The Alliance of Civilizations is an initiative proposed by the President
of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, at the 59th
General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005. It was co-sponsored
by the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It is a political
drive to inspire greater ecumenism between faiths.
In the wake of 9/11 and Islamic terrorism around the world, fear
of further chaos from belief systems is being used to push an agenda
that will work to look at the different belief systems in a more common
light, and in-so-doing will dilute each of the belief systems into a
more common melting pot blurring the distinctions between them all.
This works to bring divergent faiths together and also to essentially
create a new religion that allows all beliefs, a new age belief system
where the focus on mankind and self take precedence.
For reasons that will be laid out on this page, I believe this could
be the beginning of the union of politics and religion which will morph
into the framework that will facilitate the war on the saints. According
to scripture, there is a time coming when the man of sin will be given
free reign over the earth and will have power over it to force worship
of himself.
Daniel 7:19-22
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse
from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron,
and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped
the residue with his feet; and of the ten horns that were in his
head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell;
even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great
things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld,
and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against
them; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given
to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints
possessed the kingdom.
Revelation 13:4-8
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given
unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle,
and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to
make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was
given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all
that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world.
I can’t claim with absolute certainty that the AoC will be the vehicle
for this war on the saints, but I recommend you research for yourself
the following information and keep watching events as they unfold. That
is the purpose of this website, to raise awareness to possibilities
and assist believers all over in watching. I would recommend keeping
up-to-date with the AoC at Richard Peterson’s blog,
A Time, Times,
and a Half a Time, which is tracking the Alliance of Civilizations
as the vehicle to be used to conduct the war on the saints and those
who keep the commandments of God as foretold by the prophet Daniel.
An article by Richard from August
10, 2007,
What is the Alliance of Civilizations,
he pointed out the following information published in December of 2006:
The
final report of the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilizations
(AoC) initiative was released last month. In addition to its usual
goal of combating exclusivist ideology, the report contains some
interesting elements:
1) Exclusivist ideology is defined as “those
who feed on exclusion and claim sole ownership of the truth.
(Christians, read John 14:6 as you consider this statement.)
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2) The core issue identified to be the bridge
between the West and Islam is resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
3) The global and problematic players in this conflict have
been identified as the adherents of the three monotheistic faiths.
4) Failure to resolve this conflict will result in a failed
Alliance of Civilizations.
Also noteworthy is that the AoC has identified the European Union’s
Barcelona Process as one of the frameworks in which it intends to
operate. For those unfamiliar with the Process, it is the foundation
of the EU’s political, economic, and social policy. The Process,
also known as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, is represented
as the only platform that can solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The social dimension of the Process, with implementation facilitated
by the Anna Lindh Foundation, cooperates with the AoC and shares
the common goal to combat religious fundamentalism worldwide. So
what happens to the adherents of the monotheistic faiths if the
peace process fails? Lucis Trust, one of the contributors to the
AoC initiative gives us an idea. In its publication The Rays and
the Initiations, Lucis Trust says that those faiths are but three
dead and gone religions with Judaism being old, obsolete, and separative.
Christianity, they say, has served its purpose and the new age Christ
will replace the Gospel with a new truth. As for Muslims, they will
accept the new age Christ as their Imam Mahdi “who will lead them
to light and to spiritual victory.”
The objective of the AoC, therefore, is “to enforce an Alliance
of Civilizations against all those who…give prevalence…to a logic
of division and confrontation.” Since the Alliance intends to be
fully prepared to enforce its objectives by 2009, I suspect that’s
when they will introduce their symbol. Timing is everything. The
European Commission has just submitted a document to the author
of the Barcelona Process that it is time to deliver.
If the planners of the AoC really mean what they say, may God
help us all.
Ground Zero Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf speech at the Council on Foreign
Religions explains Cordoba Initiative’s purpose: to wage war on religious
extremism. What is absent from the speech is that the Cordoba Initiative
is an Alliance of Civilizations partner initiative and the definition
of extremism. This video provides a definition.
There is much information at the official UN website for the Alliance
of Civilizations. One of the first is the following laying out the foundations
of the AoC stemming from the desire to bring Islam and the West closer
together.
Your Highness, [Abdallah al-Thani, Prime
Minister of Qatar] Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, First let
me thank Your Highness for hosting this meeting and providing an
environment conducive to its very important task. I am very grateful
to you all for being here today.
When we set up the Alliance of Civilizations
last year, we said that it was “intended to respond to the need
for a committed effort by the international community – both at
the institutional and civil society levels – to bridge divides and
overcome prejudice, misconceptions and polarization”. We should
all be grateful to the Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey for being
prescient in anticipating a vital issue in today’s world.
We also said that the Alliance would “aim
to address emerging threats emanating from hostile perceptions that
foment violence;” and we specifically mentioned “the sense of a
widening gap and lack of mutual understanding between Islamic and
Western societies.”
The passions aroused by the recent publication
of insulting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and the reaction
to it, show only too clearly that such threats are real, and that
the need for a committed effort by the international community is
acute.
Of course, the Alliance was not launched
to deal with immediate crises like this. But the intensity of feeling
that we have witnessed in the last few weeks comes from a deep reservoir
of mistrust and resentment, which was there long before the offensive
cartoons were first printed. In fact, this present crisis can be
considered an expression of a much deeper and longer-standing crisis,
which is precisely the one that the Alliance was intended to address.
At the heart of this crisis is a trend
towards extremism in many societies. We should beware of overemphasizing
it, because extremism in one group is almost always fed by the perception
of extremism in another group. Few people think of themselves as
extremists, but many can be pushed towards an extreme point of view,
almost without noticing it, when they feel that the behaviour or
language of others is extreme.
So let us always remember that those who
shout loudest, or act in the most provocative ways, are not necessarily
typical of the group on whose behalf they claim to speak. I think
one can safely say that most non-Muslims in western societies have
no desire to offend the Muslim community, and that most Muslims,
even when offended, do not believe that violence or destruction
is the right way to react.
Let us also remember that neither “Islamic”
nor “Western” societies are homogeneous or monolithic. In fact,
there is a great deal of overlap between the two.
In past centuries one could speak of clearly
distinct Islamic and Western (or Christian) civilizations, but many
modern societies embody the heritage of both those civilizations,
and many individuals today see no contradiction between their Muslim
religion and their membership of Western societies.
In truth, the present conflicts and misunderstandings
probably have more to do with proximity than with distance. The
offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad were first published
in a European country which has recently acquired a significant
Muslim population, and is not yet sure how to adjust to it. And
some of the strongest reactions – perhaps especially the more violent
ones – have been seen in Muslim countries where many people feel
themselves the victims of excessive Western influence or interference.
Whether or not those who published the
caricatures were deliberately seeking to provoke, there is no doubt
that some of the violent reactions have encouraged extremist groups
within European societies, whose agenda is to demonize Muslim immigrants,
or even expel them.
Similarly, the republication of the cartoons,
and the support for them voiced by some leaders in Europe, have
strengthened those in the Muslim world who see Europe, or the West
as a whole, as irredeemably hostile to Islam, and encourage Muslims
always to see themselves as victims.
So misperception feeds extremism, and extremism
appears to validate misperception. That is the vicious circle we
have to break. That, as I see it, is the purpose of the Alliance.
It is important that we all realize that
the problem is not with the faith but with a small group of the
faithful – the extremists who tend to abuse and misinterpret the
faith to support their cause, whether they derive it from the Koran,
the Torah or the Gospel. We must not allow these extreme views to
overshadow those of the majority and the mainstream. We must appeal
to the majority to speak up and denounce those who disrespect values
and principles of solidarity that are present in all great religions.
If they fail to do so, the essential dialogue
between cultures and societies will be reduced to an angry exchange
between the fringes, with each side assuming that extremists speak
for the other side as a whole and – in turn – allowing its own extremists
to frame its response.
Yesterday we had a meeting of leaders from
concerned international organizations – the Organization of the
Islamic Conference, the League of Arab States, as well as the United
Nations – and the foreign ministers of some concerned countries
– Spain, Turkey, and our hosts here in Qatar.
We all agreed that everyone is entitled
to freedom of worship and freedom of opinion and expression, as
defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
But we also agreed that these rights carry
with them an inherent responsibility, and should not be used to
degrade, humiliate or insult any group or individual. On the contrary,
we should all exercise great sensitivity when dealing with symbols
and traditions that are sacred to other people.
We also agreed on the need for dialogue
on these issues between people of different beliefs or traditions,
and on the need to work together to overcome intolerance and exclusivism.
But we also realised that that is much
easier said than done. We had to ask ourselves an uncomfortable
question: how effective are our voices of moderation and reconciliation,
when it comes to countering the narratives of hatred and mistrust?
The sad truth is that these narratives,
however deceptive, can be very compelling. Incidents like a caricature
of the Prophet, or a death threat to the artist who drew it, make
far more impact on the popular imagination than pious statements
issued by foreign ministers and secretaries-general.
And this is where we look to you, the High-Level
Group, for help. Lofty ideas alone are not enough. We need to develop
a language that will carry them. We need to develop sobering, but
equally compelling counter-narratives of our own. We need to engage
in dialogue not only scholars, or diplomats or politicians, but
also artists, entertainers, sports champions – people who command
respect and attention right across society, and especially among
young people, because it is very important to reach young people
before their ideas and attitudes have fully crystallised.
I very much hope that you can come up with
specific, concrete suggestions for ways of carrying this dialogue
forward so that it can really catch the popular imagination; so
that we are not just a nice group of people agreeing with each other,
but people with a message that can echo round the world.
That message must say that free speech
involves listening as well as talking. It must tell people of all
faiths that it is too late in our common history to go back to wars
of religion, and urge them to ask themselves whether they want their
children to grow up in a world of hate. It must say – but in better,
more compelling language than I can find – that diversity is a precious
asset, not a threat. It must be a divine message – heard not in
the earthquake, nor in the fire, nor yet in the rushing mighty wind,
but in the still, small voice of calm. Thank you very much.
To advance the Alliance of Civilizations,
the UN Secretary-General established a High-level Group of eminent
personalities and tasked this Group with generating a report containing
an analysis of the rise in cross-cultural polarization and extremism
and a set of practical recommendations to counter this phenomenon.
The High-level Group met five times from
November 2005 to November 2006, at the conclusion of which it produced
a report which takes a multi-polar approach within which it prioritizes
relations between Muslim and Western societies. The report is structured
in two parts:
Part I presents an analysis of the global
context and of the state of relations between Muslim and Western
societies. It concludes with a set of policy recommendations,
indicating the High-level Group’s belief that certain political
steps are pre-requisites to any substantial and lasting improvement
in relations between Muslim and Western societies.
Part II of the report reflects the High-level
Group’s view that tensions across cultures have spread beyond the
political level into the hearts and minds of populations.
To counter this trend, the Group analyzes and presents recommendations
in each of four thematic areas: Education, Youth, Migration, and
Media.
The Report concludes with the High-level
Group’s suggestions for the implementation of its recommendations.
The Report of the High-level Group was presented to UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and to Prime Ministers José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 13 November 2006 at the final meeting of
the High-level Group in Istanbul, Turkey.
Download the full Report (pdf)
This cooperation extends through the UN to many nations from all
around the world and I expect that no nation would reject the ideas
behind the AoC, Europe taking the lead in acceptance of it.
Preamble The Alliance of Civilizations
and the Council of Europe,
1. Recalling the values of pluralist democracy,
the rule of law and human rights for the development of all societies;
2. Recognising that cultural diversity
is an essential characteristic of every society and a potential
factor for economic and social development;
3. Reasserting the need to build bridges
between cultures and societies through dialogue and co-operation
as well as for political will and a collective commitment to live
together by strengthening mutual respect, tolerance and understanding
among people of different ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural
background;
4. Convinced of the need for intercultural
dialogue to be based on the principles of the indivisibility and
universality of human rights and on observance of the human rights
standards of the United Nations and the Council of Europe;
5. Affirming the role of the Council of
Europe as the benchmark for human rights, the rule of law and democracy
in Europe, and acknowledging the close co-operation between the
member states of the Council of Europe in promoting intercultural
dialogue based on these common values and principles;
6. Renewing their commitment to these common
values and principles which are rooted in Europe’s cultural, religious
and humanistic heritage – a heritage both shared and rich in its
diversity;
7. Bearing in mind the principles of intercultural
dialogue as established for the Alliance of Civilizations by the
High Level Group’s report of 13 November 2006, and as laid down
in the Council of Europe White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue “Living
Together as Equals in Dignity;”
8. Wishing to support the ratification
and implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
9. Recognising the role of the Council
of Europe as a member of the “Group of Friends” of the Alliance
of Civilizations;
10. Having regard to their respective competences,
specific characteristics and programmes of activities, and building
on their existing good relations;
11. Wishing to intensify co-operation and
mutually benefit from each other’s experience concerning matters
of joint interest;
Have agreed as follows:
Objectives and Principles of co-operation
in intercultural dialogue
12. The Alliance of Civilizations and the
Council of Europe (hereinafter referred to together as “the Parties”)
will enhance their co-operation in the field of intercultural dialogue
in all areas of joint interest in order to achieve complementarity
and avoid overlapping.
13. On the basis of partnership and complementarity,
taking due account of their comparative advantages and expertise,
the Parties will take all necessary steps to further their co-operation
through exchange of information concerning their respective activities
and through the development of joint action as set out below.
14. The cooperation will aim for added
value and make the best possible use of existing resources. Measures
implementing this Memorandum of Understanding will be subject to
the application of the Parties’ respective rules and policies and
also subject to the availability of the appropriate financial and
other resources.
Priority areas of co-operation in intercultural
dialogue
15. The Parties will ensure that their
co-operation will further their aims and objectives, notably the
promotion and protection of democracy, human rights and the rule
of law; the fight against all forms of discrimination on any ground;
the equal dignity of every human being and gender equality; inclusive
and cohesive societies; the democratic governance of cultural diversity;
intercultural dialogue, including its religious dimension, as well
as intercultural exchange ; and the strengthening of democratic
citizenship and participation and the promotion of civil society.
16. The Parties are committed to developing
joint activities in fields of common interest wherever appropriate
and feasible. Priority areas of co-operation between the Parties
cover:
Human rights, democracy and rule
of law: The Parties will explore possibilities for joint
action aimed at strengthening human rights, democracy and rule
of law, including the values underpinning intercultural dialogue.
Education: The Parties will
co-operate in such areas as education for democratic citizenship,
human rights, tolerance, mutual respect, intercultural awareness
and global education. They are committed to initiate and support
educational programmes which are inspired by the principles
of equal rights, inclusiveness, fairness and multiperspectivity,
and which foster cultural sensitivity and critical thinking.
Within their areas of competence, the Parties will promote interaction
among educational institutions, educational staff and students
in Europe and its neighbouring regions. The European Resource
Centre on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Intercultural
Education in Oslo will play a role in this context.
Youth: The Parties will develop
their co-operation through joint priority areas of action designed
to promote increased youth participation in intercultural dialogue
and decision-making processes and aimed at giving all young
people the means to play an active role in political and social
life without discrimination. They will foster non-formal education
and training opportunities for youth workers in human rights
and intercultural dialogue, and will facilitate youth exchanges
as well as promote long-term bridge building activities between
diverse cultural and religious groups. The Parties will promote
the development of youth policies with a particular emphasis
on intercultural dialogue by encouraging co-operation between
policy-makers, researchers, young people and youth workers.
Culture: The Parties will investigate
the possibility of co-operation in cultural, audiovisual and
heritage policies, including the exchange of information on
good practice and policy strategies at local level as well as
the joint development of existing tools for information and
co-operation.
Media: The Parties will seek
to co-operate in the promotion and defence of freedom of expression
and information and freedom of the media. They will explore
the possibilities of promoting the access of all persons to
media and new information and communication services. They will
explore co-operation in the area of media literacy development
and journalists training programmes in intercultural issues.
They will seek to foster the awareness of media professionals
of the need for intercultural dialogue, mutual respect, tolerance
and co-operation across ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic
boundaries.
Migration and social cohesion:
The Parties will co-operate in the field of social cohesion
on the basis inter alia of the Revised Social Charter of the
Council of Europe and the relevant instruments of the United
Nations. They will particularly promote the social and cultural
inclusion of migrants and vulnerable and minority groups in
society, the fight against discrimination, and measures aiming
at strengthened democratic citizenship and participation.
17. Other areas of co-operation may be
determined by mutual agreement.
Co-operation arrangements
18. The Parties will designate “focal points”
within their secretariats to be responsible for permanent contacts
between them. Ad hoc contacts at a political level may be organised
on topical issues of joint interest.
19. The “North-South Centre” (Lisbon),
given its position as a bridge between the Council of Europe and
neighbouring regions, is expected to play a specific role in the
implementation of this Memorandum of Understanding.
20. The Alliance of Civilizations will
consider participating in the “Faro Open Platform of inter-institutional
cooperation for intercultural dialogue”.
21. This Memorandum of Understanding will
cover a period of three years at the end of which the Parties will
evaluate its implementation and, based on this evaluation, will
agree in writing on its renewal and upon modifications as necessary.
Visibility
22. The Parties will take measures to enhance
the visibility of their co-operation and joint activities to the
general public. The Parties mutually will support each other in
their relations with the media and with regard to web contents.
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For the Council of Europe For the Alliance
of Civilizations
There are several other concerns related to this integration of politics
and religion and the militarization of this organization.
Over the months that followed the cartoon
crisis, I paid very close attention to the Alliance of Civilizations’
web site. Daily search engine inquiries and AoC web visits had become
routine. July and August yielded more than enough reading material.
One such report, the
OSCE contribution to the Alliance of Civilizations initiative,
was released in June. The OSCE originated from the Helsinki Final
Act of 1975 (also known as the Helsinki Process) and changed its
official name to the Organization for Security and Co-operation
of Europe in 1994. To this day, the
Helsinki
Process remains active working to implement
a one world government. What I found was that the OSCE had been
particularly impressed with how the EU’s High Representative Javier
Solana and the Alliance of Civilizations had turned the
cartoon crisis into opportunity. Now they
were on board and had written of their unique position to contribute
to the implementation of the AoC initiative. Although I found aspects
of the report somewhat troublesome, it wasn’t until I read the Alliance’s
July 17
Report of the Hearing with the International Community and Civil
Society that I decided to give the OSCE
a second in-depth look. The International Hearings report contains
the following:
“The Military Staff Committee, instead
of being abolished, should be revived so that meetings of military
leaders at different levels could be introduced for the international
practice.” (page 26)
It appeared that the defunct Committee
was about to be revived! I also read: “On the national level, constitutional
democracy does not entail the existence of a police state or military
watchdog, but implies observation of the laws that have been worked
out by the elected representatives, as well as the adherence to
the value system.” (page 26) This reminded me of a statement in
the OSCE report that I found puzzling. They said that the OSCE is
the world’s largest regional security organization, comprising of
56 participating states and that “decisions are based on consensus
and are politically but not legally binding”. What did that mean?
I found my answer in the
Helsinki Process Papers--Building Democracy From Manila to Doha:
The Evolution of the Movement of New or Restored Democracies
as follows:
“Under its human dimension objectives,
the OSCE has adopted instruments, created norms and initiated activities
for the promotion of democracy and governance. The OSCE instruments
are “politically binding commitments” for the participating states,
and become effective upon adoption and implementable without having
to wait for subsequent domestic approval or ratification. This process
allows also the OSCE to react quickly to new needs.” (page 67)
Now I really had much more reason for concern
considering:
The United States is one of those
participating states politically bound to OSCE decisions.
The OSCE, which is connected to the
European Union, sets mandates in crisis management situations
(note that it was the OSCE that justified the relentless bombing
campaign against Kosovo).
The circles so accurately portray the words
of the
Helsinki Summit Declaration of 1992. Page
5, section number 10 of the declaration establishes the OSCE as
a crisis management organization which derives its power from:
The Council of Europe
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
The European Community (European Union)
The Western European Union (WEU)
Isn’t it interesting that’s exactly the
arrangement of the circles? Also stipulated in the Helsinki document
is that a “peacekeeping operation, according to its mandate, will
involve civilian and/or military personnel…and may assume a variety
of forms including observer and monitor missions and large deployment
of forces”. (See second section--Helsinki Decisions, page 19).
Notice how the Alliance of Civilizations
is embedded into each circle. The outermost circle, the United Nations,
is the administrator of the initiative. Moving inward, the OSCE
has adopted the Alliance and, by treaty, politically binds its member
states to the initiative.
The next circle, the Council of Europe,
is administrator of the social dimension of the Barcelona Process.
The Barcelona Process, established in 1995, set among its goals
the responsibility of straightening out the clash of civilizations
as well as combating religious fundamentalism worldwide. The Alliance
of Civilizations intends to start operations within the framework
of the Barcelona Process and then amplify the AoC initiative globally.
Next is
NATO and the AoC. NATO is also on board
with the Alliance of Civilizations and, unknown to most Americans,
has split under the
Berlin-Plus Agreement.
In the event
of a crisis situation, NATO assets are transferred to the European
Union’s Political and Security Committee presently presided over
by EU High Representative Javier Solana.
Crisis management drills have already
been conducted to test the Berlin-Plus arrangement.
Moving in we have the European Union which
has at its disposal the crisis management
Battle Groups which can simultaneously
sustain multiple offensive operations. These battle groups are intended
for rapid deployment while awaiting reinforcements from member states’
militaries and NATO assets. The
European Security Strategy has committed
to strengthening the United Nations so that it may fulfill its role
in global governance. Anything that undermines global governance
is considered by Solana to be a threat. Statewatch’s report,
Arming Big Brother, provides an excellent
analysis of the EU’s militarization. The EU is fully committed to
the Alliance of Civilizations as it has appointed the Anna Lindh
Foundation to oversee its implementation.
Finally, the innermost interesting circle,
that of the Western European Union (WEU). The WEU is the 10-nation
military alliance of the European Union. The Assembly of the WEU
has in place crisis management
Recommendation 666 which provides that
military authority be granted to EU High Representative for Common
Foreign and Security Policy in the event of an emergency. As noted
above, this position is presently held by Javier Solana.
The Assembly of the WEU also adopted
Recommendation 735, on a European initiative
to strengthen the role of the United Nations in promoting peace
and security. This recommendation is designed to strengthen the
UN militarily in the event of a crisis situation. The WEU, having
recognized that:
“The only common structure envisaged
to assist the Security Council on military matters has never
actually functioned: this is the Military Staff Committee composed
of the chiefs of staffs of the permanent members of the Security
Council.”
has committed to changing that situation
as such:
“…The proposed provisions on tasks
outside the European Union should state that the Union is ready
to make its military capabilities available to the United Nations
for the purpose of taking coercive action in the event of a
threat to peace…”
Every organization represented by a circle
on this chart has committed to the implementation of the Alliance
of Civilizations initiative. That ought to debunk the myth that
the United Nations is “insignificant” in world affairs. Incidentally,
with all of these measures for crisis management in place, does
anyone else detect another crisis in the very near future?
Daniel
8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper
in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and
by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against
the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them...
This article is the second of a
three part series which compares the legal and cultural changes
being made by today’s global government to those made by the Nazis.
Part I,
Ghost of Nazi Past, Ghost of Nazi Present
focused on cultural, media,
parliamentary, and judicial manipulations while this part focuses
on science, religion, religious education, and spiritual mobilization.
The format of this post is as follows: texts in bold font are citations
from
Richard
Evans’ book The Third Reich in
Power. Italicized texts that follow Evens’ citations are quotations
from global governance actors along with some of my commentary.
Writing of the hostilities between
the Nazis and the Catholic Church, Evans explains “…the
German government repeatedly told the Vatican that its fight against
Marxism and Communism demanded the unity of the German people through
the ending of confessional divisions.” (pg. 241) Today,
we see the identical argument being advanced by the Alliance of
Civilizations, the World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality,
et al. In the interest of combating extremism and terrorism we are
told a global code of conduct which embraces only common spiritual
and political ideologies must be adopted. Contributors to this code
of conduct are groups such as the World Commission on Global Consciousness
& Spirituality which will “activate” the evolutionary process of
global consciousness; the Alliance of Civilizations which is currently
developing guidelines for how religions must interpret scripture;
Religions for Peace
which is advancing
A Common
Word, an initiative designed to
undermine religious doctrines and hijack religion; etc. Orchestrated
efforts to incite violence against those who refuse to set aside
their doctrines—particularly against the monotheistic faiths – have
intensified on multiple fronts. Evans writes “Nazism imbued
the German language with the metaphors of battle: the battle for
jobs, the struggle for existence, the fight for culture…The language
itself began to be mobilized for war.” (pg. 214) We are
in this same place today. Christians who dare voice an unpopular
opinion are accused of having a violent ethos. The existence of
the new civilization is threatened if the egocentric are permitted
to continue with their “defective disconnection”. It is, as they
say, a fight for civilization. Setting the stage for the new religious
ethos is Karen Armstrong, Alliance of Civilizations High Level Group
member.
**Video posted
in original link**
See
use doctrine. The full version
of the Karen Armstrong presentation can be found
here.
Science
One criticism consistently launched
against the adherents of the Abrahamic faiths’ is that the doctrines
cannot be scientifically proven and the faithful have abandoned
rational scientific inquiry. Yet many of the same critics who claim
superiority have no problem advancing unproven occult doctrines
such as notions of a “planetary spiritual hierarchy”; the existence
of the Aryans and Atlantis; evolutionary advancement through Luciferic
initiations; etc., etc.
“The real core of Nazi
beliefs lay in the faith Hitler proclaimed in his speech of
September 1938 in science – a Nazi view of science – as the
basis for action.” Pg 259
“But humanity has hitherto
lacked an adequate global grammar and a global lens to fully
activate this integral/holistic/dialogic technology of mind;
and since our living realities are co-created by out patterns
of minding, the supreme technological advance in the human condition
is this advance to the integral technology of minding.” –
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
Religion
Here the comparisons I draw are
between the Third Reich’s attempts to control Christianity and the
global government’s plans to control the three monotheistic faiths.
The below World Commission citations that refer to the egocentric
mind refer to individuals who believe their religious texts to be
true and are not prepared to abandon their convictions for a new
revelation. The egocentric mind also pertains to political dissenters
of the globalization process.
“National Socialism is not
only a political doctrine, it is a total and all-encompassing
general perspective on all public matters. So our entire life
has to be based on it as a matter of natural assumption. We
hope that the day will come when nobody needs to talk about
National Socialism any more…One day, the spiritual awakening
of our time will emerge from this will to culture.”
- Joseph Goebbels Pg 211
“One striking result of the general
global law – we are as we
mind…But humanity has hitherto
lacked an adequate global grammar and a global lens to fully
activate this integral/holistic/ dialogic technology of mind;
and since our living realities are co-created by our patterns
of minding,, the supreme technological advance in the human
condition is this advance to the integral technology of minding.”
–
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“As an SS plan put it
in 1937: ‘We live in the age of the final confrontation with
Christianity. It is part of the mission of the SS to give to
the German people over the next fifty years the non-Christian
ideological foundations for a way of life appropriate to their
own character.’…Christianity, Himmler was to declare on 9 June
1942, was ‘the greatest of plagues’; true morality consisted
not in exalting the spirit of the individual but in abnegating
oneself in the service of the race. Moral values could be derived
only from consciousness of one’s place in, and duty to, the
chain of ‘valuable’ heredity.” Pg 252
“Perhaps the single most
powerful event facing humanity today is a great awakening on
a planetary scale that has been millennia in the making. We
humans are in the midst of a profound advance as a species to
a higher form of global consciousness that has been emerging
across cultures, religions and worldviews through the centuries.
This awakening…is nothing less than a shift…from more egocentric
patterns of life to a higher form of integral and dialogic patterns
of life.” –
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“…it should now be apparent
that global spirituality is precisely this crossing from egocentric
life into the deep–dialogic life of global consciousness: this
is the highest telos and consensus of our great planetary spiritual
endowment…True Spirituality is the highest expression of our
rational essence and is not to be confused with egocentric religious
life. Spirituality is the awakening of our highest being, bringing
us into direct relation with Reality as the Logosphere; it is
the process of self–transformation from ego life to the awakened
life of mature Integral Natural Reason and flowing in harmony
with the Lawlike Moral Energy of the Logosphere. And Global
Spirituality is this awakening of the Global Mind, the highest
mature form of spirituality in its global power. Global Spirituality
then is Awakened Critical Reason and is thus free of all ego
ideology and ego dogma. Now, hopefully, the direct link between
global consciousness and global spirituality should be more
manifest.” –
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“By 1937 the Protestant
Church was either deeply divided between the German Christians
and the Confession Church…biblical fundamentalism and Nazified
Christianity were equally repellent.” Pg 228
“The egocentric… mind is
a stage in our human development (evolution) which tends to
separate and objectify the thinking subject from the objects
of though, and to remain centered in and privileging its particular
worldview (religion, ideology, cultural lens) as the exclusive
measure of reality (meaning, truth, fact, value, experience,
existence). The egocentric mind is broken off from the Integral
Field of Reality and packages, constructs, separates, divides,
polarizes, fragments all its touches….ego minding is the primary
cause of the spectrum of human pathologies. And the consensus
prescription is that to change this mentality is the single
most important factor in transforming the human condition.”
-
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“Anti-Christian writings
of the Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg, who publicly rejected
such central doctrines as the immortality of the soul and Christ’s
redemption of humankind from original sin. In his book The Myth
of the Twentieth Century, Rosenberg excoriated Catholicism as
the creation of the Jewish clericalism” pg 238
“Robert Ley, leader
of the Labour Front, went even further than Rosenberg in his
disdain for Christianity and his rejection of the Divinity of
Christ…” pg 251
“Jesus, whom the Muslims
regard as a prophet, as in fact do many of the New Testament
writers. Luke’s gospel calls Jesus a prophet from start to finish;
the idea that Jesus was divine was a later development, often
misunderstood by Christians.”
Karen Armstrong, Alliance of Civilizations
Karen Armstrong, a apostate and
former Catholic nun, is certainly aware that this is considered
heresy by the Catholic church
and that her words were intended to
attack an entire religion. At least
the Alliance of Civilizations is no longer attempting to pretend
to be something they are not.
Religious
Education
“Remoulding the educational
system would create a new generation of young Germans who had
known no alternative source of values to Nazism. Yet there was
of course one area in which such values did persist…That was
religion. For reasons of political expediency and caution, the
Third Reich had stopped short in 1933 of attacking the Churches
and their dependent secular institutions. As it became more
self-confident, however, it began to turn its attention to Christianity
too, and to seek a means of either converting it to a form more
suitable to the new Germany, or, if that did not work, of doing
away with it altogether.” Pg 218
“Nazis now launched
a sustained campaign to close denominational schools and replace
them with non-religious ‘community schools’…Parents were forced
to sign prepared statements declaring that they ‘did not want
the education of my child at school to be misused by stirring
up religious unrest’ Pg 246
“By the summer of 1939,
all denominational schools in Germany had been turned into community
schools, and all private schools run by the Churches had been
closed down or nationalized…By 1939 religious instruction in
vocational schools had been reduced to half an hour a week,
and in many areas it had to follow guidelines…Parents who objected
to these moves…were obliged by the local authorities to withdraw
their objection, summoned to special meetings at the school
to pressure them to sign their children up for ideological instruction
instead of religious education…” pgs 246-247
“The German Christian’s
attempt to create a synthesis between German Protestantism and
Nazi racism had effectively collapsed…Hitler reluctantly abandoned
his ambition of convereting it into the official state Church
of the Third Reich. Instead, he ordered the creation of a new
Ministry for Church Affairs, established in July 1935 under
the 48-year-old Hanns Kerrl…The new Ministry was given wide-ranging
powers, which Kerrl did not hesitate to deploy in order to bring
refractory pastors to heel…Pastors were banned from preaching,
or had their pay stopped. They were forbidden to teach in schools.
All theological students were ordered to join Nazi organizations.”
Pg 230
Such measures are most likely
to succeed if supported by religious education that is based
upon a sound interpretation of religious teachings. –
Alliance of Civilizations High Level Group
“Education as we understand
it here makes it possible to view with equanimity the completion
of the process of secularisation, first of structures, then
of society itself, as just one of several possible reflections
of a modern way of life. School should give children a clearer
understanding of the psychosocial, cultural and sometimes political
functions of religion. This sort of approach would undoubtedly
help to sharpen and challenge their critical faculties and combat
the wilder excesses of particularism. This has fundamental consequences
for the educational system, particularly as regards the teaching
of religious education. Who should teach religion? Who can make
a valid comparison between the different doctrinal elements
of religions? We must beware of confusion here. A clear distinction
needs to be drawn between religious education in the sense understood
by adherents of a faith, which consists of transmitting the
values, teachings and liturgy of their religion with a view
to the proper practice of that religion (e.g. the Catholic catechism),
and the teaching of comparative religion which aims only to
instil knowledge about religion and the history of religion.
Only the latter forms one of the bases of learning for the intercultural
dialogue through education. Religious education of the first
kind is perfectly legitimate, but is not relevant to the objective
under discussion. Comparative religion should therefore be taught
by professional teachers capable of providing a comparative
analysis of religions, regardless of their own religious choice,
with the objectivity of an expert, not the passion of a devotee.
This is an essential choice that will determine the success
of the dialogue through education. The difficulty of the exercise
lies in integrating religion, which is such a sensitive issue
in the Euro-Mediterranean area, into the field of education,
taking into account its irreducibility and its mission to provide
absolute truth, but without altering the educational philosophy
of mutual knowledge based on curiosity, self-respect and openness
to the Other.” -
Dialogue Between Peoples and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean
Area
Propaganda & Spiritual Mobilization
“Hitler had created
a new Ministry of Popular enlightenment and Propaganda on 13
March 1933 and put Goebbels himself into the Ministry…the Ministry’s
task as the ‘spiritual mobilization’ of the German people in
a permanent re-creation of the spirit of popular enthusiasm…”
pg. 121
“In other words, religions
and the institutions that represent them cannot be banned from
the public sphere but must be brought in under the leadership
of the international civil bodies when it comes to questions
concerning mutual recognition, universal justice, and lasting
peace.” –
Alliance of Civilizations High Level Group
“The revolution we have
made’, declared Joseph Goebbels, on 15 November 1933, ‘is a
total one. It has encompassed every area of public life and
fundamentally restructured them all. It has completely changed
and reshaped people’s relationship to each other, to the state,
and questions of existence.’ Page 120
“One striking pattern and
disclosure that is of the utmost importance for seeing that
entering the global perspective is a dimensional shift....This
dimensional shift to the global lens is well beyond a mere “paradigm
shift”…It actually taps a deeper ground of Reality – it is an
existential shift.” -
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“To what extent is the current
state of “American civic discourse” dominated by egocentric
politics and ego democracy= egocracy? Have we truly matured
into a secular civic space? A truly secular civic democracy
can only arise through spiritual citizenship. That would be
the true American revolution. -
World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality
“That is the secret
to propaganda: to permeate the person it aims to grasp, without
his even noticing that he is being permeated. Of course propaganda
has a purpose, but the purpose must be concealed with such cleverness
and virtuosity that the person on whom this purpose is to be
carried out doesn’t notice at all.” – Joseph Goebbels Pg 127
“What the Nazis wanted
from books was demonstrated in propaganda events such as the
German Book Week, held annually from 1934 onwards. ‘Sixty million
people will be roused at the end of October by the drumbeat
of book promotion,’ declared one of the leading organizers of
the 1935 event. These ‘days of mobilization’ would ‘implement
inner military preparedness from the spiritual angle in the
cause of building up our people.’ Pg 162
Last November I posted an article,
Aligning the Masses, regarding
the 2008 Euro-Mediterranean Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The
campaign, “Mobilising People and Actions for Dialogue,” intends
to
mobilize civil society
and
“raise awareness” of 500 million European citizensand
develop an active European citizenship which is “open to the world,
respectful of cultural diversity and based upon common values”.
I had intended to write in-depth analysis on this mobilization project
but while looking for a reference document found a blog space called
Euro-Med
which had already written everything I had intended to cover. I
have not read this entire blog, but the previous link contains good
information.
“Advertising and design
began to incorporate Nazi symbols and to adopt approved Nazi
style.” Pg 211
“Symbols can be very effective
tools in advancing a cause. The creation of a house or temple
of religions or civilizations in as many cities as possible
will be a tangibleand important step in this direction.” -
Alliance of Civilizations High Level Group
On a personal note, my apologies for the
delay in updating the blog. Life has been quite busy lately plus
I’ve found it necessary to write at a local level as well as other
other locations. Once I complete the next post in this series, I
will share some of the issues I’ve needed to address and post my
local writings here, thus making them “glocal.”
Be not overcome
of evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21
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