- Anti-Defamation League head Abe Foxman set himself up
last week as guardian of Old Testament Jewish values. He said "anti-Semiticintolerant"
Mel Gibson is unworthy to create a film celebrating the ancient Maccabees.
"As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle
for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better. It would be a travesty
to have the story of the Maccabees told by one who has no respect to sensitivity
for other peoples' religious views."
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- In 168 BC, Syrian king Antiochus IV Epiphanes launched
all-out war against the free speech and moral values of Jews in Palestine.
This only added to the cultural siege of the Greeks under Alexander, who
brought many flesh-focused obsessions to Judea, including a fascination
with the nude human body. Greek culture even embraced homosexuality, especially
with under-age boys. Although pious Jews were deeply offended, the Greeks
did not actively attempt to destroy the Jewish faith.
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- Antiochus was different. He banned free speech in Israel,
discriminated against Jews and harshly punished those who resisted. In
168, he erected a statue of Zeus in the sanctuary in Jerusalem and offered
a swine on the altar, the ultimate insult. This was too much for a pious
priest, Mattathias, who ran his sword through a Syrian officer and fled
with his five sons to the wilderness. There, many poor Jews and a remnant
of faithful priests under the leadership of Judah "the Hammer"
Maccabee defeated Syrian armies five times over a period of five years,
although outnumbered ten to one. Finally, on December 25, 163 B.C.,
the Jews cleansed the temple of Syrian filth and rededicated it.
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- ADL: Antiochus for Today
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- Foxman objects to the alleged "defilement"
of Jewish history by Gibson. But he himself is supremely unworthy to defend
the values of piety, freedom, and free speech upheld by the Maccabees.
ADL is to the Bible-believing Christian and conservative right what Antiochus
was to the Jews: a ruthless corrupter and persecutor. Here's how ADL carries
on the tradition of Antiochus today:
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- ADL publicly takes credit for masterminding 45 state
hate laws and the US federal hate law. It created freedom-destroying,
Christian-persecuting hate crimes laws throughout the western world. Over
the past four decades ADL has left a sordid trail of ruined lives and
reputations of many, particularly on the right, whose only offense has
been to research and speak out on subjects such as the Holocaust, homosexuality
and Islam. The truth about these topics is considered "hate speech"
by ADL.
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- Like Antiochus, who discriminated against the Jews,
ADL discriminates against white Christians. It creates hate crime laws
that promise protection to all. Yet ADL's laws only give protection to
homosexuals, Muslims, Jews and racial minorities -- not white Christians.
(Watch NPN film "Holder Admits: No Equality Under Hate Bill")
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- Like Antiochus, ADL metes out the harshest penalties
against Christians who exercise free speech to criticize homosexuality
or Islam. In 2005 ADL National Executive Board member Philadelphia DA
Lynne Abraham arrested 11 Christians for the "hate crime" of
witnessing publicly to homosexuals. She attempted to punish the "Philly
11" with up to 47 years in prison and an $80,000 fine each! All ADL
hate laws, in the pattern of Antiochus, attempt to entrap Christians,
members of the political right, critics of Zionism, etc. in as many hate
crime violations as can be contrived. Once indicted in hate law countries
like Canada, the victim must choose between pleading guilty or averaging
$175,000 in legal fees to defend their freedom.
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- Antiochus sacrificed a pig on the altar and desecrated
Judaism in every way he could think of. ADL through its sordid 100-year
history has promoted under the banner of "tolerance" every assault
on true Biblical values it can devise. Most notably, ADL has tirelessly
fought to give homosexuals special, triple-tiered legal protection above
the rights of the average citizen. Its widely taught curriculum gives
favored, protected status to homosexuals in public schools and police
forces. Its crusade has spawned numerous "anti-bullying" bills
every year in state legislatures. As with its California homosexual-protecting
SB 777, such laws harshly penalize critics of sodomy in the public school
system. They would expel any student who criticizes a homosexual fellow
student for his sexual orientation. A teacher who defends that student's
free speech will be fired.
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- Antiochus mass-slaughtered the innocent. ADL is an arch
defender of abortion, protecting the abortion industry and women's "right
to choose" against Christian efforts and legislation to halt the
killing of the unborn. In Canada, ADL hate law culture is especially vicious
in persecuting pro-lifers, meting out enormous fines and years of imprisonment
for anti-abortion picketers. (See, Hate Laws: Out to Get Pro-Lifers)
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- Like Antiochus, ADL desecrates Biblical values in almost
too many ways to list. It promotes the "free speech" of pornographers.
ADL gave special "free speech" awards to Hugh and Christie Hefner.
It promotes the theory of evolution in the public school system, depriving
young people of any sense of design in nature and their God-ordained place
in it. ADL powerfully uses its influence in the legal system to block
initiatives by creationists for equal time with evolutionists in public
schools. It tears down Christian symbols such as the cross, manger scenes
and even Christmas trees in public places. At the same time, ADL approves
the Jewish menorah in public places, even an enormous menorah every year
in front of the White House!
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- Christian Maccabees Must Resist ADL
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- The task before Christian Americans is to no longer protect
ADL by silence and fear of ruin through its accusation of "anti-Semitism."
It is time to drive ADL influence from the magnificent temple of freedom
God has given us, the United States of America! As the Maccabees finally
cleansed the temple from Antiochus' profanations, all who love God and
freedom should, through public denunciation, strip ADL of all credibility.
We must cover ADL with the shame it deserves. It is long overdue that ADL
be exiled from credible participation in opinion-forming in America.
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- No Jewish organization has betrayed their freedom-loving
Biblical heritage as much as ADL. It is hard to imagine a group more unlike
the Maccabees.
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- If Mel Gibson is unworthy of dramatizing the Maccabean
story, how much more unworthy is ADL of protecting it!
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- Rev. Ted Pike is director of the National Prayer Network,
a Christian/conservative watchdog organization.
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