The Homosexual War against Christianity
By: Billy Rojas
Preface
Christians don't like to think about it; they often are in denial about it,
but the fact is that, starting as far back in time as the 1970s, certainly
since the early 1980s, organized homosexuals have acted to undermine
Biblical faith in every way open to them. Against the myth that the events
of this saga have been natural and purely spontaneous, has been a long
range plan, actually the combination of several plans, that by the 1990s,
homosexuals were ready to take to the next level. In addition to wars of
words, everything from articles in print to name calling in the streets, has
come a series
of outright physical attacks against Christians and against Christian
church
properties. All of which is discussed in detail in the book.
The book before you documents every assertion made in its pages.
This is not yet-another-conspiracy theory, it is a news story -told as
history-
about a war against Christian faith waged by people who take the view,
with justification, that part of the moral core of Christianity is the high
value it places on heterosexual families and its abhorrence to sodomy,
the word universally used to mean "homosexuality" until the invention
of that term in the late 19th century.
What Evangelicals in particular also are unaware of -for the most part-
is the relevance of psychology, especially psychoanalysis, to the issue
of homosexuality. That is, until very recently, and this is still current
for a good number of psychoanalysts, the field has been highly critical
of homosexuality itself, regarding it as a psychological disorder, in
common
parlance, as a mental illness. But Evangelicals reject most of what Freud
said about heterosexuality, since he favored greater sexual freedoms for
men and women, with wedlock being a "good" that might best be preceded
by sexual experience.
In the process of rejecting Freud the Evangelicals cut themselves off from
the possibility of making use of psychology to provide a scientific basis
for Biblical values, notably the many condemnations of homosexuality
in the Bible in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. This may
not have meant terribly much at one time but in the modern era this
shortcoming has proven to be just about fatal as the young, in
increasing numbers, have turned to science in making value judgments
about human sexuality. At the same time, homosexuals, emboldened
by their de facto capture of the American Psychiatric Association,
have manufactured 'scientific findings' to suit their purposes and made use
of political influence to convince others that the faulty and often
misleading studies they rely upon to make their case are, instead,
empirical, reliable, and valid.
As long as popular culture in America was still basically Judeo-Christian
in character the effects of this development could safely be ignored.
And there was the figure of Ronald Reagan, the political hero of the
Religious Right, who made it seem that American traditions were again
on the ascendency and the challenge from homosexuals was ephemeral.
But Reagan was ephemeral, and he not only did not turn the tide
against homosexuality, he furthered it, off the radar, in deference to
his many homosexual friends in the Hollywood film industry,
including celebrities like Rock Hudson.
Why didn't Evangelicals notice? Because Reagan did one thing that
Christian believers could make the most of, he expressed some degree
of sympathy toward opponents of abortion. This was the signal that
many Christian believers were waiting for; the battle to end abortion
could take on a life of its own. And, in fairness, it has more-or-less
succeeded in the years since 1981. But about which most homosexuals
could care less. Except for feminist homosexuals, primarily among
female homosexuals, abortion has no real meaning, They are
interested in just one thing, capturing the culture and
homosexualizing America in the process.
It is that war that this book discusses, a war that caught the majority
of Evangelical Christians by surprise. And in all the years since that war
was launched in earnest, starting some time during the years Ronald
Reagan was in office, Evangelicals, despite a small number of temporary
successes, have lost repeatedly and have lost badly.
Essentially, so far anyway, it is a war they cannot win. And they cannot
win it because of structural flaws in Evangelical religion itself,
flaws that Evangelicals refuse to admit.
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To tell the story of that war requires some background information.
The book progresses from the context which that background provides
up to the present, where the effects of this war are now found
almost everywhere in American society.
I have sought to be as truthful and objective about this largely unknown
story
as possible. To what effect?
Truth number 1 is that, so far, Evangelicals have no stomach for this war,
are in denial about it, and repeatedly "don't know what hit them."
It may be that Evangelicals are incapable of learning what they must learn
and learn well, in order to prevail. The book explains the shortcomings
intrinsic to Evangelical religion yet why they persist despite many
setbacks and defeats.
Truth number 2 is that there is much, indeed, about Evangelical faith that
is objectively good -for individuals, for families, and for communities.
However it might be done, it is important to see this good continue into
the future and serve as the foundation for whatever new forms of
religious faith emerge in the years ahead. It should not require any kind
of explanation to conclude that we need healthy families where
kids can be raised to become good people in their turn, as
parents themselves, and as valuable members of society.
Truth number 3 is that the religious future may need to become
post-Evangelical
for the great good within today's Evangelical religion to capture the
future.
The viewpoint expressed here has been influenced by the philosophy of
a French thinker of the early 19th century, an officer in the French army
at Yorktown, someone who was pro-American all his life, Henri Saint-Simon.
He was also the father of sociology, pro-science generally, yet most
concerned with the culture of nations and what was most necessary for
society in the future, which he called a "New Christianity," neither
Catholic
nor Protestant, which should be based on the principle: If Christianity
was starting only now, in the modern world, what would it become?
It is time to take a fresh look at the problems we face in America as a
result of the homosexual war against Christianity. And we should ask the
question: How can a New Christianity emerge from this war and
then prevail in a reborn future?
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The style of writing used here is a hybrid, part essay, part research
paper,
and part journalism. You will find a scholarly Bibliography but
no footnotes, an approach to writing recommended by Walter Kaufmann,
the noted German-American scholar best known for his major studies
of philosophy and religion, viz., especially Comparative Religion,
which is my lifelong passion. Kaufmann said that if it is important enough
to mention, put it in the text. That advice always made sense to me,
hence references in each chapter to many different sources
and kinds of sources.
An Appendix is included that features several papers which add important
information to the substance of the book for those who wish to explore
the ideas discussed here in greater depth.
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