A couple
years back, I remember Pastor Hallock asking the
Grace Bible congregation the thought provoking
question, “If Christianity were outlawed, could you
be convicted?” Because Christian beliefs cannot be
revealed through a blood test, tattoos or body marks
and even the evidence of baptism dries in minutes,
it is nearly impossible to positively identify a
Christian; a dilemma shared by Islamic
fundamentalists and American collectivists. The
Montana legislature recently aided the forces
battling Christian liberty.
A couple weeks ago, Islamic terrorists faced this
identification quandary while slaughtering 147
Christian college students in Kenya. The hooded
invaders resorted to asking hostages if they were
Christian before shooting the ones answering “yes.”
Rest assured, this question-and-execute slaughter
could never happen in Montana, not because we are a
congregation of well-armed believers, but because
the 64th legislative session enacted a law
identifying Christians. Asking is no longer required
in the Treasure State thanks to the Montana Disclose
Act, (SB 289).
Christians are a shared enemy of Islamic
fundamentalists and progressives with the former
eliminating their adversary via violence and latter
using the vicious personal attack techniques
outlined in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals.”
There is a quiet Christian majority who disagrees
with progressives, but chose to protect themselves
via anonymity; portraying a public persona of “no
opinion” while letting other patriots act as bullet
sponges to the shots fired from the left. These
Christians are the group the left finds most
difficult to identify and neutralize, but Montana’s
Disclose Act erases the bulletproof anonymity;
suddenly making the invisible visible.
Nicknaming SB289 the “Dark Money Bill,” rather than
the more accurate “Conservative Christian
Identification Act”, made it an easy sell to casual
consumers of the news. If dark is bad, then
regulating it must be good, but nothing could be
further from the truth. Here is the issue: Scripture
tells Christians tithing should be done in anonymity
and with a cheerful heart, but the Montana Disclose
Act removes the very first qualifier by requiring
all church donors be identified if the church takes
a position on political issues. If your pastor has
ever expressed scriptural views concerning abortion
or homosexuality they have crossed the new advocacy
threshold and the church suddenly becomes an
incidental political committee fully regulated by
Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices. To
comply with SB289, every church donor will be listed
on a political database. Suddenly, all Alinsky
operatives and Islamic fundamentalists can access
the name and address of every Christian with a
simple click of their mouse.
Conservative Christians are left with two options,
both of which are a win-win for big government
activists. First, for churches to remain outside
government regulation, the only state-approved
opinion which can be offered at the pulpit is “no
opinion.” Expect pastors to be even wish-washier
than they have been. Second, for donors to protect
their anonymity, their tithing will switch from
church to big government—the idolatrous god of the
left.
If you think the Montana Disclose Act will be
legally tossed due to a conflict with the First
Amendment, remember all supporting legislators and
Montana’s governor took the same oath of office to
support our constitution, yet tossed it aside to
advance progressivism. What makes you think the
verdict will be different before a progressive
Supreme Court? The left’s undying allegiance is
always to a strong, controlling central government.
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