Thursday, May 30, 2019
A Brief Outline of Secularism
or the Secular Humanism World View
Today we are seeing a rising interest in variations of
socialism that are not quite the full bore version, but are much further down
the road than we are now. Yes, we do spend over 65% of our government revenue
on various forms of entitlements and social benefits to groups is some
particular need, but we have not proceeded to nationalize our private
industries or any major part of them as required by socialistic theory and
practice.
There are, however, significant segments of society that are
flirting with how to go well beyond the current 65% and are pressing towards a
minimum salary for everyone, along with reparations(!) and, if you follow the
green plan. more trains and less cars and airplanes among the inexplicable and
unaffordable excesses that are supposed to help cure the CO2 menace forthwith.
This is like trying to shoot ducks with a 16-inch battleship cannon---a maximum
effort for almost no return.
One of the systems the Democrats are flirting with is called
Secular Humanism (SM), and it generally satisfies its adherents that they have
found Nirvana, and their rewards are substantial, at least until the money runs
out (which it inevitably will!). We need to understand just what SM adherents
want for a world view, since many forces are aligned to attempt to bring some
of these goodies to the public, however watered down they end up being.
The Secular part immediately implies the demise of religion
as a driving force in society, and the Humanist approach harkens back to
"Man is the measure of all things, especially in society." There went
our Constitution! The Rule of Man would replace the Rule of Law.
Used here is a relatively well-known outline of the major
aspects for a world view championed by Meyers and Noebel*. The simple World
View of Secular Humanism is as follows:
Theology ==> Atheism
Philosophy ==> Materialism
or Naturalism
Ethics ==> Moral
Relativism or Utilitarianism
Biology ==> New
Darwinism
Psychology ==> Self Actualization
Sociology ==> Personal
Autonomy
Law ==> Legal
Positivism (morality ignored)
Politics ==> Progressivism
Economics ==> Economic
Interventionism or "Socialism Light"
History ==> Social
Progress
If one really understands the elements of this world view,
which should be satisfactorily defined by the reader for himself, you can reach
several conclusions:
1. Under this Utopian scheme, all of Christianity and its
moral absolutes would be ignored.
2. The entitlements would expand enormously, perhaps as far
as 80%, paid for by nationalizing key industries.
3. The predilection
of Democrats to tax and spend would have free reign.
4. This would be a waypoint to full Socialism and eventually
Communism.
5. America as we know it would disappear as would the
American Dream.
6. So would our automobiles, and planes disappear, and who
knows what else?
7. The idea that children should be raised separately from
their parents in order to brainwash them into good little Humanists or
Socialists is part of the thinking of Secular Humanists. This idea was removed
from their Manifesto, but remains in their game plan.
8. There would be three classes of citizens: the Elite; the Military; and the rest of us.
The Democrats are serious about SM, especially as it comes
close to Socialism, although they cannot lay it out as has been done here.
*From "Understanding
The Times" by Jeff Meyers and David A. Noebel, Summit Ministries, 2015.
A Brief Outline of Secularism or the Secular Humanism World View
Today we are seeing a rising interest in variations of socialism that are not quite the full bore version, but are much further down the road than we are now. Yes, we do spend over 65% of our government revenue on various forms of entitlements and social benefits to groups is some particular need, but we have not proceeded to nationalize our private industries or any major part of them as required by socialistic theory and practice.
There are, however, significant segments of society that are flirting with how to go well beyond the current 65% and are pressing towards a minimum salary for everyone, along with reparations(!) and, if you follow the green plan. more trains and less cars and airplanes among the inexplicable and unaffordable excesses that are supposed to help cure the CO2 menace forthwith. This is like trying to shoot ducks with a 16-inch battleship cannon---a maximum effort for almost no return.
One of the systems the Democrats are flirting with is called Secular Humanism (SM), and it generally satisfies its adherents that they have found Nirvana, and their rewards are substantial, at least until the money runs out (which it inevitably will!). We need to understand just what SM adherents want for a world view, since many forces are aligned to attempt to bring some of these goodies to the public, however watered down they end up being.
The Secular part immediately implies the demise of religion as a driving force in society, and the Humanist approach harkens back to "Man is the measure of all things, especially in society." There went our Constitution! The Rule of Man would replace the Rule of Law.
Used here is a relatively well-known outline of the major aspects for a world view championed by Meyers and Noebel*. The simple World View of Secular Humanism is as follows:
Theology ==> Atheism
Philosophy ==> Materialism or Naturalism
Ethics ==> Moral Relativism or Utilitarianism
Biology ==> New Darwinism
Psychology ==> Self Actualization
Sociology ==> Personal Autonomy
Law ==> Legal Positivism (morality ignored)
Politics ==> Progressivism
Economics ==> Economic Interventionism or "Socialism Light"
History ==> Social Progress
If one really understands the elements of this world view, which should be satisfactorily defined by the reader for himself, you can reach several conclusions:
1. Under this Utopian scheme, all of Christianity and its moral absolutes would be ignored.
2. The entitlements would expand enormously, perhaps as far as 80%, paid for by nationalizing key industries.
3. The predilection of Democrats to tax and spend would have free reign.
4. This would be a waypoint to full Socialism and eventually Communism.
5. America as we know it would disappear as would the American Dream.
6. So would our automobiles, and planes disappear, and who knows what else?
7. The idea that children should be raised separately from their parents in order to brainwash them into good little Humanists or Socialists is part of the thinking of Secular Humanists. This idea was removed from their Manifesto, but remains in their game plan.
8. There would be three classes of citizens: the Elite; the Military; and the rest of us.
The Democrats are serious about SM, especially as it comes close to Socialism, although they cannot lay it out as has been done here.
*From "Understanding The Times" by Jeff Meyers and David A. Noebel, Summit Ministries, 2015.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
One View of Atheism
Some time ago, as I developed my worldview in diagrammatic
form, I realized that the belief system I was creating based upon my view of
God, very clearly separated that Godly belief from a belief in various forms of
morality, virtue, right reason, truth, freedom, and just about everything
having to do with The American Way; in short, it included atheism. What was
left out, of course, was the belief in the Bible, the life and death of Jesus, resurrection,
salvation, and heaven after death.
What this could mean for atheists then is the view that this
life was all there is, and there is nothing to look forward to in an afterlife.
The mark they leave on the nation, good or bad, and the world too, is the only possible
legacy of their lives.
Of the many ways an atheist could express himself, I selected
three obvious possible types:
Type 1) He merges into the general public virtually
indistinguishable from all others, except he doesn't go to church and he tends
to socialize with his kindred spirits on the Left and likely accepts some form
of Natural Law. He does not represent a threat to the nation;
Type 2) He very loudly proclaims his atheism and argues
incessantly with Christians and others over the issues he holds against
religion, but he is a true American despite his lack of belief in God and his left-thinking.
A very annoying sort, but not a threat to the nation;
Type 3) He is not
only an atheist, he readily turns to support various forms of Leftward Collectivity,
such as Progressivism, Socialism or Communism, quite largely in the belief that
he and his kind are more intelligent, more attuned to the world, and better
able to direct the lives of the rest of us than under our so-called outdated
and rickety Constitution, our economic system, and our wildly unpredictable
political system. His mindset has been shaped by outside influences to believe
he is most definitely in the right and the most rational of people.
He, too, is destined to argue not only against our American way
of life, but also our government, our political system, our economic system, and
our Christian religion. Most probably he hates Trump and most other rich people
with a passion.
He downplays the many outstanding historical failures of atheistic
Collectivism, attributing the failures to the vagaries of mankind that he and
his compatriots would be able to master if only they had the power. Then too, they
believe they are smart enough to run the complex economy we have using
computers for the better good of the citizens.
Finally, he believes in shaping the mindset of our citizens
to become adherents to the new Collective way over time. This type is indeed a
threat to the nation. Some radicals of this type champion the Marxist idea of
destruction of the nation in order to rebuild it in the Communist way.
Do these types resonate with any of the denizens we know? It
would be wise to identify very carefully the 3rd types in our society and keep
them in clear view, as well as recognizing their small and large efforts to
convert our citizens to their way of thinking.
Some time ago, as I developed my worldview in diagrammatic form, I realized that the belief system I was creating based upon my view of God, very clearly separated that Godly belief from a belief in various forms of morality, virtue, right reason, truth, freedom, and just about everything having to do with The American Way; in short, it included atheism. What was left out, of course, was the belief in the Bible, the life and death of Jesus, resurrection, salvation, and heaven after death.
What this could mean for atheists then is the view that this life was all there is, and there is nothing to look forward to in an afterlife. The mark they leave on the nation, good or bad, and the world too, is the only possible legacy of their lives.
Of the many ways an atheist could express himself, I selected three obvious possible types:
Type 1) He merges into the general public virtually indistinguishable from all others, except he doesn't go to church and he tends to socialize with his kindred spirits on the Left and likely accepts some form of Natural Law. He does not represent a threat to the nation;
Type 2) He very loudly proclaims his atheism and argues incessantly with Christians and others over the issues he holds against religion, but he is a true American despite his lack of belief in God and his left-thinking. A very annoying sort, but not a threat to the nation;
Type 3) He is not only an atheist, he readily turns to support various forms of Leftward Collectivity, such as Progressivism, Socialism or Communism, quite largely in the belief that he and his kind are more intelligent, more attuned to the world, and better able to direct the lives of the rest of us than under our so-called outdated and rickety Constitution, our economic system, and our wildly unpredictable political system. His mindset has been shaped by outside influences to believe he is most definitely in the right and the most rational of people.
He, too, is destined to argue not only against our American way of life, but also our government, our political system, our economic system, and our Christian religion. Most probably he hates Trump and most other rich people with a passion.
He downplays the many outstanding historical failures of atheistic Collectivism, attributing the failures to the vagaries of mankind that he and his compatriots would be able to master if only they had the power. Then too, they believe they are smart enough to run the complex economy we have using computers for the better good of the citizens.
Finally, he believes in shaping the mindset of our citizens to become adherents to the new Collective way over time. This type is indeed a threat to the nation. Some radicals of this type champion the Marxist idea of destruction of the nation in order to rebuild it in the Communist way.
Do these types resonate with any of the denizens we know? It would be wise to identify very carefully the 3rd types in our society and keep them in clear view, as well as recognizing their small and large efforts to convert our citizens to their way of thinking.
Thursday, May 09, 2019
Our turmoil has a basis in collectivity
Man tthe Battlements
To me, the unimaginable has been taking place for over two
generations of Americans.
Witness:
1. The dumbed down,
brain-washed, and biased products of our progressive and liberal school systems
throughout the nation, decade by decade!
2. The unprecedented rise of socialistic thought at every
turn including many of our Congressmen who should know that socialism
inevitably leads to communism, and then totalitarianism, and ultimately
failure, with massive loss of life in the long process. A government with elite
intellectuals and communist credentials in all positions of power, together
with the military in support, would indeed lord it over we peons. A centrally
planned economy will inevitably fail to serve its citizens properly, but it
will serve the master class superlatively just as it did in the USSR.
3. Our nation has been kept in a continual state of
conflict, with the Left attacking virtually all facets of our government, our
governing philosophy, our freedoms, our religious preferences, especially for
Christianity, and the men and women that support our American way of life. The Constitution is under direct attack
daily, piece by piece.
4. This is not what I want my children and grandchildren to
inherit. The next two elections will determine our fate, whether we will be
forever free, or a member of the slavish class of underlings of a dictatorial
and evil government.
5. These truly evil operators have several identifiable
traits:
a.
Anti-American critiques
b.
Anti-Christian efforts
c. Well known
techniques for converting a nation to their liking, such as:
1)
Cloward-Piven methodology
2)
Saul Alinsky schemes
3)
Progressivism ideology
4)
Socialistic thought
5)
Communist objectives
6) Gramsci plans and steps
Over a number of years, Cloward-Piven,
Alinsky, and Gramsci developed the Rules for Radicals designed to turn any
state into a collective:
(From Wikipedia)
1.
Healthcare– Control healthcare and you control the people.
2.
Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are
easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for
them to live.
3.
Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are
able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4.
Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government.
That way you are able to create a police state
5.
Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives. (Food, Housing,
and Income)
6.
Education – Take control of what people read and listen to; take control of
what children learn in school.
7.
Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8.
Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will
cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the
support of the poor.
(It would be beneficial if all true Americans looked up
these collective and atheistic ideologies, and then identify such actions
taking place in our nation.)
6. In the 2016 election, had Hillary Clinton won, the nation
would be well on its way to some form of collectivity, and eventually a
totalitarian dictatorship. The Deep
State has shown its colors ever since, including the media. We were extremely
lucky to have Trump as President, and to have him poised to dismantle the
conspiracy,
Man tthe Battlements
To me, the unimaginable has been taking place for over two generations of Americans.
Witness:
1. The dumbed down, brain-washed, and biased products of our progressive and liberal school systems throughout the nation, decade by decade!
2. The unprecedented rise of socialistic thought at every turn including many of our Congressmen who should know that socialism inevitably leads to communism, and then totalitarianism, and ultimately failure, with massive loss of life in the long process. A government with elite intellectuals and communist credentials in all positions of power, together with the military in support, would indeed lord it over we peons. A centrally planned economy will inevitably fail to serve its citizens properly, but it will serve the master class superlatively just as it did in the USSR.
3. Our nation has been kept in a continual state of conflict, with the Left attacking virtually all facets of our government, our governing philosophy, our freedoms, our religious preferences, especially for Christianity, and the men and women that support our American way of life. The Constitution is under direct attack daily, piece by piece.
4. This is not what I want my children and grandchildren to inherit. The next two elections will determine our fate, whether we will be forever free, or a member of the slavish class of underlings of a dictatorial and evil government.
5. These truly evil operators have several identifiable traits:
a. Anti-American critiques
b. Anti-Christian efforts
c. Well known techniques for converting a nation to their liking, such as:
1) Cloward-Piven methodology
2) Saul Alinsky schemes
3) Progressivism ideology
4) Socialistic thought
5) Communist objectives
6) Gramsci plans and steps
Over a number of years, Cloward-Piven,
Alinsky, and Gramsci developed the Rules for Radicals designed to turn any
state into a collective:
(From Wikipedia)
1.
Healthcare– Control healthcare and you control the people.
2.
Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are
easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for
them to live.
3.
Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are
able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4.
Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government.
That way you are able to create a police state
5.
Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives. (Food, Housing,
and Income)
6.
Education – Take control of what people read and listen to; take control of
what children learn in school.
7.
Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8.
Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will
cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the
support of the poor.
(It would be beneficial if all true Americans looked up these collective and atheistic ideologies, and then identify such actions taking place in our nation.)
6. In the 2016 election, had Hillary Clinton won, the nation would be well on its way to some form of collectivity, and eventually a totalitarian dictatorship. The Deep State has shown its colors ever since, including the media. We were extremely lucky to have Trump as President, and to have him poised to dismantle the conspiracy,
