‘Demonic old gods’: Leftists see it as ‘sacred duty’ to snuff out opponents in America
America now has its own jihadis – those who advocate for and are willing to carry out the destruction of those who disagree with their agenda.
But it has nothing to do with the common understanding of jihadis, those who kill wantonly for the sake of Islam and their god, Allah.
That’s according to a stunning commentary from Drew White, a former U.S. Senate staff member and policy adviser to multiple organizations, who wrote at the Federalist about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, which advocated for civil dialogue, free speech and even a spiritual revival in America.
“Two days after Kirk’s assassination, a former colleague shook his head in disbelief that the left would kill conservatives for simply having a different political perspective. While many conservatives indeed see it as an ideological dispute, leftists increasingly see it as their sacred duty — not unlike a jihadist — to snuff out those who refuse to worship at their pagan altar of Gaia (climate change), Moloch (abortion), or Ishtar (transgenderism),” the article explained.
“This is a spiritual conflict and the casualties are mounting. It’s children being gunned down at mass in Minneapolis Catholic schools, teachers and children being martyred at Christian schools in Nashville, young Jewish couples being murdered outside museums in Washington, D.C., and prominent voices for Jesus being assassinated in Orem, Utah.”
And it’s partly the fault of the “American church,” he said.
They and “a significant number of Christian leaders,” have “allowed these demonic old gods to effectively displace the one true God from the public square, often in a misguided bid to be ‘seeker-sensitive’ at the expense of Gospel truth.”
He explained, “Kirk was bold, clear-eyed, and courageously defended conservative principles. Much more, he was an unapologetic follower of Jesus who put his faith first and forward. He never missed an opportunity to talk to the lost about his Savior. And it was for that reason that Kirk was martyred before the eyes of the world.
“Contra conventional wisdom, this was no political assassination, but rather the physical manifestation of spiritual warfare — revealing the demonic undercurrents driving the political left. Many others have done yeoman’s work — including Kirk — highlighting the increasing violence of the left in the United States. According to a YouGov survey released the day Kirk was murdered, a chilling 26 percent of self-identified liberals under the age of 45 believe political violence is sometimes justified.”
He explained it amounts to “a secular religion that seeks to erase God and is at war with the Gospel.”
He noted many would think America’s first prominent martyr of our times should have been a pastor or theologian.
He said the answer is obvious.
“The reason is because Kirk was a threat to the enemy — the real enemy. And the broader American church currently “
He said society now elevates identity and self-worship “as the highest good.”
“It aims to nullify the church into adopting modern pagan syncretism through distorted definitions of ‘social justice’ and a guilt-laden emphasis on helping ‘marginalized people,’ all while aiming to colonize church institutions in service to an evil ideology that explicitly seeks to eradicate God from our civilization,” he said.
He noted his own experience with church operatives who told a congregant they would be praying over a situation in which a drag queen teacher was trying to groom children at school.
“When our friend came to my wife and me, we did what we knew how to do from years of political battles. We crafted the ironclad case. We set the strategic table. We kept our hearts focused on protecting the kids of our community. And when the moment arrived, we poured righteous accountability down on the local school board from every angle — using our national political connections — so that they had no choice but to push the pervert ‘teacher’ out of the classroom,” he said.
He said that same church’s response was to fret over the possible ramifications for church congregants.
He said far from being political issues, life, marriage and being made in the image of God are “the essential things of the church.”
“Yes, Kirk is dead because a demon-possessed adherent of radical gender theory, an offshoot of Marxist critical theory, assassinated him for speaking the truth. Yet his martyrdom also makes the weakness of the American church obvious by comparison. This must change,” he said.
“It is long past time for the pastors and Christian leaders of this country to rejoin us on the increasingly spiritual battlefield called ‘politics.'”