06/20/20 CHOOSE YOUR ALIGNMENTS CAREFULLY

06/20/20 CHOOSE YOUR ALIGNMENTS CAREFULLY

Christians should not attach themselves to social groups that are avowedly anti-Christian and anti-Bible. I don't align with the KKK because they are avowedly antagonistic to Biblical Christianity (though they falsely claim to be Christian and give lip service to some Christian tenets). BLM also openly holds to anti-Christian and anti-Bible beliefs, yet it is being embraced by well meaning people.

Folks can believe what they want to believe (but remember, beliefs have consequences). BLM is openly and blatantly anti-Biblical. At least know the purpose of your allies, don't confuse them with Bible revelation.

Some folks think that BLM is an organization that promotes peace, equality, brotherhood. WRONG. All a person has to do is go to BLM's own history, declarations and activities to see that they are opposed to Biblical concepts of family and family values, racial equality, patriotism, social order, morality. It is impossible for a Bible believing Christian to agree with some of the teachings of BLM, regardless of how they are presented.

It is not surprising that some of the folks who align with BLM also view Farrakhan and Malcolm X as leaders and heroes in race relations, or as role models for their children. Some folks, who claim to resist racism actually align with very racist people and causes.

Though "good" things are said in their own publications, we find other comments that reveal their actual agenda.

Here is a quote from BLACK LIVES MATTER home page, ABOUT section, WHAT WE BELIEVE article.

"We are guided by the fact that all Black lives matter, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status, or location.

We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead.

We are self-reflexive and do the work required to dismantle cisgender privilege and uplift Black trans folk, especially Black trans women who continue to be disproportionately impacted by trans-antagonistic violence.

We build a space that affirms Black women and is free from sexism, misogyny, and environments in which men are centered.

We practice empathy. We engage comrades with the intent to learn about and connect with their contexts.

We make our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work “double shifts” so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work.

We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.

We foster a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise)."