The Threat of Political Correctness

By:  Dale Weckbacher

Leviticus 23:26-29

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27 "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

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At sundown yesterday, the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement began.  The above passage of scripture from Leviticus tells of the importance of this day in the Jewish faith.  However, atonement is also crucial in the Christian faith as well. 

The difference in how Christians and Jews view atonement is that Christians look back to the atoning work of Jesus on the Cross where as Jews continue to observe a day of atonement each year where they look forward to a day when Messiah will once and for all provide atonement for their sins.  Christians believe Messiah has already come and provided atonement and is coming again to establish His kingdom on earth.  Jews, however, continue to wait believing in one appearance of Messiah to provide atonement as well as the establishment of His kingdom on earth. 

Jesus did indeed come and die for the atonement of the sins of anyone accepting his gift of salvation.  Jesus came as the prince of peace, bringing peace by restoring a right relationship with God for anyone willing to accept Him as their savior.  However, just because Jesus is the Prince of Peace does not mean He is politically correct. 

In Matthew 10:34 Jesus said the following:

Matthew 10:34-35

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

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The sword Jesus brought was truth (John 18:27) and the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17).  During Jesus ministry, he often spoke out against the evils he saw in this world. 

1)      He told those wanting to stone the woman found committing adultery to only throw the first stone if, they had no sin.  Since all have sinned, all the women’s accusers walked away (John 8:1-10).

2)      He overturned the tables in the temple after witnessing how the Pharisees had turned God’s house of prayer into a den of thieves where money changers charged exorbitant prices to people needing to buy a sacrificial lamb for Passover (Matthew 21:12-13).

3)      He called the religious leaders of his day snakes for how they twisted scripture to serve their own interests (Matthew 12:33-37).

Recent events in the news are starting to demonstrate that political correctness is no longer an inconvenience but a dangerous threat to our nation and world. 

1)      Ebola has now left Africa and entered the United States.  (1)  One would think that with the country now exposed to this dangerous disease, authorities would be proactive taking every precaution to insure no additional infected individuals enter the country.  However, the CDC claims we cannot shut the border, claiming doing so would actually place citizens at a greater risk.  (2)  Only in a PC world where government officials have a greater fear of offending someone would it seem logical to claim citizens are safer if they have greater exposure to a deadly disease like Ebola.  Such PC behavior will only place citizens of the United States at a greater risk while straining our already strained health care system.  (3)  Close the border and ban flights from affected countries like Air France did back in August of this year.  (4)   Political correctness and not common sense appears to be governing the Ebola response in the United States.  (5)

2)      The Enterovirus is attacking children in the United States and may have been responsible for four deaths.  (6)  Many believe it is no coincidence that this rare respiratory virus appears in our country at the same time of the invasion into the United States by thousands of illegal aliens at the southern border, possibly infected with this serious diseases.  (7)  Of course, we cannot deport these children and reunite them with their pathetic parents who endangered them by sending them across Mexico to our country for that would be politically incorrect.  No, we must insure these children are in the same schools with the children of citizens of the country, exposing them to a deadly disease.  All this in the interest of political correctness

3)      The Secret Service should look like Disney World.  Even the President of the United States may be in increased danger in the interest of political correctness as we have now discovered that the recently resigned director of the Secret Service demanded the dismantling of extra layers of fencing and the reopening of closed streets during the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit.  She is quoted as saying the Secret Service should be “more like Disney World.”  (8)  Thankfully, she has now resigned for we cannot let political correctness and the fear of offending some visiting dignitaries to the White House compromise the protection of the President and his or her family. 

4)      Failure to call an act of terrorism for what it is, an act of terrorism.  Perhaps the most egregious example of political correctness compromising the safety of innocent citizens is the failure of the administration to call the recent beheading of a woman in Oklahoma an act of terrorism, instead calling it an act of workplace violence.  (9)  Of course, this totally disregards the Facebook posts of the perpetrator, (10) the fact that witnesses attest to his attempting to convert others to Islam (11) and was shouting Muslim words while committing his heinous act of beheading.  (12)

Political correctness has moved from being an inconvenience to a real threat to the national security of citizens and even the President of the United States.  During His ministry, Jesus had no problem declaring the truth of God’s Word and calling evil, evil when He saw it.  We all, especially Christians, must follow His example and stop trying to be politically correct, instead we must continue to spread the Gospel and declare the truth of God’s word and call evil for what it is, evil. 

1. Sickles, Jason. Texas patient confirmed as first Ebola case diagnosed in U.S. news.yahoo.com. [Online] Yahoo News, September 30, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://news.yahoo.com/texas-patient-confirmed-as-first-ebola-case-diagnosed-in-us-205031312.html.

2. Topaz, Johathan. CDC chief on Ebola: We can’t shut the border. www.politico.com. [Online] Politico, October 3, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/ebola-us-border-111581.html.

3. Amy Anderson DNP, RN, CNE. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Health Care Workforce. www.heritage.org. [Online] The Heritage Foundation, March 18, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/03/the-impact-of-the-affordable-care-act-on-the-health-care-workforce.

4. Gordon, Sarah. Air France suspends flights to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone at request of French government ... days after crew signed safety petition and refused to board flights . www.dailymail.co.uk. [Online] The Daily Mail, August 27, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2735698/Citing-Ebola-Air-France-suspends-flights.html.

5. Limbaugh, Rush. Political Correctness Governs Ebola Response. www.rushlimbaugh.com. [Online] EIB Network, October 2, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/10/02/political_correctness_governs_ebola_response.

6. Hein, Alexandria. Health officials probe enterovirus D68 link in 4 deaths. www.foxnews.com. [Online] Fox News, October 2, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/02/health-officials-probe-enterovirus-d68-link-in-4-deaths/.

7. DeAngelis, Jeannie. The Invasion of Enterovirus EV-D68. www.americanthinker.com. [Online] American Thinker, September 10, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/09/the_invasion_of_enterovirus_evd68.html.

8. Thompson, Catherine. Ex-Secret Service Director: Agency Needs To Be 'More Like Disney World'. talkingpointsmemo.com. [Online] TPM, October 3, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/julia-pierson-secret-service-disney-world.

9. Serio, Kelli. MAINSTREAM MEDIA CONTINUES TO CALL OKLAHOMA BEHEADING 'WORKPLACE VIOLENCE'. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart News, September 30, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/09/30/Mainstream-Media-Continues-To-Call-Oklahoma-Beheading-Workplace-Violence.

10. Howley, Patrick. ‘SHARIA LAW IS COMING!!!!’ Oklahoma Beheader Celebrated Terrorists, Disparaged Non-Muslims On Facebook. dailycaller.com. [Online] The Daily Caller, September 26, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/sharia-law-is-coming-oklahoma-beheader-celebrated-terrorists-disparaged-non-muslims-on-facebook/.

11. Talley, Tim. http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/sharia-law-is-coming-oklahoma-beheader-celebrated-terrorists-disparaged-non-muslims-on-facebook/. www.csmonitor.com. [Online] The Christian Science Monitor, September 27, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0927/Oklahoma-beheading-was-suspect-trying-to-convert-others-to-Islam-video.

12. Lydia Warren, Laura Collins, Sophie Jane Evans, Kieran Corcoran. Fired Muslim convert store-worker who beheaded female colleague after losing his job was 'shouting Islamic phrases' as he carried out his bloody rampage. www.dailymail.co.uk. [Online] The Daily Mail, September 27, 2014. [Cited: October 3, 2014.] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2771940/Fired-Muslim-convert-store-worker-beheaded-female-colleague-lost-job-argument-stoning-women.html.