Nothing to Do with Christmas
[The following article was originally published December 7, 2003.]
More than forty years ago, Cleon Skousen wrote The Naked Communist. Skousen began a study of communism during his 16 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Since Mr. Skousen’s book was first published, we have seen the fall of the Berlin wall, the demise of the former Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, and the birth of democracy behind the Iron Curtain.
On January 10, 1963, a list of 45 “current communist goals” was printed in the Congressional Record. They were taken from Skousen’s book. Here are some of them as they appeared in the Congressional Record. Attention is given to four which were aimed at the moral and spiritual disintegration of our nation.
Number 24 – “Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them ‘censorship’ and a violation of free speech and free press.” Since the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web, pornography has proliferated at breakneck speed. Our Supreme Court has ruled that even “child pornography,” to some extent, is covered by the First Amendment. Some public libraries in Ohio are already decrying the Federal requirement to block access to pornography on library computers. They claim it is a censorship issue!
Number 26 – “Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity, as ‘normal, natural, healthy.’” Today this issue is presented as a discrimination issue rather than a moral one, and likened to the civil rights movement. Those who reject this argument are labeled “homophobes” and bigots. But, it is not a discrimination issue. It is a moral issue! No right thinking person commends violence or other forms of abuse directed at homosexuals. But, for people who genuinely believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God, it is impossible to embrace homosexuality as an alternate and acceptable lifestyle. It is sin no matter what language it is couched in (cf. Romans 1:26-28; 1 Corinthians 6:9).
Number 28 – “Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of ‘separation of church and state.’” This goal has already been achieved.
Number 40 – “Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.” For some time now an effort has been underway to redefine the family. As a result, divorce and promiscuity have reached epidemic proportions in this country.
As you stop to reflect on the birth of Christ, perhaps it would be good to also reflect on how far this nation has strayed from the high ideals that characterized His life, and the lives of early Christians. We are presently headed down the road to ruin. It is not too late to reverse course, but time is running out!