Mind Siege

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'''''Mind Siege: The Battle for Truth in the New Millennium''''' is a book written by [[Evangelicalism|evangelist Christian]] ministers [[David Noebel]] and [[Timothy LaHaye]] (co-author of the ghastly [[Left Behind]] series) pushing a particular [[conspiracy theory]] involving [[secular humanism]]. It was published in 2000.

The book argues, apparently seriously, that there are a vast number of groups involved in the conspiracy to "turn [[United States|America]] into an amoral, [[humanist]] country, ripe for merger into a [[One world government|one-world]] [[socialist]] state"!  

==The list is endless!==

According to the book, the [[Crank magnetism|quite remarkable list]] of "secret societies" and liberal groups [[Persecution complex|working to destroy "every vestige of Christianity"]] include: the [[Trilateral Commission]], the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], the [[NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]], the National Organization for Women, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Association of Biology Teachers, [[Planned Parenthood]], the "major TV networks, high-profile newspapers, and news magazines", the United States Department of State, the major philanthropic foundations, the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, the [[United Nations]], UNESCO, the "left wing of the [[Democratic Party]]", the Democratic Socialists of America, Harvard, Yale, and "2,000 other colleges and universities".<ref>Robert Dreyfuss. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060305044241/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/5939999/reverend_doomsday/ Reverend Doomsday: According to Tim LaHaye, the Apocalypse is now]. ''Rolling Stone''. Jan. 28, 2004.</ref>

==We must act!==

Against such a vast left-wing conspiracy, American society is clearly doomed, and LaHaye and Noebel have a message for the 80 million evangelical Christians in the US. They must remove the evil humanists from public office! Their battle cry is apparently: "No humanist is fit to hold office."

They insist that:

*Only [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] should be elected.
*That [[conservative]] judges should be appointed.
*That funding for the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Department of Education, and other "humanist" agencies should be cut.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010629103559/http://secularhumanism.org/library/fi/review_21_3.html Book review]</ref>

On the face of it, they would seem to be arguing for something along the lines of [[dominionism]].

==Reality==
In general, humanists in the [[United States]] of central North America feel themselves to be a somewhat weak minority. Surveys tend to be unreliable, but the American Humanist Association estimates that humanists could account for around 20% of the 18-25 year old group, but probably much fewer in older groups where the power to enact such a complex and wide-ranging [[conspiracy]] would lie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130524084658/http://www.americanhumanist.org/hnn/archives/index.php?id=281&article=0 AHA - Religious Decline in U.S. Follows Europe]</ref> To suggest that they are behind such an overwhelming conspiracy is beyond absurd, perhaps trumped in ridiculousness only by the idea that every one of these humanists is a foot-soldier in some vast and secret war on Christianity. Using such a conspiracy as a "call to arms" could be taken as yet further evidence that the [[religious right]] in the US operate almost entirely on [[fearmongering]] and [[paranoia]].

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010629103559/http://secularhumanism.org/library/fi/review_21_3.html Secular Humanism Faces a New Attack]

==References==
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