I have just read the article by Robert E. Meyer entitled: The ACLU"s Christian View of War, in which he made the following statement:

• It seems to me that liberal Christians believe that the state has the same duty to provide compassion and charity as the church, but when it comes to cultural morality and law, the church should have no input or influence in shaping the culture.

Overlaying his words with my own sentiment, I commented to myself that here is yet another example of how deceptively manipulative some agendas really are. So stimulated was I by the article, that it caused me to remember that some weeks ago I had prepared but not posted, an article for publication at King's Calendar, entitled: "A World of Lies, Cowpats and Double Speak".

Now I don't want to bore you with all the quotes that it contains, and nor do I want to put Ken Anderson to the trouble that linking articles involves, but I thought I might provide you with a general precis of its content, because it does serve as a reminder that we must start thinking for ourselves.

The article revolves around two articles from Apologetics Press and two from TCS Daily, and highlights the degree to which we are subjected to 'mind manipulation', through the use of double speak and downright BS.

The first article referred to, relates that evolutionary science has backed itself into a corner, from which the only way of escape is obvious BS. Scientists are now saying that Humans and Apes separated as species at some point in the past, and then some how linked up again, only to once again separate.

This assertion flies in the face of so much previously accepted science, that in order to make the theory 'fit', they have had to work out a way that the contradiction can be made acceptable so that previous science 'fact' remains 'factual'.

The second report, relates that 'rape' is justified on the basis of Evolutionary theory. This is an interesting proposition, because it will one day be undoubtedly used as a defense in a court case, and of course, is the ultimate 'excuse' in our rapidly growing list of who to blame for our own actions.

The third report relates to the most recent fraud in relation to stem cell research, and highlights the eagerness of certain sections of society who will, without evidence or proper investigation, jump on any bandwagon that supports their agenda. Not deterred by a previous fraud emanating from Korea, a prestigious magazine jumped on the new and fraudulent claims without exercising any sense of caution.

The fourth report relates to 'fakery' in the Media, and warns us that we have to stop just trusting everything we are told, because where the rubber meets the road, it turns out that we really can't even trust ourselves.

I also drew attention in that article to a survey, the results of which fly in the face of everything that our educators and the rest of secular society wants us to believe - That most of us believe in Evolution. It turns out that in number one position is Turkey, and in number 2 position is the USA, of countries who reject the theory of Evolution. [Quite a surprise, Yes?]

I ended the article by reminding readers that I live in Communist China, and then challenged them to reconsider some commonly held beliefs about China. When we listen to some accusations about what China is really like [religion, the press, freedom, sexism etc] we often fail to realise that those accusations equally apply to western democracies, and I provided links to various articles demonstrating the truth of that assertion.

I pointed out toward the end of the article, that in fact we often only believe what we want to believe. The recent furore over Pope Benedict's comment, demonstrates this only too well.

Unfortunately, it is also a phenomenon that occurs when we are simply reading. I recently wrote an article about Mel Gibson, and got some rather interesting (to say the least) emails about it, and in all but one case, had to tell the readers to go back and read the article again.

Some people are so sensitive that their emotions overpower their intellect when they encounter an objectionable turn of phrase, while others seems simply to be geared up to take offense at anything, and no amount of argument will cause them to deviate from their righteous sense of offense.

Evolutionists constantly tell us that God does not exist, which inherently nullifies the concept of religious morality. They nevertheless remind us that we are sentient creatures with the power to create our own earthly paradise, toward which the first step must be an acceptance of the dignity and rights of humankind (hupersonkind? / hu-per-being-kind?)

It therefore seems ironic, that in our race to make this planet a paradise, we constantly and aggressively react to anyone or any concept to which we already do not subscribe. It seems to be that most of our concepts are politically motivated, rather than rooted in genuine humanitarian concern, which is probably why the deaths of 200,000 people in the Sudan, has received less attention and political action, than that given to stopping the Israelis from pursuing the terrorist organisation permitted to operate out of Lebanon.

When we put our agenda before 'truth', it is apparent that the agenda cannot be said to be inherently worthwhile. We really do need to start thinking for ourselves, and facing the various truths to be found in life, irrespective of  the discomfort that might ensue.

R.P.BenDedek

Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com

R.P.BenDedek (pseudonym) is the author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' (www.kingscalendar.com). From Brisbane, Queensland Australia, he is currently a Conversational (Business) English teacher,in Wuhan, Hubei Province, The People's Republic of China. He is also a contributing columnist at Magic City Morning Star News.

King's Calendar Social Commentaries may be found at: http://www.kingscalendar.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=331

"The King's Calendar" is a chronological study of the historical books of the Bible (Kings and Chronicles), Josephus, Seder Olam Rabbah, and the (Essene) Damascus Document of The Dead Sea Scrolls.