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      <p> This is a response to the file KURT.LZH, which has been circulating
over MOODS. The LZH archive consists of the file KURT.DOC, which is
available in XHATE10 (ZIP OR ARC), the archive you are reading this
from.</p>
      <p> This archive crystallizes (no pun intended) the Constance Cumbey "New
Age Conspiracy" theory, a theory that has become almost a canonical
part of Fundamentalist Christian doctrine. There are no indications who
this "Kurt" is, but he is assumed to be the author of this tract.</p>
      <p> This piece is a libel against Neo-paganism in general and Dianist Wicca
in particular. It is full of lies and requires a response.</p>
      <p> Michelle Klein-Hass
Founder, the Christian Hate Materials Project</p>
      <p>PROJECT: THE LAST GENERATION</p>
      <p> THE BRAIN WASHING OF A GENERATION</p>
      <p> Though this book deals with the Washington State educational
system, the same things are happening all over the country under
different names. For most of the school curriculum formation (writing
and tryed out) is done in the Pacific Northwest by the new age
movement for the National Education system As an insider, I can
explain how they have managed to go so far in government and law
making and gone undetected by the majority of the population. The
following gives some of the plans and ideas of leaders who are in the
radical reconstruction of our educational system. This book will give
an idea of how they have advanced, some of the results of their
advancement, and where the momentum seems to be taking us....</p>
      <p>....This book will show the taking over of the Education system; with
the intent of wiping-out THE JUDEO - CHRISTIAN VALUES. By a conspiracy
which is written of by Marilyn Ferguson in the Aquarian Conspiracy and
"she has found in the deepest roots of the educational system; she
quotes "There are lot of us in the woodwork." He, a veteran
bureaucrat, was referring to a loose coalition of conspirators in
agencies and congressional staffs.</p>
      <p> There continues to be no hard evidence that there is a "New Age
Conspiracy" infiltrating the school system! The public schools are in
sorry shape, to be sure, but these assertions of a covert "crystal
weenie" KGB out to undermine Judeo-Christio-Islamic values are way out
of line indeed.</p>
      <p> A Parents Guide to Child's Education</p>
      <p> The 15 "warning signs" referred to in this piece range from the
innocuous to the absolutely ludicrous. First off, there are absolutely
NO curricula I know of that teach reincarnation and Eastern Religion.
In fact, Religion is usually glossed over, if discussed at all, in
Public Schools, keeping in mind the constant skirmishes over the 1st
Amendment. And if Religion is discussed, the thrust is usually towards
Judeo-Christio-Islamic monotheism if anything. In the South, the thrust
is even more blatantly towards Evangelical Christianity.
Even more ludicrous is the assertion that in some cases children have
to sign a "contract" not to discuss their studies with their parents.
Bullpuckey! The trend in education nowadays is towards MORE, not LESS
parental involvement.
.</p>
      <p> The other assertions regarding teaching about the environment,
teachings about nuclear war and children's fears of it, and exploration
of children's attitudes have basis in fact. I do not think there is any
harm in children, especially older children, discussing hard issues in
class. In the era of AIDS and Crack, the hard issues of sexuality and
self-esteem NEED to be brought up. If not, there is a danger that a
whole generation will indeed be lost.</p>
      <p> After a discussion of applicable laws regarding education, the tract
bounced to another, completely unrelated bugaboo....</p>
      <p> On April 25, 1982, folks around the western world opened up their
newspapers and found themselves staring at a startling full-page ad.
The ad trumpeted in bold headlines that:</p>
      <p> The World has had enough of HUNGER, INJUSTICE, WAR, IN ANSWER TO
OUR CALL FOR HELP, AS WORLD TEACHER FOR ALL HUMANITY THE CHRIST IS NOW
HERE! HUMANITY,.</p>
      <p> The ad went on to say that this "Christ" has been emerging as a
spokesman quietly since 1977; that throughout history, mankind has
been guided by a group of enlightened men, the "Masters of Wisdom."
The ad claims that he is the "World Teacher," called Maitreya, known
by Christians as the Christ, by the Jews as the Messiah, by the
Buddhists as the fifth Buddha, by the Muslims as the Imam Mahdi, and
by the Hindus as Krishna. The ad claimed that he was hidden from the
world, but that within the next two months he would speak to humanity
in a worldwide TV broadcast in which his message would be heard by all
nations telepathically in their own language.
Extraordinary News!
If these claims were true, this would be extraordinary news: a
world-shattering event. However, close examination of this material
reveals things which do not tally with the Biblical version of the
second coming of Christ.</p>
      <p> Ok...here comes the "Maitreya"/Antichrist barrage. The TV appearance of
"Maitreya" has been trumpeted by Benjamin Creme for years and years.
The big TV broadcast didn't happen in 1982, it didn't happen in 1987
during the "Harmonic Convergence", and it didn't happen in May 1990,
the last time Creme asserted that Maitreya would speak on TV.</p>
      <p> If this was the Biblical Antichrist, then I'm sure he'd have his act
together a lot more than he does. And he certainly wouldn't choose an
eccentric, albeit rich old coot as his "John The Baptist" figure.</p>
      <p> The piece continues by another bounce, first into the "We Are The
World"/Hands Across America event (a failure) then back into Alice
Bailey and how she supposedly speaks for all "New Age" types.</p>
      <p> The sinister plan that is attributed to Bailey to corrupt education
runs as follows:</p>
      <p> 1) Children should be trained to accept a One-world global
government and culture without question.</p>
      <p> This doesn't wash. If teaching kids about other cultures is training
them to accept a "One-world government" then the Geography and Social
Studies classes that kids experience at school are guilty as charged.
But one does not mean another. A does NOT equal B.</p>
      <p> 2) Full implementation of the anti-Christian educational
philosophies of John Dewey, but with a more eastern metaphysical
approach.</p>
      <p> John Dewey, although very misguided with Positivist philosophy and
Behaviorist psychology, was NOT anti-Christian. In fact he saw religion
as a way of keeping social systems together.</p>
      <p> 3) Destruction of the ideals of patriotism and national pride,
helping kids become "world citizens."</p>
      <p> I don't see that...quite the opposite, I see that flag-waving, "God
bless America" attitude being instilled in kids at an early age.</p>
      <p> 4) Hinduism and other pagan religions must be emphasized as
attempts are made to blend them into Western civilization.
5) Orthodox Christianity must be demeaned and declared obsolete to
the children, while lifting up the New Age "One World" religion.
6) The New Age pluralistic religion (All paths lead to God - all
religions are equally valid) will be taught as the only acceptable
belief system, excluding Jesus' unique claims.
8) Essential Christian doctrines like hell, judgement or even
heaven are to be mocked and denied. Rather, karma and reincarnation
should be taught</p>
      <p> Again, like I have said, when Religion is spoken about in school, it is
usually in the context of the Three Great Monotheisms. In the South,
the ideology of Evangelical Christian Fundamentalism has always been
and continues to be liberally admixed in all parts of school life.</p>
      <p> 7) Adolescents will be encouraged to force these doctrines on their
parents and rebel if the parents do not cooperate.
9) Permissive methods of discipline will be fostered, and concepts
such as sin and guilt are felt to be unevolved and counter-productive.</p>
      <p> Rather than schools becoming less and less structured in the '80s and
the '90s, the "hickory stick" approach has made a very big comeback.
Watch the movie "Lean On Me" (which is based on a true story) and tell
me that permissiveness is on the rise.</p>
      <p> 10) Children are taught that death is not an enemy to be feared or
fought off, but rather is to be embraced as part of "the Plan."
11) They are also to be taught that people who do not accept the
New Age teachings (ie. Bible-believers) are an evolutionary "drag" on
humanity and must either capitulate or be killed like a bacterial
infection.
12) The model of the traditional family and its sexual mores must
be discarded, and loyalty to one's family must be replaced by loyalty
to the world. It is frightening to note how many of these concepts,
first promulgated a generation ago, have become standard features of
public education, supported by our tax dollars! More and more of
these ideas are being brought in every semester! Both of the authors
of this booklet were involved in education and curriculum formation
for schools while occultists; and used our positions to indoctrinate
our charges in New Age values. That was years ago! Today, the "brain
trust" behind modern education reads like a Who's Who of the New Age.</p>
      <p> I have seen NONE of this shit taught in school either when I was there
or in the materials brought back by friends' children! In fact, with
the "Just Say NO" and "DARE" programs, the Christian moral ideals of
chastity before marriage, the traditional family, and the authority of
parents are being pushed at a fever pitch.</p>
      <p> Dee Dickinson, the director of New Horizons for Learning, is a
member of President Bush's White House Task Force on Innovative
Learning. She has helped put together a graduate program in Education
at Antioch University (a teachers' college!) in cooperation with the
Washington Education Association. This course includes subjects like
astrology and tapping the human potential. A frequent lecturer at
Antioch is Miriam Starhawk, one of the leading spokeswomen for Wicca
("white" [sic] witchcraft). She is a witch [sic]!</p>
      <p> I am SURE that for every Dee Dickinson on the White House Literacy Task
Force (The real name of Bush's "Task Force on Innovative Learning")
there are at least two Reaganbush Bible thumpers. And just because
Starhawk has lectured at Antioch doesn't mean that Antioch is a Pagan
institution. It might be liberal, but it certainly isn't Pagan.</p>
      <p> III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.</p>
      <p> The radical reconstruction of our school system (in the U.S.)
funded by our tax dollars, and the lobbying force of the N.E.A.
(National Education Association), and the W.E.A. (Washington Education
Association), will bring a new reformed Babylon to earth. (let me
build on this.) Their purpose is to educate our children to reject
differences in sex, intelligence, culture, values, ethnic systems, and
religious values. No absolutes. This translates into creating a new
government order, a new economical system, and a new religious order.
(The New Age) All this BEGINS in the RADICAL reconstruction of our
educational system. A. CONTROL THE SYSTEM.</p>
      <p> What "Kurt" neglects to say is that Parental Control movements are the
biggest trend in education. In literally hundreds of school districts,
PTAs and parents' councils are getting veto power over textbooks and
curriculae. It seems to me that schools are less and less controlled by
the N.E.A. and School Boards and more and more controlled by parents.</p>
      <p> IV. THE FORMING OF THE NEW BABYLON (The winning of a generation)</p>
      <p> The next section will help describe the curriculum change toward a
new religion and the New Babylon. The Heritage Institute has a
master's degree program in education which was designed in cooperation
with leaders of the Washington Education Association and New Horizons
for Learning(Dee Dickinson). This is through Antioch University
Seattle, founded in 1975. Some courses offered include:</p>
      <p> The article lists a series of classes, obviously elective in nature,
that smack of being listed out of context.</p>
      <p> To briefly recap the material presented so far, I would remind you
of the International, National and local movements bringing in the New
Age movement to our school system through the Tri-University project,
BSTEP, the National Education Association, the National Training
Laboratory, and now a masters degree program. All of these
organizations and projects involve the movement away from academics,
and the reforming our values through behavior curriculums. The plans
presented emphasize control over our educators and the students, along
with control over all curriculum to leader, economy, and religion.
The movement is very subtle, so as not to alarm the people with
massive changes, but rather through gradualism gain acceptance of
ideas while expanding them into the deeper roots of their New Babylon.
The taking away of Judeo-Christian values and replacing them with
values that support the New Age philosophy did not happen over night.
It began in 1962 when prayer was taken out of the schools, equalling
the removal of God, and you will remember the N.E.A. Teachers Training
Manual which included the use of influence procedures for using
brainwashing techniques was published in 1962. So this has been on
going for almost 30 years now.</p>
      <p> "Kurt"'s agenda now shows itself up. "Kurt" really objects to the fact
that even though in most cases religion is discussed exclusively in a
Judeo-Christio-Islamic Monotheistic context, that Christian
indoctrination in the form of prayer in schools (where it does not
belong) is no longer allowed by Supreme Court decision.</p>
      <p> g. At an Edmonds school district high school we see evidence of
the culture in our area. An example comes from the hallways in Nov.
88 in the form of flyers promoting:"Joey Swanson presents-Forced
Entry -- with COVEN plus DEATH SQUAD." ( At the Ballard V.F.W.)</p>
      <p> This is obviously an advertisement flier for a Heavy Metal gig. Need I
say more?</p>
      <p> I will conclude with a large chunk of the tract, so that you can decide
for yourself where "Kurt"'s true agenda lies: that unless public
schools become indoctrination grounds for Evangelical Christian
Fundamentalism, that the only other choice is for children to be taught
in Fundamentalist parochial schools. I wonder whether this whole tract
is an attempt to scare Christian parents into pulling their kids out of
school and putting them into Fundie parochial schools?
M.K-H.</p>
      <p> There are many teachers who still hold to the standards and values
of God who do not have Jesus as their savior. They don't have the
power to overcome this movement but those who have Jesus Christ as
their Lord can. These teachers must seek deliverance for their kids
from the Antichrist through prayer. Some teachers help to curb the
degeneration of the next generation of kids, but I'm afraid that the
educational process is converting more and more teachers to the New
Age movement through their cleverly devised strategies. These
teachers are a generation, and will be creating a generation, for the
coming Antichrist and his prophet as was foretold in the Holy Bible....</p>
      <p> ....Be prepared to receive ridicule if you plan to fight this movement.
Through eastern mysticism, and no ABSOLUTES or value system, our
society is being changed to accept the New Age answers. The
hysterical part of this is that the New Age philosophy created the
problems that they are now trying to solve. So now New Agers can be
heroes in developing answers to the problems they've created.
With the only true God who gave us the social structures,
government structures, family structures, and individual standards,
the problems cease to exist when these standards are followed.
Without the structures God gave and with a value system being
destroyed by New Age thinking, we see the increase in alcoholism, drug
abuse, sexual immorality, all of which leads to higher divorce rates,
which leads to the breakdown of the family and the love everyone
needs. When the family unit dissolves the destructive cycle increases
and propagates itself.
In order to bring this home to you, consider the teacher in the
Tacoma School Dist. who is now offering an accredited course for
teachers through U.PS. The course is 'Teaching for Social
Responsibility' and instructed by Lee Landrud. The course is promoted
like this:</p>
      <p> feel connected</p>
      <p> see different viewpoints</p>
      <p> think critically</p>
      <p> resolve conflicts so all win</p>
      <p> responsibly make decisions</p>
      <p> become agents of peaceful change</p>
      <p> cooperate in team learning</p>
      <p> learn meditation skills....</p>
      <p>....Teachers who have Jesus in their lives seem to emphasize only the
positive values of God in the curriculums and de-emphasize New Age
philosophy. But the teachers who have no understanding of the
conflict of beliefs being fought in our society are easy targets for
deception. The educators who have already been indoctrinated and
filled with this movement's deceptions will do anything to promote and
fulfill the call upon them as agents of change for the New Age
movement....</p>
      <p> ....The picture I have drawn seems to be so immense that it's
unstoppable. But I truly believe by turning to God and away from sin
that God will heal our land. My hope is that like the Kings of Israel
there were good and bad Kings. When the Kings led the people into
rebellion against God, His judgement came upon the nation of Israel.
But when the king led the people back to God, God restored the people,
land, prosperity, and security to the nation of Israel. And sometimes
God stayed the judgement due the Israelites while restoration and the
people were humbling themselves before God. We know that the one
world government, one world leader, one world economy, one world
religion will take place in the end times. But God may stay the
judgement against us if we continually seek Him and ask Him for our
people and our land. This may cause revival to take place which turns
our nation around, and stays the end time judgements against us....</p>
      <p>....Action is needed by finding out what your children are being taught
in school and how it lines up with the word of God. Lets become
responsible for our children and their upbringing, not leaving it up
to someone else. Through this outline, I've given you information and
examples to make you aware of the plans for this generation. So above
all prayer, along with fasting to God, to make the way, clear the
path, open the minds and hearts of the educators and the children. We
hope for a change in our educational system and society, to reflect
Godly principles for the salvation of our people and land.</p>
      <p>
         <special>end of tract</special>
      </p>
      <p> The change that "Kurt" is hoping for is on its way, and it's not a very
pleasant one. Excellent teachers whose only "crime" is same-sex
orientation are still being removed from the profession. I am waiting
until someone who is Neo-pagan by religious belief is hounded from
their classroom by Fundie witch-hunters. Forced prayer in school using
"The Lord's Prayer" or another Christian prayer might come back to
schools once the balance of the Supreme Court tilts irreversably to the
Right with the ratification of Judge Souter or another Religious
Rightist candidate to the seat recently vacated. The theory of
Evolution, which is as founded in scientific fact as the Three Laws of
Thermodynamics and Newton's Law of Gravity, continues to be taught,
albeit under fire from Creationist pseudo-science. But who knows how
long before even that will no longer be a part of the curriculum.
With the "back to basics" mania, it is doubtful that the New Age
methods that might have found their way in a non-religious context into
the schools will remain there.
The fact of the matter is that the watered-down textbooks that result
from pressure from the Religious Right are doing damage to the learning
experience NOW. With further erosion of the Supreme Court, it is
obvious that the slide will continue into a true dark age of
illiteracy and faith rather than academic excellence and knowledge.
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