American
Communist Party Goals included the destruction of the churches in the US. These
churches allowed themselves to be infiltrated by Marxists who are imposing
their agenda.
The
Left Hopes to Destroy Christianity by Changing It, by Bill Thomas, 9/15/19,
American Thinker.
The Left's assault of the Christian faith is three-pronged. First,
leftists seek to redefine what it means to be a Christian. Next,
they seek to silence Christian voices in the arena of public
discussion. Third, they want to elevate the ideas of non-Christians
to change traditional thinking. Hard to believe, but let's look.
The
United States "is a Christian nation." These words seem shocking
today, but they were part of the 1892 Supreme Court decision in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United
States. They were penned by
Justice David J. Brewer as he wrote for the majority.
President
Harry Truman once said, "We must never forget that this
country was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they
pleased. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, all came here for this
great purpose. They did not come here to do as they pleased — but to
worship God as they pleased, and that is an important distinction."
Historically,
worshiping God has not been a partisan issue in the United
States. It was generally taught across this land that our nation was
founded by those who sought freedom to worship as they chose and who built what
we now call a Judeo-Christian heritage.
Mark
David Hall of the Heritage Foundation wrote in 2011, "My contention is merely that orthodox
Christianity had a very significant influence on America's Founders and that
this influence is often overlooked by students of the American Founding."
Now,
though, a simple search of the phrase "Judeo-Christian" will elicit
multiple articles declaring that the phrase is meaningless and
outdated. As frustrating as that is, what's more appalling is the
Left's desire to erode our country's Judeo-Christian foundation and to minimize
the influence of the Christian faith.
The
Left wants to change the way culture sees Christianity. We see it on
several fronts. The Left wants to divide the church about what is
right and wrong. The United Methodists are ready to split on the issue of same-sex
"marriage." There's a push among a small but loud faction
of liberal voices that declare themselves "exvangelicals," who resist the church's stance of LGBT issues and abortion but
want to retain and redefine what it means to be a Christian in 2019.
In
redefining Christianity, they want to shift the emphasis from a changed life to
doing what they define as societal good. Presidential candidate
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) of South Bend, Ind. is attempting to put a new spin on
the "old time religion." Kirsten Powers writes, "Does the country need an awakening of the Christian
left? Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg thinks so." In
Buttigieg's understanding of the Christian faith, since Jesus never
specifically mentioned abortion, we shouldn't spend so much time on
it. In his view, most of Scripture points to "defending the
poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the prisoner, and the outcast,
and those who are left behind by the way society
works." Buttigieg, as a gay man, is a staunch supporter of LGBT
rights and thinks the church's view on them should change. For Mayor Pete and those
who think as he does, Christianity is about not transformed lives, but rather a
social gospel and agenda.
As
the left redefines what Christianity is, it also wants to shame and silence
those who are Christians. Curtis Wong, in a Huffington Post
column, wrote, "New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees faced a
barrage of criticism this week after appearing in a video promoting an event
organized by an evangelical Christian group known for its anti-LGBTQ
stance." Wong continued, "Brees partnered with Focus on
the Family to promote 'Bring Your Bible to School Day,' now in its sixth year
and slated for Oct. 3. The athlete encouraged students to 'share
God's love with friends' in a 22-second video."
The
"barrage of criticism" Wong mentions was more like a
hate-storm. Newspaper columns, tweets, and blog posts blasted the
Saints quarterback for speaking out for a Focus on the Family event that
encouraged students to bring their Bibles to school. That was
it. There was no hidden agenda, nothing about any other social
issue. Just bring your Bible to school. The Left, though,
has no tolerance for Focus on the Family, whom leftists describe, as Wong did,
as "anti-LGBTQ." So anything Focus on the Family does is
inherently evil, and those who work with or for it must be shamed and silenced.
When
Focus on the Family's president, Jim Daly, defended Brees, he rightly spoke of
how the Left views any disagreement as hate.
Patheos,
an atheist website, responded, "Daly treats his critics as
people unable to handle a different opinion. That's a complete
lie. That's a Christian lie. A difference of opinions
might accurately describe which baseball team will win the World Series or
whether a movie is really as good as people say. Whether or not
LGBTQ people deserve civil rights is not about a difference of
opinions. Rejecting their humanity isn't showing
respect." It's hard to see how opposing the attempted
redefinition of marriage is denying anyone's humanity, but that's not the
issue. It's about shaming and silencing those who think differently.
As
they seek to redefine the Christian faith and silence those who hold to a
traditional or historic view, they seek to minimize Christianity's voice in the
public arena.
On
August 24, 2019, the Democratic National Committee passed a resolution that celebrates the role of
non-Christians in the Democratic Party while attacking those who adhere to what
the Bible teaches.
The
Democrats and those on the Left believe that the number of those who classify
themselves as having no faith is growing, and they seem to like
it. They also acknowledge that this is a group that overwhelmingly
agrees with the Democrats' beliefs on same-sex "marriage" and open
borders. The Democrats seem proud that their plan for America cannot
be connected with traditional Christianity.
The
resolution also asserts, without supporting evidence, that the
non-Christians have been subject to bias and exclusion in American
society, especially in policymaking. The intent of this part is not
to address acts of bias against people. There aren't
any. It's an attempt to unwind the Judeo-Christian heritage upon
which this nation was built. The Democrats of 2019 believe that America
has had too much God, Christianity, and faith in her history. The
Democrats want to unravel that by emphasizing worldviews that do not put God at
the center.
Remaking
Christianity seems to be part of the Left's plan to remake
America. Kind of sheds a new light on 2020.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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