Religious Freedom Denied In Canada - The Path To Communism

Greetings to all Canadians, and Free Thinkers,

A few days ago a solidarity of Christians, Jews, and Sikhs addressed city hall in Vancouver to speak out on their right to worship, and living in accord with their religious beliefs, which includes serving the poor. When a union of such interfaith is reached, it must be a sign that something is drastically amiss.

(See: http://www.streamsofjustice.org/ )

The above link shows that Tenth Avenue Alliance Church has been charged with complaints. Rather than reach out to solve the problem at the source, those people complaining would turn away their fellow brothers and sisters and grumble against those who strive to live the Royal Law, and help others that are in need. City hall has stated that Tenth Avenue Alliance requires a license, and since this action is in violation of people's most basic right - outreach and practicing charity, the community has responded in opposition.

At least as important as the issue of giving to the poor is the issue of our children. To those who would neglect the children, the Bible issues the following warning, "But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea" (Matt 18:6 ASV). When we fail to protect those who place their trust in us - who are unable to protect themselves, then we are responsible for the outcome.

For the past two days many protesters have been rallying outside of Montebello, Que. to show their disgust at the leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, but there is another tragedy that all Christians, and indeed all Canadians should be concerned about. History has shown us, it does not matter what the leaders plan if the people are united against it - they will be forced to listen to us, or they will lose all their power. I therefore ask these same people to come together and to be joined with fellow worshipers across the country on the issue of governmental interference on children.

While our leaders are hammering out ideas as to the future of North America, in the backdrop our government is walking over the rights of all free people, effectively stating that loving parents are a danger to their children - all because they refuse to compromise their system of beliefs, in favor of governmental mandate. Why should a Mennonite community in Quebec be forced to teach a theory on evolution simply because it is a politically correct ideology? The Ministry of Education, Recreation, and Sport in Quebec apparently disagrees and threatens legal action. The offense? This community does not have certified teachers and does not adhere to a strict curriculum that promotes ideologies inconsistent with their religious practice. This community would rather move than have to give up its fundamental beliefs. Something is wrong with this picture.

No harm is being done to society and others -- these are Christians that have values and standards and want to live in peace. Yet allegiance to a higher authority and the desire to live by higher laws means that these Christians are outlaws. The Mennonite community is not a bunch of terrorists, yet the government is treating them as such. Is what this government proposes any better than what happened in Germany this past year where Melissa Busekros was taken away from her home and her parents in the presence of fifteen police and further she was placed in a psychiatric hospital because she was diagnosed with a "school phobia," and subsequently moved, with her location undisclosed to her parents? While she later returned home when she was legally permitted to do so, what was her crime? How do we as a free society of people permit governmental threats that state if parents do not comply, their children will be punished, under the presumption that an outside agency knows what is best for our families? Threats must always be backed up with force - but what force is acceptable to remove these children from their parents?

Under the guise of "education" the government is attempting to force the break-up of these families. Christians are taught in their scriptures that they reap what they sow. Those who sow complacency will only reap the rewards of oppression and tyranny, and so does the Bible warn believers, "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth" (Rev 3:15-16).

Christians should be outraged at the government's position, and rather than complacently permit this evil to occur, they should be putting government back into its place - to serve the community and to keep order between provinces and territories made up of many communities, not to tell us what and how we must teach our children. Nikita Khrushchev warned Americans, and rather than understand the prophecy he proclaimed, Canada may have walked too far down that road of socialism to be able to separate itself from such atrocity. Mr. Khrushchev stated, "We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism." Does Canada have any inclination to look back? Or is the government already too far gone?

Free society is an interdependent network that operates on the principle of tolerance and segregation. Tolerance does not mean that everyone must hold to one politically correct view. Rather, tolerance can only persist based on differences - you cannot tolerate those who are in agreement. The body also operates on interdependence, and anyone who knows anything about the body knows that it can only function due to segregation of organs and tissues. If we attempted to make our body a single cell - a single thought or mandate, we would be devolving to what is called an amoeba. Just as you cannot have tolerance if everyone thinks the same, you cannot have a whole and healthy society that is made up of a body of one thought - all you will have is a devolved state of mind and mental disease will prevail, like has already been demonstrated from the German authorities.

Which of us would want our family, or our community's families, to be persecuted by our government for religious practices? One of the first things that Adolf Hitler did when he came to power was to make home schooling illegal - this condition persists in Germany today. He must have known that when you take control of the mind of a child you take control of the future. When we are dictated to, in denial of our religious beliefs, the government is telling us that we are not capable of governing our own future in a responsible manner.

These are loving and responsible parents who want to see what is best for their children, without governmental interference. No one is being educated to be irresponsible citizens, yet if the government mandates what must be taught, in opposition to the religious practices of these Christians, then they are effectively saying that parents are not qualified to be able to teach their own children and prepare them for society.

Mennonites want to keep their children away from the secular mindset which includes the teachings of the theory of evolution, yet if we let the government have its way, who then will be left to protect our rights when the government decides that we are the criminals? As bystanders, will we silently watch as the government executes its authority on our behalf? This is a government that must want to drive these people out from the county, leaving them no alternative.

When my grandparents came to this country it was to escape oppression. My grandparents survived the shifting border of Austria/Poland/Ukraine through WWI. They left their country and homes just before WWII - Germany invaded Poland within one year of their arrival in Canada. It has not even been 100 years since they came to this land. What did they come for? You cannot escape an abuse of power when you permit it to occur in your own backyard.

Our heads of state have been meeting to determine what is to be done with North America, yet what matters most is what the public is willing to do about those who are being persecuted by the provincial government. People came to colonial America to escape religious persecution. Have we now turned back upon ourselves so much that people must leave this country in order to have freedom? As Walt Kelly so eloquently stated the truth, "We have met the enemy and he is us." We cannot stand as a nation that prides itself on its multiculturalism when our government is instituting an illegitimate reality. If we are going to complacently allow government to dictate what our children must be taught, then we have already lost our faith and there is little point in dwelling in a carcass that we call our religious belief.

Emmanuel Pohoreski
Surrey, B.C.

For further thoughts on this issue please refer to the additional link:
http://ebionite-community.blogspot.com/2007/08/save-canada-from-self-destruction.html
http://brotherofyeshua.blogspot.com/

I also include a letter to the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sport; Minister of the Family, in Quebec, for those who would write to her. Feel free to sign your name at the bottom and send it to the following email address: ministre@mels.gouv.qc.ca

Minister Contact information on the Web:
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ministere/ministre/index.asp?page=communiquer

Bonjour/Greetings Hon. Michelle Courchesne,

As a responsible citizen I am concerned about the treatment and the interaction that your office has had with the Mennonite community in Roxton Falls, Quebec. The action that is being taken by the Ministry is tantamount to harassment and is in denial of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, whereby religious freedoms are intended to be preserved:

2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:

(a) freedom of conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
(d) freedom of association.

The Ministry must stop its abuse of power immediately, or risk losing valuable members of the community and country. This action is not in the interests of Provincial matters, nor does it help the welfare of the country, further it is a violation of fundamental rights. Should the people unite against this injustice will it be the Minister's response to outlaw all those who teach their children in accordance with their religious beliefs? An example cannot be made out of responsible and concerned citizens; such a thing is intolerable. I urge the Minister to reconsider the position of the Ministry and I leave her with the following question: what action would the Ministry take if the Minister's own children were involved?


Respectfully,

Emmanuel Pohoreski,
Surrey, B.C.