Assaults on Faith and Family – Part 1
(Part 2 and Part 3)
By Berit Kjos – July 7, 2009
…some opponents of Humanism have accused us
of wishing to overthrow the traditional Christian family. They are right. That
is exactly what we intend to do.[1]
The British Humanist Association,1969“…if you give me any
normal human being and a couple of weeks, …I can change his behavior from
what it is not to whatever you want it to be…. I can turn him from a Christian
into a Communist…. We can control behavior.[2]
Psychology Professor James McConnell, 1966“Article 13. “The child shall have the right
to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive
and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers….”[3]
Convention on the Rights
of the Child“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy
and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic
principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:6-8
Don’t be deceived! The twenty-year-old
Convention on the
Rights of
the Child (CRC) has little to do with personal rights. It has everything to do with
changing values and undermining the traditional family.
Since it transfers parental authority to the state, Christian children are
legally free to reject safe family guidelines.
The state will back
their choice! As Hillary Clinton wrote back
in the nineties, “It Takes a Village!”
This process started long ago.
Its milestones include the birth of the United
Nations in 1945 and, starting in 1948, its
“consultative” relationships with the new World Federation for Mental Health.
The Federation’s founding document, “Mental Health and World Citizenship,”
exposed
the mind-changing agenda behind the social sciences:“Studies of human development indicate the
modifiability
of human behaviour throughout life, especially during infancy, childhood and
adolescence…. Social institutions such as family and school
impose their imprint early…. It is the men and women in whom these patterns
of attitude and behaviour have been incorporated who present the immediate
resistance to social, economic and political changes.”[4]The
CRC is designed to
erode that resistance! For example, its ARTICLE 14 tells parents to “respect
the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.” That
might make sense if parents were free to teach them safe moral and spiritual boundaries.
But it spells disaster in today’s boundary-free culture, which bombards our
children with promiscuous, pornographic and pluralistic
suggestions and images.ARTICLE 14 includes this qualification: “Freedom
to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as
are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health
or morals, or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.” But who are those
“others” that need protection? All who despise the Bible and are
offended by moral standards?
That’s already happening! As one school administrator warned a student:
“Leave your faith in the car.”[5]ARTICLE 15 grants children the right to
“freedom of association,” while ARTICLE 16 forbids “interference with
his or her privacy… or correspondence.” Their freedom to choose would
fling the doors open to every lewd kind of literature, texting and Internet communications.Notice the strange twist. With ratification
of this Convention, the state terminates parental
rights to set wise boundaries and maintain moral standards. It “frees”
children to follow their new pied pipers into a world of corruption, group
thinking, and government control. Meanwhile, Christian
children lose their traditional right to express their faith, since Christian
beliefs and values are too divisive for today’s changing world.This heartbreaking process is illustrated by
a Canadian family. (Since Canada has ratified this
Convention on the Rights of
the Child (CRC), it must conform to UN standards):“The father had ordered the daughter… to remain
off the Internet. She didn’t, chatting on websites her father had tried to block
and then posting ‘inappropriate’ pictures of herself online, using a friend’s
Internet portal. As punishment, the father refused to let her go on a scheduled
school trip, so the 12-year-old went to Canada’s judicial system to get her
way. …[she] had access to the courts using a court-appointed
attorney representing her in her parents’ custody dispute.”[6]“Quebec Superior Court rejected the Gatineau
father’s appeal of a lower court ruling that said his punishment was too severe
for the wrongs he said his daughter committed. The father is ‘flabbergasted.'”[7]Such biased verdicts complement the deceptive language
in the UN’s celebrated
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Notice how it parallels
the CRC: Its ARTICLE 18 guarantees “the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion.” And ARTICLE 19 affirms “the right to freedom of opinion
and expression….” But ARTICLE 29 warns that:“these rights and freedoms may in no case be
exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.”[8]In other words, UN “rights” won’t
be granted to those
who disagree with its goals. They include:
A New World Order ruled by unelected globalists
with a socialist agendaThe end of national sovereignty, absolute truth
and the traditional familySocial solidarity and spiritual pluralism
purged
of “divisive” Christian values.A communitarian network of
partnerships between three sectors: (1) government,
(2) business, and (3) social. The latter includes community organizations, churches,
families, etc. In this unequal partnership, the government becomes the controlling “partner.”
It would set the standards, measure (or
assess)
compliance, reward group “progress,” and punish resisters.This agenda may sound good to utopians
who put their hope in global CHANGE — and who ignore the duplicity of today’s
powerful and pragmatic globalist change agents. Today’s clever disinformation “speaks”
louder than the truth — especially to listeners trained to follow feelings
rather than facts!So it’s not surprising that two-faced
“double-speak” is central to UN propaganda. UNESCO’s
Declaration on
the Role of Religion is a good example. It calls for tolerance and
dialogue — but shows no tolerance toward Christianity. Its unchanging truths
simply don’t fit UNESCO requirements:“We will promote dialogue and harmony
between and within religions respecting the search for truth
and wisdom that is outside our religion. We call upon the different religious and cultural traditions
to join hands and to cooperate with us.”[9]
The word “cooperate” is a benign way
of saying “submit to the new global
standards.” And any substandard results of
that “search for truth” would soon be silenced by today’s ever-present
dialectical “group-think.”NO ROOM FOR RESISTERS
The
CRC brings this
interfaith agenda right into our homes and schools. Following the UN
pattern, its promised “rights” are reserved
for those who embrace its socialist, anti-Christian values. The Preamble
sets the stage:“Considering that the child should be fully prepared
to live an individual life in society, and brought up in the spirit of the ideals
proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations [co-authored by
Alger Hiss], and in particular in the spirit of peace, dignity,
tolerance, freedom, equality and
solidarity….ARTICLE 3. “…ensure that the institutions,
services and facilities responsible for the care or protection of children shall
conform with the standards established by competent authorities…”ARTICLE 9. “…a child shall not be separated from his
or her parents against their will, except when competent authorities subject to
judicial review determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that
such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child…”
[Might faith
in God’s unchanging Truth be considered incompatible with those “best interests?”]
ARTICLE 12. “…assure to the child who is capable
of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters
affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance
with the age and maturity of the child.”ARTICLE 17. “States Parties recognize the important
function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child has access
to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources,
especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and moral
[referring to
politically correct, not Christian, values]
well-being and physical and mental health. To this end, States Parties shall:
(c) “Encourage the production and
dissemination of children’s books….
[What kind of books? Most popular books today immerse our children in
suggestions, images, beliefs and values that clash with Christian
values!](e) “Encourage the development of appropriate
guidelines for the protection of the child from information
and material injurious to his or her well-being.
[The
Bible? Traditional history
books? Missionary stories?]Might those “injurious” materials include
the Bible? Missionary stories? Traditional
history books
or other information
that could clash with UN ideology? Probably! Since the goal is CHANGE — establishing
a New World Order — any hindrance to that vision is already censored in public
schools. The GlobalistElite have no tolerance for the America we have treasured!INCITING HATRED FOR RESISTERS
This
socialist revolution reminds me of the anger that
followed the 1996 Oklahoma bombing. Day after day, the media’s accusing pens pointed
to suspected foes of American togetherness — those whose “enraged rhetoric” had
created a national “climate of hate and paranoia.” They ranged from “rabid” radio
hosts and “extremists” to concerned Christian parents. “Their coalition,” wrote
Time,“included well known-elements of far-right thought:
tax protesters, Christian homeschoolers, conspiracy theorists… and self-reliant
types who resent a Federal Government that seems to favor grizzly bears and
wolves over humans…”[10]Apparently, the recent controversial report from
the
Department of Homeland Security was simply the latest expression of the socialist
agenda. Do you remember its amazing report on ‘Right-wing
Extremism?’ It suggests that economic woes, “the return of military veterans”
and “individuals
that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration”[11] could lead to the “emergence of terrorist groups” and violence.Notice what’s happening. In spite of their call
to unity, our socialist leaders are stirring up division. That’s because this intentional vilification of ordinary,
peace-loving Americans serves a useful purpose. Hitler understood it well. He, too, was
determined to separate followers from resisters. Remember what he wrote in Mein
Kampf:“The art of truly great popular leaders in all
ages has consisted chiefly in … concentrating always on a single adversary….
It is part of a great leader’s genius to make even widely separated adversaries
appear as if they belonged to one category…”[12]
(See
The Enemy of
the People)This
CRC is an invitation as
well as a curse. It would “free” our children and grandchildren
to be World Citizens, immune to the call of God and traditional parental values.
But for those who refuse to compromise, it spells the end of American freedom.
Ordinary Americans are demonized as an enemy, while the actual enemy has
become a friend. Thomas Sowell said it well:“While the rest of us may be worried about violent
Mexican drug gangs on our border… the Director of Homeland Security is worried
about ‘right-wing extremists.’ …[S]omehow they just know
that you right-wingers are itching to unleash terror somewhere….“So-called ‘honor killings’ by Muslims in the
United States… does not seem to arouse any concern by the
Department of Homeland
Security…. When it comes to the thuggery of
ACORN... the Department of Homeland
Security apparently sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil.”[13]
SAVING THE EARTH
ARTICLE 29 states: “…the education of the child shall be directed
to… (e) The development of respect for the natural environment.”
That vision could be good if it wasn’t wrapped in
a political agenda — and a spiritual one as well. But countless environmental
and religious groups are now sharing their strategies
for a new earth-centered ideology. Many so-called churches are persuaded that
green religions are more beneficial than the
“obsolete” certainties of the Bible. Al Gore leads the way. Ponder this quote from
Earth in the Balance:
“The richness and diversity of our
religious tradition throughout history is a spiritual resource long
ignored by people of faith, who are often afraid to open their minds
to teachings first offered outside their own system of belief. But the
emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost
instantaneously throughout the world has… spurred a renewed
investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This panreligious perspective may prove especially important where our
global civilization’s responsibility for the earth is concerned.”
(pages 258-259)Mocking truth is a sign of our times, and
“fear” has become a common accusation against us. Yet, of all the world’s people,
Christians have the least reason to fear. For our sovereign God reigns —
all the more in
the midst of today’s unholy changes:“…in all these
things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor
principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall
be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.” Romans
8:37-39Meanwhile, “Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might. Put on the whole armor of God…”
Ephesians 6:10-12
1. Marriage
and the Family,
The British Humanist Association, 1969.
Cited by Dr. Dennis L. Cuddy, The Globalists (Oklahoma City: Hearthstone
Publishing, 2001), p. 124.
2. Dr. Dennis L. Cuddy, The Globalists (Oklahoma
City: Hearthstone Publishing, 2001), pp. 133-134.
3.
Our Creative Diversity,
1995, page 46. Note: I picked up this UNESCO publication in Istanbul
during the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat
II). It was a real eye-opener.
4.
“Mental Health and World Citizenship,” pps. 7 and 8. Distributed
by the National Association For Mental Health, Inc., 1790 Broadway, New York
19, N.Y. www.psych.org/pnews/98-01-19/hx.html
5. “Student
told: ‘Leave your faith in the car’, 6-3-04.
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ARTICLE.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38758
6 “Dad grounds
daughter, but court ungrounds her” at
worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67479
7. “Quebec dad sued by [12-year-old] daughter after grounding loses his appeal”
at
www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/07/mtl-quebecgirl-sues-dad-0407.html8.
Trading
U.S. Rights for UN Rules at
www.crossroad.to/text/articles/turfur12-98.html
9.
“UNESCO’s Declaration
on the Role of Religion” at
www.crossroad.to/Quotes/globalism/declaration-on-religion.htm
10. Philip
Weiss, “Outcasts Digging in for the Apocalypse,” Time, 5-1-1995;
p.48.
11.
“Homeland Security on guard for ‘right-wing extremists‘”
at
www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=94803
12. “The Enemy of the
People” at
www.crossroad.to/text/articles/teotp1196.html
13.
Thomas Sowell, “Are You an “Extremist”?
at
http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/04/21/are_you_an_extremist?page=1