COUNCIL ON
NATIONAL POLICY (CNP)
Written By
S. R. Shearer
The CNP (Council on National Policy) is an organization formed by
members of the Religious Right, right-wing politicos and powerful members
of the American business community.
It is no accident that these are precisely the same three groups which
have historically fostered a belief in conspiracism - specifically,
the Illuminist Myth, each for its own reasons: the business community
as a means of defense against unionism, the Religious Right as a defense
against "atheistic socialism," and the Political Right against
"one-world universalism." The organization was founded by
Tim LaHaye, a prominent leader in the Religious Right. Indeed, it would
not be an unfair characterization to list Tim LaHaye's prominence in
the Religious Right as second only to that of Pat Robertson's.[1] T.
Cullen Davis, Nelson Bunker Hunt - a known financial backer of the John
Birch Society[2] - and Joseph Coors were instrumental in helping LaHaye
form the CNP. It conceives of itself as a rightist alternative to the
Council on Foreign Relations and the Tri-Lateral Commission which right-wingers
over the years have accused of being a part of the Illuminist Conspiracy.
 Newsweek
Magazine reports that CNP's first executive director, Louisiana State
Representative Woody Jenkins, told members, "I predict that one
day before the end of this century the Council (meaning the CNP) will
be so influential that no President, regardless of party or philosophy,
will be able to ignore us or our concerns or shut us out of the highest
levels of government."[3]
Written By S. R. Shearer
Antipas Ministries
- Northern California Ecumenical Council, Sequoia, October/November
1986, pg. 4.]
- Please See Sara Diamond, Spiritual Warfare, pg. 250, footnote #
34, Chapter Two.
- Newsweek Magazine, July 6, 1981, pg. 49; (Baton Rouge) State Times,
Jan. 8, 1987, pg. 1A; see also Bellant, The Coors Connection, pg.
37.
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