Does Satan rule the Christian church?
The only thing necessary for evil to take over the Christian church is for followers of Christ to forsake TRUTH.
It is incredible that tens of millions of Christians in America remain clueless to the massive carnage created in their name. But when the Christian church fails to remain vigilant of the power of evil, it sacrifices its flock upon an altar of political ignorance, praying that secular media organizations will be enough to provide truth to the masses.
The Dec. 2008 edition of NEWSWEEK featured an article by Jonathan Tepperman entitled, “The Noose Tightens.” The article is an expose on the legal machinations that are pressuring high-level Bush administration officials (like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) for their roles in the operation of secret prisons and the kidnapping and torture of targeted individuals.
Evil acts with impunity
The issue of holding leaders accountable for most anything in America is often dismissed by most people, including media and average citizens. The list of charges against the Bush administration, as brought by noble leaders like Congressman Dennis Kucinich and others, have been buried in technicalities and political minutiae. The media has never found any of it worthy of a front page spotlight, much less an investigative probe. Fortunately, a number of credible authors ranging from top journalists to the nation’s premier prosecutor have made legitimate and credible cases against this administration in detail.
Unfortunately, the mountain of evidence, clear admissions of guilt and devastating consequences of the decisions and deceit deliberately caused by George Bush, Dick Cheney and a host of below-the-radar power brokers will remain little more than a footnote in American history since the most powerful force for truth in America is apparently ruled by lies and compromises: the Christian church.
Glimmer of light
According to the article above, which appeared in NEWSWEEK’s December 19 online issue:
“A growing group of advocates are now instead calling for a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, says that although ‘we know what went on, knowledge and a change in practices are not sufficient: there must be acknowledgment and repudiation as well.’”
The problem with creating a so-called “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” is that we, the American people, already have the power to impeach and remove top leaders, including the president. The commission would merely be redundant minus the constitutional legal authority that empowers us already. Millions of Americans have called for the exercise of such power.
Evil prevails when good people do nothing
And by millions, I omit the names of the most powerful church leaders in this nation. Those Americans have remained silent.
Meanwhile, the leaders on both sides of the aisle, in particular House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and John Conyers (Chair of the House Judiciary Committee) have successfully defeated all efforts to impeach President Bush over the past two years. No coalition of powers in the House of Representatives have exhausted resources capable of bringing this issue to the forefront of U.S. politics and debate. The impeachment of a president would have brought all eyes and attention to the scurrilous secrecy and demonic decisions imposed by this administration.
The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded its five-year investigation of the Bush administration’s approach to initiating a second ground invasion of Iraq (the first was initiated by Bush’s dad in 1991) and declared that Bush deliberately deceived the nation. One would think that ought to be enough to immediately dismiss the Commander in Chief and put him and his cohorts on trial for the massive mayhem they caused. But the most powerful voices in the Senate, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Joseph Biden were all silent. The other 96 Senators kept their mouths shut as well.
Of course, I can understand (although not agree) politicians placing their own pursuit of power above truth, since it is the way of a secular society — but I cannot accept that the church would do the same.
Top church leaders join in rampant deceit
When Rick Warren hosted an event for Barack Obama and John McCain at his Saddleback Church, he failed miserably to address any of the immediate issues of life, death, environmental destruction and continuing secrecy and expansion of power ongoing as he pushed his own political agenda. To date, powerful voices for the Christian church (Warren, James Dobson, Pat Robertson and others) have failed to gather together their resources and convene a Truth and Reconciliation Commission of their own.
Can you imagine how powerful a message would be if the church conducted its own investigation (as did the Senate) and sought information from the government? Isn’t the church obligated to exposing truth to the masses, especially in light of a concerted government effort to deceive us all while sacrificing our sons and daughters upon altars of political ignorance and allegiance?
Christians fed to lions
How silly do we look running from one political party to the other while both conspire to protect one another and keep us in political servitude?
The sad part of it all is that the decisions by liars like Bush and his administration leaders, as well as Congress, impacts Christian families. Our sons and daughters believe the lies and become pawns to be used by the liars. The failure of the church to mitigate the deceit that is pervasive in this country compels me to take a look at church leaders themselves.
Where is the church?
When media organizations finally do shine a light of truth into the darkness of deceit, my first question is “Where was the church?”
When the masquerades of political leaders are exposed, I ask again, “Where was the church?”
The question has become an ingrained part of my psyche to the point that I am compelled to stop asking the question and begin investigating the church itself. And one doesn’t have to delve far into the vacuum that ought to be filled with passion for truth to find a tremendous void. That void is telling. The absence of truth is a signal that something has replaced it. That something is sinful, evil and demonic.
Jesus said that Satan is the father of all lies.
And when leaders of the Christian church are complicit in compromising the truth, as they watch American politicians deceive America’s Christians, it is a telling sign about the leadership of the church.
Charging the church with compromise, complicity
For many Christians, it may feel irritating to hear charges that the church is being led by Satan or demonic influences. But the sad truth is that the church places no pressure on America’s leaders to be truthful. It fails miserably to gather information that is readily available and ignores the secrecy that is pervasive in our government. The church readily accepts government proclamations that eventually prove to be false. And the church aligns itself with political parties and leaders to promote political ideals.
Meanwhile, America kills her so-called enemies with impunity and stands idly by when its allies do the same. These actions are not indicative of followers of Christ. Jesus never taught such measures of living or dealing with troubles. So where is the church to stand up and say such things are wrong? Where is the church to expose the lies of political leaders before those lies infect the nation of believers in Christ with the disease of sinful silence?
Useless prayers
As America builds its forces in Afghanistan and pushes to maintain its forces in Iraq, I ask again, “Where is the church?” These are mostly Christian men and women who are deployed to do the bidding of a lying secular government. The truth is nowhere to be found because the church, in which these Christians place their trust, simply bows its head and prays for our political leaders. We read in several places in the bible where the prayers of men can be impeded by sin. It is difficult to imagine God hears the prayers of people who possess the power to stop the death and destruction caused by a government it willingly supports.
There is no need to pray for Satan. His punishment is cemented. The church could better spend its time exposing the lies proliferated by political demons and shed the light of truth on issues that otherwise would sway the average Christian into believing the deceptions.
I ask again, WHERE IS THE CHURCH?
So, where is the church?
It has been nowhere to be seen or heard over the past several months during more than 35 attacks on Pakistan by U.S. forces. It was nowhere to be seen or heard during the controversy over an Iraqi tossing his shoes at President Bush (an insult that dates back to biblical times). The reason those shoes were tossed? Because of the thousands of deaths caused by Bush, which left hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of widows and orphans.
And where was the church?
In a nation that prides itself on having the freedom to practice religion, it is ironic that the most widespread religion of all, Christianity, plays no role and has no impact on this society.
And when one asks, “Where is the church? ” all we hear is silence.
The silence tells me all I need to know.
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: Truth & Christians, thebook
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