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Reinventing the World - Part 3

Molding Minds through Group Consensus

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Berit Kjos
Kjos Ministries

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August 6, 2001

Matt Piecora, a fifth grader from the Seattle area, was told to complete the sentence, "If I could wish for three things, I would wish for..." Matt wrote "infinitely more wishes, to meet God, and for all my friends to be Christians."

Since each student's wishes would be posted on a wall for "open house," they had to be just right. Matt's didn't pass. The teacher told him that his last wish could hurt people who didn't share his beliefs. Matt didn't want to hurt anyone, so he agreed to add "if they want to be." [¹]

Another sentence began, "If I could meet anyone, I would like to meet..." Matt wrote: "God because he is the one who made us!" The teacher told him to add "in my opinion."

When Matt's parents visited the school, they noticed the corrections. "Why did you add this?" his mother asked.

"The teacher didn't want me to hurt other people's feelings."

"But these are just your wishes...."

"I thought so." Matt looked confused. Later, the teacher explained to Matt's parents that she wanted "diversity" in her class and was looking out for her other students. But why couldn't Matt share his views?

"I try to instill God's truths in my son," said Matt's father, "but it seems like the school wants to remove them."

He is right. Biblical absolutes clash with the values needed for the global management systems. The planned oneness demands "new thinking, new strategies, new behavior, and new beliefs" [²] that turn God's Word and values upside-down. Facilitated group discussion is key to the transformation, which helps explain why both U.S. and UNESCO plans for "lifelong learning" call for universal participation. Young and old must be trained to think and work collectively. Professor Benjamin Bloom, called the "Father of Outcome-based Education," summarized it well:

"The purpose of education and the schools is to change the thoughts, feelings and actions of students." [³]

"....a large part of what we call 'good teaching' is the teacher's ability to attain affective objectives throug [⁴][4]

Since Matt's last comment exposed his "fixed beliefs," the teacher challenged it. Absolute truths such as "God made us" can't be modified to please the group. Therefore it doesn't fit the consensus process designed to conform the masses to the global agenda.

First tested in Soviet schools, this mind-changing (Hegelian dialectic) process required students in Communist nations to "confess" their thoughts and feelings in their respective groups. Trained facilitator-teachers would then guide the group dialogue toward a pre-planned consensus. Opposite views were merged into ever-evolving higher "truths."

Students were manipulated into compromising their values and accepting a politically correct understanding of all issues. The process trained everyone to think collectively and accept continual change. It immunized the people against taking a stand based on absolute truth or contrary facts.

This revolutionary program was officially incorporated into American education in 1985, when President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev signed the U.S.-USSR Education Exchange Agreement. It put American technology into the hands of Communist strategists and sanctioned our use of their psycho-social strategies.

Today, this brainwashing process is vital to every part of today's global society. Governments, schools and business -- even churches -- use it to manage people.

"We have moved into a new era," said Dr. Shirley McCune, keynote speaker at the 1989 Governor's Conference on Education. "What we are facing is total restructuring of society." [⁵]

"We no longer are teaching facts to children," she continued. As Senior Director of the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory, McCune knew well that "facts," like “fixed beliefs," anchor the mind in certain absolutes which block the manipulative consensus process. To establish the new paradigm, schools must persuade or intimidate students into the affective way of thinking. Parents and other adults are pulled into the process as well. The masses must learn to feel that traditional values cannot be tolerated.

Mikhail Gorbachev, a master in using planned intolerance to intimidate dissenters, wrote in a 1993 editorial: "Bill Clinton will be a great president…. if he can make America the creator of a new world order based on consensus.” [⁶]

But God says, “do not be conformed to this world.” Therefore, we make it our aim to “obey God rather than men.” [⁷] Though the world demands consensus, we take our stand on the unchanging, eternal Word of God.

Next - Part 4:
"Managing the Masses through Networks and Partnerships"