December 27, 2001

(AgapePress) - A report says the September 11 terrorist attacks could prove to be a major catalyst towards the creation of a one world religion.

The conservative publication World reported this month that one of the greatest ironies in the wake of the attacks is that at the very time when Christians are targets of an Islamic jihad, "all of a sudden Muslims are getting so much good press." Documentaries and new stories on the alleged good things about Islam fill the media, and schools are inviting Muslims to talk about their religion.

In addition, Muslim clerics are joining Christian leaders at multi-faith prayer meetings. Even President Bush has put Islam and Christianity in the same category, calling them both "peaceful" religions. We are told the enemy is not Islam, but intolerance. Fundamentalist Christians are linked with Taliban leaders as being the real problem.

According to the World article, there is a growing body of belief that the solution to religious intolerance is to create a world religion. No doubt, the cornerstone of that religion will be that any doctrine which divides -- such as salvation through faith in Jesus Christ -- will not be tolerated.

Intolerance by Homosexual Activists
In a very recent example of intolerance toward basic Christian doctrine, The Salvation Army has been the target of an attack by radical homosexual groups because the Christian relief organization reversed its decision to support "domestic partner" benefits. One pro-family activist says this series of attacks on "holiday bell ringers" reveals a side of the radical homosexual movement that people should know about.

Peter LaBarbera of the Culture and Family Institute says fake money and nasty notes were placed in many of the Salvation Army donation kettles during this Christmas fund-raising effort. LaBarbera says the attacks by homosexual activists are becoming more frequent.

"We think it's interesting that in a time of ... Christian celebration in the holiday season that homosexual activists are targeting The Salvation Army," LaBarbera says. "The town of West Hollywood [for example] encouraged people to boycott The Salvation Army. I think it shows that there is little resistance now by homosexual activists to attacking groups based on faith."

LaBarbera is urging support for The Army by pro-family groups across the nation. He says more clout is needed to fend off further attacks.

Intolerance by Media
LaBarbera also takes offense at another recent barbed attack on Christian "fundamentalism" -- this time by a highly respected news magazine. The CFI analyst is critical of a column in Time magazine he says is critical of the Judeo-Christian concept of God and likens Rev. Jerry Falwell to "the Taliban without the bloodlust."

In his rebuttal to Roger Rosenblatt's column, LaBarbera asks the writer: "Could it be that self-centered, materialistic Americans have been sliding away from God, but that His holy precepts are unchanged? (Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever - Hebrews 13:8) In other words, the likes of Falwell did not become more strident and intolerant; America became less tolerant of God’s truth as revealed in the Bible, which is to say, less good."