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John Birch Society
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The John Birch Society is an Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support free enterprise.

It was named after John Birch, a United States military intelligence officer and Baptist missionary in World War II who was killed in 1945 by armed supporters of the Communist Party of China, and whom the JBS describes as “the first American victim of the Cold War.” His parents joined the society as life members.

Based in Appleton, Wisconsin, the society describes itself as “a membership-based organization dedicated to restoring and preserving freedom under the United States Constitution.” It says that members come from all walks of life and are active in all 50 states via local chapters. Its mission is to achieve “Less Government, More Responsibility, and — With God’s Help — a Better World.”

The JBS was formed as an educational organization and does not endorse candidates.
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* 1 Core values
* 2 Origins
* 3 Robert Welch and The Politician
* 4 1960s
* 5 1970s
* 6 After Welch
* 7 New American
* 8 In popular culture
* 9 Presidents
* 10 CEOs
* 11 Other notable members in history
* 12 See also
* 13 External links
* 14 Further reading
o 14.1 Supporting the John Birch Society
o 14.2 Criticizing the John Birch Society
o 14.3 Published or promoted by the John Birch Society

[edit] Core values

The JBS is anti-leftist, particularly anti-socialist, anti-communist, and anti-authoritarian. It strenuously defends what it sees as the original intention of the US Constitution, it promotes the idea that America is founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and it supports a strong Judeo-Christian influence in culture and government. It idealizes the Founding Fathers and anti-communists. The JBS opposes what it describes as collectivism, which in its view includes wealth redistribution, economic interventionism, socialism, communism, and fascism. The JBS claims that collectivist conspiracies throughout the world have significantly shaped history, and it seeks to expose and eliminate their claimed control in government in the modern era. This degree of conspiracism has isolated the Society from many other conservative groups.

During the 1960s, the JBS opposed aspects of the Civil Rights Movement due to concerns that the movement had a number of communists in important positions and due to the fact that it was backed and supported by the American Communist Party. For example, in 1962, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy warned Martin Luther King, Jr. that, “communist agents were manipulating King”. Then, in 1963, President John F. Kennedy also told King of his concern regarding two communist members and asked they be removed. Groups such as the radical terrorists, the Weatherman (organization) demonstrated the fringe of the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, the John Birch Society has always described itself as being open to people of all races and religions and is staunchly against racist beliefs.

Finally, the JBS is anti-globalization and has an illegal immigration reduction view on immigration reform. It has been a major opponent of the United Nations, NAFTA, CAFTA, and the FTAA, and other free-trade agreements with other nations, believing them to be destructive to American principles and sovereignty.

There are several problems in deciding that because of Acts 6 we should all support ‘Democracy’
1)The sphere is wrong. God has outlined in Scripture several spheres of authority; ranging from that of the individual man, through the family and church, proceeding past government into spiritual authorities… ending in God himself. (Scripture available upon request). The particular sphere dealt with here is the local church; a far different sphere from that of the government. And each sphere has its particular ways of being organized and dealing with its members. Elders, for example, are to discipline church members. However it would be a mistake to take the discipline required of parents, namely the rod, and carry it over into the church.
2)You mistake what is actually going on in Acts 6. The elders (here the apostles) are actually ruling. They request the congretation (here the multitude) to choose some men for a particular service… to wait on tables. If you wish to see how the leaders were chosen, I am afraid it was not at all a democratic process. The original apostles were chosen directly by God; one additional apostle was chosen by lot, and Paul was chosen, again, directly by God. Then elders in the various churches were appointed.
3)It is odd that you would attempt to make a strained (and flawed) comparison between NT church government and civil government. If you wished to see how God would put together a civil government; why did you not look to the various civil governments God actually put together? They range from Patriarchal, to clan eldership, to Judges, to kings. However at no point does he institute a democracy.
4)As has already been pointed out, you mistake the nature of the government you are living under. As Benjamin Franklin responded, when asked what kind of government the congress had instituted, he replied ‘A Republic… if you can keep it’.

Thought you might like this link http://www.americandeception.com/ Several articles regarding public education and how the system is set up for students to fail.

Here are a few interesting quotes:

“You can’t make Socialists out of individualists. Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming where everyone is interdependent.”—John Dewey, reformer, father of the modern American public school system

“The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions at state expense.”—Karl Marx 1848

“The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.”—H.L. Mencken

“To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.”—Thomas Jefferson

Keep up the good work David!

Do you know the big winners in the demographics game? Non-Christian sects other than Jews did real well…but the real winners were Athiests. They increased by 105.7% or 6.6% of the overall population.

The only demographic losers were Christians and Jews.

Do you really want to tell me that public schools aren’t behind this trend? I’m going to dig a bit more and try to corelate the data to age groups if I can. I fully expect to see that the age group that most dramaticly changed will be 30 and under.

If that trend continues the debate will be a footnote in history. Homeschoolers might be right but it may be too late.

I will be surprised if the older generations changed equally with the younger generations because Proverbs 22:6 would indicate that once trained in God we will not (or are less likely certainly) to change. Indeed, I have heard liberals say this as a criticism of many Christians.

-Chris

Primarily in response to Dr West who recently used Dr Beam to reaffirm his position.

-Chris