Why Are Christians So Gullible?

That today`s Christians appear to
be among the most gullible people on the planet seems to
be a gigantic understatement. For example, it was just a
couple or three decades ago when the largest and most
influential churches in America were pastored by strong
Bible men: men who preached hard against sin; men who
didn`t try to tickle ears and didn`t mind stepping on
toes; men who were not afraid to call civil and business
leaders to account; men who called a spade a spade.
Those days are gone.

Today, the largest and most
influential churches are pastored by fluff-daisies such
as Joel Osteen, Bill Hybels, and Rick Warren: men who
preach entertainment evangelism, political correctness,
and feel-goodism. Today`s largest churches share
absolutely nothing in common with America`s historic
revival-style churches. How can Christians be so
gullible to fall for these snake oil salesmen?

Consider, too, how so many
Christians seem to consider President George W. Bush`s
"war on terror" to be bona fide and legitimate.
Yet, this escalating and never-ending "war on terror"
is doing more to ruin America than anything Osama bin
Laden could ever dream about.

The war in Iraq is not only
depleting our military readiness, it is facilitating
America`s entrance into fascism and even endangering our
economic stability. According to the Congressional
Budget Office, Bush`s "war on terror" will soon
cost U.S. taxpayers over $1 trillion. Private economists
say the actual figure will double that prediction. It is
no hyperbole to say that Bush`s war in Iraq has America
teetering on the brink of economic recession or worse.

(To get a real-world glimpse into
the sobering economic situation in the U.S., see  Market
Meltdown on Youtube. ).

Beyond that, Bush`s "war on
terror" has convinced Americans (including many
Christians) that they need to surrender more and more
liberties in order to be "secure." And for those
Democrats who expected that their party`s congressional
victories last November would help thwart Bush`s
insidious infatuation with fascism, they didn`t.
Congressional Democrats have caved to the Bush
"surrender your liberties or face terrorism"
hysteria time and again. In fact, just before breaking
for their current recess, Democrats in Congress approved
Bush`s latest request to expand warrantless wiretaps and
eavesdropping. [Bush
Signs Law to Widen Reach for Wiretapping By
James Risen NYT, August 6, 2007] .

Bush`s war is also working hand in
glove with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
blueprint for a North American Union, including a NAFTA
superhighway and an increase of imports from Communist
China. In fact, Jerome Corsi reveals that the bridge
collapse in Minneapolis last week could be largely due
to the extra burden of trucks coming from Mexico, per
Bush`s SPP agreement with Mexico and Canada. (See  NAFTA
Superhighway traffic tied to bridge collapse
WorldNetDaily, By Jerome R. Corsi August 5, 2007]. If
this is true, and I suspect that it is, we can expect to
see more of this in the months to come.

Even Newt Gingrich, a globalist
insider himself, said that Bush`s war on terror is
"phony." [Gingrich
says war on terror `phony` Former speaker says
energy independence is key By BOB DEANS The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution: August 3, 2007]

Consider, too, that in spite of a
dangerous lack of inspections of all products imported
from China (including food products) President Bush is
determined to increase imports from the communist
country. His administration is now even working to
loosen restrictions against poultry products from Red
China. This is being done in spite of the dismal track
record of China`s health standards. One could even say
that China`s food imports may be poisoning Americans.
And not only does this administration not care, it is in
the process of assisting this atrocity.

Plus, this does not even take into
account how Red China is supplying weapons and
ammunition used to kill American soldiers and Marines,
or how it is obtaining much of Iraq`s oil, or how this
"president, proudly bestowing upon himself the title
of `war president,` supports trade policies with China
that actively undermine the national security interests
of the United States and our armed forces." Neither
does it take into account "that under the
administration`s prevailing trade policies, America`s
chief export to China consists of U.S. jobs, which are
disappearing at an estimated rate of 2,250 per day."
(Source: Kevin O`Brien, President, Sovereign Advisers in

a letter appearing in The Washington Times, June
29, 2007. See Sovereign Advisers

here)

In spite of all this, (and a whole
lot more), Christians still support Bush in large
numbers. How can they be so gullible?

I believe one of the reasons, if
not the main reason, that Christians are so gullible
lies in a mistaken, and even dangerous, intrinsic trust
of government. I hear and see this attitude expressed
among my brethren constantly.

Part of this problem stems from an
illogical and unscriptural interpretation of Romans
Chapter Thirteen. Christians have been drilled (and dare
I say, brainwashed?) into believing that government is
endemically good and should be thoroughly trusted. Of
course, this was not the belief of America`s Founding
Fathers, and neither was it the belief of Church
Fathers.

In fact, our entire system of
government is predicated upon a deep-rooted DISTRUST of
government. Our three branches of government stem from
the suspicion that no one branch could be thoroughly
trusted and must have at least two other branches to
help keep it in check. Yet, even that was not considered
enough of a deterrent to combat the propensity of
government to become tyrannical. What the separate
branches of the federal government could not do to
police each other, the states and people were to do. In
other words, if Christians were really good Americans,
they would distrust, not trust, their government.

(For a more complete discussion of
Romans Chapter Thirteen, I invite readers to listen to
my radio interview with Dr. Greg Dixon, former pastor of
the Indianapolis Baptist Temple in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Go to

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/Interview_Dixon.html
 )

Of all people, Christians should
understand the fallen nature of man: that man in a
sinful state is capable of anything (unless they attend
a "Purpose Driven" church, of course). How is it,
then, that they cannot seem to comprehend the evil
machinations of people in high office? Are they totally
taken in by the "I am a Christian" façade so many
politicians use? Perhaps.

However, I believe that constant
preaching from milquetoast preachers instructing their
people to trust their government is the main culprit.
The lack of discernment and courage of America`s pulpits
is frightening. They have produced a generation of
Christians incapable of understanding, much less
opposing, the manifestations of evil and oppression.

I doubt that most American pastors
have even heard of, much less read, R. J. Rummel`s book, Death By Government

in
which he factually documents that more people have been
murdered by their own governments than by all of the
world`s terrorists, gangsters, and outlaws combined.
They have probably never read Frederic Bastiat`s book,


The Law.
They have never read Erwin Lutzer`s book, Hitler`s Cross
I`m
sure they have never heard of or read the book
Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos, one of the most
famous of the

Monarchomach treatises ever written, which advances
a systematic justification of resistance against
legitimately constituted political authority. I doubt
that they have ever read William Rawle`s A View Of
The Constitution, Secession As Taught At West Point,
etc.

In other words, most American
pastors are unschooled and untaught in the finer points
of Biblical authority, the doctrine of jurisdiction, the
causes and necessities of civil disobedience,
constitutional government, natural law, etc. As such,
they have not taught and trained their congregants to be
good Christians, much less good Americans.

In short, Christians are blind and
gullible because our pulpits are blind and gullible. As
the shepherd goes, so go the sheep.

(Please help me locate the Black
Regiment preachers. See

here.)

Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the
pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. He hosts a

weekly radio show. His
website is

here.