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Norman Harold Patterson Jr.
Pre-election Idiocy
Each thinks the other is an idiot, but no one sees that the system is broken.
It’s amusing to watch each side poke fun at the other side’s candidate and then turn around and justify or ignore the idiocy, immorality, and corruption of their own.
On Socialism by Someone Who Knows
A quote on Socialism from someone who knows from first-hand experience.
From a man who saw the reality and application of socialism from the inside of the Soviet Gulag... where it wasn't a comfortable theory discussed over a glass of wine...
𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚
𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑. 𝐴 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡.
𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑, 𝐼 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐ℎ, 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚; 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ. 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐ℎ'𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠.
We find the Dominion Mandate for Bible-believing Christians in Genesis 1:26-28:
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
For Christians, this means that God has given us the responsibility to take dominion over the entire world. We have God's approval and authority to "fill the earth and subdue it." Add to this Christ's call in Matthew 28:19+20 to:
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
And 2 Corinthians 10:3-6:
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
While God called Christians to be separate from the world in holiness, He doesn't give us the option to isolate ourselves from the world physically. As Jesus said:
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. John 17:14-15
Because of false piety and a lack of understanding of these and other Dominion affirming Biblical texts, Christians far too often vacate the world, leaving an "influence vacuum." As the old saying goes, "nature abhors a vacuum." Because of this, instead of taking Dominion over the arts, sciences, court systems, political offices, universities, and so on, Christians withdraw into isolated communities only to leave the world unoccupied.
As a result, anti-Christ people and philosophies have readily taken over virtually every facet of life. The greatest antithesis to Biblical Christianity has understood and intentionally implemented the Dominion Mandate for their own sinister ends.
The most dangerous of all are those espousing Cultural Marxism. Briefly, Cultural Marxism is an expansion of Classical Marxism, which focuses primarily on the economic philosophy of Karl Marx. Cultural Marxism is much more all-encompassing than Classical Marxism.
Ultimately, Cultural Marxism is about liberating humanity from the moral constraints of Biblical Christianity. The Bible prohibits same-sex intimacy, adultery in all forms, polygamy, bigamy, bestiality, pedophilia, and so on. God created man and woman in His image and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply; the Dominion Mandate!
The method Cultural Marxism employs to propagate its insidious agenda is through applying the Biblical Mandate. The plan has been and continues to be for those who oppose Biblical Christianity to infiltrate and dominate every known sphere of influence. As Voddie Bachem pointed out, their strategy is to take over the "robes" of society; professors, pastors, and judges, for example.
R.J. Rushdoony and the Christian Reconstructionists proposed the same tactic, taking over the "robes" of society. However, instead of a great "Amen" from the rest of the Church, Christian Reconstructionism has been vilified as patriarchal, extreme, and misguided.
In the meantime, Cultural Marxism is dominating the universities, media, churches, courts, arts, etc. They are putting Christians and Christianity to shame by their ardent intentionality to dominate the world for Self.
As the degeneration of our culture continues, so will the hostility toward Biblical Christianity. And just as Marxism tried to destroy Biblical Christianity through the reign of terror in anti-Christ regimes like the Soviet Union and Communist China, modern Marxists will not rest until Biblical Christianity is destroyed.
The good news, however, is the promise of Jesus Christ. He said that the "gates of hell" will not prevail against the Church. (Matthew 16:18) The image Christ was giving was not a Church that was cowering in the corner, battening down the hatches until the storm of hell subsided. Just the opposite. Hell is under attack, and its filthy gates are no match for the power and glory of the Risen Christ and His Bride.
Christians can no longer cower in corners. It is time for us to take up the battle cry and assault Cultural Marxism and any other "high place" (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) that dares to raise itself against the knowledge of God. Our weapons are not of the flesh (Ephesians 6), but they are weapons nonetheless and are worthless if left unused.
It is time for Christians to take back our country, our world for Christ. We must do it according to the means and methods of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, which means we must take Dominion and occupy all walks of life for the glory of the crown rights of Jesus Christ.
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