“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street constructing has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the method is constant daily and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an limitless present by which the Party is at all times right.” – George Orwell 1984
Orwell’s 1984 is increasingly sounding like a handbook for Western ‘progressive’ society within the UK. As a small example of this, take the re-opening last week of the £27 million refurbished museum in Perth, Scotland.
A friend of mine went along and was somewhat shocked to seek out the next.
The return of paganism
In Scotland, the land of the Enlightenment and the Reformation, the land of learning and science, the federal government are actually sponsoring an exhibition which informs us as undeniable fact that, “The River Tay has at all times been Perth’s important artery, shaping the land, providing food resources, and acting as a portal to the supernatural world” (under the heading ‘Sacred Waters’).
I lived beside the Tay for a few years and had no concept that it could take me through the wardrobe into Narnia, or through the Looking Glass, or that it was a portal to a different dimension! And none of the nice people of Tayside ever thought that either. But the pagans who’re re-writing Scottish history and culture don’t care. Is it any wonder that so many Scottish children are scientifically illiterate if that is the nonsense that the federal government and native councils are teaching.
The exhibit goes on to discuss daggers and axes ‘thought’ for use as offerings. When my friend asked concerning the Māori costume, they were told that a few of the staff had got up at five within the morning to bless it, before the museum opened.
The demonisation of Christianity
There is one mention of John Knox preaching a sermon which was followed by a riot – however the plaque goes on to say, “Knox became an icon and objects related to him became almost relic like.” As an example of historical and theological illiteracy that is tough to beat. Knox’s sermon was against idols and icons. The Scottish Reformation was against idols and icons. There isn’t any evidence in any respect that Knox was ever considered an icon.
Of course, the aim of that is to rewrite history and to imply that Scotland’s Reformation was really only a takeover by a cult – which thankfully we’ve now removed. Once the Calvinists are gone, we are able to eliminate the Catholics too – and return to the purity of our pagan past – where we happily portalled into other worlds …
My friend decided to investigate why there was so little about Christianity within the museum – in any case, Perth, Dundee and St Andrews were the guts of the Scottish Reformation. The response was revealing: “That was previously – that is now. You’ve had 2,000 years to showcase Christianity.”
Apart from the undeniable fact that a museum is alleged to showcase the past, and the historical ignorance of the staff member, what’s much more shocking is the triumphalist attitude: we have taken over now! We will decolonise the past.
The National, the home newspaper of the Scottish National Party, went to date as to boast about this re-writing of history. “Perth Museum breaks a variety of latest ground; it expands on the rewriting of so many wrongs much in need of rewriting and quite brilliantly shows off our much-cherished stone.”
Of course, when Christianity goes you may have to switch it with one other religion. As well because the return to paganism and the Green religion, the third a part of this latest unholy trinity is the LGBTQI+ ideology. There is a complete floor given over to this. As the museum website explains, “Across 4 themed galleries, discover the unicorn’s enduring presence throughout history and its role as a logo of Scotland’s changing heritage and identity, through iconic loans from around the globe, interactive displays, and 7 newly-commissioned artworks exploring the unicorn as a contemporary symbol of the LGBTQI+ community.” They conveniently forget that the unicorn was chosen as Scotland’s national animal a minimum of partly due to its perceived ‘masculinity’. But that is toxic now, so let’s rewrite it to be a sexual symbol.
The colonisation of a museum by progressive imperialists who’re determined to remake all the pieces in their very own image and rewrite history in order that it suits their fantasies and current political and social ideologies shouldn’t be confined to Perth Museum. This is going on throughout Britain, funded by the governments (I’m wondering if the UK government knows that over £10 million of its money is getting used to advertise this sort of ideology).
Another example is dropped at us by Pink News, who tell us that the Hastings Museum and Art gallery has an exhibition which shows that a pair of stuffed pheasants demonstrates ‘queer’ transgender behaviour in animals!
The Perth Museum has been rebuilt with the intention to house the famous Stone of Destiny – the stone on which Scotland’s kings were crowned and which was recently returned from Westminster Abbey in 1996. But the museum is more about pushing a current progressive agenda than it’s about giving an accurate account of Scotland’s history.
As the parties of college pupils are shown round and taught the pagan, progressive, sexual ideology of today’s cultural imperialists it could appear inevitable that this nightmare will likely be Scotland’s destiny. Yet perhaps there’s a check in the Scottish Highlands which points to something different?
In 1827, within the small community of Glenmoriston, a preacher called Finlay Munro was preaching the word of God. He was receiving an excellent deal of abuse (he must be thankful – in today’s Scotland he can be reported for hate speech!). Munro responded to this abuse by declaring that the very clay by which he stood would testify to the reality of his words and that his footprints would last until his hearers met their judgement, or in accordance with some witnesses until the Day of Judgement. Almost 200 years later you possibly can still visit Glenmoriston and see those footsteps.
Whether or not you suspect that story, what is definite is that the Church in Scotland has been through far worse times and survived. That is why the symbol of the Church is the burning bush – ‘burning yet not consumed’. The politicians and ideologies of this world will fade away, but Christ is the One who is identical yesterday, today and without end. Long after the plaques on Perth Museum are gone and forgotten, the Word of God will proceed. As Jesus promised, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words won’t ever pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
