Burning Pride, DEI in IVY League and Plagiarism, Contending for Freedom, Worst Offenders of Religious Liberty

 

Burning Pride—Dave Williams is the current leader of the Republican Party in Colorado as well as a congressional candidate. Demands from traditional GOP leadership is calling for his resignation due to some of the recent comments he made regarding the LGBTQ+ movement. Williams, who called for the burning of the PRIDE flag, said, “We make no apologies for saying God hates Pride or pride flags as it’s an agenda that harms children and undermines parental authority, and the only backlash we see is coming from radical Democrats, the fake news media, and weak Republicans who bow down at the feet of the leftist cancel culture.” In a recent email to the constituency, Williams wrote that the LGBTQ people are “‘godless groomers’ who want to ‘harm our children’.” It would take a 60% majority to remove Williams from the Colorado GOP leadership, which has yet to be completed as there is no apparent heir to his position. (www.msn.com) 

DEI in Biology—at two different universities. At DePaul University, part-time biology professor Anne d’Aquino was fired for assigning her students to write concerning the “genocide in Gaza on human health and biology.” She believed that the assignment fell in lines with the course description to introduce the students “to the diverse microorganisms that cause significant disease within the human population. The biological basis of infectious disease will be explored with a focus on the mechanisms of viral and bacterial infection and spread. The principles behind tools used to combat infection will be examined, including antiseptics, antibiotic/antivirals, and vaccination.” Upon learning of the assignment, the university launched an investigation to the optional assignment. The conclusion was that “it had negatively affected the learning environment by introducing extraneous political material that was outside the scope of the academic subject as outlined in the curriculum.” In other words, the university did not want the professor to introduce political philosophy into a science class. The university also stated that they “expressed significant concern” since the class assignment supported those who “resisted the normalization of ethnic cleansing.” It was during this same time that the DePaul administration were handling anti-Israel encampment on the campus. D’Aquino is appealing the administration’s decision of her removal and stated that it “was a breach of my academic freedom and another example of this administration’s efforts to twist any discussion of Palestine and Palestinian liberation language into false claims of anti-Semitism.” (msn.com)

IVY League Plagiarizes— Tracie Jones-Barret and Alana Anderson were hired by MIT to help introduce the university to DEI culture; however, both are now in trouble as both have been accused of plagiarism. The 71 page objection highlighted the numerous pages, excerpts and thoughts that both Jones-Barret and Anderson stole from other scholars in their dissertations. Anderson, who is no longer at MIT, was the assistant dean of DEI at the computer science college for MIT. In 2017, Anderson earned her PhD from Boston College. According to the complaint, she has copied over a full page of Mark Chae’s, a counseling professor at Pillar College, without crediting him for the work in her thesis. All that Chae desired was for Anderson to acknowledge his work in her thesis. Chae told The Free Beacon, “Anderson appears comfortable claiming credit for significant portion of another author’s academic work.” Anderson also allegedly stole from Jarvis Givens of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Anderson copied so well that she added in the typos from the works. Jones-Barret also has been accused of plagiarism. She is accused of using an entire section on “ethical considerations” from a classmate at Northeastern. Emmitt Wyche III completed his dissertation in 2020, which Jones-Barret used without proper citation. He stated that over 10 pages, paragraphs and sentence structures were used without proper documentation by Jones-Barret. Jones-Barrett and Anderson are not the only DEI deans who have been accused of plagiarism. While many have been accused, the universities as a whole have not taken actions against them.

In light of these accusations, MIT has decided to no longer require a diversity statement from potential faculty members on their applications as well as a DEI affirmation from existing faculty. MIT has recanted the DEI philosophy and reintroduced the mandatory standardized test score submissions for potential students. MIT President Sally Kornbluth with support from the academic deans, the Provost and Chancellor recently announced the shift from DEI back to the traditional requirements for the university. Kornbluth stated that her “goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here. We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.” (msn)

Contending for American Freedom— 

It all started - ‘twas wonderment to see

Blessed by God a mighty nation to be.

Wise men assembled, not armies arrayed

By the Divine were they led to men persuade.

No sunshine patriot here to be found

But Valley Forged from the sterling pound.

When hammered hard they stood to test

And up from trial there arose the best.

To declare these truths self-evident

Absolved and united and independent.

Creator endowed the blessed to pursue

Life and liberty in this land anew.

The churches supported the patriot cause

No musket wadding - Watts Hymnal, no pause.

The smoke it settled over cloudless day

A UNION to walk the Constitution way.

Those men had assembled with motive so pure

For their country’s liberty and happiness to secure.

Life and fortune with sacred honor they pledged

For this Provident design could not be hedged.

And so in July and on this fourth we wave

The flag of truth for souls, may America be saved.

-Ronnie L. Williamson (written July 2005)

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As the Declaration was being signed, Samuel Adams stated: “We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come.”

CONTENDING FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIANITY -  Take note of Matt. 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. The New American Standard says: But seek first his kingdom. 

God is missing. The NIV states: But seek first his kingdom. God is missing. Who are you seeking? How many times does the NAS or NIV need to eliminate the name of God, the deity, the name of Jesus before you would reject that modernist Bible version. A PACT has been made with the Devil. Jesus knew the thoughts of the Pharisees - they were rejecting the deity of Christ. The doctrine of hell has been eliminated dozens of times in these corruptions of Scripture. While “Hell” is mentioned more than 50 times and its concept taught numerous more, the NIV NAS and ESV eliminate and omit it. Google’s AI feature even suggests that “Others view it [Hell] metaphorically [not as a physical place of punishment], emphasizing separation from God or the consequences of rejecting Him; the NIV, like other translations, reflects these diverse perspectives.” Christian, do the study! This is an attack on God - a blasphemy of Jesus Christ.

Worst Offenders of Religious Freedom— The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom made recommendation to the U.S. State Department for certain countries to be added to its list of Countries of Particular Concern. Among those cited due to numerous documented accounts of imprisonment, torture, threats and other perpetrated violence upon people for their religious beliefs include: Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Vietnam. Particular entities of concern include the Houthis [whom the Trump Administration listed as terrorist but Biden removed from the terror watch list] who continue to dominate the country of Yemen, forcing gender segregation, male escorts for females, and detainment for Yemeni Christians. In many African countries Islamic terrorists have brutally forced Christians from their home and documented accounts have been given of extremists employing Shari’a law, cutting limbs and stoning those who have converted to Christianity from Islam. In India, the report details the destruction of over 500 churches and the displacing of more than 70,000. In lieu of its findings, the Commission has made multiple suggestions to Congress in effort to defend religious freedom worldwide.