Scary stuff

[undergroundpanther]

* Origin: Black Holes: God dividing by ZERO (1:250/664.25)
I have just finished reading an article written by Carol McGraw
in The Orange County (California) Register about a conference
sponsored by the Youth for Christ called a Youth Evangelism
Conference.

Let me quote the first paragraph;

"A screaming, swaying crowd of teen-agers crammed into Anahem
Convention Center on Tursday to boo President Clinton, the
surgen general, Dr. Ruth, abortions, condoms, homosexuals,
feminists and religions different from their own."

The leader of this conference, Josh McDowell had this to say
about tolerance using the parable of Daniel in the lions den;

"Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for
homosexuals, feminists and religions the don't follow Christ."

This is what we're up against, it's not just having prayer or
teaching creationism in the public schools, it's more that that,
it's the teaching of hate to teen-agers and getting them to
teach their friends. And the president of Youth for Christ
Roger Cross clams that they reach a half-million youngsters
yearly in 100 nations, including 240 U.S. cities.
"The decision taken, the Fuehrer made it known to those
entrusted with the Final Solution that the killings should be
done as humanely as possible. This was in line with his
conviction that he was observing God's injunction to cleanse
the world of vermin. Still a member in good standing of the
Church of Rome despite detestation of its hierarchy ("I am now
as before a Catholic and will always remain so"), he carried
within him its teaching that the Jew was the killer of God. The
extermination, therefore, could be done without a twinge of
conscience since he was merely acting as the avenging hand of
God - so long as it was done impersonally, without cruelty."



http://www.holysmoke.org/hs01/hitler.txt


Evangelicals stoking hatred of pagans in teens
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chrw_rad.htm


“There’s a world,” he preached, pacing across the stage. “I call it the Underworld.” The Underworld, he explained, is similar to what he sees when he goes skin diving; only instead of strange fishes, there’s strange people. Too many churches, he said, focus on the Overworld. “That’s where the nice people are. The successful people. But the Lord said, ‘I’m not sending you to the Overworld, I’m sending you to the Underworld.’ Where the creatures are. The critters! The people who are out of it. People you see in Colorado Springs, even. You got an underworld of people. The tattoo crowd, the people into drugs, the people into sex. You find ’em . . . in the Underworld.”<1>

http://www.harpers.org/SoldiersOfChrist.html
http://www.harpers.org/FeelingTheHate.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. How tolerant...........

yep, it's Jesus all the way for these folks! :eyes: Well, THEIR version of Jesus anyway. THESE people are the "underworld", the nuts, the crazies, those divorced from reality, in my opinion! Teaching hate and intolerance to children, sounds sort of "nazi-ish" to me!

[undergroundpanther]

2. I am one of thos freeks

And I know they would kill me if thier fanatic hate spewing leaders let the frothing soldiers of christ itching to please off their "leash.

Yes These evangelhate people NEED constant Social rejection and to be ridiculed in public lest they DESTROY society..They are already too popular and fascism and theocracy threaten us.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Holy Christian Hitler Youth.

Like I've said before, * "could" be gone in 2009, but we'll be stuck with his evil minions.

[Rocknrule]

4. This is the real life Sunlight Home

for those of you who have read "The Talisman"

[davsand]

5. Years ago I went to a few Campus Life meetings.

This was back in the late 70's and Campus Life (part of te YFC group) was something in our area. They did meetings in somebody's home and it was really pretty mellow stuff-fun stuff-- but with a Christian bent. I had an ok time at them.

The group had a weekend ski trip planned and I signed up to go--with my parent's blessings. Sounded like a fun weekend that was "wholesome" and certainly acceptable to my more conservative parents.

I am not kidding, that weekend was right out of the whole "cult indoctrination" playbook, right down to the high starch meals, little sleep, and group acceptance if you'd only agree with them. Every night they had a meeting talking about how good it felt to be a Christian. It was higher pressure than the local meetings, but still tolerable.

In the best tradition of anyone who is trying to influence opinion, they finally, the last night, had the big group meeting where the "believers" were invited to come forward.

Then it was the people who thought they wanted to learn more who were invited forward.

Finally it came down to "if you come forward we will be your friends and if you choose not to accept Christ we can't be your friends anymore."

At that point I vowed never get trapped into another experience like that again. I finally got home (unsaved, I might add,) and told my parents the entire weekend was nothing more than a front for recruitment into a cult. I never went to another Campus Life meeting again.

I had always kind of hoped that my experience was not typical--that maybe somebody running that camp got carried away that weekend and got a bit over zealous. Reading this article, I have to say, it sounds like maybe nothing WAS amiss then, and nothing has changed in the last 25 years with that organization. That's a shame.


Laura