PRELUDE:
I am neither for nor against any
organized religion. Everyone has the absolute right to seek his or her spirituality
and faith from any quarter they choose. I am simply pointing to a possible
scenario involving religions on a global scale.
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Ever since the days of the Vietnam
War and Watergate, I have had a healthy mistrust in what the U.S. Government
has been telling the public on almost every issue that affects us.
Since my teenage years, I have
wondered about the “division of Church and State”. The constructors of our
founding documents made a clear, unambiguous
statement to keep Church and State
separated; mostly due to their past experiences with the English Monarchy/Church,
from which they were seceding. My question is how has this provision in our
Constitution been increasingly ignored over my lifetime and been allowed to
meld into the body politic.
While I am sure this is not a brand
new phenomenon, the blurring of the lines between Church and State has been
noticeably growing at a fast pace. I first noticed this in the late 1950’s when
Dwight Eisenhower was President and our Nation’s Civil Rights movement started
shifting into high gear. Back then, as it is now, it was perfectly
understandable that our society was looking for spiritual guidance. Then, in
the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, The Vietnam Conflict led many young folks
toward seeking alternative spiritual guidance. Some folks seemed to find that
guidance in sex, drugs, and rock and roll. By the time the 1980’s and the
1990’s rolled in, it seemed like National and Global incidents were coming at
us much faster. The 2000’s and 2010’ kept this ball rolling at an ever
increasing rate. Now, it’s the 2020’s and World and National events have picked
up momentum such that Church is covertly able to infiltrate the State.
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While the Nation has
been in constant upheaval here and abroad, our citizenry seemed to be fast
losing their trust in a major source of social guidance, the U.S. Government.
With that trust center all but gone, folks have turned to forms of organized
religion, forms of atheism, and other less traditional means of spirituality to
find guidance. Amidst National mayhem and chaos, the erosion of separation of
Church and State is in its final stages. This was, and is, going on very much
behind the scenes.
Something
to seriously ponder:
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I invite you to look into The Fellowship Foundation. They are the folks who run the “National Prayer Breakfast” in
Washington DC and in over 100 Countries globally (referred to generally as “The Family”). Take a look at the World’s
movers and shakers who attend these events. Who, in our Country, invites them (invitation only to the events). I
believe that everyone should get some education on this situation to see where this
movement is headed.
The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington,
D.C., usually on the first Thursday in
February. The founder of this event was Abraham
Vereide.[1] The event—which is actually a
series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has
been held at least since the 1980s at the Washington
Hilton on Connecticut Avenue NW.
The National Prayer Breakfast, held
in the Hilton's International Ballroom, is yearly attended by some 3,500 guests,
including international invitees from over 100 countries. It is hosted by
members of the United States Congress and
is organized on their behalf by The Fellowship Foundation,
a Christian organization. It is designed to be a forum for the political,
social, and business elite to assemble and pray together.
Since the inception of the National Prayer Breakfast, several U.S. states and
cities and other countries have established their own annual prayer breakfast
events.
History
The origin of the National Prayer Breakfast is traced back to
prayer groups with business and civic leaders in Seattle, organized by Abraham Vereide in the 1930's. When he moved to Washington, DC, he
established similar groups with members of Congress. In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower attended a meeting by
invitation of Congressmen, Vereide, and Billy Graham. Vereide's successor Douglas Coe and Rev. Richard C. Halverson have also carried leadership
roles in organizing the event. A government leader was quoted as saying that
the Breakfast and Coe's influence offers foreign leaders access to the
President that "circumvents the State Department and usual vetting... that such a meeting would require,"
and other participants indicated that their purpose for attending was
political.[2] Initially called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, the name
was changed in 1970 to the National Prayer Breakfast. Every American president
since Dwight D. Eisenhower has participated in the annual
event.[3][4]
[2]:
Lindsay, D. Michael (2006). "Is
the National Prayer Breakfast Surrounded by a "Christian Mafia"? Religious
Publicity and Secrecy within the Corridors of Power". Journal of the
American Academy of Religion. 74 (2):
390–419. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj060. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 4094038.
Mission
Statement -
The Fellowship Foundation's 501(c)(3) mission statement is: To develop
and maintain an informal association of people banded together, to go out as
"ambassadors of reconciliation," modeling the principles of Jesus,
based on loving God and loving others.
You may have thought that Leah Remini’s
expose’ on the Church of Scientology was bizarre.
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Is Washington DC simply ignoring a
major element of our founding documents? Why has religion become so entrenched
in our Government even when our Constitution proclaims otherwise? It seems “The
Family’s” mission creep has become a sprint. I am beginning to think that
Christianity, in some form, is attempting to fortify its ranks for the possibility
of another great religious war. Moreover, this is not being done in the
Churches. This is being done very quietly in the halls and back rooms of
government. After all, what has been behind wars of all kinds for thousands of
years? Humankind’s history has been dominated with religious wars; some small, some
large, some extremely large.
I have taken note of some current
theories on what the next World War may look like. It would not surprise me in
the least if World War III is fought exclusively on religious grounds; perhaps,
Christianity vs. Islam. For this reason alone, it behooves our Citizenry keep a
keen eye on our Federal Government. and what they do in this arena.
Do not let a handful of manipulators and
scoundrels lead us down a very dark hole.
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