Kingdoms at War: Inequality Propaganda Exposed.
David L. Taylor
Philosophy 107
Doug Stave
October 25, 2010
Kingdoms at War: Inequality Propaganda Exposed.
What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil that dark is light
and light is dark that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. What sorrow for those who are
wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever? Isaiah 5:20 (NLSB).
“Moral situations involve choice. For choice to be possible, however, we must be
free to act. We must not be compelled to act by any irresistible force, whether outside
or within ourselves” Ruggiero (2008 pg.130).
The Universal Human Rights adopted by the United States Supreme Court, states Under 3.2 of the minority and group rights the concern for the equal rights of disadvantaged groups is a longstanding concern of the human rights movement. Human rights documents emphasize that all people, including women and members of minority ethnic and religious groups, have the same basic rights and should be able to enjoy them without discrimination. The right to freedom from discrimination figures prominently in the Universal Declaration and subsequent treaties. The Civil and Political Covenant, for example, commits participating states to respect and protect their people’s rights “without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or social status” on minority and group rights. Nickel (2006 pg. 10).
The Essay on Discuss one or more evolutionary explanations of group display in humans
Group display in humans has been studied by a variety of psychologists both classic and contemporary. Psychologists such as Le Bon believe that crowd behaviour is explained through the individual taking on the ‘psychology’ of the crowd’. Essentially, the actions of a crowd can be explained through situational factors, such as convergence in one location, or the result of normless situations where ...
Some standard individual rights are especially important to ethnic and religious minorities, (including rights to freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom from discrimination).
Human rights documents also include rights that refer to minorities explicitly and give them special protections. For example, the Civil and Political Covenant in Article 27 says that persons belonging to ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities “shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, or to use their own language.”
The Latin word “saeculum,” its derivative secular means “world,” with a system of its own, a set of values that has been termed “The Enlightenment,” a humanistic approach to a reformed society excluding religion, a kingdom with a hidden agenda that is at war with those who believe in God. There is another kingdom that is described in John 17:13-14 NASB. But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
According to a United Nations Declaration, freedom from religious persecution is a Universal Human Right. Yet violators of this right by countries and by competing religions are common” Miller (2007 pg. 364).
“Religious conflict has been evident in the United States. Sociologist James Davidson Hunter has referred to the “Cultural War” taking place in the United States. In many communities Christian fundamentalist, conservative Catholics and Orthodox Jews have joined forces in a battle against liberal denominations for control of the secular culture. The battlefield is an array of familiar social issues, among them multiculturalism, childcare, abortion, media censorship, and government funding for the Arts” Schaefer (2009 pg. 327).
In this essay I will attempt to show that the propaganda of equality is just a smoke screen that the secularist hides behind, while actively pursuing their real objective which is social reform, a society that is free from religion.
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THE RELIGIOUS STATE OF VIETNAM Part 1: Geographical, Political, and Religious Demographics Vietnam has an area of 127,207 square miles and is located in Southeast Asia. The country has a coastline of nearly 1,440 miles (2,317 kilometers), much of which fronts on the South China Sea. Border countries are China, Cambodia, and Laos. The current government is a Socialist Republic. The population of ...
“The presence of one dominant faith influences how a society views a variety of issues, even secular ones” Schaefer (2009 pg. 336).
The United States is a secular state, even though the constitution has guidelines in the First Amendment to protect most religious rights, many violations of these rights are being enforced frequently. Religious entities should become active in the assemblies of our government challenging these violations.
One of the areas where these violations are taking place is in our school systems. For the most part moral principles that were acceptable were taught at home, at church, and at schools. The move for removing religion out of schools and the work place was done under the assumption that it was for equality, to respect people of all faiths. This again is only a house of mirrors filled with false illusions.
To separate church and state is to give government the authority to push their own secularist values. For example, in our schools “Evolution” is taught as part of the approved curriculum. That view of existence is in direct violation to the belief of Christianity. To push the Evolution agenda is the same thing as proselytism. Darwinism teaches that “there is nothing special about human beings, we are an accident of nature’s blind processes just like all the other animals” Waller (2008 pg. 271).
Students who come from Christian families are discriminated against, when they are told they can not express their faith, what they belief because they must respect others beliefs, yet they are subject to teachings in direct opposition to what they have been taught in the faith they confess. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, let them have dominion over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Genesis: 1:26 (NKJV).
“Somehow the idea has arisen that ethics and religion are unrelated and incompatible. This, when religious thinkers discuss ethical issues-especially in the context of political policy-they are thought to be exceeding their reach and perhaps even committing an offence against the principle of separation of church and state. This notion is without historical basis. In fact, an interesting case can be made for ethics having originated in religion” Ruggiero (2008 pg. 6).
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I believe that it is the well intentional act of social reform to influence our children in the school systems to atheistic principles. “In Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development, level I called the Preconvention Stage, the child or teenager decides what is wrong on the basis of what is punished. Obedience is valued for its own sake, but the child obeys because the adults have superior power” Boyd, Bee (2006 pg. 93).
There have been several incidents where students have been expelled from school for wearing clothing that has Christian logos on them or carrying a bible to school, or talking about their faith. According to Kohlberg this from of punishment would then be a direct attempt to change the student’s beliefs.
Both Federal and State governments, as well as most private employers, are prohibited from making employment decisions based upon the religion of the applicant. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (As amended) also prohibits religious discriminations in housing and education. The United States is officially, constitutionally, and historically, a secular state. As a result of the American governmental structure, laws affecting religion and belief originate at the national, state, and local levels. The principle legal text governing the relationship between religion and state is the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which states:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech; or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Armed with the power of knowledge and the duty to enforce religious rights, all people should continue to make a stand for their religious beliefs and become active in the petitioning of the local and state governments in challenging the secularist ideals.
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Throughout the novel Life of Pi the reader is faced with many recurring symbols and motifs to enhance the themes of religion and belief within the novel. It is most evident when analysing the main character Pi. He is faced with many challenges and has a great challenging uphill journey placed in front of him, but through his beliefs he is able to push through using many techniques along the way. ...
“Conflict theorist argues that the educational system socializes students into values dictated by the powerful, that schools stifle individualism and creativity in the name of maintaining order, and that the level of change they promote is relatively insignificant. From a conflict perspective, the inhibiting effects of education are particularly apparent in the “hidden curriculum” and the different way in which status is bestowed. The term hidden curriculum refers to standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools” Schaefer (2009 pg.315).
Secularism has been called “The Enlightenment,” can be characterized by several things, reason; reform; critical spirit; hostility toward revealed religion” Emmet (2006 pg.15).
Kingdoms are at war, with beliefs at extreme contrast to each other, it is not a fight for equality, or the respect for others, but it is an attempt to elevate humanistic ideals and values, ones that will conform to atheistic social reform.
References
Boyd, D. & Bee, H. (2006) Adult Development
Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Custom Publishing
Emmet, K. (2006) Secularism and its Opponents from Augustine to Solzhenitsyn
Palgrave MacMillan
MacArthur, J. (1960) the MacArthur Study Bible
Dallas: Thomas Nelson
Miller, B. (2007) Cultural Anthropology
New York: Custom Publishing
Ruggiero, R. (2008) Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
New York: McGraw Hill
Schaefer, R. (2009) Sociology: A Brief Introduction
New York: McGraw Hill
Waller, B. (2008) Consider Ethics
New York: Pearson Longman