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Who Shapes Our Conscience
and defines RIGHT or WRONG
A Taste of Blood: Human nature without a moral conscience!
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UNESCO, 1983
“…give to Your servant an understanding heart… that I may discern between good and evil. 1 Kings 3:9 |
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What determines our values in today’s fast-changing
world? Who imprints its values on our conscience? Do parents? Teachers?
The Media? Or our omnipotent God?It depends! In former times, the
Christian conscience played a leading role in American schools and families.
Parents who trusted God treasured His Word and
taught it to their children. With His Word imprinted on their conscience,
they would know whom to follow when faced with a challenge.We live in a new era! The Bible-trained conscience has largely
been replaced by contrary guidelines that twist, scorn or deny God’s
truth. Some still point to a conscience, but most people redefine it to
match today’s cultural values and personal inclinations. These examples illustrate the diversity:
Social Conscience:
“Our
conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities [Biblical truth]. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition
means a radical
change in conscience.”[2]
Walter Lippmann
National Conscience:
“Our concept of governing is…a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in thenational conscience…”[3]
Barbara Jordan
Bypassing the Conscience:
“No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly
to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”[4]
Ingmar Bergman
Mocking the Conscience
:
“What a man calls his ‘conscience’ is merely the mental action that
follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.”[5]
Helen Rowland
Cultural Conscience:
(Christian or not):
“The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround
them….”[6]
Jean Paul Richter
In stark contrast to the above, Martin
Luther
dared take a stand
against the reign of a corrupt and oppressive church back in April 1521.
For his uncompromising faith, he was declared an outlaw on May 25. You
may remember his words:
“…it is
neither safe nor wise to do anything against conscience.
Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me.
Amen.”[7]
Back in the 1930s, Adolph Hitler was determined to quench
that Bible-trained conscience. It clashed with his Nazi agenda. In two separate
speeches he said:
“Your child belongs to us
already…. What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however,
now stand in the next camp. In a short time they will know nothing else
but this community.”
(1933)“This new Reich will give
its youth to no one, but will itself take youth and give to youth its
own education and its own upbringing.”(1937)[8]
In the stormy wake of change, all German children were
forced to attend government schools.
Their minds were steeped in the proud, self-assertive, anti-family values
established by the
Nazi government! The “Hitler Youth” and other training camps would
seal the
new loyalties and create a generation that felt no guilt when exercising their power to torture, kill and destroy.
And now, in the fading light of the Biblical conscience, America is headed
in the
same direction.
In his article
Homeschooling: freedoms last stand, Patrick B. Craine
wrote,
“The Nazi tyrant knew, as all
dictators do, that the home, left to its own devices, is a far worse
threat to state ideology than any foreign power. … [F]orced attendance at school…is to
control the thoughts of the next generation…. “[9]
True liberty depends on our relationship with our heavenly Father! When
He draws us to Himself and fills us with His Spirit, His guidelines are stamped on our conscience
as we “feed on” His Word and heed His “voice.” But those who ignore that “voice” will be left
with the ever-changing values of an increasingly corrupt world system. What
would you choose?
“…having faith and a good conscience, which some having
rejected…” 1 Timothy 1:19
A Conscience Built on Global Values
Back
in 1997, our friend, Carl Teichrib, publisher of
the excellent Internet magazine
Forcing Change, attended the
Global Citizenship
2000 Youth Congress in Vancouver, B.C.
He taped the sessions, then wrote an article that exposed its “successful” efforts to please
its pagan “god.” The words
below may seem
silly, but this was a serious matter to those earnest but misdirected youths.
Setting the stage, a group of young women performed a skit to dramatize
the new meaning of citizenship. One of them held pine
branches in her hands. “Welcome to the Council of Human Beings,” she began.
“I represent Mother Earth.”
In turn, the others laid their hands on
her and confessed their environmental sins:
“I am guilty of wasting water when I’m
brushing my teeth, letting the water run, and having long showers.”“I am guilty of killing animals by buying
and wearing leather sandals.”“I am guilty of polluting the environment
when I’m fully aware of the oil leak in my dad’s car.”“I am guilty of supporting the destruction
of East Timor by buying jewelry and blankets made in Indonesia.”
“Mother Earth” (ME) acknowledged each confession
with a brief, “I hear you,” then posed the next challenge: “How can you heal
ME?”
“I can stop wasting water by only taking what
I need,” said the first repentant sinner.
“I forgive you,” said ME.[10]
Through public repentance, they honored “Mother Earth”
and showed their good intentions. One woman wept as she confessed her sin
of giving birth to too many children. At the end, the group received a hearty applause.
Robert Muller, the former
Assistant Secretary-General
of the UN, helped organize that Global Citizenship 2000 Youth Congress. Sponsored by the International Foundation of
Learning, it challenged 14 teams of student leaders to design Millennium
projects that would be used to inspire students,
teachers, mentors and politicians everywhere. I doubt that any true Christian
voice was heard.
As Muller suggested, “Change
the values and take a different course of living, then evolution
will continue!”[11]
“Now the Spirit
expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking
lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared….” (1
Timothy 4:1-2)
The Spiritual War behind the World’s changeable Conscience
Few leading globalists have more effectively advanced
the new anti-Christian conscience than
Robert Muller, who
led the design team for UNESCO’s Global Education Project.
America has been a partner from the start, though it usually
led from behind the
scenes.
Muller’s
World Core Curriculum
was inspired by Theosophy and its
most familiar pupil
Alice
Bailey who channeled her Tibetan spirit guide,
“Djwhal Khjul.”
Of course, Khjul had countless other disciples. Among them was
Corinne McLaughlin,
the first task force coordinator for the Clinton’s “President’s Council on
Sustainable Development.” She also taught her occult strategies at the
Department of Education, the Pentagon and the EPA.
“There really is only one sin — separateness,” McLaughlin
states in her book, Spiritual Politics. “War is more likely to spring
from rampant nationalism, ethnocentrism, and intolerant religious
fundamentalism — all extreme and separative attitudes ….”
Her solution? The same as Clinton’s: “What is needed as a
cure for separateness is a deep sense of community –– that we’re all
in this together.” That envisioned community is being designed top-down. The
blueprint comes straight from the United Nations through countless UN
affiliated governmental and non-governmental networks — all working
together to turn your town into a 21st century “sustainable community.”
[12]
Another
Theosophical
guide to American schools was
Dr. Shirley McCune,
the Senior Director with the mid-continent Regional Educational
Laboratory. She has worked with the National Education
Association (NEA), the US Department
of Education, Kansas Schools for the Twenty-First Century and
various other states and agencies. Tutored by her
spirit guides, she co-authored a strange book called The
Light Shall Set You Free. In it, she quotes her demonic mentor Kuthumi,
who introduces himself as a “World Teacher.”
[13]
Sounds like a bizarre fantasy, doesnt it? Theosophy
fits the agenda of
countless elite
world leaders, some of whom I’ve met at various UN
conferences.[14] By channeling “ascended masters” (spirit guides such as Djwhal
Khjul and Kuthumi), they connect with demonic
spirits that have led countless global elites toward their vision of spiritual evolution.
In McCune’s book, her spirit guide Kuthumi describes a “transformation
process” and “the return of ‘the Creator of Light’ … the source of power
for which each soul has yearned since the beginning of time.” Those yearning souls, of course, do not include you or
me. He
is referring to the “highly evolved” souls.
As for the rest
of us, they predict trouble ahead:
“The Earth will be cleansed
in
the next decade, for the purification must be complete.”[12]
Of course, Kuthumi’s prophecy
failed to come true. But such strange occult language from cultural, political
and educational leaders challenges
our Western minds. It clashes with the world we know. Though young minds may
be nurtured on violent fantasies, relatively few show concern. After
all, the realm of demons doesn’t fit our secular “science”-based universe.
Yet, in the light
of the Bible, it makes sense.
“The whole world
is under the sway of the evil one,”
we are told in 1 John
5:19. So its not surprising that Dr. McCune, Mr. Walsch,
Mikhail Gorbachev and George Lucas all promote the same dark
forces masquerading as benevolent light.
“For Satan himself
transforms himself into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians
11:14
On November 2, 1989, Shirley McCune spoke at an
education conference titled “School, Goals and the 1990s.” Ponder her agenda:
“It seems to me that
far too much of our efforts have been focused on the issue of let’s find
a short term fix… rather than… understanding that what we are about
is total restructuring of our society. What’s happening in
America today…. What it amounts to is a
total transformation of our
society. We have moved into a new era…“But what I’m not sure
we have really begun to comprehend and act on sufficiently is the
incredible amount of organizational restructuring and human
development restructuring….
So we have to
anticipate what the future is…. What we are facing is total
restructuring of society….
“…we
no longer are teaching facts to children…. The issue for
most children and the issue for society…is that we no longer see
the teaching of facts and information as the primary outcome of
education.“[15]
Without
a factual foundation, what kind of knowledge will guide our children? Whose
values will reign in the times ahead? As God warns us,
“…to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure;
but
even their mind and conscience are defiled. ”
Titus 1:15-16
Victory in Christ!
We can expect an explosion of this kind of occultism, for
the network of world leaders that embrace such deceptions is growing fast. So
are its followers around the world. Their plans are disturbing, to
say the least!
But in the midst of it all, our God reigns!
And if we wear His spiritual
Armor, He will protect us!
Those who trust and follow Him can count on His wonderful promises! Our Lord
and Shepherd will surely provide the strength and guidance needed in the
times ahead!
“…let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience…” Hebrews 10:22“…this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief,
suffering wrongfully. … For to this you were called, because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His
steps.” 1 Peter 2:19, 21
Notes:
1. Education for International Co-operation and Peace at the Primary-School
Level (Switzerland: UNESCO, 1983).
2. Walter Lippmann, A Preface to Politics (Mitchell Kennerley,
New York and London, 1914) at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UK0FO2/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb#reader_B004UK0FO2
3. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Democratic Convention
Keynote Address: “Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?” (New York, New
York, July 12, 1976) at
http://gos.sbc.edu/j/jordan1.html
4. “Biography for Ingmar Bergman” at
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000005/bio
5. Helen Rowland, A Guide to Men (1922) at
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Rowland#A_Guide_to_Men_.281922.29
6. “The Conscience of Children,” at
National Character Education Center (I couldn’t find any other relevant data.)
7. “English Bible
History: Martin Luther” at
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/martin-luther.html
8. William L. Shirer,
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
,1959 (Amazon)
9. Patrick B. Craine,
Homeschooling: freedoms last stand
(LifeSiteNews.com, 11-28-2012)
10. Carl Teichrib,”Ground
Zero: Global Citizenship,”
A report on Global Citizenship 2000 Youth
Congress 2000,” at
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/forcing-change/global-citizenship-2000.htm.
11. Robert Muller, Global Citizenship 2000 Youth Congress, Vancouver,
Canada, April 5, 1997.
12.
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson, Spiritual Politics
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1994),147.
See “Local
Agenda 21” at our web site. Corinne McLaughlin listed her experiences
while conducting a workshop attended by Berit during a 50th anniversary
celebration for the United Nations titled “Celebrating the Spirit” at the
University of California at Berkeley, June 19-21, 1995.
13.
Shirley McCune and Norma Milanovich, The Light Shall Set You Free (Albuquerque: Athena Publishing, 1996), p.
xiii.
14. During the nineties, I had the opportunity to travel as a registered
reporter to many UN and related conferences and explore these issues. You
can read some of the reports here: The
U.N. Plan For Global Control: The Habitat II Agenda,
Gorbachev’s Plan For A United World,
The State of the World according to Gorbachev.
15. Governor’s Conference on Education, “School, Goals and the 1990s”
(Wichita, Kansas: Nov. 2, 1989). More here:
http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/Education/ShirleyMcCune.htm