How The “Tolerance” Movement Is Actually An Attempt To Silence Christians
Posted by Job on June 4, 2007
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Some insight from Dr. Falwell on Barry Lynn.
How “respect the beliefs of others” is actually code language to silence you
from telling others the Truth of God’s Word and about Jesus. If you have
ever heard people discus matters of faith, the one phrase that you will hear
constantly is to “respect the beliefs of others.” On the surface this
sounds very reasonable. After all, we are taught to respect other people,
respect what others believe. However, I want to tell you what is really
meant by “respect the beliefs of others.” This phrase is actually code
language for the damnable lie that there are many roads which lead to God
and everyone in their own way will get there. This is the mantra of the
satanic ecumenical movement as well as those who promote unity at the
expense of the Truth of God’s Word.
Let me give you a test. How many times in the last week, in the last month,
have you had someone tell you that you need to “respect the beliefs of
others?” If I had just $1 for every time I hear that each week, I would
never have to worry about the finances of the ministry ever again. This is
what people who have chosen to reject God, reject the Bible, and reject
Jesus Christ, will say to you when you take a stand for the Truth of God’s
Word. If people are not saying this to you, then you haven’t been taking a
bold enough stand for Biblical Truth!
I guarantee you that if you tell people abortion is murder, you will hear,
“respect he beliefs of others.” I guarantee you that if you tell people
that homosexuality is a sin, you will hear, “respect the beliefs of others.”
I guarantee you that if you tell people that living together is not God’s
plan and is a sin, you will hear, “respect the beliefs of others.” I
guarantee you that if you tell people that those who follow the cults, false
religions, and New Age philosophies of the world will die and go to hell,
you will hear, “respect the beliefs of others.” I guarantee you that if you
tell people there is only ONE WAY to be saved, and that is through faith in
Jesus Christ, you will hear, “respect the beliefs of others.”
MY FRIEND, WHENEVER YOU TAKE A STAND FOR THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO REJECT THAT TRUTH WILL TRY TO STIFLE YOU BY TELLING
YOU TO SHUT UP AND RESPECT THE BELIEFS OF OTHERS!!!
Sadly, this phrase has now even found its way into the church. I totally
understand hearing this from the lost, but when I hear it as much from those
who profess to know Jesus as their Savior, this is a HUGE problem! So many
who are followers of Christ have been bullied by the non-believing world
into keeping their mouths shut, intimidated into silence, and quite
honestly, beaten up so bad on those occasions when they did speak out, they
find it easier to stay silent when confronted with the opportunity to take a
Biblical stand on the issues confronting the world and in the lives of those
they interact with.
This “respect the beliefs of others” mindset is most prominently displayed
by those in the damnable ecumenical movement. This is the move of satan
that tries to bring people in all the cults and false religions around the
world together into one group that one day will form the “one world
religion.” The ONLY way a Christian can be involved in such a group is to
compromise and literally abandon the Absolute Truth of God’s Word. God
clearly tells us in His Word, “What fellowship does light have with
darkness?” We have not been called to lay aside the precious truths in
God’s Word for the sake of harmony with those who reject that truth. Where
is that in the Bible? What we HAVE been called to do is to share with them
the Gospel of Jesus Christ and let them know there is only one source of
Truth and that is in the Bible..period!
Listen, there is nothing wrong with being peaceful and respectful of those
who hold different beliefs. As a matter of fact, if we are to win them to
Christ, we need to find some common ground to dialogue. However, that does
NOT and NEVER WILL mean compromising God’s Word. NEVER! We can’t force
everyone to believe. We can’t force everyone to fall on their knees and
profess Christ as their Savior. We can however, share God’s Truth with
everyone we meet and we can tell them that Jesus is their only hope and
answer in this life and for all eternity. At that point, it is up to them
to decide what they want to believe. How is simply sharing our faith in
Jesus Christ not respecting the beliefs of others?
I love you and care about you so much. My word for you today is to not let
anyone intimidate you into silence by telling you to “respect the beliefs of
others.” Jesus said that if you are silent, the very rocks will cry out! I
am amused at those who boldly promote to the masses every sin man can dream
up, boldly propagate the lies of the cults and false religions of the world,
yet those very same people are the first to tell someone who is simply
declaring what God says in His Word to “respect the beliefs of others,” or
to shut up!
In this politically correct world we now live in where the Truth has been
exchanged for the lie, we have been conditioned to not say anything that
someone else may find offensive. I am sorry, but the Bible IS offensive to
those who reject it and always will be. The TRUTH will always be offensive
to those who live in rebellion to it. God told us to preach the Gospel, not
make people feel good. Paul warned about those who were simply “tickling
the ears” of those who heard them. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TODAY IS WE HAVE TOO
MANY EAR TICKLERS AND NOT ENOUGH PREACHERS!!!
I wish you could read my emails after my TV program each night. It doesn’t
really matter what the topic is, the one comment I get over and over every
night is to “respect the beliefs of others.” I clearly state every night
that God gave us the free will to believe whatever we want. I can’t make
those choices for anyone, they have to make them for themselves. My job is
to simply declare the Truth of God’s Word, let them know that Jesus loves
them, and that He is their hope now and for all eternity. What those who
listen do with that message is between them and God. The funny thing is if
they are that offended they can change the station, but they want me
silenced!!!
I will pray for you today. Pray that you would not be bullied into silence
by those who tell you to “respect the beliefs of others.” I pray that you
will have the boldness and courage to simply declare what God says in the
Bible. Those who live in rebellion to God and His Word want to stop His
Truth from being told. They want to silence anyone who is calling people to
repentance and challenging them to turn their hearts and lives to Jesus
Christ. ”Respect the beliefs of others” is code language to silence you
from sharing the Truth of the Bible and the hope and love of Christ with
people. I am telling you today to respect others enough to tell them the
TRUTH!!!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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ronda said
I am doing a paper for my final in COM125. The thesis statement is “We do not need a hate crimes law. There is already a law against violent crimes. There must be a hidden agenda.” My instructor has been very negative about the entire paper. She calls it preachy and harsh. So far all I have written is quotes from news articles. I think she is being offended by the subject matter. She thinks I am being intolerant.
healtheland said
Ronda: Thank you for taking such a strong stand for Christ! God bless and keep you throughout your endeavors! The Word of God preached from a pure heart is love, not hate. And if you have a blog of your own, please put your paper up. (Or you can send it to me and I will put it up here!) God bless you again!
Hi said
Its wonderful that you wish to express your faith to people. However when you call other religions cults it is understandable that they would feel offended and say right a letter to a congressman. If I were to call your religion a cult of fascists you would undoubtedly and understandably be offended. And if the government was giving me tax breaks or say tax exempt status you might say send a letter to your congressman in complaint.
You say in this article that when you tell people “I guarantee you that if you tell people that those who follow the cults, false religions, and New Age philosophies of the world will die and go to hell” they are not inclined to listen to you. And while its wonderful that you exercise your right to free speech in saying this your right to free speech does not enforce that anyone has to listen to you. The right of free speech also of course gives people the right to respond in speech with “Respect the faith of others”.
You complain that the Tolerance movement is attempting to silence you. Once again put yourself in a hypothetical situation: if I were to gain a group of followers who all believed that you and your ilk were crazy to beleive in the stories of the bible and we felt that the only way to be happy or to attain goodness was to join us in believing some other set of stories and ideals and hating yours you might find it insulting. You might ask that people who would say things like ‘Christians are all crazy for believing in the bible, they are all sinners and shall go to hell!’ should not be allowed on television, should not be allowed to say such things to children. A very reasonable perspective, after all teaching children to hate you would be brainwashing wouldn’t it? Or at least it would make it difficult for you to have a reasoned conversation with them. Similarly homosexuals, Mormons, Jews, pro-choice individuals, Muslims, Hindus, etc etc would really prefer if you didn’t use your pulpit to claim they were inherently bad people.
Perhaps you could instead inform those to whom you preach that THEY should not be homosexual, Mormon, Jewish, pro-choice, Muslim, Hindu etc etc instead of arguing that they should hate people who are.
Then again its your freedom of speech you can say what ever you want. But if you say it and it insults people who hear it, they can say things back…and frankly you seem easily insulted.