The Battle Cry For Theocracy

Some pretty scary stuff!



http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/printer_795.shtml

"A glimpse at Battle Cry’s Honor Academy, which trains 500 youth each year and preaches that homosexuality and masturbation are sins, reveals a lot about what kind of society they are fighting for. Interns are not allowed to listen to secular music, watch R-rated movies, or date. Men are not allowed to use the Internet unsupervised and the length of women’s skirts is regulated. The logic behind this, that men must be protected from the sin of sexual temptation, is the same logic that drives Islamic fundamentalists to shroud women in burqas!"

Yuucckkkk......

They're fighting US over here so they don't have to fight THEM over there. No one is safe from those Hitler Youth chickenhawks.

We, as young Americans, assert our right to determine our future and the future of our great nation. We hold these truths as our God-given rights, and we embrace them with our hearts and our lives:

We recognize that God, our Creator, is the source of all truth.

We will live with honor, always striving to do the right thing, even when it is unpopular. We will be honest and truthful in matters large and small, regardless of the consequences.

We will take responsibility for our actions, and not point to governments, schools, celebrities, parents, or friends to justify our wrong decisions.

We recognize that we are responsible for our mistakes. We will pursue purity throughout our lives.

We will not be seduced by a fabricated idea of sex and love.

We will save our bodies and hearts for our future spouses, and once married we commit to pursue faithful and enduring relationships.

We will see through the lies of drugs and alcohol and refuse to let any chemical influence our thinking or destroy our lives.

We will respect the authorities placed in our lives, even though some may not live as honorably as they should.

We will honor our parents, teachers, and other leaders.

We will reach out with compassion to the hurting and less fortunate, both in our society and around the world.

We refuse to be absorbed with our own comforts and desires.

We recognize the value of each life, whether born or unborn, and we seek to protect those who are unable to protect themselves.

We will do our best to represent and communicate our Creator to our peers, leaders, and society as a whole.

We will work to see that every person has the opportunity to see and hear about the true nature of our God.


In signing, we commit to pursue a life that exemplifies these standards.

We refuse to sit idly by and witness the destruction of our generation.

With God's help, we envision a bright and prosperous future for the nation we love.

http://www.battlecry.com/teen_bor.php

Can I say, :puke:

To believe, or not believe, in any so called God or his aliases.

These religious Christian zealots remind me of the burned out druggies of the 70's called the Jesus Freaks.

Same mentality and intellectual ability.

these guys sound like brownshirts in training.

"We will respect the authorities placed in our lives, even though some may not live as honorably as they should."

:puke:

being led by the nose by some very cagy operators with an almost unlimited budget.

This movement, like so many others, will undoubtedly fizzle before it takes over the country, but it will cause untold damage on the way.

it frightens me to think that whole religious movements are founded on hate and exclusion. These people are insane, by any standard of sanity I recognize. If a religion preaches nothing but hatred and punishment, why would anybody want to adhere to that religion?

If there is a loving and just god, wouldn't his commandments be to love and help each other? Why would a loving god call for such horrible punishments for people practicing human nature? One thing I have noticed, when reading about any of these fundie type religions, is that the majority of what they condemn has to do with sex.

How many fundie sects call for charity, for helping our fellow man? No, they obsess on gay sex, a woman's right to control her body, birth control...all having to do with sexuality. Where are the commandments to take care of our fellow man? Where are the rants about feeding the hungry, helping the poor? They go ignored, as these twisted people seek to punish what they consider sexual sins, and turn blind eyes to charity.

Hatred, suppression of expression, hatred for sexual freedom, are all arsenals in their army of bigotry. To me, as long as serious attention is paid to these purveyors of hate we can never be a truly liberated and just society. These people are poison.

I hope it goest he same way as others in our past, but they are scary, every time.