Mind Siege: The Battle for Truth

Mind Siege is a book that brings to light the constant struggle that is occuring in the world today. The struggle is the knowledge of good and evil. America has undoubtedly left behind its traditional Christian heritage and replaced it with what the author's call "secular humanism." Instead of allowing our nation to be proud of its past and relish where we have come from, our leaders today including the leftist media and other secular forces have replaced the God of our Fathers with Darwin and Freud. This book is a great tool for all Christians and Non-Christians to use because it helps to remind us that if we will not stand up for truth, then there will be a horrible price to pay in the future. If America is to remain the "shining city on a hill" as President Reagan so eloquently said, we must make sure never to leave our founding roots. We all need to remember that a building will crumble without a solid foundation. Nations in this aspect are no different. I highly recommend all to read this book and take it seriously!

It seems that the people who gave this book a negative review are anti-Christian or Humanist (many admittedly) and therefore have an existing world-view that distorts their thinking on this topic. The issues raised by LaHaye are thought-provoking and should be a concern to every citizen.

If you want to know what has distorted our culture and infected our Federal Government-- read this book. As a staff member for a Congressman, I see these forces working in unseen ways that the average Christian does not get the opportunity to see or flatly ignores. This book illustrates why politics is an EXCELLENT, though trying, profession for Christians and why Christians have a civic duty to be involved. Some write in saying this book is hogwash. If you are a believer and believe in absolute truth, you will read and learn. No doubt about it. You will learn why you must pray for elected officials who share your viewpoints. They are the ones who stand between you and Humanist tyranny.

This book is an outstanding survey of today's culture and how it arrived. Not only does it serve as a biblical looking-glass for today's American society, but it also serves as a history lesson of Secular Humanism and its rise to dominance in the 20th Century. Those of us who study the Bible know that one of the overriding themes is that Man, by nature, will almost always pridefully reject God and claim that he (Man) is self-sufficient. The Babylonians built a tower and said, "We will be like God." Lucifer's fall was a result of the same pride. The Bible says that the lost "call evil good, and good evil." Isn't that apparent in America today when hunting an animal for food is deemed evil while killing an unborn child is considered good? One of the biggest Humanist beliefs is that "there is no absolute right and wrong." If that were the case, then there would be no reason to abstain from ANY acitivity (including rape, murder, and -- gasp! -- INTOLERANCE!) Of course, it is arguable what exactly is right and what exactly is wrong. But no one can successfully argue that no right and wrong exists. Imagine the chaos that would ensue (and that surely will ensue before this century is over!)I'm not sure if and how this ridiculous tide can be reversed, but I know that I will go to great lengths to make sure my children are raised to know the Truth.I highly recommend this bood for anyone who needs a wake-up call!

In this day and age far too many people call themselves Christians, they go to church, they sing their hymns, they put money into the offering plates. They may go to the Sunday school classes, they may shake hands, they may even say "I strive to live the Sermon on the Mount".Yet how many Christians it seems truly knows what Christianity is up against in this day and age? How many Christian fathers and mothers know about the secularism being taught in schools, about the political correct Nazis spout out by groups like NOW and people like Al Gore, about teachers telling our kids its all right to do this or that "because we're all just evolved animals anyway."Tim LaHaye, like Josh McDowell and several others, has hit the nail on the head with this book. In section by section, he takes on full force the problems facing the decline in American values. So many liberals have tried to take Christianity out of the Founding Fathers, so many liberals have tried to say it's ok to kill babies by calling it "a woman's choice to have an abortion" (since...again, we're all just "evolved animals"). So many have tried to make the guilty free and the innocent blamed/or forgotten in our court systems (O.J. Simpson comes to mind).It's got to stop.As this book shows, when we enter into our jobs and our kids enter the schools, it's not just another day, it's another spiritual skirmish between God and Satan. As an educator myself, I have seen the PC groups and humanism in action. It's ok to teach Hinduism and paganism in the classrooms, it's all right to give our children condoms (when we really should be giving them common sense), but these "tolerant hounds" have a hiss attack if one tries to bring moral values into the school buildings, office buildings, and courts. Of course, this book is Not about several things. This book is Not about hurting groups such as homosexuals. This book is Not about bombing abortion clinics. This book is Not about forcing people to become Christian. Such things were Never taught in the Bible, though sadly some people have made their own doctrines of evil under the title of Christianity--and even worse, the liberal media has clumped truth loving Christians with violent monglers and false prophets. Thankfully, Tim LaHaye puts the proof on the table for Christianity for all to see, in this book. With fearlessness and love toward all sinners, the Bible truths are spoken. Tim LaHaye's book should be read with a complete understanding that Christianity is not just a "feeling good about oneself on Sunday" idea...it's standing up with a total and honest conviction that the Bible is indeed right and that the world and the world's prince is wrong. The Christian community should of course always love the sinner and hate the sin, but should also be willing to speak out about what the Bible specifically says is right and wrong... that is what Tim LaHaye does with this book. He takes the sword of truth and successfully combats the lies