Thursday, May 08, 2008

Pantheism, The Earth Charter and the Election

If the Earth Charter looks as familiar as an old family photo album, or sounds like a warm, fuzzy spiritual guide to Earth Day that demands nothing, then you're probably under 40, received 12 years of public school education and are a Democrat / Progressive / Socialist and/or Marxist. If you are horrified reading the 14 points, you just might be a Republican, a Conservative, a libertarian, or just an old fogie 60-something Democrat or old fashioned liberal, and possibly an evangelical Christian or an observant Jew. The key words and phrases are
    global interdependence
    sustainability
    cultural diversity
    ecological integrity
    dialogue
    biosphere
    affirm
    uphold
    spirituality
    community and
    blah, blah and blah, zzzzzzzzz.
1. Earth worship (global warmism/pantheism).
2. Evolution, broadly defined.
3. Socialized medicine.
4. World federalism.
5. Animal rights (animals are seen as our brothers and sisters).
6. Income redistribution among nations and within nations.
7. Eradication of genetically modified crops.
8. Contraception and “reproductive health” (legal abortion); every small and weak creature except the human fetus is protected in the scheme.
9. World-wide “education for sustainability” which includes spiritual education.
10. Debt forgiveness for third-world nations.
11. Adoption of the gay rights agenda, including gay marriage in the churches.
12. Elimination of nuclear weapons and the right to bear arms.
13. Redefining the media so it will support the environmental agenda, not report on it.
14. Setting aside biosphere reserves where no human presence is allowed.
(America’s School: Battleground for Freedom, by Allen Quist, Chaska: EdWatch, 2005.)

I know it sounds a lot like the Hillobama political platform, but its base is religion, its core is Pantheism. These are the principles that will or now guide your children's teachers, your legislators, your journalists, your social workers, your medical researchers, and unfortunately, some of your pastors. But don't take my word for it, read their web page. And if you can stand it, don't miss their call to action.
    "In order to build a sustainable global community, the nations of the world must renew their commitment to the United Nations, fulfill their obligations under existing international agreements, and support the implementation of Earth Charter principles with an international legally binding instrument on environment and development."
In other words, the Earth Charter must take precedence over the U.S. Constitution which guarantees all our freedoms, including religious.

BTW, I read in today's paper that France's foreign minister called on the United Nations to consider FORCING Myanmar's military rulers to accept relief shipments. Yeah, two moral midgets making demands of a military, Castro-marxist-style government. The UN will have to meet in committee for 3 or 4 months objecting to everything sensible, and by then they'll mostly be dead (the victims, not the UN). Meanwhile, Bush will send in the troops and get the job done.

3 comments:

Jens Hegg said...

12. Elimination of nuclear weapons and the right to bear arms.


I'm assuming that you disagree with every piece of this charter. Why, exactly, as a Christian are you against getting rid of nuclear weapons. I can't think of a single reason not to do so. Bearing arms is a different story.

Norma said...

The premise of the document and the basis of the organization is Pantheism. I am a Christian. Those two religions are incompatible. You can't parse this document and get slippery with it. The #1 rule of writing down goals is to make them achievable and measurable. And I'll turn it over to you. Would you have the UN policing who followed the agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons based on its illustrious track record of peace keeping? Say, Haiti or Sudan? Or would you turn it over to some regulatory agency we didn't elect and couldn't remove and which was located in some banana republic?

Deborah M. said...

I couldn't even read the thing. Thanks for giving me the lowlights. I just could not read it so I can't really comment except to say, oh my lord. And yes, I'm Jewish, and conservative, over 40, and probably an old fogie. And this drivel scares the daylights out of me.