Everything bad in the world is because of Christianity, according to Paul Kivel, a lecturer at the 2016 White Privilege Conference, in Philadelphia. He made the preposterous statement that every dysfunction found in society, from sexism to racism, a weak economy and global warming is all because of what he labels as “Christian hegemony”.
Kivel’s book and website define Christian hegemony as “a system of domination is complex, shifting, and operates through the agency of individuals, families, church communities, denominations, parachurch organizations, civil institutions, and through decisions made by members of the ruling class and power elite.”
Kivel ignores the truth found throughout history that women, slaves, children, and gladiators were consistently viewed as property and without value in most cultures. However, Jesus changed the message in first century Rome, putting into place the idea that equality and human rights are from God and come by virtue of being made in the image of God. Without this “evil” biblical principle, Kivel seems to believe that society would be better.
Read more is Kivels ludicrous propaganda that he spewed at the White Privilege Conference on the next page.
Really? I will pray for you all
Yes folks this is how pathetic our nation has become
Time for Christians and true constitutional conservatives to immigrate to Texas and stand with God!
Yeah, like the muslims don’t have the worst religion, ever.
Islam has been a plague on mankind for 1400 years. The simple fact that people exist and do not pay homage to Allah is all that has ever been needed to Muslims to rage upon the world. 1400 years of death and horror visited upon civilization – historians estimate that upwards of 670,000,000 people have been slaughtered, and another 280,000,000 raped and forced into slavery and it has been going on for 1400 years and Mohammad Osama wants us to think all this carnage has been created just by a radical fringe. And to the Muslim way of thinking everyone else is to blame – because we resisted, if people wouldn’t fight conversion there would be no bloodshed. That folks is Islam’s definition of peace.
Muslims are the only immigrant group that comes to Western countries with a ready-made model of society and government (sharia) that they believe to be superior to what is already there and they work to institute it and to supplant and replace the laws and culture of the land. They do not come here to assimilate, to join American society, they come here to bring it down, it’s called Civilization Jihad.
What under-educated Americans don’t realize is that the more DEVOUT you are as a Muslim, the more VIOLENT you are toward those who are NOT Muslim. Some think that ISIS, has a narrow interpretation of Islam. But, it is just opposite, ISIS has the broadest interpretation of Islam. The ideology is the same. The level of adherence is the distinguishing factor between moderate Muslims and more “enthusiastic” Muslims.
Islamic doctrine is slowly revealed, just like the Quran, that has an early form in Mecca and a fully developed later form in Medina. Now these may contradict each other, but both are true. The law of abrogation says that the later doctrine is better or stronger than the earlier doctrine.
ISIS uses all of the doctrine, including Medina. The so-called peaceful Muslims do not use all of the doctrine, just the early Meccan form. So the peaceful Muslims have the narrow, exclusive interpretation. ISIS and all of the jihadis have the broadest interpretation, which is inclusive.
Sadly many Muslims, and useful idiot type apologists, have been deceived. There are two principles used by Islamic scholars to explain how to properly understand the Quran. ‘Progressive Revelation’, which means that when the words of the Quran were first given to Muhammad, he, like any other man could not grasp or understand the whole of it at one time. It had to be given to him a little at a time then when his wisdom had grown and matured he was given further revelation. The second principle is ‘Abrogation’, meaning that whenever any seeming conflict is found between different passages in the Quran, the newer passage nullifies the earlier. What is most important to know in using those principles is how the Quran progresses and changes. In the earlier years when Muhammad was in Mecca, before his brethren sought to take his life because of his blasphemous beliefs in “one God”, his writings, the Quran reflected and contained most of the verses of peace that are so often quoted. Later, when he fled for his life, the Quran became increasingly violent and destructive. This is where it gets very important. Since that time, Islamic Scholars have used those very same principles in educating the Muslim masses. At least initially all receive instruction primarily from the passages of peace. It is only those who display maturity in their understanding that are then given that further wisdom leading them into Jihad.
If you truly wish to understand Islam simply reading the Quran itself is not sufficient, you must read a book titled, Reliance of the Traveler, (‘Umdat al-Salik) written by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (d. 1368). This volume, translated into English by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, is called the Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, and it bears the approval stamps of Al-Azhar University in Cairo and the U.S. International Institute of Islamic Thought. While this volume represents Shafi’i school of Islamic law, it is identical with 75 percent of the provisions of the other three Sunni schools of Islamic law. It is THE authoritative Hermeneutical text on Islamic spiritual law used in Madrases and Islamic universities world-wide. In it you will learn that those named as terrorists, Jihadists, are the ones following Islam best & most accurately, and those the world calls moderates are actually apostates to their “religion”. This is also why we see so much Muslim on Muslim violence around the world, each separate group believes they are more spiritual than the others so according to Islamic spiritual law, not only do they have a right to punish the others, but if they wish to remain true to Allah, they MUST punish the others – in effort to bring them back to the fold of course.
Freedom for Christians, is being taken away daily.
Sick thinking people. Sick thinking.
This guy is evidently,a savior of the world,or a highly educated fool I know which one I opt for.
VERY STUPID COMMENT!
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