When I first started writing.....

When I first started writing in 2013 it was largely due to my experience in social work education and the clear connection between the Obama presidency and what I was being taught. For example, the constant push for universal health care in class, the idea of white privilege and a general dislike of America among my classmates. I noticed very early in this program that many of these people had no idea what they were so angry about or why they hated America beyond what they were being indoctrinated with. All they could do was recite mainstream talking points and passages from the textbooks.

Back then it was easy to become a conservative writer. Taking my school experience and devoting some time to studying the fundamentals of Marxism and Obama’s dispositions to it, was pretty much all it took. Through the Obama years it was easy to get caught up in this idea that the Democrats were the evil ones and Republicans were the good guys. Most of my writing at that time was devoted to exposing the Marxist connections behind everything Obama said or did. Many people likely saw my articles as being conspiratorial in nature; however, much of what I wrote was based in truth. If people took the time to research the material I provided, concerning the Hegelian Dialectic, Alinsky, psychological warfare and other topics pertinent to the socialist takeover of our country, they would have likely come to the same conclusion.

As time went by, and Trump won the 2016 election, I remember vividly suggesting that we would have to switch gears and start focusing our efforts on holding Republicans accountable because they now held all three branches of government. Isn’t that what journalists are supposed to do? Hold government accountable? Americans are incensed at outlets like CNN and MSNBC for their blatant bias towards the Democrat Party and their failure to do just that, hold them accountable. I have always believed that it was up to the general public to defend and uphold the principles of liberty and I felt this is what I was doing through my writing.

When Trump won the presidency, I started pointing out some strange anomalies that made me question his genuineness. First and foremost, the Clintons were at Trumps wedding. Second, Bill Clinton, in a private phone call, encouraged his good friend Trump to run for president in 2015. It has always baffled me how the conservative right doesn’t see this as problematic. Either they really don’t believe the things they claim about the Clintons or Alinsky was right. People will accept anything if they become desperate enough. Furthermore, after making promises to arrest Hillary Clinton during his campaign, which is surely one of the reasons he won, he went back on his word by describing Bill and Hillary as good people!

Throughout the Trump presidency we have seen him appoint people that can best be described as swamp dwellers while proclaiming to drain the swamp. He has voiced support, on national television for all to see no less, for stripping people of their constitutional rights before being afforded due process. He has instituted a bump stock ban in a way which allowed the ATF to classify a piece of plastic as a machine gun and now, he may go after silencers! Something already on the NFA list.

We still have Obamacare.

Trump has signed spending deals, increasing our debt ceiling and providing continued funding to planned parenthood with Pelosi and Schumer when the Republicans still controlled all three branches! He then stands in from of the whole country and promises to never do it again. Trump, after promising to reduce the national debt has increased it one trillion dollars in his first fourteen months as president. We are now at twenty-two trillion in national debt!

When it comes to illegal immigration, another issue which surely won him the presidency, Trump is deporting less immigrants that Obama did and they continue to cross the border at unprecedented rates. Why was the issue of a border wall, one of Trumps biggest promises, not brought up while the Republicans controlled all three branches of government? Why was it not brought up until the Democrats took control of the house? I know why, but it is an answer no one else wants to consider. We are being DECIEVED!

So now the issue is the census question. Trump promised to put the question of citizenship back on the census then reversed this decision because it would not be viewed favorably by the judicial system. Who cares? Trump is now claiming that he has a new way to identify and track illegal immigrants using various data collecting techniques among several federal agencies. Forgive me if I seem less than enthused. Immigration is controlled by the federal government and Trump has it within his power to close the border, build a wall and stop illegal immigration all together.

I understand that the choices in the 2016 presidential election were Trump or Clinton. I voted for Trump too. I never imagined however, that writing articles pointing out these facts or suggesting that maybe Trump isn’t the conservative we thought he was would be such an issue. Afterall, we must hold our politicians accountable, right? Instead I have been lambasted, shunned, called a never Trumper, mocked for my ideas and even called a liberal. I have watched as people professing to be die hard patriots with their “don’t tread on me” apparel and “it can never happen here” attitude claim he is playing a four-dimensional chess game with our second amendment rights. Ridiculous, to say the least.

My contention is the same now as it has been. We must put principle over party and hold the president accountable, even if he is our guy. We must admit that not everything the man has done has been what he has promised. If we don’t, we will continue to lose our country. That is my contention.

Confusing America through the over-abundace of information

American politics is reaching a boiling point. Mass amounts of disinformation are continually being presented to the American public and most of us have no way of knowing the truth. Truth has come to be defined by our politics instead of objective reasoning. The right, for example, has viewed Fox News as their fair and balanced source of information. It is certainly safe to say that Fox is creeping ever so slightly to the left while they parrot talking points which keep their base trapped in their ideological box. In short, Americans view the truth as either being this or that, left or right, Republican or Democrat.

Consider the simple fact that Donald Trump has reversed his decision to put the citizenship question back onto the census. Instead, he claims he will be using his federal agencies in new ways to track and identify illegal aliens. While the mainstream “right-wing media” presents this as positive step in the right direction it does little to change the fact that keeping the question off the census nullifies your vote. If illegal aliens can avoid this question they will be counted, and their numbers will be used for apportionment in the House of Representatives. This is something that Trump can stop legally but is choosing not to, for whatever reason. Furthermore, the citizenship question shouldn’t even be a debate. It stands to reason that on a U.S. Census, a form designed to decide the number of representatives each state should get, only U.S. citizens should be counted.

Now we are getting to the main point. The powers that be have taken something as simple as a census citizenship question and weaponized it to the point where we are fighting about it. People on the right will continue to make excuses for Trump even though absolutely nothing is being accomplished in the way of reducing the number of illegal aliens coming into our nation. Even if it were to come to a dead halt today, there are enough non-citizens already here that our country will be forever changed.

Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB agent with extensive knowledge on psychological warfare, warned Americans years ago of a process called ideological subversion. This is a four-stage process of demoralizing the nation, creating destabilization and crisis and finally, normalizing the final solution. Which is of course, communism. In many ways we are at the crisis stage just waiting for it to all come crashing down.

One of the steps in demoralizing a population is, as Bezmenov describes it, changing the perception of reality so that no one understands what is going on. Despite the overabundance of information, no one can come to any sensible conclusions on how to best defend their principles. Wouldn’t it be safe to assume that we are at that point in America when a citizenship question is controversial? Consider for a moment what we are exposed to daily. Forget about the left, we know what they are. All day long from supposed right-wing media, which is supposed to promote freedom of thought, speech and expression, anyone who criticizes Trump in the slightest is a so-called “never Trumper.” Why? This goes back to identifying the truth. Should we not be concerned about illegal aliens avoiding citizenship questions on the census and Trump doing nothing to change that? It doesn’t matter what he does outside of that, or whether his intentions are noble or subversive. The truth is the truth. If illegal aliens are avoiding the citizenship issue on the census, we will lose our vote.

America is turning into a nation of party worship. Principles are cast aside in the hopes that the lesser of two evils which we swallowed our pride and voted for, will fix things. The information being thrown at us is part of a carefully contrived narrative designed to, as Bezmenov says, keep us from coming together. As conservatives we have to consider the possibility that it is us standing in the way of the fundamental transformation so desired by the left. Derogatory terms like never Trumper are just that, derogatory terms designed to discredit anyone that sees through the daily dose of propaganda just as the term racist is. We absolutely must stop paying attention to the made-up narrative and the notion that not supporting this president equates to not being a conservative. Defending principled truth must come first, even it means admitting Trump isn’t making America great again. This is detrimental if America will truly be a place where “it can never happen here.”  

The Abortion Poem....David Risselada

This poem will be included in my up coming book: Poems, Short Stories and Politics. Each poem will be followed by a short story from my past or a social issue connected to the poem and pertinent to humanity. I am in the very beginning stages of this project and will be working on it while pursuing my master's degree, as time allows.

Of what value am I, sitting idly by; the most precious amongst us,

they so savagely let die?

Of what value are we, sweet land of liberty; throwing away the most cherished,

of our responsibilities?

The preserving of life, our most cherished of rights; gone to the wayside,

vanished without a fight.

We cannot take a stand, cannot express what we believe. They hear not truth, for the lost they do

not grieve.

It is our right they scream! Our right to choose;

thinking absolutely nothing, of the precious life we lose.

Our bodies our choice they so proudly decree;

not seeing the pain, they pour on humanity.

There will be no right to life, not for you and me;

If we fail to fight for those that we have yet to see.

If a newborn baby they can stand and watch die; what is it you suppose,

they think of you and I?

Psychology or Religion? The rising tide of Atheism in America

The following was submitted as a school assignment.

The United States was originally founded by a religious people seeking to flee tyranny and religious persecution. Throughout most of her 243 years, America was recognized as a Christian country where people practiced many of the religion’s different denominations. While Christians still make up seventy percent (Pew Research Center) of the population there is a disturbing trend where Americans are turning to atheism instead of God. Over the past twenty years the number of people in the United States claiming to be atheist has jumped from only eighteen percent to thirty-four percent. (McFarland) This will have consequences for liberty because the nation was founded on the idea that a religious and moral people can self-govern (John Adams Center) and that the natural liberties defined in the Bill of Rights are unalienable and granted to us by our creator. With more and more of the population growing into adulthood devoid of belief in a divine being, the definition of freedom and the value we place on human life is sure to change.

Writing for Psychology Today, Nigel Barber Ph.D. suggests that atheism is a phenomenon occurring mostly in large industrialized societies. Religion was often turned to as a means of getting people through hard and uncertain times. (Barber) Today’s modern society, however, provides many safety nets. In many ways, the state has replaced religion in the sense that people facing difficult circumstances often have their problems solved by turning to government welfare programs. (Barber) Modern medicine is also contributing to the rise in atheism as people are finding relief to their anxiety in psychiatric pills and psychoanalysis instead of spiritual healing. (Barber) In this sense psychology is replacing religion. This is a dangerous trend because psychology itself is based on the premise that man’s behavior can be controlled as some psychologists believe we are devoid of a will of our own. Psychologists have thoroughly studied human behavior for the purposes of establishing systems of control. (Carrette & King, 60)

A common theme among religious people is that God gave us free will. Galatians 13 clearly states God’s intentions for us for us to freely choose between good and evil. “You, my brothers and sister were called to be free. Do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” Psychologists such as B.F. Skinner refute the idea of free will by claiming that the manipulation of the environment can control human behavior. This is called operant conditioning. In the book “Beyond Freedom and Dignity” Skinner mocks the idea of man having the inner capacity to solve the problems we face as a society. Only through what he refers to as a “science of behavior” can human behavior be changed. (Skinner, 15) Skinners views are largely influenced by the theories of evolution as he viewed human behavior as not being in our own control, but the result of evolutionary processes.

"In what we may call the pre-scientific view (and the word is not necessarily pejorative) a person's behavior is at least to some extent his own achievement. He is free to deliberate, decide, and act, possibly in original ways, and he is to be given credit for his successes and blamed for his failures. In the scientific view (and the word is not necessarily honorific) a person’s behavior is determined by a genetic endowment traceable to the evolutionary history of the species and by the environmental circumstances to which as an individual he has been exposed. Neither view can be proved, but it is in the nature of scientific inquiry that the evidence should shift in favor of the second. (Skinner, 101)

In this quote Skinner is completely rejecting the idea of free will as an explanation for human behavior and instead, attributing it to environmental circumstances and the evolutionary history of our species. By suggesting that further study of human behavior be conducted from what he referred to as the scientific era of human understanding, he is advancing the idea that man is not responsible for his actions. This is the anti-thesis of traditional Christian thought and could have dire consequences for the future of humanity.

The education system, teaching the theory of evolution as the premise for human origins, could also be contributing largely to the growth of atheism in America. Highly educated nations tend to have higher rates of non-believers (Barber) than poor third world countries.

Darwin’s theory of evolution of course posits the idea that man is not of divine origins but evolved from apes and other primates; meaning we have no special significance and are no different than other animals. Darwin, having been raised a Christian later concluded that the Book of Genesis as an explanation for human beginnings was essentially false.  

By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported,—that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible do miracles become,—that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us,—that the Gospels cannot be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events,—that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eye-witnesses;—by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation. (Darwin, 86)

Darwin’s evolution theory also came to be the predominant worldview of atheistic communists, such as Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin who used the idea of man’s descension from animals as opposed to God as justification for mass suppression of human rights and dignity. (Bergman 89-95) The view that man is no different than any other animal led to the mass termination of millions under atheistic, communist regimes.

As American society grows increasingly secular and atheism gains in popularity, is it possible that we could face such a loss of value for human life that led to such atrocities? Is there a correlation between atheism and the problems we see in society today? With the study of human behavior focusing on the manipulation of the environment, the idea that man cannot control his behavior and the prevalence of Darwinism as the explanation for human origins, the answer seems to be a resounding yes. Psychology and Darwinism are examples of men’s false doctrines seeking to answer questions and solve problems beyond man’s limited understanding. The Bible clearly warns of these false teachings of men and the dangers of turning from God.

“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8

Bergman, J. The Darwinian foundations of communism. The Journal of Creation. 15 (1) 2001. 89-95 Retrieved from https://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j15_1/j15_1_89-95.pdf

Barber, N. Why atheism will replace religion. Psychology Today. May 18, 2010. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201005/why-atheism-will-replace-religion

Carrette, J & King, R. Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion. New York. Routledge, 2005 Retrieved from http://www.urbanlab.org/articles/religion/Carrette%20King%202005%20-%20Selling%20Spirituality.pdf

Darwin, C. The autobiography of Charles Darwin (with original omissions restored, edited with appendix and notes by his grand-daughter Nora Barlow) London, 1958. Retrieved from http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F1497&pageseq=1

John Adams Center. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. http://johnadamscenter.com/why-john-adams/

McFarland, A. Atheism on the rise? Growth of disbelief signals danger for America. CNSnews.com April 17, 2015. https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/alex-mcfarland/atheism-rise-growth-disbelief-signals-danger-america-0

Pew Research Center Religious land scape study. https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/

Social Work Education, The Alinsky Method and the Fomenting of Social Revolution

Seven years ago, I sat in a college classroom simply awestruck at what my professors were saying. It was being suggested in an ever so subtle manner that anyone who didn’t vote for Barack Obama did so out of an unconscious bias against black people. What they were pushing of course, was the theory of white privilege; a theory which suggests white people are inherently racist and the beneficiaries of a system which affords them privileges at the expense of all minorities. For decades now, our institutions of higher learning have been teaching students that America is an oppressive nation that favors only the rich white man and the problems which our society faces are due to our inherent greed and white supremacism. My professors used my opposition to this theory as an excuse to target me and suggest I wasn’t fit for the social work program, along with my disagreements on social justice. Social Work, being political in nature and dependent upon the redistribution of wealth almost requires that students and workers have a liberal ideology. I challenged these assertions fiercely and even suggested by teaching such falsehoods they were in fact, doing nothing more than sowing the seeds of discontentment and creating hatred towards America. They were deliberately discrediting our nation while focusing that dissatisfaction upon the white man. In short, they were training students to organize for a social revolution, the very social revolution we see taking place now.

The field of Social Work includes the profession of community organizing. Community organizers work to stir up the masses, spurring them into political action for the purpose of obtaining political power and affecting social change.^[1] In a sense, it could be argued that social work in the academic setting is a form of community organizing as the students are presented with nothing but social problems allegedly caused by the white man’s political system and in effect, being presented with socialism as a solution. According to the publication Social Work Helper, a social workers values should be shaped by socialism and social democracy.^[2] A social workers purpose is to de-construct systems of oppression by evaluating power structures and systems of inequalities which the left equates with America’s capitalist system. A community organizer’s purpose then is to organize people into pushing for socialism by creating anger and resentment towards the existing system. This is exactly what has been taking place and the consequences of the lies being pushed are starting to show themselves in the form of violence.

It is difficult for many people to understand these concepts. Most Americans are still Christian; which means that they operate on a system of principles which include a universal morality and the existence of truth. Truth to the left is subjective and only useful if it is something that pushes them towards their goal. Otherwise, there is no truth. In the book “The Naked Communist”^[3] Kleon Skousen describes the denial of an absolute truth as the third premise of communist/socialist beliefs. They believe, essentially, that lying is not wrong because there is no truth. If their lie furthers their goal of what they believe is a better world, it is morally right. This is also a premise of community organizing. Saul Alinsky, in Rules for Radicals,^[4] describes this by explaining means and ends morality.

In action, one does not always enjoy the luxury of a decision that is consistent both with one's individual conscience and the good of mankind. The choice must always be for the latter. Action is for mass salvation and not for the individual's personal salvation. He who sacrifices the mass good for his personal conscience has a peculiar conception of "personal salvation"; he doesn't care enough for people to be "corrupted" for them. (Alinsky, 26)

What Alinsky is arguing is that the end, a transformed society, is worth whatever means it takes to achieve it because their vision of socialism is morally superior to the current system in which we live. This is tantamount to the same philosophy explained by Skousen. Alinsky, being an atheist, believed there was no moral truth; therefore, it was morally justifiable to lie if it advanced the goal of a socialist society. Morally corrupted means, he argued, do not corrupt the ends because there is no universal morality.

To say that corrupt means corrupt the ends is to believe in the immaculate conceptions of ends and principles. The real arena is corrupt and bloody. Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. (Alinsky, 24)

Where does this leave us now? Our society, as a result of an education system that has been encouraging hatred of our country is teetering on the edge of disaster. It can be argued that the principles described above, and the belief that there is no truth, are responsible for the recent violence we have witnessed. A website called Haaretz^[5] has published an article claiming that the violent actions of Antifa are justified as self-defense against a racist system of white supremacism and bigotry. The author can publish such nonsense because these lies have been spread for so long, they have come to be accepted as truth. Antifa is the perfect example of people being stirred into action by being inundated with lies about inequalities and social injustices. They are the perfect example of what I warned my professors would eventually come if they kept pushing the lies and hatred they were.

Until Americans understand and accept that what we are seeing in our country is not a spontaneous effort to create a fairer system, but a deliberate attempt to break us down and institute socialism, nothing will change. We must refuse these notions of moral relativism and fight for a return to Biblical morality or else we will not survive as a nation. Alinsky argued that corrupted means would not corrupt the ends because he doesn’t believe in God, therefore there is no immutable truth. How could the results of lying be anything but corrupted? Socialism has proven time and time again to lead to nothing but despair and suffering. The left cannot admit the truth of socialism for fear of losing support. The whole premise of what they are pushing is a lie therefore, corrupted ends are inevitable.

Our government is riddled with crookedness and fraudulent politicians. Everyday we see our politics denigrated by those in power who espouse the belief that America is an unjust country. In fact, a recent poll suggested that Americans have less faith and pride in our political system than ever before.^[6] You have to wonder, based on the information presented in this article, are they doing this on purpose to discredit our system? Are they intentionally trying to create a sense of hopelessness among the general population so when the time comes, they will be willing to accept change? This is a difficult question to ponder; one that creates discomfort or is easily discarded as a crazy conspiracy theory. The evidence in my opinion, is overwhelming when you understand the connection between social work education and the Alinsky method. It is a question that the reader must answer for themselves.

There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution. (Alinsky)

I write so much about this because I experienced it firsthand. I watched, not in silence mind you, as my professors in a social work program constantly made false allegations against our country to discredit and demoralize our values. They were attempting to stir up discontentment among the students while planting in their minds the seeds for fomenting social revolution. The social revolution we see taking place today.

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[1] https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/national-sovereignty/community-organizing-explained-612-2/

[2] https://www.socialworkhelper.com/2017/02/06/building-political-agenda-social-work/

[3] https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-046/page/n37

[4] http://www.mynacc.org/Rules_for_Radicals.pdf

[5] https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-antifa-in-america-militant-anti-fascism-isn-t-terrorism-it-s-self-defense-1.7425726?fbclid=IwAR2I8-RCIpLayQEEdCKc3smbyoe_18VafdJBGNpYEg_mHDuuiJGo6Q8-k-k

[6] https://news.gallup.com/poll/259841/american-pride-hits-new-low-few-proud-political-system.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2MYI50yizTIV71zgrHDJulfraXk8pRVdjaIxncrRDVrcQRBJUctdIy8kE

Silence is Complicity-Suicide Rates Among Transgender and Homosexual Youth

As predicted with the legalization of homosexual marriage, the LGBT agenda is driving on full force and seemingly, nothing is off limits. The Democrat led House recently passed the radical and highly controversial, Equality Act of 2019: which among other things, seeks to criminalize any discrimination against homosexuals or individuals identifying as transgender. This includes denying transgender men the right to use the restroom of their choice or preventing them from competing in women’s sports. If passed, this law would outlaw conversion therapy, which has been successfully used to change peoples unwanted sexual attractions^[1] by classifying it as a form of discrimination. Civil rights law has traditionally protected marginalized groups who have suffered discrimination based on characteristics beyond their control, such as race or sex.^[2] This marks the first time that individuals identifying as an imaginary gender will be afforded federally protected status. Finally, the left claims that passing this bill is necessary because people in the LGBT community suffer higher rates of mental illness and suicide compared to the general population. Is this true? If so, why? Will this bill help those in the LGBT community, or will it ultimately cause them more harm?

According to a study conducted by BMC Psychiatry,^[3]people in the LGBT community are at greater risk of mental health issues and suicidal behavior due to anti-gay bigotry and social stigmas. While the rates of suicide and mental health issues may be higher, there is research that suggests that it isn’t due to bigotry at all but confusion from exposure to the alternative lifestyle all-together. According to The American Journal of Public Health,^[4] gender non-conformity, exposure to the homosexual lifestyle to early in development and early childhood sexual experiences are contributing factors to the high suicide rates among LGBT people. This study goes on to say that many children are being taught that they are born that way, which makes it increasingly difficult to change their behavior.

Prior studies of bisexual/ homosexual male adolescents have found that increased rates of suicide attempts were not universal, but were associated with particular risk factors, such as self-identification as homosexual at younger ages, substance abuse, female gender role, family dysfunction, interpersonal conflict regarding sexual orientation, and nondisclosure of sexual orientation to others. Perhaps the link between bisexuality/homosexuality and suicide is mediated by such characteristics as gender nonconformity, which may affect males more adversely than females. (Remafedi, French, Story, Resnick & Blum)

States across the country have been enforcing the teaching of homosexuality and transgenderism as part of their health education classes. This is being done under the guise of anti-bullying programs. States like California are prohibiting parents from opting their children out of such programs.^[5] California has also passed a resolution forcing Christian pastors to publicly embrace the homosexual/transgender agenda^[6] against their religious convictions. Former head of the National Association of Evangelicals and current pastor for Pacific University, Dr. Kevin Mannoia has testified in favor of the measure and is directing others to ignore their traditional views on Biblical sexuality while also insisting that they deny those in search of counseling services such as conversion therapy. He insists that because Christ calls us to love one another we must be accepting of those who live this lifestyle. Is Dr. Mannoia and those following his lead contributing to the higher suicide rates by going along with this agenda?

Writing for the Washington Times, Dr. Everett Piper.^[7] former president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University states that Christians have a moral duty to resist this agenda. Christ has indeed called on us to love one another; however, considering the higher rates of suicide and the evidence provided by The American Journal of Public Health, loving one another and being accepting would mean doing everything possible to bring people to Christ, not lead them down a path to ruin. Piper says that showing tolerance is not the same as showing love. “Christian obedience demands we love people enough to lead them to repentance and confession. Love is not synonymous with tolerance, and tolerance is not synonymous with love. Love cares deeply. Tolerance couldn’t care less.” (Piper, June 30, 2019)

This agenda is going to drive on. The next big horizon for the LGBT movement is the normalization of pedophilia and lowering the age of consent laws.^[8]Just as many Christians warned when homosexual marriage was legalized, the normalization of such behavior has led to a never-ending push for special rights and the protections of behaviors which are harmful to the human soul. If we as Christians sit back and let this destructive behavior become codified in law, we are contributing to the consequences as well. If the research by the AJPH is correct, silence on the issue will equate to complicity.   

If anyone causes one of these little ones, those who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. Matthew 18:6

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[1] https://virtueonline.org/gays-can-change-reparative-therapy-works

[2] https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF19D32.pdf

[3] https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-244X-8-70

[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508407/

[5] https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-01-08-california-just-mandated-lgbt-indoctrination-of-all-children-in-public-schools-parents-have-no-choice-to-opt-out.html

[6] https://www.charismanews.com/us/76982-california-lawmakers-pass-measure-forcing-pastors-to-embrace-lgbt-ideology?fbclid=IwAR3KgByO_6-Umkr6vYQn2IBwiAncNsVca0VdR1pP3hbqiR4P5WBKZMAFS-U

[7]https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/30/why-believers-of-the-faith-must-confront-sin-not-y/?fbclid=IwAR3EvB9DsW3M0s177trZMSF5XCPXcjowQHOunihiJIWaxIHR6xGxiWTVgaU

[8] https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/09/20057/

While Barr goes after the deep state, he is working with them on gun control

While the mainstream media has the public enthralled in an epic battle between the “deep state” and the Trump administration, another agenda is steadily advancing forward. It’s a good thing Hillary isn’t President or else it would be a lot worse, let me tell you. On Tuesday, June 16, William Barr announced the creation of a working group, which includes nine U.S. attorneys from across the country to focus on confiscating guns from those prohibited from having them due to domestic violence convictions. On the surface, this makes sense as those prohibited from having firearms still obtain them despite their convictions and use them to commit murder. Most gun owners feel that there isn’t enough effort to enforce existing gun laws as it is. Therein lies the problem, possessing a firearm after a domestic violence conviction is already illegal. Creating a working group to figure out how to better enforce this law proves one thing and one thing only; gun control laws do not work.

William Barr is a supporter of the unconstitutional red flag laws that are being passed in states across the country. During his confirmation hearings in January he said as much by stating the following:

"...We need to push along the ERPOs (Extreme Risk Protection Orders), so we have these red flag laws to supplement the use of the background check to find out if someone has some mental disturbance. This is the single most important thing I think we can do in the gun control area to stop these massacres from happening in the first place."

What is meant by supplementing the use of background checks? It sounds like an admission that background checks don’t work. The argument being made is that more should be done to keep people that are suffering from mental illness from having guns. It is already illegal for a person adjudicated mentally defective and incompetent from possessing firearms. This is another admission that gun control laws do not work. How are they going to determine if someone has a mental disturbance? Under many of the red flag laws in the country it is up to law enforcement or a judge to make a quick, on the spot assessment on the state of an individual’s mental health when determining whether to confiscate guns. This is troubling in many ways. As I mentioned in a previous article on mental health, many of the recent mass shooters were under the care of trained psychiatrists who failed to detect the potential danger.

Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is currently working on legislation which grants taxpayer money to states that currently have red flag laws on the books. This will encourage states that do not have them to pass their own versions in the future. Graham claims that his legislation allows for “ample due process provisions,” however, Donald Trump stated he believes guns should be taken first and due process can come later in a gun control meeting with Diane Feinstein.

No one wants criminals or seriously disturbed people from possessing firearms. The road we are taking on this issue is a dangerous one, despite its seemingly noble intentions. Who is defining mental health? What does “ample” due process mean? Being afforded the opportunity to prove your innocence after you have had your guns confiscated is not due process.

In several states where red flag laws exist shootings are still taking place. In my book, Psychopolitics in America: A Nation Under Conquest, I highlight several murders that occurred in Florida despite the passing of their red flag law. California has had them on the books for several years and despite their highly regarded universal background check law, which went into effect in 1991, there has been no change in the number of gun related murders in that state. An individual recently opened fire in a California Costco, killing two. Gun control does not work.

While the nation sits on the edge of their seat waiting for Attorney General Barr to “get the deep state” he is coming together with them to ram gun control down our throats. Most people are so wrapped up in the right vs. left paradigm that they don’t even notice. This demonstrates the effectiveness of media propaganda. There are already laws on the books across the country which address these issues. As noted earlier, these laws need to be enforced. Stripping innocent Americans of their rights based on suspicion and hearsay will do nothing to stop violent criminals.