Many public schools have become pagan religion indoctrination centers
Pastor Dale Morgan
Many public schools have become pagan religion indoctrination centers
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August 19, 2007 01:00 PM EST
Many public schools have become pagan religion indoctrination centers.
These schools now teach children anti-Judeo-Christian beliefs and pagan
religions, and try to mold children's minds through the latest
techniques in behavioral psychology. Here are two examples of how
schools now use spirit religions as brainwashing techniques in
classrooms across America, from Berit Kjos’s book, “Brave New Schools”:
“Come to the medicine wheel!” the teacher's cheery voice beckoned the
Iowa fourth graders to a fun Native American ritual. “And wear your
medicine bags.”
“Jonathan grabbed his little brown pouch and hurried to his place. His
favorite teacher made school so exciting! She brought Indian beliefs
about nature into all the subjects: science, history, art, reading. She
even helped the class start The Medicine Wheel Publishing Company to
make writing more fun.”
“She taught Jonathan to make his own medicine bag, a deer-skin pouch
filled with special things, such as a red stone that symbolized his
place on the medicine wheel astrology chart. This magic pouch would
empower him in times of need, such as when taking tests. Jonathan wanted
to show it to his parents, but his teacher said no. He didn't know why.”
“Sitting cross-legged in the circle, the class sang a song to honor the
earth: “The Earth is our Mother. We're taking care of her. . . . Hey
younga, ho.” Then the teacher read an Indian myth from the popular
classroom book, Keepers of the Earth. It told about a beautiful spirit
woman who came to save a starving tribe of Sioux Indians. This mystical
savior brought sage to purify the people, and she showed them how to use
the sacred pipe, a symbol of “the unity of all things” for guidance and
prayer to the Great Spirit.”
“When Rachel . . ., a Minnesota mother, visited Mounds Park All-Nations
School, she found magic dream-catchers in every classroom, mystical
drawings of a spiritualized earth, and a ring of stones in the
schoolyard for medicine wheel ceremonies. She heard politically correct
assumptions about the evils of Western culture and the goodness of pagan
spirituality. How can public schools promote Native American rituals but
censure Christianity, she wondered.”
What's wrong with these seemingly innocuous classes, aside from the
issue of separation of religion and schools? The kids were having fun as
they learned, so what could be wrong? Plenty. By teaching religious
mysticism, public schools throughout the country are filling
impressionable young minds with group think, multiculturalism, paganism,
Earth worship, astrology, polytheism (belief in many gods), and
pantheism (belief in spirit gods that exist in trees, rocks, and water).
The God of Moses is out in our public schools, and Earth worship is in.
Many teachers in public schools across the country now stress feelings
and mystical experiences, not facts and reason, much less critical
reading and thinking. Their behavior modification techniques
indoctrinate children with emotion-driven group think and anti-Western,
anti-Judeo-Christian values.
In classrooms throughout the country, Judeo-Christian beliefs are cast
aside or ridiculed. Multicultural studies, environmental propaganda, and
arts-education classes now indoctrinate children with New Age religious
beliefs, often without parents’ knowledge. Public schools sometimes try
to sneak offensive spirit or new age religions into their curriculum
without parents’ knowledge.
In January, 2003, a group of parents sued a Sacramento Unified School
District because certain teachers at their local elementary school were
aggressively, and secretly, teaching anthroposophy, a religion that
combines traditional Western religion with astrology and New Age
religion. Pacific Justice Institute lawyers representing the parents
indicated that many other public schools in California are now adding
New Age and Eastern religions, including Islam, to their curricula.
What follows is only a small sample of the flood of “spiritual” sessions
taking place in classrooms throughout the country (from Berit Kjos’s
brilliant book, “Brave New Schools”) :
1. “Altered states of consciousness: Teaching students to alter their
consciousness through centering exercises, guided imagery, and
visualizations has become standard practice in self-esteem,
multicultural, and arts programs. They often encourage contact with
spirit guides.”
2. “Dreams and visions: After studying a pagan myth, students are often
asked to imagine or visualize a dream or vision, then describe it in a
journal or lesson assignment”
3. “Astrology: Countless teachers across the country require students to
document their daily horoscopes. Others help students discover their
powers and personalities through Aztec calendars and Chinese.”
4. “Other forms of divination: Through palmistry, I Ching, tarot cards
and horoscopes, students learn to experience other cultures and tap into
secret sources of wisdom. Students in Texas were told to create a vision
in their minds and “describe in your best soothsayer tones the details
of your vision.”
5. “Spiritism: While pagan myths and crafts show students how to contact
ancestral, nature, and other spirits, classroom rituals actually invoke
their presence. California third-graders had to alter their
consciousness through guided imagery, invoke or “see” their personal
animal spirits, write about their experience . . . and create their own
magical medicine shields to represent their spirit helper.”
6. “Magic, spells, and sorcery: Many parents consider magic and
spell-casting too bizarre and alien to pose a threat, yet gullible
students from coast to coast are learning the ancient formulas and
occult techniques.”
7. “Occult charms and symbols: Dreamcatchers, Zuni fetishes, crystals,
and power signs like the quartered circle and Hindu mandala are only a
few of the empowering charms and symbols fascinating students today.”
8. “Solstice rites: After seating themselves “according to their
astrological signs,” Oregon students who traded Christmas for a Winter
Solstice celebration watched the “sun god” and “moon goddess” enter the
auditorium to the beating of drums and chanting. “Animal spirits” . . .
. followed.”
9. “Human sacrifice: Students are given lessons on death education with
assignments like the “Fallout Shelter.” Other lessons advocate the
cultural endorsement of abortion and euthanasia as a way to prepare the
new generation to accept many new forms of human sacrifice, such as the
notion of sacrificing oneself for the “common good.”
10. “Sacred sex: Students get lessons about pagan societies’
appreciation for the “unifying power of promiscuity.” By studying these
pagan notions on sexuality, children get the idea that promiscuity is
normal and acceptable.”
11. “Serpent worship: Many ancient or primitive cultures throughout
history have worshipped snakes, which have symbolized occult power,
wisdom, and rebirth. Public school multicultural history classes that
celebrate these primitive societies can idealize cultures that
worshipped serpents.”
Dreams, visions, magic, spells, sorcery, astrology, spirit worship,
divination, solstice rites, human sacrifice, sacred sex, and altered
states of consciousness? Is this what our children should be learning?
Should schools turn children into Earth-and spirit-worshipers? Should
parents pay property taxes for public schools that promote pagan
religions that can affect their children's ability to tell facts from
spirit dreams?
Teaching pagan beliefs and religions can harm children. Author Aldus
Huxley wrote about ‘new-think’ indoctrination in Brave New World, his
frightening novel about a future totalitarian society. In his book,
school authorities molded children’s minds so that as adults, they lost
their ability to think critically or judge the policies of their leaders.
Indoctrinating children with pagan beliefs in our public schools could
have a similar effect. If a child believes he or she can turn into a
bird or pass a math test by rubbing a voodoo necklace, then facts,
reason, hard work, and dedication go out the window.
Pagan mysticism can warp a child's ability to think critically and to
grasp and deal with reality. Are state-controlled public schools
deliberately trying to cripple children’s ability to reason and deal
with facts? School authorities would say that they are simply trying to
get children to appreciate other cultures and religions. What they are
really doing is to indoctrinate children with the notion that all
cultures and religions are “equal” and “harmless,” when they are not.
Parents, I can think of no better way to corrupt your children’s mind’s
than by keeping them in government-controlled, public-school
indoctrination centers. When was the last time you visited your
children’s classrooms and heard what they are really teaching your
children?