Remonstrance

I promised to reveal the hidden agenda behind the persistent “Xenos Cult” rumors, and this time I will deliver.

It’s really not-so-hidden, and it’s really quite simple: read about it at RevolutionaryJoy.org.

We foment Revolution!

It’s a big no-no when Christians show some energy and have a good time.

Christianity is supposed to be the “Opiate of the Masses,” according to Karl Marx. People like Marx want Christians to be docile. They want us to be wimpy and weak so they can whip it and whip it good (as Devo said).

People like Marx lie about Christians because they fear the freedom that real Christianity brings to people, and I can prove it: Marx and his followers actually wanted to seize power and setup a “dictatorship of the Proletariat,” as they called it. Marx advocated dictatorship. If the Communists really believed Christianity was an opiate, why were they so afraid of it? Why kill millions of Christians? Christianity would help opiate the population and help setup a Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Marx lied about Christians, and he knew it. The Communists knew Christians were free-thinking, freedom-loving, noble and very formidable obstacles to their ambitions. The Communists wanted to control people’s minds. They censor free speech wherever they setup shop, don’t they?

That’s why I say: don’t drink the Kool-Aid.¹

It’s a great badge of honor for Christians when mind-controllers like Communists hate them—what an insult if Marx loved Christians! It’s fair to say that people who hate Christians, like Marx and his fellow-atheist Dawkins, historically wrestle with serious hate issues (Dawkins was emotionally-battered in his youth, he says).

This is precisely the point Jesus made to his followers:

The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. John 15:19 (NLT)

Jesus was right: without exception anti-Chrisian atheists must resort to lies and alarmist slander in order to attack Christians. Since they can’t find a real issue, they create issues.

Richard Dawkins is another one who loves to hate Christians. He claims to be an equal-opportunity hater of all religions, but gives only token attention to other religions. He had a bad experience with a Christian church when he was young, and it made him bitter for a lifetime.

He learned how to convert his bitterness into a lucrative anti-Christian industry by defining Christian beliefs in the most ignorant and superstitious way possible, then attacking it. As he defines it, the job is easy.

But Dawkins knows he’s only attacking Dawkins-Christianity, not the real thing. Lennox pounded him on this point, leaving Dawkins toothless and stammering. But Dawkins persists in attacking “Blind Faith” Christianity, even though he knows the Bible deplores and rejects “Blind Faith”.

The Cult Myth

Christians are supposed to be lame and tame, according to the modern myth. American culture created a stereotype for us, and when Christians break the mold, the culture simply can’t process us: “It must be a cult!”

Does anyone know what “cult” means?

The term was hijacked by pop-culture. Christians were using “cult” to designate groups that don’t actually teach Christianity, yet still call themselves Christian. Any group which lies is obviously not very nice. “Cult” designated Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Scientologists, Universalists and others who claimed to be Christian when their teachings were antithetical to Christianity.

Since Jonestown—which truly was a “cult” as Christians defined it—they’ve been using “cult” against Christians who are actually Christian. Even the most-vile attacks levied against Xenos never once claimed we taught anything but sound, biblical Christianity, so we would never qualify as a “cult” by the Christian use of the term.

The ones leading the charge against Xenos do it for personal gain, like Karl Marx. This has been proven time and again, and it’s the #1 reason why Web posts are done anonymously, citing vague, emotionally-charged rhetoric. Communists did that all the time against Christians, as we all know.

Christian leaders across the nation consider Xenos a model Christian group, but we still get attacked. We’ve been investigated and cleared dozens of times, but the Cult Myth is so emotionally-charged, it’s an easy and uneducated way to slam someone these days. So it will continue as long as it is such an effective slur-word.

By the way, has anyone figured out how Xenos could be such a great source of Bible teachings, yet still be all screwed-up? Even our detractors say Xenos has great teachings. Does it mean we’re hypocrites even as we teach the Bible, and we know it, and the audience knows it? Do we all wink at each other knowingly? How do we get away with teaching sound doctrine while practicing such an unsound faith?

“Cult” is like a racial slur: it’s a scare-word, that’s all. And Christians shouldn’t be scared of it.

Puppetry

Christians allow the culture to control them, you know.

Christian history is a long, tragic story of Christians kissing butt on their culture, beginning with the Roman Empire. (How could they allow a pagan like Emperor Constantine to take leadership of Christianity? What were they thinking?) Then came Greek Christianity, Russian Christianity, German, French and Spanish Christianity…the Spanish tacked the “Spanish Inquisition” on our name, thank you very much! (The Spanish monarchy wanted to get rid of foreigners.) We can’t ignore my all-time favorite: English Christianity, enforced by the armies of King Henry VIII so he could murder his many wives! (Is Henry really part of our heritage? Not mine! I’m Scottish.)

Dawkins & Co. want Christians to defend “Christian history” when it’s really “European monarch history”, and he’s educated enough to know the difference is real. He’s lying.

Do we really have to defend every power-monger who puts on a Christian name-tag? We let people like Dawkins push us into a defensive posture, while Dawkins gets rich from it.

Especially when loyalties get confused, we allow the culture to hijack our faith far too easily. Christians in America who are attracted by its wealth and prosperity are far too willing to fit inside the little box we’re supposed to fit in.

Little Christian Boxes

Here’s the rules of the Little Christian Box in America:

1. Spend all your money building impressive buildings to meet in, just like the ones IBM or Microsoft build. (Christians should imitate Microsoft?)
2. Mark the Little Christian Box with an expensive steeple and other weird symbols (the Nazis made Jews wear tags, and America expects Christians to tag themselves too).
3. Go in your box away from everyone during a time-slot that nobody else wants. (Who gets up early on Sunday morning except Christians?)
4. Don’t meet more than once a week, and not for more than an hour.
5. Stand forever singing songs, chanting, kneeling, and other Medieval exercises which guarantee only Christians will attend the Little Box-Meeting.
6. Belong to an official Christian institution called a denomination. (Christians are questioning this rule more today–finally!)

Following the rules above, Christians receive the “Good Christian Seal” of approval in America. But Christian rule-breakers are trouble-makers, and probably a Cult.

Like I say: Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!

Xenos breaks the mold of what Christianity should be, as defined in modern myth. I’ll explain why we’re different, and why we must break the mold next time.

1. With apologies to the Meeting House, who first coined the term “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid” in this fashion. [↩]

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