-Caveat Lector- Not sure exactly what is being sold here.
Tenorlove http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2002/09-23-2002/vo18no19_religion.htm > > The New World Religion > by William F. Jasper > > Presented to the world as a mystical revelation, the UN Earth Charter > is actually a diabolical blueprint for global government. > > My hope is that this charter will be a kind of Ten Commandments, a > "Sermon on the Mount," that provides a guide for human behavior > toward the environment in the next century and beyond. > > - Mikhail Gorbachev > > Complete with photos. > > > > 2-9 Copies - $0.50 each > 10-99 Copies - $0.40 each > 100-999 Copies - $0.30 each > 1000+ Copies - $0.20 each > > Millions of Americans were justifiably shocked and outraged over the > 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' notorious ruling on the > Pledge of Allegiance. "Can our courts really have sunk this low?" > people asked. "How can little Johnny and Suzie violate the > Constitution by uttering the words 'under God' while reciting the > Pledge of Allegiance in a public school?" > > Yet that is what the Court said in its June 26th decision. This > ruling was a continuation of an ongoing subversive campaign aimed at > expunging all mention of God and all Christian symbols from the > public sphere. Judicial activists have ordered our students not to > invoke the Almighty's name in prayer on school property. Posting the > Ten Commandments on classroom walls is also supposedly a major > no-no. Traditional Christmas carols with religious themes are out, as > are Nativity scenes. Christmas and Easter vacations have been > de-Christianized to, respectively, winter and spring breaks. Many > textbooks have dropped the traditional "Christocentric" dating > system of B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, In the Year of > Our Lord) in favor of B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. > (Common Era). > > Many Christians concerned about this trend are looking hopefully to > the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the 9th Circuit's ruling, as > it has done with some of that court's previous radical rulings. Even > if that were to happen, developments at the World Summit on > Sustainable Development (also known as Earth Summit II) could > ultimately undo any Supreme Court reversal. If the Earth Summiteers > have their way, Johnny and Suzie will not be able to pledge > allegiance to "one nation, under God," but they will be able to > pledge > to "One World, under Gaia" - that is, Mother Earth. They will not be > allowed to have the Ten Commandments or the Holy Bible in > class, but could soon be bowing before the pagan "Ark of Hope," > reading the "sacred" Temenos Books, and reverently intoning the text > of the new UN Earth Charter. > > Those decrying the 9th Circuit Court's harmful decisions will take > little comfort in learning that senior 9th Circuit Court Judge J. > Clifford Wallace was among the jurists attending the Johannesburg > Summit's Global Judges Symposium. That meeting was hosted by > several globalist institutions with a pronounced hostility toward the > United States. The participants, which included judges from > Communist regimes, pledged to "apply new legal instruments in keeping > with the principles of sustainable development," and the > international "Rule of Law." > > One of the documents designed to advance this process, the > long-awaited Earth Charter, was formally unveiled to the world at > Johannesburg. Crafted by a conclave of "Wise Persons" headed by > former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev, it is set to become the > Holy Writ of the UN's new "global spirituality." Although the Earth > Charter is not a legally binding document, its impact may prove > damaging and pervasive. Its benign-sounding verbiage and symbolic > nature camouflage its dangerous purpose. The Charter is intended > to become a universally adopted creed that will psychologically > prepare the world's children to accept the necessity of world > government to save the environment. It is also an outrageous attempt > to indoctrinate your children in the UN's New Age paganism. > > The Preamble of the Earth Charter states: > > . we are one human family and one Earth community with a common > destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global > society founded on respect for nature.... Towards this end, it is > imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our > responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and > to future generations. > > According to the Charter, humanity must undergo a global "change of > mind and heart." And the UN's all-wise seers visualize > themselves as the lead change agents for this global undertaking. The > Earth Charter Initiative, however, candidly admits that it > intends to recruit your children as change agents, as well. "We seek > to increase the participation of young people in utilizing the > Earth Charter as a guideline in their work as active agents of > change," says the Earth Charter Initiative website. They have been > doing precisely that, and will be accelerating their program > throughout the world - including in schools in your neighborhood. The > U.S. Conference of Mayors is but one of hundreds of organizations, > schools, municipalities, and other entities that have signed on > as supporters of this declaration of a new "global ethic" for the > world. > > Blasphemous Symbols > > Weeks before the start of Earth Summit II, the Earth Charter arrived > in Johannesburg for a series of rituals, celebrations, and > promotions aimed at setting the spiritual tone for the global > conference. The venerated Charter is housed and transported in the > Ark > of Hope, a blasphemous mimicry of the biblical Ark of the Covenant, > which held the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments that > God gave to Moses. The Ark of Hope is actually designed to look like > the Ark of the Covenant and its devotees carry it around with > worshipful solemnity. Accompanying the Charter and the Ark are the > Temenos Books, containing aboriginal Earth Masks and "visual > prayers/affirmations for global healing, peace, and gratitude," > created by 3,000 artists, teachers, students, and mystics. According > to the Temenos Project, which launched the effort, a temenos is "a > magical sacred circle where special rules apply and extraordinary > events inevitably occur." > > The Ark, Charter, and Temenos Books were placed on display at the UN > summit site and then put to work building the new global ethic. > Day after day, UN acolytes carried the sacred objects from school to > school, where tens of thousands of children already had been > prepped with Earth Charter propaganda. Public ceremonies with mayors > and celebrities augmented the school events. > > The summit's opening day featured a four-hour symposium entitled, > "Educating for Sustainable Living with the Earth Charter." Steven > Rockefeller, a religion professor and scion of the fabulously wealthy > banking family that donated the land for the UN headquarters > in New York, was preeminent among the presenters. Professor > Rockefeller is also chairman of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the > Earth Charter International Drafting Committee. According to > Rockefeller, the way to go about "building peace on earth" is through > the "inclusive, integrated and spiritual approach" of the Earth > Charter. > > Covering the summit for USA Radio, Cathie Adams told The New American > that Rockefeller described the Charter as an effort to > incorporate the "wisdom of the world's religions." Razeena Wagiet, > environmental adviser to South Africa's national minister of > education, was one of the presenters who followed Rockefeller to the > podium. According to Wagiet, astrologers have foreseen that the > world is about to enter a "Golden Age, a New Age, an Age of > Aquarius." > > Earth Charter Integration > > Outlining how the Earth Charter is to be integrated into lifelong > education for all, Hans van Ginkel, chairman of the International > Association of Universities, told the symposium: "We must mobilize > all in education about sustainability; that's how we meet the > next generation." Sixteen million teachers must be trained, he noted, > and "the only way to move forward is by integrating the Earth > Charter into curriculum." > > The Rockefeller-Gorbachev Earth Charter effort is already fast at > work on that score. Their website declares: > > The Earth Charter values and principles must be taught, contemplated, > applied and internalized. To this end, the Earth Charter needs > to be incorporated into both formal and non-formal education. This > process must involve various communities, continue to integrate > the Charter into the curriculum of schools and universities, and > constitute an ongoing process of life-long learning. > > According to the same website, the Earth Council, UNESCO, and the > Earth Charter Initiative folks already have many of the curriculum > materials and programs prepared; in fact, they're already up and > running in schools across the globe. Some American schools got an > advance start on the rest of humanity with Charter activities, > coinciding with the journey last year of the Ark and its contents to > the UN in New York. The pilgrimage began in Vermont, where Steven > Rockefeller, in his role as dean of religion at Middlebury > College, held a sacred Earth ceremony. Joining him and the other > worshipers was Jane Goodall, the celebrity chimpanzee expert who > has become a fixture at forums sponsored by Mikhail Gorbachev and the > UN. The Charter was carried on foot, by car, and by boat, > arriving in New York City on November 8th, to be greeted by Pete > Seeger, the leftist folksinger. On January 24th, the Ark and > Charter were carried in a procession from the Interfaith Center of > New York to the United Nations Church Center Chapel, a distance > of about 15 blocks. > > The Charter's authors are not shy about the importance of their > handiwork. "My hope is that this charter will be a kind of Ten > Commandments, a 'Sermon on the Mount,' that provides a guide for > human behavior toward the environment in the next century and > beyond," Gorbachev stated in a 1997 interview with the Los Angeles > Times. > > Canadian billionaire socialist Maurice Strong, who presided over the > 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, is somewhat less > tentative. "The real goal of the Earth Charter," said Strong, "is > that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments." (Emphasis > added.) Mr. Strong had high hopes that the Charter, conceived in > 1987, would be adopted by the world at Rio. Alas, there were too > many other messianic projects on Gaia's burners at that confab. Gaia, > the Greek goddess of Earth, has become the supreme deity in > the green theology of the militant environmentalists. > > In his opening address to the Rio summit, Strong directed the world's > attention to the "Declaration of the Sacred Earth," which was > part of the pre-Summit ceremonies. "The changes in behavior and > direction called for here," said Strong, "must be rooted in our > deepest spiritual, moral, and ethical values." According to the > declaration, "The [ecological] crisis transcends all national, > religious, cultural, social, political and economic boundaries." "The > responsibility of each human being today is to choose between > the force of darkness and the force of light," Strong exhorted. "We > must therefore transform our attitudes and values, and adopt a > renewed respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature." > > The "Sacred" Text > > "The protection of Earth's vitality, diversity, and beauty is a > sacred trust," the Earth Charter asserts. However, "an unprecedented > rise in human population has overburdened ecological and social > systems. The foundations of global security are threatened." Thus, > "we urgently need a shared vision of basic values to provide an > ethical foundation for the emerging world community." > > According to the Charter, we must: > > a.. "Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of > life has value...." (Unborn children, of course, are not > included in the UN's definition of "every form of life." The Earth > Summit II documents continue to support the UN's pro-abortion > policies.) > > b.. "Affirm faith in the inherent dignity of all human beings." (UN > agencies, however, support policies of euthanasia for those > determined not capable of living a "quality" life.) > > c.. "Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and > regulations...." (This is a prescription for global socialism in a > super-regulated global state.) > > d.. "Prevent pollution of any part of the environment...." (Enforcing > this dictum would mean stopping virtually all human activity.) > > e.. "Internalize the full environmental and social costs of goods and > services in the selling price." (This seemingly harmless > sentence would empower the state to price, tax, and regulate all > production and consumption.) > > f.. "Ensure universal access to health care that fosters reproductive > health and responsible reproduction. (This is a thinly > disguised call for socialized medicine that includes abortion and > population control.) > > g.. "Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on > race . [and] sexual orientation." (This provision is clearly > aimed at criminalizing those who refuse to accept homosexuality as > positive and good.) > > h.. "Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and > among nations. (Few Marxist documents have put their > "redistribution of wealth" program more plainly.) > The Charter includes much, much more. It ends with this stirring > exhortation: "In order to build a sustainable global community, the > nations of the world must renew their commitment to the United > Nations, fulfill their obligations under existing international > agreements, and support the implementation of Earth Charter > principles with an international legally binding instrument on > environment and development." > > The Charter will soon be making its way to schools, city governments, > state legislatures, teachers organizations, civic groups, > professional associations, judges, and law schools. The > aforementioned Global Judges Symposium concluded its summit > activities by > issuing the so-called Johannesburg Principles on the Rule of Law and > Sustainable Development. "We recognize," it states, "the > importance of ensuring that environmental law and law in the field of > sustainable development feature prominently in academic > curricula, legal studies and training at all levels, in particular > among judges and others engaged in the judicial process." > > The judicial symposium was sponsored by the United Nations > Environmental Program (largely supported by U.S. tax dollars) and the > Environmental Law Institute, one of the principal eco-activist legal > groups supported by U.S. tax-exempt foundations. > > For the amount of time, effort, and money invested in the Earth > Charter program over the past decade, its profile at the recent > Johannesburg Earth Summit was remarkably subdued. Apparently, the > plan is to orchestrate a global stealth campaign for the Charter > among a sympathetic core constituency. As the campaign picks up > steam, activists will obtain signatures and public support for this > new global ethic from local, state, and national governments, > schools, and organizations - without stirring the suspicions and > opposition of churches, pro-life, and pro-family forces. Once a > critical mass of support has been built among students, teachers, > journalists, and public officials, the Charter will appear to be > universally accepted and unstoppable. > > Americans can make sure that that scheme does not work by informing > themselves and their friends and neighbors about this blatantly > diabolical and blasphemous deception. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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