refers to language, ideas, policies, and behavior meant to conform individuals to the opinions, thinking and thus the worldview of an authority or particular political, economic or social system. Often, the “politically correct” authority uses methods such as books, school textbooks, media, and historical revisionism to get their view into the hands and minds of many people. One of the main thrusts of political correctness is making sure they and the masses don’t offend these ideologies, social classes, or newly accepted behavior.
The word censor came from ancient Rome. Ancient Rome had official officers whose sole job was to inspect the manners of the citizens, with power to censure vice and immorality by public punishment. Until recently, censorship has been a firmly established practice in even the most democratic societies and was used to protect the family, the church, and the citizens from immoral or heretical material. However, by the mid-20th century, censorship had ‘evolved’ from protection from immorality and vice to “protection” from sound Biblical doctrine, history, and ideas that countered the liberal worldview. We now see governments and special interest groups, holding back information and even altering or suppressing information in order to forward their views, often using curriculum, books, periodicals, films, television and radio, news reports, and other communication media.
An idea that formed around the 1950s that denies any power superior to man. It is a doctrine, attitude, and way of life that centers on human interests and thought. It believes the universe as self-existing and not created, and thus, humanism goes hand in hand with evolution. Humanists live for satisfaction and fulfillment in the here and now, caring nothing for the past or the future. For more research on the religion and doctrine of humanism the Humanistic Manifestos reveals quite a bit about the Humanistic agenda.
The foundation of beliefs and ideas in which a person interprets and responds to the people, ideas, views, and opinions in the world around them. It is the core belief system of a person and will affect and influence every area of their life. A person’s worldview is formed by their upbringing, parents, education, the culture around us, the books we read, the people we associate with, and what we listen to and watch.
The sovereignty, guidance, care, and superintendence of God in the events of every person from the beginning of the world. It is the belief that nothing can ever happen without the knowledge of God, and that everything that happens is under His Watchful Eye.
is the process that attempts to rewrite history by minimizing, denying, or simply ignoring essential facts under the guise of gaining new insights, “evidence,” and perspectives of the past. In the words of a revisionist, “revisionism is an essential part of the process by which history, through the posing of new problems and the investigation of new possibilities, enlarges its perspectives and enriches its insights.[1]” Not surprisingly, “Revisionist history is often practiced by those who are in the minority, such as feminist historians, ethnic minority historians, those working outside of mainstream academia in smaller and less known universities, or the youngest scholars, essentially historians who have the most to gain and the least to lose in challenging the status quo.[2]”
[1]Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. The Cycles of American History.(1986) p. 165
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism
