling curriculum meets all state standards.
Unfortunately, her parents got divorced in 1999, and they disagree about how she should be raised. As a result, the courts got involved in the girl's personal life, and it appointed a "guardian ad litem" (a person who is supposed to represent her best interests during the legal proceedings).
This "guardian" said that the girl "appeared to reflect her mother's rigidity on questions of faith." And he said that it would be in the girl's best interest to have "exposure to a public school setting" and "different points of view at a time when she must begin to critically evaluate multiple systems of belief." The guardian told the girl's mother that he could have her put in public school if he wanted to.
The case was heard by a "marital master" (a woman) who reports to the judge. She considered the girl's "vigorous defense of her religious beliefs" to be a problem. This court official said that the girl "has not had the opportunity to seriously consider any other point of view." Therefore, this official recommended that the girl be ordered to attend public school. The judge followed the official's recommendation.
So the stated purpose of forcing the girl to attend public school is to expose her to beliefs that are contrary to her Christian faith.
The girl's mother has appealed the case. A lower court judge refused to reconsider the order, but the New Hampshire Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.[15]
Many of the people who first came to America did so in order to be able to practice their Christian faith without interference from the government. Our Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. And here is a court ordering a Christian girl to go to public school in order to challenge her Christian faith. Is this America?
SEX EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN
The United Nations is promoting sex education beginning at age five. One of the goals of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to promote "worldwide curricula reflecting UNESCO values." It is presently writing a sexually explicit curriculum for children beginning at age five.[16]
The United Kingdom has announced that by 2010, England will have mandatory sex education for five-year-olds. This is a compulsory program beginning in kindergarten, and becoming more sexually explicit in higher grades.[17]
Could this happen in the United States? There are people in high places who want to make this happen in America. Back in 2007, Obama told Planned Parenthood that "age-appropriate" sex education should begin in kindergarten.[18]
What does "age-appropriate" sex education mean? It depends on the worldview of the people teaching the class, and how they perceive children.
Worldviews keep changing. "Paradigm shifts" tend to be incremental -- one small step at a time. That's why kindergarten sex ed classes may begin in a relatively mild way, and then change gradually as teachers are influenced by "experts" with more radical ideas. Be prepared for a rapid rise in that pace of change!
Some "experts" have surprising ideas about children and sexuality. Right here in America there are some psychiatrists and professors who want to "normalize and decriminalize pedophilia (child rape and molestation)."
[19]Does that seem "unthinkable"? Well, in these post-modern times, "unthinkable" things are happening fast. In Germany, the government is actively promoting pedophilia. The German Federal Health Education Center has published booklets recommending that fathers give sexual massages to daughters aged one to three, and that parents give explicit sexual instruction to children aged four to six. These booklets are being used to train nursery workers, kindergarten teachers, and elementary school teachers.
[20]WHAT CAN WE DO?
1. Pray! Only God can bring light and victory in the midst of this spreading darkness! Start neighborhood prayer groups that pray specifically for protection for children and their schools.
2. Train your children to discern the spiritual, physical, and "scientific" deceptions that surround them. Study this checklist for the family. Teach your children to recognize spiritual counterfeits and remember God's warnings.
3. Teach your children to "put on The Armor of God." They need to be equipped for the spiritual battles ahead. Nothing is more important than knowing God's Truth, living by His Righteousness, sharing His Peace, and exercising faith in God moment by moment.
"Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand..." Ephesians 6:10-13
NOTES
1. "Schools and Values Clarification," http://www.crossroad.to/Books/YourChildNewAge/YCNA-3.htm
2. David Limbaugh, "Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War against Christianity" (Regnery Press, 2003), pages 81-82.
3. "Andrew Conley Says He Was Inspired by 'Dexter' to Strangle Brother," December 4, 2009. (The news story also mentions the man who committed a similar murder in 2008.)
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=92526204. "Copycat: Killer Re-Enacted Violent Film," August 20, 2007.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806412615635. "Toying with Death: Learning to love evil & crave violence," April 19, 2007.
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/toying-with-death.htm6. "Medical Foundation Urges Retailers to Boycott Violent Video Games Promoting Torture," July 26, 2006.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/2967. "At Least One Bratz Babyz Has Abandoned Her Thong ," January 4, 2006. (One mother was dismayed when she discovered the thong and replaced it with training pants.)
http://www.commercialexploitation.org/news/bratzthong.htm8. "Over-sexed and over here: The 'tarty' Bratz Doll," October 20, 2006.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-411266/Over-sexed-The-tarty-Bratz-Doll.html9. "Grade-school Lolita: ‘So Sexy So Soon': The sexualized childhood and how it affects kids younger than you think," August 6, 2008.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26037851/10. "Harry Potter Lures Kids to Witchcraft with Praise from Christian Leaders."
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/Harry&Witchcraft.htm11. "Charmed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmed12. "Role-Playing Games & Popular Occultism Open Doors to Forbidden Realms and Spiritual Seductions."
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003/occult-rpg.htm13. "The Rising Darkness in Children's Games: Training kids to love evil more than good," October 22, 2009.
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/009/bakugan.htm14. "Court orders Christian child into government education: 10-year-old's 'vigorous' defense of her faith condemned by judge," August 28, 2009.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=10808415. "Hearing for homeschooler forced into gov't system: Judge: 'Lost opportunity' if child's Christian views not challenged in public setting," November 26, 2009.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=11702316. "UNESCO Gets off the Track Again" by Phyllis Schlafly, October 9, 2009.
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2009/oct09/09-10-09.html17. "UK Announces Mandatory Sex Education for Kindergarteners," October 24, 2008.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08102406.html18. "Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama," July 18, 2007.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/sex-ed-for-kind.html19. "Kinsey's Kooky Shrinks," Dr. Judith Reisman, July 13, 2003. http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003/reisman/shrinks.htm
20. "German Government Publication Promotes Incestuous Pedophilia as Healthy Sex Ed," July 30, 2007. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07073008.html
See also Is this America - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
See also God's Warnings for our Times