Douglas Murray is an author, journalist, and political commentator, founder of the Centre for Social Cohesion and is the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society and associate editor of the British political and cultural magazine The Spectator. He has said, not unreasonably I think, that Europe is primarily home to those of us who call ourselves European. The video below is a short one man presentation of his case that Europe is a troubled and confused continent, perhaps committing a form of suicide. He clearly lays out the problems faced by Europe, including large scale immigration and the loss of the sense of who we are. Here is just one Murray quote to wet your appetite.
“Be careful of your future, do not do grand experiments on the public that have not been tried before. We are not a petri dish to experiment in. This ( our continent / nation ) is the only thing we have.”
This article deals with the innate ideological nastiness of Ofsted investigations. Fall foul of this almost all powerful organisation and watch your carefully constructed and often loved school or college be sacrificed. The cause of censure: LGBT and Gender issues and the insistence they form part of the curriculum taught to our youth.
What follows is an example of political correctness in action from a recent story which appeared in the press. It concerns a school whose very young children are disciplined, respectful and happy. A school that is accepted as being academically excellent in every way other than one. A private Jewish girls’ school which teaches children from the age of 3 up to 8. It has failed three Ofsted inspections because it does not adequately teach pupils about homosexuality or gender reassignment.
Vishnitz Girls School is an Orthodox Jewish primary school in the Hackney Local Education Authority. It has failed these inspections and at the time of writing advertises itself as not Ofsted inspected. The problem is not that the school is failing, it is excellent in every way other than one. That one being the issue of deficiencies relating to giving its pupils a complete understanding of fundamental British Values. This otherwise excellent faith school cannot bring itself to teach explicitly about sexual orientation. According to these appointed guardians this failure impacts on moral, spiritual, social and cultural development. Ofsted demands that this primary school’s staff promotes a lifestyle they cannot in all conscience endorse. For this clash of worldviews a good school is being bullied into either conformity or loss of academic status. Any parent looking for an Ofsted accreditation of excellence may look elsewhere. The State has the nerve to criticise a fine faith school for failing to provide its pupils with proper spiritual and moral guidance. Unbelievable! Lecturing a religious school rooted in the oldest monotheistic faith on earth about its approach to spiritual and moral matters. And doing so on the basis of a largely untested social experiment which could cause, in my opinion will cause untold physical, mental and spiritual damage. It also denies the good sense invested in real, known, tested, mature systems that have worked well for millennia: biology, genetics and common sense.
I wonder how much longer Vishnitz Girls School will be allowed to retain its full title. The word “girl” may be on the way out of the language along with boy. Gender specific pronouns are already under threat. Anything that stands in the way of LGBT lobbying will fall before these new and bizarre directions. He, him, his and himself, and she, her, hers and herself probably have a short shelf life in state schools, since any traditional views and words defining gender will offend those who are transgender or in the process of changing gender. This group, or more accurately its apologists are exercising more power than any of us who believe gender is either male or female. To those who are for some genetic reason genuinely placed between one and another then everything possible should be done to help them. They are loved as much as any other by their Creator. The bible teaches that we live in a fallen world and that each of us carries this fallen nature within our beings. We are seemingly now prone to all sorts of genetic malfunctions and mental disorders. Is it not possible that Gender Dysphoria could be placed in the same category as Anorexia? A false perception of self. We may not like hearing this but geneticists know that the brain is a primary target for mutational damage. This being so what are the likely consequences? One of the first may be muddled thinking and a failure to grasp the possibility that abandoning millennia old notions of what is true and natural and normal is beyond stupid, it’s crazy.
Our novel ideas about gender do not alter the way nature has arranged gender to be among the higher mammals and mankind. You may not like or approve the rule of male and female that predominates, but it exists and without it there could be no natural procreation. These LGBT ideas only exist because technology has made possible what was once impossible including procreation outside the normal processes through IVF. The traditional view upheld by Vishnitz School is under sustained attack from Ofsted for politically correct reasons. If child abuse is an issue then Ofsted is the guilty party and ought to face being prosecuted for persecuting the innocent. By innocent I mean those trying in good conscience to serve the interests of pupils and the parents who have chosen that school in preference to others. The State has decreed this issue rules over the long held belief that religions had freedom to proclaim their faith. It can I think reasonably be assumed that parents of children attending this school approve of its teachings. It is ironic that in a society defined as multi-faith, this faith school is denied the right to teach one of its core values. That a person’s sex is either male or female and that the word gender corresponds to one of these; and that the sexual act was designed by God. All of this is in accordance with genetics and biology. There are admittedly a few cases that fall outside these categories. But as expressed earlier, rare cases should not ever be allowed to blur the clear distinctions imposed by nature. Ofsted are pontificating like a bishop or pope from a bygone age. We know best and you will submit to our rule and our rules. Ofsted is enforcing its ideology, upon any individuals or groups falling under its jurisdiction. Any who think differently or speak or act in accordance with a faith which has remained unchanged by decree of the God they worship. And when it comes to this matter the Jews think in the same way as most Christians and Muslims. Between them all these represent an electorate that dwarfs the posturing of Ofsted officials to a degree that should shame them into silence. Ofsted have been proved to make massive errors of judgement: the Trojan Horse debacle. They also have an agenda not shared by the great majority and a power that should never have been put in the hands of a few ideologically driven individuals who apparently work under their own supervision. There seems to be no effective court of appeal against their judgements. It is in my opinion a state sponsored, indoctrinated organisation which will one day be recognised for what it is; as regards the LGBT issue taught to very young children, a madness born of celebrating something the wisdom of which should be challenged at every level. If we were free we would be be able to follow and teach what has worked well for as long as humans have existed.
In conclusion here is a thought you might consider. We ban assisted suicide, correctly in my opinion, while guiding some of the least equipped, due to their age and maturity, to make potentially life changing and damaging decisions about their bodies and minds. The Vishnitz School is a standard bearer. As such it bravely presents itself as a target. We live in a society which, when it comes to issues of conscience expressed by dissidents, is met with a chilling word of command: Verboten! Vishnitz School for Girls is forbidden to teach what it believes, and is being coerced into teaching what it believes to be wrong. Many others are being marched into the same camp. Such a society has been titled Totalitarian.
Below is a video presentation which should be prescribed for the educationalists at schools, colleges and most particularly government agencies like Ofsted. If ever an ideology should be exposed it is that which surrounds and oversees the entire subject of Gender and LGBT.
I was born in 1944. Respect for those who suffered and gave their lives so that we could be free was a matter of giving honour where honour was due. This we still do and annually commemorate their sacrifices. I am old enough to recall other ways in which respect was given. An age when youth were subject to their parents. You were not entertained and distraction via media was not on tap. You were taught that your elders were to be respected at every level. You did not make demands. There was order in society. You knew right from wrong, natural from unnatural, you listened and learned and waited for your turn. Growing up was a process that took a long time. Choices and freedoms such as those set before young children today would have been seen as child abuse. There was a largely accepted rule based order that was understood and only rarely challenged. Punishment was expected for doing wrong, breaking rules, being impolite and challenging those in authority. You knew your place and waited for the day when you became an adult in the eyes of those around you. For the great majority whether you came from a poor or more privileged background you knew without being aware of it what it was to be a member of society. You had a place and in most cases this was accepted by those around you. It was a modest, slow, disciplined entrance into the adult world. There were of course those who did not conform. Some of these would do well, others not so well. The non-conforming eccentric was either celebrated or tolerated. There was a place for rule benders and breakers. This was British society as I experienced it while growing up. And I had an unhappy unsuccessful school career and never really found my place at home. A person who did not quite fit. Consequently my description of this period, between 1944 and 1964 is not based on a comfortable life. It was safe in many ways but in others far from secure.
Now, I look back and fear for the life that is being prepared for modern children and adolescents. In all probability there has never been a generation so cherished and provided for in some areas and so lost in others. My generation experienced few choices, this one has choices beyond imagination. Some of them so dangerous to their well-being it is difficult to comprehend what may result. As a child growing up I experienced a life of very little choice, thinking more would have been wonderful. But now, seeing the choices on offer, the open access to the world of adults through technology being put into the hands of near infants, I fear for them and for our future society. The present is scary enough, the future I do not like to contemplate. Natural and normal have lost their classic dictionary meanings. The most fundamental of these is gender recognition. To take that certainty away by casting doubt over the entire subject is to shake the foundations of society. To my generation an unfathomable error. It used to be the rule that to base laws on hard cases made bad law. At present this is exactly what is happening right across the spectrum. Movements advocating change are driven by very small but vociferous and relentless pressure groups. And the State capitulates before them on almost every occasion. This has had the effect of maximising their influence. Many of these are backed by loud, colourful celebrities whose influence is remarkable, particularly on the young and impressionable. To stand against highly politicised issues being used as levers to change society and its laws is becoming dangerous. It is not just that minority views are getting great coverage and being received by legislators as worthy of support. They are being included as protected characteristics, giving them top billing when it comes to law enforcement.
British Values are now replete with laws reinforced by positive propaganda. Opponents can be both vilified and brought to a court of law accused of phobic reactions to cherished sexual or social innovations. A further effect of this change to our society is that free speech is being eroded. Formerly respected sections of the population are now being cowered or silenced. To publicly stand in opposition, even when done politely is to risk becoming a pariah, an outcast. There are many straws in the wind, people pulled down from high office, some of whom are mentioned in these articles. they are I think set up as warnings to others. Even people at the bottom of the scale feel the pressure. I feel it while writing these articles. In a free society that anxiety would not exist.
It seems there are two groups of extremists that hate the sacrifices of our military forces recalled by our nation on Remembrance Day. Extreme left wing activists and Marxists, and Muslim extremists who may well have always supported ISIS. This video is one of the most horrific I have seen. But having taken a interest in the Christian woman Asia Bibi held in Pakistan for years on a charge of blasphemy, and following her acquittal to watch the hatred of huge mobs directed not just towards the woman to be released, but also against their own judiciary and government makes you wonder about these countries. Is this a hate that can never be lessened by any kind of conciliation process or appeals to mercy and kindness? Where is forgiveness? Where is love? Above all on such a day as Remembrance Day, where is respect.
Here is some history which puts the second video in context. Islam is not a religion of peace.
Choice is almost a catch word nowadays; normality, stability, the natural order, do they matter anymore? Oh yes, every part and bit matters because norms are what stabilise societies. Men and women are different in ways that have only become apparent since the 1990’s. A lot has changed since then and not only by way of choice, medicine has moved on. Much more is known about the human body. Medical treatments for males and females used to be, other than in obvious cases more or less the same. It is now known that gender specific medicine is very important, especially for women. Treatment helpful to a male patient may be detrimental to a female. So please tell me how a trans-gendered female who has made the choice to become male should be treated? To treat this person as the chosen gender or as the genetics decided at conception? At this point the issue of who or what I am becomes very real. It could be a matter of wrecking your health through inappropriate drugs being used in treatments and maybe even worse. The European Molecular Biology Organisation has stated that the prevention, management and therapeutic treatments of common diseases fails to note the most important factors relating to the needs of the patient. and those factors? They are sex and gender. We cannot safely meddle in areas fixed by nature and genetics. This new movement which demands that choice be at the forefront of decision making is ignoring the real world. And this insistence that our changeable inner feelings about ourselves are reliable guides to our well-being is a fantasy.
If you decree that what has for millennia been called normal and natural does not define normality or nature, then can normality exist, and what does natural mean? Can we just legislate for a new reality, a new good, a new right and enforce it with Draconian laws? The answer to that question is yes. We have been moving in that direction for the last few decades. And for some unknown reason it has been lit by green lights all the way. The natural order, once accepted as the way God had put it all together has seemingly had its day. Mankind has done a lot of damaging things to disturb the natural order over the last few centuries. Done so while rearranging the world for our own purposes; sometimes like a teenager at a party trashing the family home. But nevertheless, somehow the place always remained more or less intact, still repairable, still habitable, and still recognisable. Now though it is difficult to be certain that we have not broken away from the past altogether and are entering a new realm, where it is not the natural world forming and controlling us but rather the reverse. Headlong and reckless pursuits tend to end in disaster.
My belief is that this recklessness is apparent in many areas of life, including our brains and bodies and even our ability to distinguish between madness and sanity, between sense and nonsense. The kinds of debate that go on are extraordinary; beyond anything that would have once been thought possible. To argue the matter of sex and gender apart from biology and genetics by making these matters of established science a side issue, is madness. To emphasise a feeling about gender as being equivalent or superior to the reality governing sexuality, which tells us that every cell in our body is either male or female, is to reclassify the most basic understandings we have about everything. This is a disorder of the mind that has infected a large percentage of our population. And this is not just the loony left, or self absorbed celebrities, it is our leaders, our governments and even large swathes of our religious denominations. LGBT has become the driving force for a so called reform of society, a progression. And yet it has no basis in science and rides on a wave of euphoria enforced upon us all by the laws of the land. In my view this is technically certifiable.
As the bible states in 2 Thessalonians: ch 2 v 11-12
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” We choose our delusions just as we choose good and evil and right and wrong. God created us male and female and in those identities we were created to live and learn and come to know the God who made us.
Here is information from an expert source. Dr John Sanford, A Cornell University Professor for more than 25 years and has been semi-retired since 1998. He is of the opinion that the genetic load we carry, which is measured by mutations accruing in our genome increases from generation to generation. The effect is like the inexorable progress of rust on an ageing car. If the genome is being pulled in a downwards direction then the results will become increasingly obvious. I cannot help but wonder if the world in which we live is testimony that we are becoming lost to what is real and true.
Shutting your eyes and singing la la la to yourself in the face of an evil threat, thinking that if you cannot see or hear what threatens you then it may not actually exist is to live in la la land. I believe that is exactly where we are at the present time. A threat looms close and we will not acknowledge its existence.
To a prophet in the first century AD, the modern world would appear as miraculous and quite probably satanic. The Internet, space probes far into the universe, entertainment and media, robotics, skyscrapers far higher than anything imagined at Babel. The arms race, intercontinental missiles, nuclear bombs and drones for every possible requirement. How far seeing could a prophet be? The prophet John in the book of Revelation described the entire world viewing an event happening on earth, all at the same time. A hint of 24 hour satellite news coverage? He also spoke of every individual being required to have a mark which would enable those with it to buy and sell, shutting out those who refused to take the mark. A sight of a future globalized dictatorship and microchip technology perhaps. The separation of the signed up to the new reality and those who refuse to be coerced. If the scripture, speaking of a “strong delusion” and the old saying about “those the gods want to destroy they first make mad” are true then we can, in my opinion, see the expected results of that happening all around us. I can easily imagine laughter being the response to all this, but ridicule is a price worth bearing if it makes some people think. The Bible has never shied away from the who and what is behind it all. Jesus knows him and has faced him. After the coming period, called the end times, there will come the hour when Satan having for a moment reached the pinnacle of his ambitions will be utterly and finally destroyed. The second coming of Jesus is clearly prophesied, as is the presence of the character of the devil incarnate: the man claiming to be divine, the anti-Christ, the last of his kind. The following is also from 2 Thessalonians Ch. 2.
“Concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us, whether be a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter, asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.”
Is the prophesied “rebellion” underway on a continent once devoted to the God of the Bible? Is the world gone mad and under a delusion which blinds it to the truth it once held fast? If you have to come to the point of thinking this could be true then you can break free from the delusion, all you need is humility and faith. Humble enough to bend your knee and bow your head before your Lord and King and faith enough to trust this God to see you through to what he has prepared for you. It is an ever-present invitation for as long as the present remains. There is however an impediment and it has a name: sin! God shows us who he is in a myriad of different ways: and one way is through the creation of the world and the wonders of nature and the universe. Although fallen and spoiled it still proclaims his glory and goodness. So, we are without excuse. A painting like Rembrandt’s Prodigal Son does not need a signature to tell us it is both beautiful and sad and created for a purpose, to touch the heart and move our spirit. To attract and to demonstrate the painter’s insights and skill. To deny this is to deliberately blindside your intellect. A deliberate act, turning away from what you know to be true. In relation to God this is called sin, and in this case, sin is a death sentence. Only one hope is laid before us, and that hope is a person and that person is the Son of God Jesus Christ, God made Man. If we are shielded from seeing him as he fully is then realise it is for mercy’s sake and for our good. If we saw perfection we would not be able to deal with it, we are part of what is fallen and spoilt. A creation poisoned shortly after it began. We have an idea that it is not right but no idea how to correct it; or indeed us, humankind. We who are at both the root and summit of that fall. Sin blinds us to truth, even when it is laid bare before us. Every instinct and inclination leads us into sin, each sin causing us to suppress the truth and love the lie. Satan will be dealt with and it will be Jesus who ends the long reign of death.
But surely, even if we were to believe such an event, we are still a long way from it? Just look at us and all that has been achieved. We can see the world that way and take comfort since at one level this world is alluring: diverse, entertaining, free, without rigid structure. On another it is doctrinaire, imposing on your freedoms of speech and action. If the contention that a kind of madness has fallen upon us is accurate, then it should be apparent in every sphere of human life. We should see it going on around us and if we do not wonder at in amazement, and most will not, then we may have drifted with the tide and become part of it: anaesthetised. If this is the case we will not know if we are in danger, even if every unnoticed sign is warning us. In former times people were selected to be watchmen, or in PC themed speech, watch-people. Their primary job was to keep lookout and inform their superiors about anything appearing on the horizon that may be a threat. Such a person must be prepared to wake up everyone with the sound of a trumpet or a bellowed shout. The message would not necessarily be welcomed. But it was their sole purpose. To be alert and brave enough to warn a town or a ship’s captain and crew of the reality. Like the shout of “iceberg ahead” by the watchman on the Titanic.
There is a comment from the world of fiction which describes our situation as accurately as I can imagine. It is the comment of the small boy that broke the spell on a crowd taken in by a magnificently contrived confidence trick. He saw what the indoctrinated masses could not see. It was plainly obvious and the boy shouted it out. “The Emperor has no clothes!”
The Post Modern deceit that truth is just a matter of opinion is I believe of this type. And you do not need to be clever to see it. Just open your eyes and unblock your ears and heed the warning. Here is a man giving a warning. We live in a society watching for any signs of extreme right wing activity but seem utterly blind to the threat from the extreme left. We know huge amounts about Nazism and its consequence but are largely ignorant about the much greater harm that has arisen from left wing totalitarian regimes: Communism under Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot of Cambodia. The bloodshed, disasters and indoctrination under these dictators dwarf even the atrocities committed by Hitler and his ideology based on the super race. To state the deaths at 100.000.000 may well be an understatement. If what is coming via Postmodernism and Political Correctness is Cultural Marxism then wake up, listen to whats going on and dare to speak against it.
