Dear Friends,
It seems to me, sending a kid into the world to compete without a knowledge of Christianity, is like forcing them to play a game of chess without knowing the rules. Our atheistic overlords would have us believe that the schools, culture and peer pressure have no effect whatsoever on our children, and so we should tolerate them swimming in, and drinking from… a cesspool. On the other hand, they strictly forbid any teaching of Christianity to their kids, in the public schools. Citing separation of church and state. That it is unfair to subject an atheist’s kid to Christian teachings, I suppose because they may become Christians, which would confound their parents. Of course, this whole argument is a distraction, the real question is, would kids be better served to know about Christianity, or not?
The West and western ideology is the hegemonic system on the planet today. The Enlightenment didn’t happen in Confucius’ Middle Kingdom, The height of Rome or the Caliphate, it happened in Christian Europe, as a natural consequence to the Renaissance. Both of which opened the door to the philosophical concepts that gave us the Industrial Revolution. All of which are based on Christian teachings. To understand great European and American literature, one must know the Bible. Otherwise most of the wisdom, humor and wit is lost on the reader. How can you understand a theory if the foundation is shrouded in mystery? Even the atheists accept, for the most part, the morality that comes to us from Christianity, without even knowing it. Due to their self imposed ignorance.
The progressives want to plow up settled land. It is impossible to contend with the spurious arguments of the progressives without at least some grounding in Christian teachings. They argue against the very foundation of human culture, science and knowledge. So they can rebuild it more to their liking. As the followers of Robespierre changed the clock, days of the week and the year, to Year 1. Simply as an arrogant affront to history, the Bible and God. Exclaiming, “We are now gods and can set the very hours of the day!” All of which failed. Because their inventions were less efficient than the hours of the day and days of the week derived from the Bible. Unless you know the arguments that defeated sophistry before, when progressives were called sophists, it’s unlikely one will invent them offhand.
Science is based on the same premises as Christianity. That the world (God made) is understandable, logical and ordered. This is one of the fundamental ideas that allowed Mankind to open the scientific method expansion pack, which, after a short bit allowed us to open the Industrial expansion as well. Creating the technological society we live in today. That so few of us are grounded in Christianity, let alone the basics of mechanics, manufacturing or farming, is testament to the fragility of our system. Were there even a short hiccup, people would find growing their own food much more difficult, than moving icons on a computer screen. Then again, most wouldn’t even get to try to farm, since so few understand Christian reciprocity, the Golden Rule… instead taught envy, sloth and wrath.
Anyone who lacks a foundation in Christian teachings, writings and history, is at a severe disadvantage to those who do. Much of Western lore is lost to them. As the rock solid foundation of the ethos, becomes a morass of absurd claims about slavery, racism and social justice. They are even wounded psychically. Those denied the purpose that Belief gives will turn to nihilism or absurdity. Even as the arguments the atheists use, to deny all children the advantages of a real education, are pure sophistry. They know it as well… but hope our education is so poor, we don’t even know what the word means. Parents need to pull their children from the public schools, start a private school if you must, but abandon the anti education the government is doling out. To do any less is to hobble your own child.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
