A commenter called 'OK Rickety' raised some points in one of our discussions which need some further elucidation in a longer essay. He took exception to a statement we had made concerning the differences between our culture's past and current sexual education of boys. Here is his observations:
"Well we don't live in the past. Instead boys today experience the reality that most often their fathers or their friends' fathers have been divorced by their mothers. As they reach the point of considering marriage, they likely hear more details about these marriages and realize that it is unlikely that they will be any more successful."
This statement, and variations of it are something like an axiom among followers of the Game/Red Pill Philosophy. The problem is that it is based on false premises, though superficially true. The general theme is something like this:
1. Things were different in the past.
2. Modern society has adopted a New Morality.
3. The present is the reality we must deal with.
4. Therefore, we must conform to this reality.
Points 1 and 2 are obviously true, it is third premise, and consequently the conclusion, that are false.
It is a common human tendency to assume that present social conditions represent reality, when in fact they do not. This is especially true during times of social instability. It is not a natural condition for children to be raised in broken and dysfunctional homes any more than it is natural for homosexual love-trysts are legitimate marriages or mass-violence is legitimate sociopolitical expression. The reality of what a marriage and family are have never changed. What we are experiencing in 21st Century America---divorce, abortion, broken children, gender-identity disorders, et cetera---are the consequences of avoiding reality.
It is simply wishful thinking to assume that gender polarity is not essential to a healthy society's long-term viability. Remove the masculine component, as the Feminists teach, and you get an unstable and neurotic culture like the 21st Century West where violence, drug abuse, corporate and political expediency, and instant gratification are typical. Remove the feminine component as the Game Cultists teach, and you get brutal and authoritarian cultures like the Wahhabi Arabs where fanaticism and obedience to leaders of personality cults are typical. As a side note, it is not a positive sign that in our own presidential elections that Hilary Clinton represents one tendency and Donald Trump, the other.
The correct response therefore is not to conform with or adapt to unreality. The only moral choices we have is either to resist the unreality actively, or withdraw from it passively (i.e. seek another society that respects correct choices). What the Red Pill Philosophy offers is a false solution; the idea that we can play by our opponents' rules and still emerge victorious. At best, such a course of action can only produce a variant form of social dysfunction; just as Red Pill Philosophy is nothing but a variant of Radical Feminism.
It is not therefore a matter of teaching young men and boys outdated ideals concerning marriage and gender relationships as it about teaching them the correct ideals. As we mentioned in our earlier, Red Pill Philosophy fails here, because it is based on a materialist, marketing approach to relationships and marriage. These matters are not about selling oneself and winning a product. This is why marriage historically falls under the jurisdiction of religion. Religion recognizes the deeper universal principles underlying a marriage bond; that two individuals must spiritually bond as one for a higher purpose. This is much different than the economic models of the Gamers and Marxists who see marriage as something more like forming a corporation and sex as something to be negotiated like a sales pitch.
What both Game and Feminism are ultimately based upon is narcissism. Neither likes the idea of one party giving up their independence and individual to become an integral part of a family. And one sees the divisiveness present in modern America, we understand that it has its roots in divided families. One situation is the direct product of the other.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
OBAMA'S 'MODERATE REBELS' DEPLOY CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Allied military engineers confirmed today that yesterday's poison gas attack in Aleppo, Syria originated in zone controlled by the Pentagon's so-called moderate rebels. General Sergei Chavarkov, commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force notified the Beltway of its discovery. The barbarians deployed the gas---probably Chlorine---on a residential neighborhood in Aleppo, killing 7 and critically poisoning 20 others.
This is certainly not the first incident of US-backed forces committing atrocities in Syria. Most recently they publically beheaded a 12-year old boy, and massacred about 40 women and children in cold blood outside Aleppo. Other noteworthy actions include the slaughter of the entire village of Zara, and systematically burning out farms in the Ghouta District.
"We haven't confirmed those reports." said Mark Toner, spokesman for the LGBTQ-friendly US State Department of the gas attack. "Obviously we condemn the use of chemical weapons. We'll investigate."
And no doubt, like the inquiry into Hilary Clinton's Benghazi e-mails, whatever we hear will be to the Beltway's liking. They will probably go about as far as the official inquiries into US bombings of civil targets in Syria, or the Chilcot Report's conclusions about US war crimes in Iraq.
It is interesting to recall that one reason Obama was elected in 2008 was his opposition to the Bush Administration's meddling in the Middle East. Yet Obama has not left Afghanistan or Iraq, and has expanded the conflict into Syria, Libya, Yemen, and possibly Turkey. During the entire 8 year Reign of Terror that Obama's foreign policy has been, we have not seen any of the types of orchestrated protests or media criticism that we formerly saw against Bush.
Instead, the Corporate Media is distracting everyone's attention because Hilary Clinton had some token Moslem speak at the Democratic Party Convention and Donald Trump made some allegedly insensitive comments about it.
If we would care to discuss Moslem heroes we can look instead to the brave people of Syria who've been fighting for their country against both Wahhabi Jihadists and Western Leftists for 5 years. Or the Moslem volunteers from Lebanon, Iran, and parts of Russia who've joined the fight. We could look at the Moslems in Iraq who have been doing the same. Or the ones in Yemen, who've been resisting---successfully---a US-backed Wahhabi invasion. We could look at the Moslems in Libya whose country was occupied by US-backed Wahhabis and are fighting to liberate themselves. We could look at the oppressed Shiite population in Bahrain rising against another US-backed Wahhabi Regime.
But the interests of Wall Street and International Organized Crime would prefer that we not look into such things. Hence, Ameroboobs are at each others' throats over some political name-calling, while ignoring things like poison-gas attacks on civilians.
This is certainly not the first incident of US-backed forces committing atrocities in Syria. Most recently they publically beheaded a 12-year old boy, and massacred about 40 women and children in cold blood outside Aleppo. Other noteworthy actions include the slaughter of the entire village of Zara, and systematically burning out farms in the Ghouta District.
"We haven't confirmed those reports." said Mark Toner, spokesman for the LGBTQ-friendly US State Department of the gas attack. "Obviously we condemn the use of chemical weapons. We'll investigate."
And no doubt, like the inquiry into Hilary Clinton's Benghazi e-mails, whatever we hear will be to the Beltway's liking. They will probably go about as far as the official inquiries into US bombings of civil targets in Syria, or the Chilcot Report's conclusions about US war crimes in Iraq.
It is interesting to recall that one reason Obama was elected in 2008 was his opposition to the Bush Administration's meddling in the Middle East. Yet Obama has not left Afghanistan or Iraq, and has expanded the conflict into Syria, Libya, Yemen, and possibly Turkey. During the entire 8 year Reign of Terror that Obama's foreign policy has been, we have not seen any of the types of orchestrated protests or media criticism that we formerly saw against Bush.
Instead, the Corporate Media is distracting everyone's attention because Hilary Clinton had some token Moslem speak at the Democratic Party Convention and Donald Trump made some allegedly insensitive comments about it.
If we would care to discuss Moslem heroes we can look instead to the brave people of Syria who've been fighting for their country against both Wahhabi Jihadists and Western Leftists for 5 years. Or the Moslem volunteers from Lebanon, Iran, and parts of Russia who've joined the fight. We could look at the Moslems in Iraq who have been doing the same. Or the ones in Yemen, who've been resisting---successfully---a US-backed Wahhabi invasion. We could look at the Moslems in Libya whose country was occupied by US-backed Wahhabis and are fighting to liberate themselves. We could look at the oppressed Shiite population in Bahrain rising against another US-backed Wahhabi Regime.
But the interests of Wall Street and International Organized Crime would prefer that we not look into such things. Hence, Ameroboobs are at each others' throats over some political name-calling, while ignoring things like poison-gas attacks on civilians.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
POPE FRANCIS AND ALT-RIGHT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
The US Corporate Media has an especial hatred for the Vatican. After all, the Church believes in things like the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount; both of which condemn behaviors that the Media and its Wall Street overlords routinely engage in.
There's also been a latent hatred for the Vatican among the Right-Wing Media too, though with the emergence of Donald Trump, it has become more overt. Pundits, commentators, and radio shock-jocks refer to Pope Francis as "Lenin's Pope" and accuse him of being a radical Leftist. This was exacerbated by the Pope recently speaking out against both the Border Wall and War Profiteering which outraged the Neocons on the Alt-Right; although none of them have bothered to explain why allowing more Christians into America and suppressing the international weapons, slavery, and narcotics smuggling trade are bad things.
So the Pope spoke out today against the moral degeneracy of Western governments, who are proliferating the poison of sexual anarchism worldwide.
"It is terrible that today in schools they are teaching this to children---to children! This doctrine that everyone can choose their own gender...We must think about what Pope Benedict said on the subject: this is the epoch of sin against the Creator. He is intelligent! God created man and woman and we are doing the opposite...it is the epoch of sin against God the Creator."
That does not sound especially like the sentiments of some Left-Wing radical. So how about what Donald Trump, the Alt-Right's champion of the American Way, has to say on these subjects?
On the Supreme Court's decision to redefine marriage, Trump stated "The decision has been made and it's the law of the land." On mandatory unisex bathrooms: "Transgenders should be allowed to use any bathroom with which they feel comfortable." Trump has also donated considerable money to homosexual activist causes.
Maybe those on the Alt-Right should pay a little closer attention to what the Pope has to say than their own leaders on these issues.
Critics are also outraged that the Pope hasn't issued a blanket condemnation of Islam, like the Neocons all do. Maybe that has something to with the number of Christian lives that Moslem soldiers have saved in places like Syria? Or maybe last weekend, when European Moslems attended Catholic Masses to show solidarity with Christians after the murder of a priest? The Alt-Right Corporate Media doesn't mention these things: they don't fit their politically correct narrative.
Of course, when we examine the Right's two major media corporations: Clear Channel and News Corp, and see the incestuous ties both have to the security and defense industries, we understand why they support things like border walls and war profiteering. But supporting traditionally Conservative values, not so much.
There's also been a latent hatred for the Vatican among the Right-Wing Media too, though with the emergence of Donald Trump, it has become more overt. Pundits, commentators, and radio shock-jocks refer to Pope Francis as "Lenin's Pope" and accuse him of being a radical Leftist. This was exacerbated by the Pope recently speaking out against both the Border Wall and War Profiteering which outraged the Neocons on the Alt-Right; although none of them have bothered to explain why allowing more Christians into America and suppressing the international weapons, slavery, and narcotics smuggling trade are bad things.
So the Pope spoke out today against the moral degeneracy of Western governments, who are proliferating the poison of sexual anarchism worldwide.
"It is terrible that today in schools they are teaching this to children---to children! This doctrine that everyone can choose their own gender...We must think about what Pope Benedict said on the subject: this is the epoch of sin against the Creator. He is intelligent! God created man and woman and we are doing the opposite...it is the epoch of sin against God the Creator."
That does not sound especially like the sentiments of some Left-Wing radical. So how about what Donald Trump, the Alt-Right's champion of the American Way, has to say on these subjects?
On the Supreme Court's decision to redefine marriage, Trump stated "The decision has been made and it's the law of the land." On mandatory unisex bathrooms: "Transgenders should be allowed to use any bathroom with which they feel comfortable." Trump has also donated considerable money to homosexual activist causes.
Maybe those on the Alt-Right should pay a little closer attention to what the Pope has to say than their own leaders on these issues.
Critics are also outraged that the Pope hasn't issued a blanket condemnation of Islam, like the Neocons all do. Maybe that has something to with the number of Christian lives that Moslem soldiers have saved in places like Syria? Or maybe last weekend, when European Moslems attended Catholic Masses to show solidarity with Christians after the murder of a priest? The Alt-Right Corporate Media doesn't mention these things: they don't fit their politically correct narrative.
Of course, when we examine the Right's two major media corporations: Clear Channel and News Corp, and see the incestuous ties both have to the security and defense industries, we understand why they support things like border walls and war profiteering. But supporting traditionally Conservative values, not so much.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
THE RED PILLS AND SEXUAL POLITICS
One of last week's posts about the Manosphere Game Cult generated some discussion in the comments. One of the partisans of the Red Pill Philosophy mentioned two concepts which merit some further discussion. He speaks of Sexual Market Value and Marriage Market Value. These two concepts are central to Game Cult thinking.
Simply put, both of these notions are premised on the idea that interpersonal relationships function like economic relationships; hence even things like sexual attraction and marriage can presumably be understood by marketing dynamics and methods.
Some of the Game Cultists have sneered over our comparisons to their theories and Marxism. But in reality, who besides Red Pills and Communists interpret the complexities of human life by simplistic economic formulas?
"Communism does not consist of any independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws and the systematic application of them towards concrete objectives."---- Friedrich Engels
Marx and Engels clearly knew Game. Many Gamers claim that their ideas are found in the Bible, but in reality the Communist writers were far better Gamers than the Apostles.
Now no one denies that normal human beings find certain physical qualities in the opposite sex attractive for sexual and marriages. But the factors behind these attractions are subjective individually and not reducible to formulas or rubrics. What human beings find attractive in the opposite sex are based upon internal idealizations of the opposite sex learned in childhood. There is obviously no way that this can be categorized into universal precepts. In the long-term sense of committed marriage, what human beings search for are strong complimentary qualities in another person. That is, they seek supportive qualities in others which they lack. This too is entirely subjective and based solely upon an individual's self-perception. Again, these tendencies cannot follow a standard rule.
The Game Cultists, like the Communists, are so completely intellectually bound to the grossest and most vulgar Materialism that it is literally impossible for them to comprehend anything---or other people---except in terms of physical value and utility. In the Gamers' case, they hold that women have no value outside of their capacity to have sexual relations and bear children or otherwise serve the Alpha Male. This is really only a sexual variation of the Communist belief that those not serving the Party are social parasites, and of no value to anyone.
The Sexual Market Value does not exist---anymore than Female Hypergamy, Masculine Archetypes or any of the other innovations that the Game leadership concocts. The only social realms where sex has any actual 'marketability' is prostitution and pornography: neither of which are especially useful sources upon which to draw conclusions about relationships and marriage.
This why boys are (or used to be) taught that their ability to keep and make happy ONE woman was a great masculine achievement. That was because simply that finding one who compliments you is the truly valuable thing.
Simply put, both of these notions are premised on the idea that interpersonal relationships function like economic relationships; hence even things like sexual attraction and marriage can presumably be understood by marketing dynamics and methods.
Some of the Game Cultists have sneered over our comparisons to their theories and Marxism. But in reality, who besides Red Pills and Communists interpret the complexities of human life by simplistic economic formulas?
"Communism does not consist of any independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws and the systematic application of them towards concrete objectives."---- Friedrich Engels
Marx and Engels clearly knew Game. Many Gamers claim that their ideas are found in the Bible, but in reality the Communist writers were far better Gamers than the Apostles.
Now no one denies that normal human beings find certain physical qualities in the opposite sex attractive for sexual and marriages. But the factors behind these attractions are subjective individually and not reducible to formulas or rubrics. What human beings find attractive in the opposite sex are based upon internal idealizations of the opposite sex learned in childhood. There is obviously no way that this can be categorized into universal precepts. In the long-term sense of committed marriage, what human beings search for are strong complimentary qualities in another person. That is, they seek supportive qualities in others which they lack. This too is entirely subjective and based solely upon an individual's self-perception. Again, these tendencies cannot follow a standard rule.
The Game Cultists, like the Communists, are so completely intellectually bound to the grossest and most vulgar Materialism that it is literally impossible for them to comprehend anything---or other people---except in terms of physical value and utility. In the Gamers' case, they hold that women have no value outside of their capacity to have sexual relations and bear children or otherwise serve the Alpha Male. This is really only a sexual variation of the Communist belief that those not serving the Party are social parasites, and of no value to anyone.
The Sexual Market Value does not exist---anymore than Female Hypergamy, Masculine Archetypes or any of the other innovations that the Game leadership concocts. The only social realms where sex has any actual 'marketability' is prostitution and pornography: neither of which are especially useful sources upon which to draw conclusions about relationships and marriage.
This why boys are (or used to be) taught that their ability to keep and make happy ONE woman was a great masculine achievement. That was because simply that finding one who compliments you is the truly valuable thing.
SEATTLE NULLIFIES PARENTAL RIGHTS
The politically-correct Seattle City Council made that once-great city the third in the Prozac Nation to ban so-called Conversion Therapy. There is a pending bill the Washington State Legislature to ban the 'procedure' statewide, as Oregon and California have already done. In New Jersey, the Conservative Republican governor Christie also signed such a law into effect.
Conversion Therapy is a term that the Gay Mafia invented to disparage religious counseling for homosexuals. What these types of laws essentially amount to is this: parents or legal guardians of children and legal minors who are exposed to homosexual recruitment during most of their waking hours are legally forbidden to employ religious instruction to lead them to normal sexuality. In short, the State no longer considers that parents have any right to the sexual education of their own children.
In the past, when psychology was still a legitimate science, homosexuals were routinely cured even through very secular psychotherapy. It was formerly the case in America that, when someone had a personal problem that impeded normal social interaction, they would try to solve the problem. But in our Postmodernist Age, the social paradigm has changed. Today, if a person has such a problem, then society at large is obliged to conform to that person's (or interest group's) deviant behavior.
The fact that laws like these are obvious infringements on religious liberty and parental rights; and are clearly designed to facilitate homosexual recruiting among the youth is likely of little or no concern to modern Americans. Americans long ago abdicated things like parental responsibility. We are talking here about a society where abortion, divorce, and homosexuality are considered socially desirable things. According to recent census figures only 1/4 US children under 12 are living with both of their biological parents.
So is it a desirable thing---as the cultural Marxists believe---that the State usurps the position of parents? Or more accurately, in America's case, that parents cede their responsibilities to the State? That would obviously depend on what the goals of the State are. Now Postmodern parents want the State to assume more responsibility to free them for more important things like doing drugs, 'exploring their sexuality' and chasing the Almighty Dollar. But if children, during their formative years, have no immediate parental role models to bond with---with whom do they identify? Well, currently they bond with disgusting celebrities. But if the State assumes parental roles, where are growing children most likely to find their purpose in life? Obviously: they will find it in service to the State.
We are not talking here about service to the State in terms of government as a career path, what we are describing is the universal submission to an ideology, whereby one's ego-identity is tied to the success and goals of the ruling elite, regardless of their occupation. If anyone doubts that is precisely where the tendencies of our youth are going just observe the violent Sanders and Trump crowds, the Black-Lives-Matter gangs and the so-called Anarchists and see how much individuality and independent thinking are valued by any of them (i.e. not at all). And we see from laws like the Seattle Ban, that such things are not tolerated by the ruling elite either.
It is long past time that the American people really started taking our collective responsibility to future generations seriously. But given our culture's degree of narcissism, the possibility that they will seems increasingly remote.
Conversion Therapy is a term that the Gay Mafia invented to disparage religious counseling for homosexuals. What these types of laws essentially amount to is this: parents or legal guardians of children and legal minors who are exposed to homosexual recruitment during most of their waking hours are legally forbidden to employ religious instruction to lead them to normal sexuality. In short, the State no longer considers that parents have any right to the sexual education of their own children.
In the past, when psychology was still a legitimate science, homosexuals were routinely cured even through very secular psychotherapy. It was formerly the case in America that, when someone had a personal problem that impeded normal social interaction, they would try to solve the problem. But in our Postmodernist Age, the social paradigm has changed. Today, if a person has such a problem, then society at large is obliged to conform to that person's (or interest group's) deviant behavior.
The fact that laws like these are obvious infringements on religious liberty and parental rights; and are clearly designed to facilitate homosexual recruiting among the youth is likely of little or no concern to modern Americans. Americans long ago abdicated things like parental responsibility. We are talking here about a society where abortion, divorce, and homosexuality are considered socially desirable things. According to recent census figures only 1/4 US children under 12 are living with both of their biological parents.
So is it a desirable thing---as the cultural Marxists believe---that the State usurps the position of parents? Or more accurately, in America's case, that parents cede their responsibilities to the State? That would obviously depend on what the goals of the State are. Now Postmodern parents want the State to assume more responsibility to free them for more important things like doing drugs, 'exploring their sexuality' and chasing the Almighty Dollar. But if children, during their formative years, have no immediate parental role models to bond with---with whom do they identify? Well, currently they bond with disgusting celebrities. But if the State assumes parental roles, where are growing children most likely to find their purpose in life? Obviously: they will find it in service to the State.
We are not talking here about service to the State in terms of government as a career path, what we are describing is the universal submission to an ideology, whereby one's ego-identity is tied to the success and goals of the ruling elite, regardless of their occupation. If anyone doubts that is precisely where the tendencies of our youth are going just observe the violent Sanders and Trump crowds, the Black-Lives-Matter gangs and the so-called Anarchists and see how much individuality and independent thinking are valued by any of them (i.e. not at all). And we see from laws like the Seattle Ban, that such things are not tolerated by the ruling elite either.
It is long past time that the American people really started taking our collective responsibility to future generations seriously. But given our culture's degree of narcissism, the possibility that they will seems increasingly remote.
CHINA'S NEW APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
An interesting article appeared in the official state-run Chinese news outlet The Global Times today concerning religious freedom in China. There are currently millions of Christians in China, and the faith is growing despite non-recognition from the government. President Xi Jinping addressed the issue at last Spring's annual Party Congress.
Xi stated that "Religious affairs carry a special importance to the work of our party. I call upon the Party authorities to improve religious work in line with law."
Xi's proclamation is a radical departure from the tenuous relationship between Christianity and the Chinese Government. When the Communists assumed control over China in 1949, Christianity was driven underground; churches were closed and Believers worshipped in 'House Churches' or informal assemblies. The Maoist Era laws are still in effect. Although not enforced on a national level, some local jurisdictions still take a hardline approach.
Liu Ping, Director of the Beijing Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences, issued a report in response to Xi's appeal. His conclusion was that China must officially abandon its suspicion of Christian assemblies and grant them full legal status.
"The religious management model that China has been using for decades is the 'state-control model' which follows the example of the Soviet Union. But this obsolete mindset cannot meet the diverse spiritual needs of a modern society." Liu stated. "Many Chinese officials still don't have a clear understanding of religion; and many of the old concepts lead them to fear and distrust religious beliefs as a source of trouble. And the way they manage religions can't meet the demands of the pace of social development."
Liu's proposal is that the underground churches be offered an opportunity to register as legal religious entities; with exemptions from the background checks and internal investigations currently required.
"The actual situation is that if these House Churches are able to obtain legal status, they would particularly cherish such recognition; and would become a model of propriety and thus resist any propensity to employ Christianity as a cover for clandestine political activities." Liu concluded. "Once they obtain official recognition, religious bodies could contribute to social and charitable services and become a positive force for social stability."
The Chinese Congress is currently debating Liu's proposal, and the prediction is that they authorize pilot programs in selected cities.
As China is striving to integrate Christianity into its social mainstream, we in the Prozac Nation hear different positions from our own political leadership. The Republican Party, whose candidate sees nothing wrong with the Media Cartels publishing nude photos of his wife, has adopted a win-at-all-costs philosophy. Their leadership tells us that is time to abandon all this ideological conservativism and forget about their adherence to upholding traditional values.
And then the Democratic Party adopted into their platform positions what they rather ominously call a progressive notion of religious freedom. Which stripped of the characteristic Leftist platitudes simply means that the Democrats intend to uphold religious freedom wherever it does not conflict with their Cultural Marxist ideology. As Hilary Clinton stated in a pro-abortion speech last year, "Deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and cultural biases have to be changed".
So America---the first country to legalize freedom of worship and the right of conscience may soon find itself behind Communist China in its tolerance of traditional Christianity. Either way, the future of the Christian Faith is beginning to look rather dim in North America, while the Sun of Righteousness appears to be rising fast in the East.
Xi stated that "Religious affairs carry a special importance to the work of our party. I call upon the Party authorities to improve religious work in line with law."
Xi's proclamation is a radical departure from the tenuous relationship between Christianity and the Chinese Government. When the Communists assumed control over China in 1949, Christianity was driven underground; churches were closed and Believers worshipped in 'House Churches' or informal assemblies. The Maoist Era laws are still in effect. Although not enforced on a national level, some local jurisdictions still take a hardline approach.
Liu Ping, Director of the Beijing Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences, issued a report in response to Xi's appeal. His conclusion was that China must officially abandon its suspicion of Christian assemblies and grant them full legal status.
"The religious management model that China has been using for decades is the 'state-control model' which follows the example of the Soviet Union. But this obsolete mindset cannot meet the diverse spiritual needs of a modern society." Liu stated. "Many Chinese officials still don't have a clear understanding of religion; and many of the old concepts lead them to fear and distrust religious beliefs as a source of trouble. And the way they manage religions can't meet the demands of the pace of social development."
Liu's proposal is that the underground churches be offered an opportunity to register as legal religious entities; with exemptions from the background checks and internal investigations currently required.
"The actual situation is that if these House Churches are able to obtain legal status, they would particularly cherish such recognition; and would become a model of propriety and thus resist any propensity to employ Christianity as a cover for clandestine political activities." Liu concluded. "Once they obtain official recognition, religious bodies could contribute to social and charitable services and become a positive force for social stability."
The Chinese Congress is currently debating Liu's proposal, and the prediction is that they authorize pilot programs in selected cities.
As China is striving to integrate Christianity into its social mainstream, we in the Prozac Nation hear different positions from our own political leadership. The Republican Party, whose candidate sees nothing wrong with the Media Cartels publishing nude photos of his wife, has adopted a win-at-all-costs philosophy. Their leadership tells us that is time to abandon all this ideological conservativism and forget about their adherence to upholding traditional values.
And then the Democratic Party adopted into their platform positions what they rather ominously call a progressive notion of religious freedom. Which stripped of the characteristic Leftist platitudes simply means that the Democrats intend to uphold religious freedom wherever it does not conflict with their Cultural Marxist ideology. As Hilary Clinton stated in a pro-abortion speech last year, "Deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and cultural biases have to be changed".
So America---the first country to legalize freedom of worship and the right of conscience may soon find itself behind Communist China in its tolerance of traditional Christianity. Either way, the future of the Christian Faith is beginning to look rather dim in North America, while the Sun of Righteousness appears to be rising fast in the East.
Monday, August 1, 2016
THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM
Throughout the 2010 decade, the International Jewish Conspiracy has experienced a revival among Postmodern Ameroboob fringe-groups. The International Jewish Conspiracy holds that the Jews---though comprising 1/5 of 1% of the world's population---control governments and economies on a global scale with the ultimate intention of enslaving the Gentiles.
This theory crops up, like a noxious weed, at various intervals throughout Western History. The most drastic expression of it, of course, happened during the Second World War when the Nazi Regime carried out a Mediaeval-style pogrom with advanced technology. We've seen less dramatic outbreaks of Anti-Semitism here in the US as well. The 1840's Nativist Movement, the US Civil War, and the post-WW1 era saw it at its heights. As a rule, American Anti-Semitism never gained much legal traction here outside a few excesses during the Civil War.
It's a singular fact that the theory of an International Jewish Conspiracy always arises in regions during periods of economic or political turmoil. It never seems to occur to the partisans of this theory that, if the Jews really did run everything, then they must also have been in control during times of peace and plenty. Yet we never hear of praise being heaped upon International Jewry during prosperous times. It's also noteworthy that countries like China, Korea and Japan---places where there are few or no Jews---manage to experience national emergencies without any Jewish input.
Parts of the Manosphere and the so-called Alt-Right are the hotbeds of contemporary Anti-Semitism. The general trend of their arguments are that the Jews are fomenting Radical Feminism and Cultural Marxism to destroy the White Male. While it is true that Feminists and Marxists do in fact hate white men, the forces behind these movements have really nothing to do with Judaism. The Western Progressive/Left hate Jews about as deeply as they hate Christians.
It is rather disingenuous to argue, as many Anti-Semites do, that the Cultural Marxists have a large percentage of ethnic Jews among their numbers. Most of the American Left had ancestors who were Christians. None of these people are taking orders from the Israeli Government; in fact most of them oppose Israeli policies.
Let us look at this objectively: contrary to what most Ameroboobs seem to imagine, Israel is not a world superpower. It is a powerful country in the Near East, but probably less so than even Turkey or Iran. Israel is a country roughly the size of New Jersey. It hasn't the population or the resources to dominate anybody---the Israelis can barely control the Palestinians let alone control the world. And admittedly, like most other world governments, Israel engages in international intrigues and plays geopolitical strategies. Some conspiratorial types say that our government gives Israel a free pass over some its objectionable behavior; but in perspective, that's nothing compared to the behavior our government routinely overlooks from countries like Saudi Arabia or Imperial Japan.
What's really motivating the Anti-Semitism on the Alt-Right is that Judaism recognizes a Higher Power than the ideologies flowing out of the Far Right. Authoritarian forces simply don't tolerate competing authorities.
Blaming the Jews for America's current problems is ultimately just another way of shifting responsibility for our own generation's failures. The Eternal Jew is what he's always been throughout history: the eternal scapegoat.
This theory crops up, like a noxious weed, at various intervals throughout Western History. The most drastic expression of it, of course, happened during the Second World War when the Nazi Regime carried out a Mediaeval-style pogrom with advanced technology. We've seen less dramatic outbreaks of Anti-Semitism here in the US as well. The 1840's Nativist Movement, the US Civil War, and the post-WW1 era saw it at its heights. As a rule, American Anti-Semitism never gained much legal traction here outside a few excesses during the Civil War.
It's a singular fact that the theory of an International Jewish Conspiracy always arises in regions during periods of economic or political turmoil. It never seems to occur to the partisans of this theory that, if the Jews really did run everything, then they must also have been in control during times of peace and plenty. Yet we never hear of praise being heaped upon International Jewry during prosperous times. It's also noteworthy that countries like China, Korea and Japan---places where there are few or no Jews---manage to experience national emergencies without any Jewish input.
Parts of the Manosphere and the so-called Alt-Right are the hotbeds of contemporary Anti-Semitism. The general trend of their arguments are that the Jews are fomenting Radical Feminism and Cultural Marxism to destroy the White Male. While it is true that Feminists and Marxists do in fact hate white men, the forces behind these movements have really nothing to do with Judaism. The Western Progressive/Left hate Jews about as deeply as they hate Christians.
It is rather disingenuous to argue, as many Anti-Semites do, that the Cultural Marxists have a large percentage of ethnic Jews among their numbers. Most of the American Left had ancestors who were Christians. None of these people are taking orders from the Israeli Government; in fact most of them oppose Israeli policies.
Let us look at this objectively: contrary to what most Ameroboobs seem to imagine, Israel is not a world superpower. It is a powerful country in the Near East, but probably less so than even Turkey or Iran. Israel is a country roughly the size of New Jersey. It hasn't the population or the resources to dominate anybody---the Israelis can barely control the Palestinians let alone control the world. And admittedly, like most other world governments, Israel engages in international intrigues and plays geopolitical strategies. Some conspiratorial types say that our government gives Israel a free pass over some its objectionable behavior; but in perspective, that's nothing compared to the behavior our government routinely overlooks from countries like Saudi Arabia or Imperial Japan.
What's really motivating the Anti-Semitism on the Alt-Right is that Judaism recognizes a Higher Power than the ideologies flowing out of the Far Right. Authoritarian forces simply don't tolerate competing authorities.
Blaming the Jews for America's current problems is ultimately just another way of shifting responsibility for our own generation's failures. The Eternal Jew is what he's always been throughout history: the eternal scapegoat.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)