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If you strongly oppose evil, and if you're a passionate defender of virtue and righteousness, you will eventually be called an "extremist."
I take that back.
You won't just be politely informed that you are an extremist. Someone will wag their finger at you, or shake a fist at you, and yell, "You EXTREMIST!!"

To these people I say, "Thank you!"

I'm just an ordinary guy, but I'm trying to become an "extremist."

If you're an ordinary person, that will surprise you.

I'm a Christian, and Jesus Christ says if I am not an extremist, I am not a Christian.
In fact, if I'm not an extremist, I make Jesus puke.

Is Jesus going to vomit you out of His mouth?

Does that seems a little "extreme?"

If it does, you're a victim of educational malpractice.

America was once an extraordinary nation. America was the most prosperous and the most admired nation in history.

This is because Americans were extraordinary people.

Today America, once prosperous and admired, is bankrupt and despised.

And Americans, once extraordinary, are now afraid of being called an "extremist" by ordinary Americans.

America's Founding Fathers were "fanatics for liberty." They were willing to risk "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" to fight a government they called a tyranny, but which was far less tyrannical in every way than our government today.

They were "extremists."
And America became extraordinary

If you were born after 1960, you're a victim of educational malpractice.

Consider this quiz:

You're a teacher. You teach in a government-run school. Your paycheck comes from the government. But you find yourself in a strange nation. You're not allowed to teach your students that the Declaration of Independence is really true. What country could you be in?

1. China
2. North Korea
3. Iran
4. The United States of America
5. all of the above

"d" is not incorrect. "e" is the correct answer. It is illegal to teach children in "public" schools that the Declaration of Independence is really true. Students can be taught that a bunch of dead white guys in 1776 used to believe that it was true, but you can't teach that the Declaration of Independence really is true, in every nation, regardless of what anyone thinks about it.

The federal government says you cannot even endorse, much less promote the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence:

• The existence of God is a "self-evident truth"
• Our rights are the product of intelligent design - that we were deliberately "endowed by our Creator" with these rights
• There are moral absolutes -- "The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" -- and statements that began "Thou shalt ..." or "Thou shalt not ..." used to be the foundation of America's legal systems
• Our conformity to these moral absolutes will be judged by "The Supreme Judge of the World"
• If we obey God's Commandments, we can have "a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence.

And you certainly can't teach public school students that they have the duty to abolish any government that becomes more tyrannical than the benevolent and Christian government of Britain of 1776.

Now, be honest: if the men who tossed the tea into the Boston Harbor could see your government, could see how much of your income is confiscated by the government, could see how that money is used to promote atheism, immorality, and socialism, and could see what you've been doing to abolish this tyranny (nothing), would America's Founding Fathers think of you as an exemplary American?

Would they think anybody could become a true American when they are educated in schools where American values are illegal?

You've been brainwashed. You can't imagine believing the way  America's Founding Fathers believed. You don't want to be an "extremist."

That's why, as a Christian, you make Jesus puke.

Once again:

   I know your works, that you are
      neither cold nor hot.
   I could wish you were cold or hot.
   So then, because you are lukewarm,
      and neither cold nor hot,
   I will vomit you out of My mouth.
   Revelation 3:15-16

Obviously, we should be extremely good.
Surprisingly, Jesus says He has more respect for someone who is  extremely EVIL than someone who's an

• ordinary
• lukewarm
• moderate.

Jesus has more respect for Adolph Hitler than for the lukewarm Christians who did nothing to stop the holocaust. At least Hitler got off his duff and acted.

A true Christian is an EXTREMIST. Your church teaches the doctrine of "Justification by Mere Belief." The Bible teaches "Justification by Allegiance." And your ultimate allegiance is to the government and the mainstream media. You care more about what your neighbors say than what Jesus would say.

And you're not alone.

But you can become an extraordinary Christian.

You are created in the Image of God. You have extraordinary potential. Because you live in a society dominated by envy, you don't want to appear too extraordinary, because your neighbors will think you're "judging" them.

But your goal will be to help your neighbors become extraordinary too.

Are you ready for personal transformation?

Are you ready to become

• An Extraordinary American
• An Extraordinary Christian
• An Extraordinary Human Being

Everyone has a choice:

you can be extremely good,

you can be extremely bad,

or you can be somewhere in between.

It seems like ordinary people resist becoming extraordinary. I'm convinced this is not a good idea. If you want to avoid "extremes," then you want to be at point "M" on the chart below:

When you die, do you want to be remembered as a person who was "extremely loving" or "extremely devoted" to your children, or do you want them to remember you as someone who avoided extremes, and was just moderate or indifferent toward your children?

Do you want to be a Grade "A" Christian? Then you had better avoid being a Grade "Z" Christian with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.

Extremists are usually slandered with bad-sounding labels. If I try to share my faith with others, people say I'm trying to "impose a theocracy." If I say we should cut wasteful government spending, I'm accused of being an "anarchist."

I think Jesus wants me to work to restore "Liberty Under God." If "liberty" means "anarchy," and "under God" means "Theocracy," then I guess "Liberty Under God" means "anarcho-theocracy." And big bad words like that cause ordinary people to retreat into their shells, and stick their heads in the sand.

If you are not an extremist in defense of "Liberty Under God," what is the guiding principle that prevents you from being a defender of tyranny, atheism and hate? Is "moderation" the Grand Principle that you believe will keep America from collapsing into chaos and lawlessness? When Jesus said "Love your neighbor," was He really just telling us not to hate our neighbor, to avoid extremes, and have an attitude of "moderation" toward our neighbor? Can Lukewarm Indifference ever be Christlike?

Even if my goal were no more than "moderation," if I am at point "Z" on the chart above, I need you to tell me to be be an "extremist" in the opposite direction, and encourage me to pursue "A" in order to get me to point "M,"  because if we only advocate "Moderation,"  "Z + M" only brings you us to point "T."

Life is a tug-of-war.
Extremely evil people are pulling the rope with all their heart, all their soul, all their mind, and all their strength.

If . . .

•  you're worried that someone will call you an "extremist,"
• you don't want to stand out in a crowd,
• you don't want to speak out for good,
• you don't pull the rope with every ounce of strength you have,
• if you're not a virtuous extremist ...

... then evil people will pull the rope of life in their direction, and you, your family, and your country will end up in the muddy middle.

God wants you to love Him with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. Only by being an "extremist" can you counter the efforts of extremely bad people. And America's Founding Fathers would say that a lot of today's most respectable politicians and pundits are extremely evil people.

I'm shooting for "A" on the scale above. A C+ is not my goal. I want to persuade you to adopt "A" as your goal as well. If you're a Moderate and I move you toward "A" to any degree, I've succeeded.

For now.

Here is a perfect example of "extremism."

What right does God have to demand ALL my heart, ALL my soul, ALL my mind, and ALL my strength? I've already had a stressful day at the office!

For too many people, loving and obeying God is a part-time responsibility. The ordinary person is indifferent to the God who created the entire universe and gave us the gift of life. Jesus said our grateful obedience to God should be a passion, full-time.

This does not mean being a missionary or cleric. It means obeying God's commandments in every area of life, with no zones of neutrality. Extraordinary love. Extraordinary devotion. Extraordinary quality on the job. Better than ordinary. More than moderate.

But I "made a decision" for Christ! "Once saved always saved." How can you suggest that I'm not saved? Why do I have to be an "extremist?"

It's not politically correct to say this, but the Bible says that some people are excluded from the Kingdom of God:

John 3
³   Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6
⁹   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
¹⁰   Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

"OK, some people are excluded," you reply. "But I don't commit any of these acts!"

But Jesus reserved some of His harshest criticisms towards those who thought of themselves as "good," and "respectable" -- those who held "extremists" in contempt. Do you recall Jesus saying this:

When was the last time you visited someone in prison?

Jesus said many things like this that offended even those who were "His disciples":

From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him. --John 6:66

And of course, the religious leaders of His day wanted Jesus the Great Teacher and Healer put to death! Talk about "extremists!"

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that He did . . . they disdained.
-- Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

Matthew 7
²¹ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
²³ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

1 Corinthians 10:12
Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

Can you be a half-way follower of Christ?

No. If Jesus is not 100% your Lord and Master, He is not lord at all and you deceive yourself.

If you reserve even a whit of autonomy for yourself, you are in fact claiming complete sovereignty. Even if you choose to follow Jesus 99% of the time, it is still YOU who are choosing, you who approve of 99% of Jesus' commands, you who put yourself in the place of God and judge some of what Christ said to be wrong,  you who are acting as lord of your life. You view religion as a Smorgasbord. You pick and choose depending on what YOU like, but do not view the Word of God as an absolutely binding package deal. Everybody agrees with something Jesus said, even some real sickos. A Christian is someone who believes everything Jesus said. Nothing less than full submission counts for anything. We've got to be extremists, or we're going to be losers.

Are you SURE you're a Christian?

Will you be the next Great Extremist?

One of the best ways to become a great extremist is to help others become extremists. That's why I've created a home-study program to help you become an extremist, and keep from being vomited out of Jesus' mouth.

Freedom Daily   
 Who Is an Extremist?: by Jacob G. Hornberger, April 1998
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498a.asp

Freedom Daily   
 Is Liberty Too Extreme?: by Richard M. Ebeling, August 1990
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0890b.asp

"Far too many Republican lawmakers fear the word 'extremist. . . .'"
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23245

Are You an "Extremist"? | Thomas Sowell

Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican Nominee for President, responded to repeated accusations of "extremism" as follows:

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Imagine the look of anguish on the face of an Iraqi peasant as she holds her dead child in her arms, killed by the United States. Only an "extremist" would kill thousands of Iraqi children over . . . over what? . . . oil?

Indeed, some have argued that libertarians are the only moderates, because they avoid the anti-human extremes of war, confiscation of property, and a Messianic State.

And now, the "New Direction" Democrat Congress wants to arrest anyone accused of being an "extremist." Details here.

William Lloyd Garrison, the abolitionist, was a terrorist pawn of Unitarian conspirators. He was right to oppose slavery, but wrong in fighting slavery with terrorism. He created a good analogy, however, in "The Liberator" (Inaugural Editorial):

I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation.  No!  no!  Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.  I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead.

January 4, 2008

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.

Jane Harman and
Liberty's Lost Light

Thinking for Yourself
is Now a Crime

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

What was the greatest failure of 2007? President Bush's "surge" in Iraq? The decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was the newly sworn in Democratic Congress.

The American people's attempt in November 2006 to rein in a rogue government, which has committed the US to costly military adventures while running roughshod over the US Constitution, failed. Replacing Republicans with Democrats in the House and Senate has made no difference.

The assault on the US Constitution by the Democratic Party is as determined as the assault by the Republicans. On October 23, 2007, the House passed a bill sponsored by California Democratic congresswoman Jane Harman, chairwoman of a Homeland Security subcommittee, that overturns the constitutionally guaranteed rights to free expression, association, and assembly.

The bill passed the House on a vote of 404-6. In the Senate the bill is sponsored by Maine Republican Susan Collins and apparently faces no meaningful opposition.

Harman's bill is called the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act."When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around the country, taking testimony and compiling a list of dangerous people and beliefs. The bill will, in short, create massive terrorism in the United States. But the perpetrators of terrorism will not be Muslim terrorists; they will be government agents and fellow citizens.

We are beginning to see who will be the inmates of the detention centers being built in the US by Halliburton under government contract.

Who will be on the "extremist beliefs" list? The answer is: civil libertarians, critics of Israel, 9/11 skeptics, critics of the administration's wars and foreign policies, critics of the administration's use of kidnapping, rendition, torture and violation of the Geneva Conventions, and critics of the administration's spying on Americans. Anyone in the way of a powerful interest group--such as environmentalists opposing politically connected developers--is also a candidate for the list.

The "Extremist Beliefs Commission" is the mechanism for identifying Americans who pose "a threat to domestic security" and a threat of "homegrown terrorism" that "cannot be easily prevented through traditional federal intelligence or law enforcement efforts."

This bill is a boon for nasty people. That SOB who stole your girlfriend, that hussy who stole your boyfriend, the gun owner next door--just report them to Homeland Security as holders of extreme beliefs. Homeland Security needs suspects, so they are not going to check. Under the new regime, accusation is evidence. Moreover, "our" elected representatives will never admit that they voted for a bill and created an "Extremist Belief Commission" for which there is neither need nor constitutional basis.

That boss who harasses you for coming late to work--he's a good candidate to be reported; so is that minority employee that you can't fire for any normal reason. So is the husband of that good-looking woman you have been unable to seduce. Every kind of quarrel and jealousy can now be settled with a phone call to Homeland Security.

Soon Halliburton will be building more detention centers.

Americans are so far removed from the roots of their liberty that they just don't get it. Most Americans don't know what habeas corpus is or why it is important to them. But they know what they want, and Jane Harman has given them a new way to settle scores and to advance their own interests.

Even educated liberals believe that the US Constitution is a "living document" that can be changed to mean whatever it needs to mean in order to accommodate some new important cause, such as abortion and legal privileges for minorities and the handicapped. Today it is the "war on terror" that the Constitution must accommodate. Tomorrow it can be the war on whomever or whatever.

Think about it. More than six years ago the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked. The US government blamed it on al Qaeda. The 9/11 Commission Report has been subjected to criticism by a large number of qualified people--including the commission's chairman and co-chairman.

Since 9/11 there have been no terrorist attacks in the US. The FBI has tried to orchestrate a few, but the "terrorist plots" never got beyond talk organized and led by FBI agents. There are no visible extremist groups other than the neoconservatives that control the government in Washington. But somehow the House of Representatives overwhelmingly sees a need to create a commission to take testimony and search out extremist views (outside of Washington, of course).

This search for extremist views comes after President Bush and the Justice (sic) Department declared that the President can ignore habeas corpus, ignore the Geneva Conventions, seize people without evidence, hold them indefinitely without presenting charges, torture them until they confess to some made up crime, and take over the government by declaring an emergency. Of course, none of these "patriotic" views are extremist.

The search for extremist views follows also the granting of contracts to Halliburton to build detention centers in the US. No member of Congress or the executive branch ever explained the need for the detention centers or who the detainees would be. Of course, there is nothing extremist about building detention centers in the US for undisclosed inmates.

Clearly the detention centers are not meant to just stand there empty. Thanks to 2007's greatest failure--the Democratic Congress--there is to be an "Extremist Beliefs Commission" to secure inmates for Bush's detention centers.

President Bush promises us that the wars he has launched will cause the "untamed fire of freedom" to "reach the darkest corners of our world." Meanwhile in America the fire of freedom has not only been tamed but also is being extinguished.

The light of liberty has gone out in the United States. [return]

"Self-Evident Truths"

Vine and Fig Tree will be considered by most Americans to be a "radical" or "extremist" organization. Sam Adams' call for America to declare independence from Britain was considered to be radical and extremist, and most Americans did not actively support it.

Many people who are criticized as "extremists" are justly criticized for supporting a bad idea or cause (e.g., racism, jihad), and doing so in an obnoxious or violent manner. We believe there is no higher, more noble, or more ethical cause than working to bring about Micah's "Vine and Fig Tree" vision, and we are committed to doing so in a logical, winsome, and peaceful manner.

But those who feel that Vine and Fig Tree is "extremist" are correct, as we'll see below. Let's begin with America's Declaration of Independence. That document declares that there are certain "self evident" truths. Anyone who begins with these self-evident truths and pursues them with any consistency ends up with Micah's "Vine and Fig Tree" vision, as America's Founding Fathers did:

1. There is a Creator.
2. We know that The Creator is loving and personal, not the distant god of "deism," because the Creator is not silent, but has communicated His will to us: "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God."
3. We were created by this Creator in His Image, not accidentally evolved in an eternally random, meaningless universe.
4. We have a duty to obey God's Law and thereby to secure the "rights" of our fellow man.

There is nothing more important for any human being than to line up under these self-evident truths. Our conscience tells us about these truths. Atheists are self-contradictory and self-destructive. Tyrants and dictators are dangerous because they seek to "be as gods" (Genesis 3:5). And everyone who rejects the grace of God and His atonement through Christ seeks to gain atonement by various degrees of a masochistic self-flagellation or a sadistic scapegoating of others. You can see this in members of your family or church, co-workers at the office, and genocidal extermination by the governments of the earth.

That is why there is a fifth element of the "self-evident truths" articulated by America's Founders:

5. When we infringe on the rights of others, we are playing God, and we sin against our neighbor, but primarily against God. We must have our sins forgiven through Jesus Christ.

On TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1781, "The United States in Congress assembled, agreed to the following proclamation":

The United States in Congress assembled, therefore do earnestly recommend, that Thursday the third day of May next, may be observed as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer, that we may, with united hearts, confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his righteous displeasure, and through the merits of our blessed Saviour, obtain pardon and forgiveness

On MARCH 6, 1799, President John Adams proclaimed a day of fasting and prayer, that Americans would

• call to mind our numerous offenses against the Most High God, confess them before Him with the sincerest penitence,
• implore His pardoning mercy, through the Great Mediator and Redeemer, for our past transgressions,
• and that through the grace of His Holy Spirit we may be disposed and enabled to yield a more suitable obedience to His righteous requisitions in time to come;

President Adams proclaimed a day of prayer to this Trinitarian God because "God's invisible attributes," "even  His eternal power and Godhead," are "clearly understood through the things that are made," so that atheists "are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)  Every human being ever created -- even those in so-called "pagan" lands -- need only take the next step to get back to God. We may not know exactly where that step will eventually lead us, but every human being, created in the Image of God, has a conscience that knows what the next step should be (Romans 2:14-15). This knowledge is often suppressed in favor of selfish and evil lifestyles (Romans 1:18-19). But this knowledge of the Triune God of the Bible is still "self-evident" to every human being.

Theocracy

"Theocracy" is a "self-evident" truth, though the word is passionately hated by many.

The word "theocracy" comes from two Greek words:

theos + kratein
God + governs

If God is over a nation as Ruler or "Supreme Judge," then that nation is "under God." America has always been considered as a nation "under God," which is to say God "rules" over America, which is to say America is a Theocracy. Obviously, given the statements of America's Founding Fathers above, America is a Christian Theocracy. More evidence of this is here:

www.LibertyUnderGod.org

Every nation is a "theocracy," because every nation has laws, and all laws are based on morality, and all morality is based on a religion or "worldview," and the ultimate principle in law, morals, and ethics is that system's god. The religion of "Secular Humanism" worships Man. In a "secular" nation, "Man" is god, which usually means "The State" is god.

Secularists want Christians to believe that

• Secularism is "neutral," while Christianity is "religious."
• The Constitution prohibits the government from endorsing "religion."
• Therefore we must have a secular theocracy rather than a Christian Theocracy.

Of course, Secular Humanists never ever use the word "theocracy" to describe their own position, only that of the group they want to characterize as the Boogey-Man or the bad guy. But Secular Humanists want their god (Man) to be the ruler of our nation, rather than the Christian God.

Secularist say that those who support "theocracy" are "extremists." Secularists are against theocracy, and extremely so.

Extremism

As we said above, your worldview is either Christian or non-Christian, active or passive. Active Christians believe that every human institution -- from the family, school, business, to the government -- has a duty to worship God. Activist atheists hate being reminded of this, and so seek to have all public mention of God and His Commandments prohibited. Passive atheists don't believe in God, but don't say anything about copies of the Ten Commandments in public. Lukewarm Christians say they believe in God, but don't take action to see that God's Commandments are honored.

America was founded by activist Christians. The "self-evident truths" they declare in the Declaration of Independence strike at the heart of Secular Humanist theocracy. Our defense of these self-evident truths should be whole-hearted, not apathetic. Jesus says those who are not passionate about these self-evident truths -- "extremists" are nauseating to Him (Revelation 3:16).

Vine and Fig Tree is an attempt to secure and pursue these self-evident truths with passion.

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