Originally posted by Christian Soldier
Realizing his "Hitler was a Christian" myth has run its course, Blader brings up the old KKK straw man.
The "myth" not only has run its course, it's trampled over every flimsy piece of evidence you have the Hitler is no Christian.
Actually, the KKK's roots are in Freemasonry. Go in virtually any Christian bookstore and you'll find books denouncing Freemasonry as being completely incompatible with Christianity.
Wow. If you say it, it must be true. Strawman, huh?
Let's see here, from the Klan's OFFICIAL WEBSITE FAQ: (
http://www.kukluxclan.org)
Q. What role does religion play in The Knights?
A.
We require for our members to profess a belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Well, so much for that "straw man" argument, huh? I think that pretty much seals the deal right there.
Continuing:
We do not require that a person belong to any particular denomination. The Knights is not, however, a religious organization.
The Knights is a political organization who seeks to place Christian men and women into seats of public office.
Q. If the First Amendment states there is to be a separation of church and state, how can The Knights explain their
goal of a Christian government?
A. We suggest you read the article Separation of Church and State: A Diabolical Lie. Not just The Knights, but many historians and well known religious leaders and constitutional attorneys all agree that
the United States was founded as a Christian nation. The Supreme Court has even ruled that indeed America was founded as a Christian nation. We are not trying to change America, but rather return it to it's original form.
Albert Pike, one of the most influential Freemasons in history and an ardent enemy of Christianity, was a co-founder of the KKK.
Even if that is true, that says nothing about the current members, one more time, with feeling:
We require for our members to profess a belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
The occult influence in the KKK is unmistakable to anybody intelligent. Klan officers go by titles like "Imperial Wizard" and "Exalted Cyclops". They burn Crosses, the holiest symbol of the Christian faith. [/B]
Oooh. I was hoping you would get to that.
Q. Why do you burn the cross?
A.
Many have been led to believe the Klan burns the cross as an act of desecrating a Christian symbol. Nothing could be further from the truth. The lighted cross is an old symbol used on the hillsides of Scotland. Many churches today use the lighted cross as a symbol. The Methodist church uses the cross with flames at its base sweeping up and around the cross. The Lutheran church uses the symbolism. When the Klan was founded there was not electricity. They could not light up a cross the way we light up a Christmas tree. Fire was used.
The fire was used to symbolize the fiery light of Christ - a metaphor often used in the Bible.
The Cross obviously is a symbol of Christianity. The Cross lighting ceremony gives honor to Jesus Christ.
The cross lighting ceremony was not used until the twenties. The original Klan of the 1800's did not use a lighted cross. When you see movies depicting Klansmen burning crosses in some black ex-slave family's home, this is a lie. This ceremony had not even been created yet.
The Klan's ( family tribes) of Scotland would use the lighted cross as a warning to other family tribes that danger was imminent. It came to symbolize a warning of tyranny in their midst. These two ideals of the cross lighting ( warning against tyranny and giving honor to the fiery truth of Christ) were combined to create the ku klux klan cross lighting ceremony.
It is no more a desecration of the cross than it is for the American Legion to respectfully lay to peace an American flag by setting it on fire.
I can see it now:
"They're lying, they never said that, they actually meant they hate Christians."