The Neocons Are Biblically Grounded
by Robert L. Johnson
The new
conservatives, or neocons, are a powerful group in
Where did the neocons’ ideas originate? What is their driving and sustaining force?
All the leading neocons, from Irving Kristol and his son William Kristol, to Paul Wolfowitz, Abram Shulsky, and Richard Perle, either studied under, or independently studied, the teachings of Leo Strauss. The neocon movement is definitely made up of Straussians and Strauss is often referred to as the father of the neoconservative movement.
Leo Strauss was a German Jewish
scholar who immigrated to the
Believing that progress is bad because it moves beyond early superstitions and myth, such as the Bible, Strauss taught an unnatural reverence for the past--specifically the Jewish past. In a speech entitled, Progress or Return? The Contemporary Crisis in Western Civilization, Strauss said, “Judaism is a concern with return; it is not a concern with progress. ‘Return’ can easily be expressed in biblical Hebrew; ‘progress’ cannot.”
Strauss thought that most people are incapable of living their lives without a belief in a God who would punish them for disobedience, and reward them for obedience. In order for the people to know what this God demanded of them, Strauss, being a student himself of the Twelfth Century influential Jewish leader Rabbi Maimonides, believed the best bet was to use the Hebrew Bible. In the editor’s introduction to a collection of Strauss’ writings, Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green writes, “Strauss learned from Maimonides that religion is essential to any healthy political society, and certainly for the moral life of human beings. Over and above this, Maimonides convinced Strauss that Jewish religion, based on the Hebrew Bible, is most essential to ground a ‘genuine’ morality for almost every human being.”
This cornerstone idea, that the
Jewish religion through the Hebrew Bible should be used to control the
sheep, is what motivates and holds together the Jewish and Christian
neocons. It is the driving force that sparks increasing and unquestioned
The Hebrew Bible is a collection of
writings by ancient Jews to promote themselves. It’s filled with absurd
stories of rivers turning into blood (Exodus
To start with is Deuteronomy 7:6. This Bible quote has the God of the Hebrew Bible saying the Jews are, “above all people that are upon the face of the earth.” Getting into this mindset is a good place to start for the masses. To serve God’s chosen people is to serve God on earth.
The neocon/Straussian idea of
basing society on the Hebrew Bible is working amazingly well. Of key
importance in the Hebrew Bible is
I don’t believe in Bible prophecy,
but this quote from Deuteronomy 11:23 could be a picture painted of
Superstitious
Christians, such as Pat Robertson, accept the Hebrew Bible as the word
of God, just as certainly as Halliburton overcharges US taxpayers.
Wanting to please the Judeo-Christian God, Robertson believes the
borders of
Based on Robertson’s ideas,
American youth, and the youth of any country that is foolish enough to
be sucked into taking part in these neocon wars, better be prepared for
much more sacrifice and dying. The borders of
[1] Romesh Ratnesar,
“Bush’s Brainiest Hawk”, Time, 28-29,
John McCain, who says he agrees with the majority of Americans who erroneously believe the US Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation, is endorsed by a powerful Christian preacher who believes America was founded, in part, to destroy Islam!
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Hilary Clinton says, "I think the whole Bible is real." So she believes in the talking donkey (Numbers 22:28), that any nation that will not serve Israel should "be utterly wasted" (Isaiah 60:10-12), among many other ridiculous claims! Based on the blank check both Democratic and Republican politicians give to Israel, it appears they're all strong believers in the Hebrew Bible!
Barack Obama gave a speech in which he used the genocidal maniacs, Moses and Joshua, as great examples to be followed! It's pathetic and dangerous when in this nuclear age politicians still cling to the insanity found in the Bible, Torah and Koran! Here are just two examples to demonstrate that Moses and Joshua were murderous butchers. Deuteronomy 2:34 in which Moses brags about killing "men, women and the little ones", and Joshua 6:21 which says the Hebrews "utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword." How Obama can think this is good is beyond reason!
50 people who believed there was an image of the fictional virgin Mary on the sun were blinded due to looking directly at the sun while trying to see the image! Our God-given reason is the only thing that will protect us from such ignorance and superstition - if we decide to use it!
