One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of the modern era has convinced millions (billions?) of people that the real masters of propaganda are “the Zionists.” It is a remarkable inversion.
Propaganda as used today, in my mind, consists of the "Big Lie" which Dr. Goebbel's used to tell a big enough lie often enough so it becomes it's own version of reality. The entire Jewish population of the Earth is a miniscule amount and somehow they're running the world? Bizarre.
Impressive article. Deeply reasoned and stunningly written.
My two cents: there was no internet or social media in WW2 and the Nazis managed to slaughter six million Jews in a short period of time whilst much of the world watched from the sidelines.
Second, we Jews must have been too busy defending ourselves day in and day out, and lost sight of the macro-reality. There's no reason Jews couldn't rival AI 's take over by Quatar, and disseminate true information. If we are so smart, we should be able to fight back. And monies are not lacking.
Lastly, the Jew is seen as an alien, literally- no less than from another planet or galaxy- and thus the fear of a " supernatural" Jew. Those who believe beings can resurrect, can also believe demons inhabit those people they dislike. The Chinese and the Hindus have no problems with Jews. It has been Christianity and now Islam who resent the Jews for discrediting their innermost claims. Islam has the additional motivator of supremacy and world dominion. The Jews stand in their way.
As the eye sees reality upside down and the brain must reinterpret it, perhaps our minds resort to a massive inversion of reality, including the inversion of basic hitherto hallowed moral principles, when under stress. The Western civilisational stress derives from a deep fear of being superseded and conquered by an aggressive and totalitarian Islam, a most justified and rational fear that shows "Islamophobia" for the insidious lie that it is, a master stroke of malicious propaganda. Phobias are irrational fears. Our fears are rational, and we better confront them by active self-defense rather than by denial and inversion.
I wish group psychologists came up with a good analysis of this phenomenon, which at the present time has resulted in mass delusion and collective madness. One of Orwell's most chilling notions was the constant rewriting of history. And when what actually happened no longer matters anyway, my story is as true as yours. All equal " narratives ".
There is a downside to being a people blessed with outsized intelligence, creativity, and ambition. You bring a lot to the world and overall make it a MUCH better place, but outsized success creates outsized envy. It doesn’t help that Jews have had an outside representation in the ranks of Communists and other usually nihilistic philosophies. Intellectualism does have a major downside.
This conundrum is part of the brokenness of the world, very consistent with both a Jewish and a Christian worldview. But, Christians have added to the problem by often perpetuating Jewish hatred. My good friend Jack E. Became a “messianic Jew, in his late 20s or 30s, and has built Christian hospitals all over Africa. He is truly a servant of the Lord and a fine human being. But his mother, a holocaust survivor, would not speak to him from the time he became a Christian until she was on her deathbed. Of course she could never forget nor forgive the horrors visited upon her and her family by the “Christians“ of Europe.
May our triune God of the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, continue to love and protect Israel!
“ Tevye, is there a prayer for the Jews?”
“ yes, there is. May God keep the righteous Jews close to us… and keep the intellectual secular ones far far away!“
My apologies to “fiddler on the roof“. And I hope I have not overstep boundaries in what seems to me to be an empirical realistic explanation for brokenness.
Hi. I've been collecting essays from Christians who support Israel and the Jews, and why they support them. Even just a few lines would be great. The essays are for the SchmoozeAndNews.com website and their newsletter. I'd love to get an essay or a few lines from you. You can reach out to me at SchmoozeAndNews@gmail.com. Thank you!
I would be glad to write just an essay, but I’m a nobody in the world of literature and arts. Just a retired anesthesiologist who has done some Third World Christian work, and has a strong heart for the suffering of the Jews throughout history. And hopes for the survival And flourishing of Israel, Which actually is a bellweather for the future of the West in general.
We are seeking everyday people (Christians), not literary celebrities. Just your basic good Christian with common sense and a moral compass! You would be perfect. We will make sure your essay/words are clear of misspelling and such, so no worries. Any edits we make, I'll make sure to get your approval. And we won't use your name unless you wish, but just initials or first name and last name initial only. Thank you!
Dana, an essay concerning why I support Israel strongly is not a trivial thing. I have been pondering a best approach For the past week. You are not going anywhere, and neither am I, so it will come when it comes. Blessings,
I understand, and no rush, no pressure! Thank you for considering it. Meanwhile, here is the latest newsletter and it features another statement from a Christian (and also a video about Christians volunteering in Israel). The latest Schmooze and News newsletter: https://www.schmoozeandnews.com/so/1cQ0h_Pvt?languageTag=en
The New York Times has become a major distributor of anti-Israel propaganda, manipulating readers' sympathies with photos of dead Gaza children while failing to provide any context about Israel's need to remove the existential threat posed by Hamas. Unfortunately, millions think the NYTimes is the ultimate source of objective truth.
Why we must slap down these falsehoods and defeat Th Evil Cult of Islam and the propaganda of the Left.
Why, you ask… Why do I agree with people believe in total separation from the Islamic invaders.
I agree because I have fought four wars against senseless hatred taught by the Islamic Cult and ignored, even encouraged, by the Left!
I agree because I know what it is like to guard a child against gunfire with my body! I, as a soldier, care about children, Islam no….
I agree because I saw an Islamic “Instructor” cut the nose off the face of a twelve year old girl for the crime of learning to read! A multilated girl/woman had no future but abuse, rape and torture…
I agree because I see the strength of G-d in the eyes of Jews and Christians fighting to protect their future! Jews and Christians are strong!
I agree because I have two bullet holes, lost two toes, shattered jaw and have a 13” scar across my abdomen from “hand to hand” combat against a Muslim (P.S. I won, he is dead)!
I will never quit; I will fight with my last breath to protect Israel, the Holy Land, and my family, the Jewish and Christian People.
This will be meaningless to many but the true People of God will know this feeling….
We are… The Sword of G-D!
P.S. I will never forgive myself for not violating orders and acting to save the twelve year old girl from disfigurement. One day before G-d I will have to answer to her and G-d!
Please, G-d forgive me… Please keep her safe and in your embrace.
In the first half of the 1900s, people got their morals from the Bible. Since then and increasingly people get their morals from TV, and now, Social Media steers people toward their emotions. Secular humanism is driven by emotions. Secular humanists are against Christianity and any kind of Jewish roots. They tolerate other religions because they are against the Jews and Christians. The squeaking wheel gets the grease. We are silenced. That's propaganda. Selective sensorship.
When students were encouraged to take ethics courses in college, they received much better grounding in morals than they could have received otherwise. These courses teach several different ethical theories and incorporate critical thinking. Unfortunately, humanities courses in general, which includes ethics courses, are being neglected in the current academic settings.
The first step began sixty plus years ago and was multi-tiered assault on America. The plan was so simple get "our people into responsible positions in educational institutions. Additionally, become appointed to boards and commissions so we can mold shape policy. We will capture and influence the minds of the young to "OUR WAY" of thinking. By crafting, molding, and directing public policy we can shape Public Opinion..... It is a slow and deliberate process, but it has been effective. When you watch today's college kids when asked, "What is the River and what is the Sea?" They look at each other and they say they don't know they are just going along with everyone else. Decades of preparation made them easily led astray...
… isn’t a shorter way of describing this situation to say that, shockingly but not surprisingly, vast tracts of people across the world are really, really stupid?
Your excellent dismantling of the “Israel controls the media” nonsense is a case in point. If a human on planet Earth today believes that, then in my view, that person is just completely stupid and if they said they believed it out loud, that proves the point.
All politics is a version of ‘Us versus Them’ tribalism, manipulated by clever and unscrupulous men and women in their service of Profit, and Political Power. Non of us is impervious to tribal emotions of Fear and Hatred. The latest Cohort of Propagandists have learned that simply packaged Emotional content cuts right through the Noise, to move us politically. So, Prepare for much more and much worse. The Antidote: hold the ground with facts and bright-minded Argument. We have achieved some stunning results in the realm of Social Media, replying to and debunking Nazism. This route to truth works.
And, don't forget "Fahrenheit 451." Digitilized literature, including documents, is very easy to change and that amounts to book-burning. Combine that with the authors mentioned and you have the world today. Oh, add in the "Advise and Consent/ Come Ninevah, Come Tyre" series, plus, Ayn Rand and that caps it. Horrifying.
I never understood why any Jew would deny being in control. Its a wonderful asperational accomplishment. If you are in control it means you have succeeded. I’m sorry we dont control the media and the banks and God knows what else we are “accused” of controling. Embrace it. Respond “Unfortunately that’s not completely accurate, Jews only control X number of Y, but we are trying….”.
Propaganda as used today, in my mind, consists of the "Big Lie" which Dr. Goebbel's used to tell a big enough lie often enough so it becomes it's own version of reality. The entire Jewish population of the Earth is a miniscule amount and somehow they're running the world? Bizarre.
Impressive article. Deeply reasoned and stunningly written.
My two cents: there was no internet or social media in WW2 and the Nazis managed to slaughter six million Jews in a short period of time whilst much of the world watched from the sidelines.
Second, we Jews must have been too busy defending ourselves day in and day out, and lost sight of the macro-reality. There's no reason Jews couldn't rival AI 's take over by Quatar, and disseminate true information. If we are so smart, we should be able to fight back. And monies are not lacking.
Lastly, the Jew is seen as an alien, literally- no less than from another planet or galaxy- and thus the fear of a " supernatural" Jew. Those who believe beings can resurrect, can also believe demons inhabit those people they dislike. The Chinese and the Hindus have no problems with Jews. It has been Christianity and now Islam who resent the Jews for discrediting their innermost claims. Islam has the additional motivator of supremacy and world dominion. The Jews stand in their way.
As the eye sees reality upside down and the brain must reinterpret it, perhaps our minds resort to a massive inversion of reality, including the inversion of basic hitherto hallowed moral principles, when under stress. The Western civilisational stress derives from a deep fear of being superseded and conquered by an aggressive and totalitarian Islam, a most justified and rational fear that shows "Islamophobia" for the insidious lie that it is, a master stroke of malicious propaganda. Phobias are irrational fears. Our fears are rational, and we better confront them by active self-defense rather than by denial and inversion.
I wish group psychologists came up with a good analysis of this phenomenon, which at the present time has resulted in mass delusion and collective madness. One of Orwell's most chilling notions was the constant rewriting of history. And when what actually happened no longer matters anyway, my story is as true as yours. All equal " narratives ".
There is a downside to being a people blessed with outsized intelligence, creativity, and ambition. You bring a lot to the world and overall make it a MUCH better place, but outsized success creates outsized envy. It doesn’t help that Jews have had an outside representation in the ranks of Communists and other usually nihilistic philosophies. Intellectualism does have a major downside.
This conundrum is part of the brokenness of the world, very consistent with both a Jewish and a Christian worldview. But, Christians have added to the problem by often perpetuating Jewish hatred. My good friend Jack E. Became a “messianic Jew, in his late 20s or 30s, and has built Christian hospitals all over Africa. He is truly a servant of the Lord and a fine human being. But his mother, a holocaust survivor, would not speak to him from the time he became a Christian until she was on her deathbed. Of course she could never forget nor forgive the horrors visited upon her and her family by the “Christians“ of Europe.
May our triune God of the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, continue to love and protect Israel!
“ Tevye, is there a prayer for the Jews?”
“ yes, there is. May God keep the righteous Jews close to us… and keep the intellectual secular ones far far away!“
My apologies to “fiddler on the roof“. And I hope I have not overstep boundaries in what seems to me to be an empirical realistic explanation for brokenness.
Hi. I've been collecting essays from Christians who support Israel and the Jews, and why they support them. Even just a few lines would be great. The essays are for the SchmoozeAndNews.com website and their newsletter. I'd love to get an essay or a few lines from you. You can reach out to me at SchmoozeAndNews@gmail.com. Thank you!
I would be glad to write just an essay, but I’m a nobody in the world of literature and arts. Just a retired anesthesiologist who has done some Third World Christian work, and has a strong heart for the suffering of the Jews throughout history. And hopes for the survival And flourishing of Israel, Which actually is a bellweather for the future of the West in general.
We are seeking everyday people (Christians), not literary celebrities. Just your basic good Christian with common sense and a moral compass! You would be perfect. We will make sure your essay/words are clear of misspelling and such, so no worries. Any edits we make, I'll make sure to get your approval. And we won't use your name unless you wish, but just initials or first name and last name initial only. Thank you!
Dana, an essay concerning why I support Israel strongly is not a trivial thing. I have been pondering a best approach For the past week. You are not going anywhere, and neither am I, so it will come when it comes. Blessings,
I understand, and no rush, no pressure! Thank you for considering it. Meanwhile, here is the latest newsletter and it features another statement from a Christian (and also a video about Christians volunteering in Israel). The latest Schmooze and News newsletter: https://www.schmoozeandnews.com/so/1cQ0h_Pvt?languageTag=en
The New York Times has become a major distributor of anti-Israel propaganda, manipulating readers' sympathies with photos of dead Gaza children while failing to provide any context about Israel's need to remove the existential threat posed by Hamas. Unfortunately, millions think the NYTimes is the ultimate source of objective truth.
Astute and bone chilling analysis of onslaught we are facing with scant tools to disambiguate it.
Why we must slap down these falsehoods and defeat Th Evil Cult of Islam and the propaganda of the Left.
Why, you ask… Why do I agree with people believe in total separation from the Islamic invaders.
I agree because I have fought four wars against senseless hatred taught by the Islamic Cult and ignored, even encouraged, by the Left!
I agree because I know what it is like to guard a child against gunfire with my body! I, as a soldier, care about children, Islam no….
I agree because I saw an Islamic “Instructor” cut the nose off the face of a twelve year old girl for the crime of learning to read! A multilated girl/woman had no future but abuse, rape and torture…
I agree because I see the strength of G-d in the eyes of Jews and Christians fighting to protect their future! Jews and Christians are strong!
I agree because I have two bullet holes, lost two toes, shattered jaw and have a 13” scar across my abdomen from “hand to hand” combat against a Muslim (P.S. I won, he is dead)!
I will never quit; I will fight with my last breath to protect Israel, the Holy Land, and my family, the Jewish and Christian People.
This will be meaningless to many but the true People of God will know this feeling….
We are… The Sword of G-D!
P.S. I will never forgive myself for not violating orders and acting to save the twelve year old girl from disfigurement. One day before G-d I will have to answer to her and G-d!
Please, G-d forgive me… Please keep her safe and in your embrace.
In the first half of the 1900s, people got their morals from the Bible. Since then and increasingly people get their morals from TV, and now, Social Media steers people toward their emotions. Secular humanism is driven by emotions. Secular humanists are against Christianity and any kind of Jewish roots. They tolerate other religions because they are against the Jews and Christians. The squeaking wheel gets the grease. We are silenced. That's propaganda. Selective sensorship.
When students were encouraged to take ethics courses in college, they received much better grounding in morals than they could have received otherwise. These courses teach several different ethical theories and incorporate critical thinking. Unfortunately, humanities courses in general, which includes ethics courses, are being neglected in the current academic settings.
Most people don't go to college. They are contaminated by the public school system. It was bad when I went to school. I'm 72 now.
Thank God the Ruach HaKodesh can guide us through the morass.
Envy of the Jews and Israel is just as dangerous as hate!
The first step began sixty plus years ago and was multi-tiered assault on America. The plan was so simple get "our people into responsible positions in educational institutions. Additionally, become appointed to boards and commissions so we can mold shape policy. We will capture and influence the minds of the young to "OUR WAY" of thinking. By crafting, molding, and directing public policy we can shape Public Opinion..... It is a slow and deliberate process, but it has been effective. When you watch today's college kids when asked, "What is the River and what is the Sea?" They look at each other and they say they don't know they are just going along with everyone else. Decades of preparation made them easily led astray...
Hmm, no one was supposed to know about this! Who talked! Does Bibi know? Let me make a call BRB...
… isn’t a shorter way of describing this situation to say that, shockingly but not surprisingly, vast tracts of people across the world are really, really stupid?
Your excellent dismantling of the “Israel controls the media” nonsense is a case in point. If a human on planet Earth today believes that, then in my view, that person is just completely stupid and if they said they believed it out loud, that proves the point.
The legacy media has been horrible in reporting the truth. They are in lock step with the Democrats. I DON’T watch them or read them anymore.
All politics is a version of ‘Us versus Them’ tribalism, manipulated by clever and unscrupulous men and women in their service of Profit, and Political Power. Non of us is impervious to tribal emotions of Fear and Hatred. The latest Cohort of Propagandists have learned that simply packaged Emotional content cuts right through the Noise, to move us politically. So, Prepare for much more and much worse. The Antidote: hold the ground with facts and bright-minded Argument. We have achieved some stunning results in the realm of Social Media, replying to and debunking Nazism. This route to truth works.
And, don't forget "Fahrenheit 451." Digitilized literature, including documents, is very easy to change and that amounts to book-burning. Combine that with the authors mentioned and you have the world today. Oh, add in the "Advise and Consent/ Come Ninevah, Come Tyre" series, plus, Ayn Rand and that caps it. Horrifying.
I never understood why any Jew would deny being in control. Its a wonderful asperational accomplishment. If you are in control it means you have succeeded. I’m sorry we dont control the media and the banks and God knows what else we are “accused” of controling. Embrace it. Respond “Unfortunately that’s not completely accurate, Jews only control X number of Y, but we are trying….”.