After posting on Facebook an article regarding Hillary Clinton and the emails proving that she had basically “bought out” Google for the purpose of selecting key articles that would come up on search engines and would present her in a rather deceptive, lily-white light, I was asked by a young, well-meaning progressive, to give my stance. I was resistant at first, to delve into such a huge topic. But, I chewed on it a day or two and sifted it down to the core issue at stake. What you are about to read is basically my response, and then some.
What ARE We?
Any conversation on this topic would need to begin with a definition of terms. Therefore, what is our nation? Many would call it a democracy. It’s not. It is a constitutional republic. The difference is huge. Yes, we have democratic processes within the constitutional republic. BUT, that’s all. This fundamental difference removes us out of the realm of emotion and into the realm of law and order. I’ll explain…
Democracy=Mob Rules
The Clinton admin. as well as the Obama admin. rely on emotions to propel them forward. The mistaken “perception” of a democracy (which is literally, mob rules) fuels many emotionally based individuals to say, “Well, yes! we need total gun control. Yes! we need to fund everyone’s abortions. Yes! we need to pay for everyone’s medical. Yes! we need open borders.” (These are currently the main “emotional” arguments within our society) I might be persuaded to believe that these emotional arguments had merit if my basic premise regarding human beings was that we are all basically good.
Good….or Evil??
But, the truth is, we are not. We are basically fallen. “Fallen from what?”, you might ask. We’re Fallen from the perfect nature of the Creator. HE is perfect. We are not. Not only are we not perfect, but we, each one of us, is ego-centered and self-seeking. We teach our children (hopefully) out of bad behavior, not in to it. We spend our whole lives fighting this “sin” nature. This is a Biblical truth. And, I would contend that this truth is ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL (a building block) by which we place all of our opinions. The framers of the constitution knew man. They understood this basic principle. That’s why our constitution is a well crafted set of boundaries placed on our federal government.
There are, ABSOLUTELY, Absolutes
A constitutional republic is a form of government that adheres to a higher rule of law, namely, unalienable rights and human responsibilities toward God. It is based on the truths of scripture- life is sacred, God is good, but, we are inherently flawed and sinful. That’s why the three pronged system of government has incumbent a heavy series of checks and balances. It is necessarily to protect “we the people” from tyranny.
If it FEELS right, …is it??
The emotional plea is based on the notion that we are all basically good. It seeks to entrust the federal government with the task to provide for the citizenry in virtually every way. This gives ALL the power to the federal government. The idea is, “we can heavily tax the citizenry and take the money, spread it out evenly to everyone in the form of healthcare, housing, food subsidies etc, etc.” In this system, the government has become a parent. The “children” are subservient to it. They are now completely at the whim of a governing body and they’d better hope to God that somehow, this group of people that they’ve handed their freedoms over to is God-like, perfect and “basically good” because, in a situation such as this, this emotional citizenry has become enslaved.
Logic 101…Class Cancelled Today
The emotionalism that the current administration relies on is akin to the emotional plea of Hitler’s Germany. The focus was “the youth” because youth tend to be emotionally based. They have not honed their critical thinking skills yet. Couple this with a “state run” educational system that does not properly teach government and the very first law book (the Bible). Our youth have been stripped of their ability to reason basic law and order. They’ve been encouraged to be emotional, untempered by reason.
Is it Truth or is it Toilet Paper
So, the basic question is, does one believe that the Bible is accurate? ARE we basically fallen? IS life sacred because it came from God? DO we have the right to defend ourselves and family? IS God good? DID He make us? DOES He own us? DID He really die for us and raise from the dead for us? …if the answer is “no” to any of these, then, ALL of these are negotiable, because the Bible says of itself that it is the “inerrant Word of God”. If it errs in any point, it is not inerrant. Likewise, if Jesus, at any point, lied, then He was not good. If one examines all of it and comes to the conclusion (like I have) that the Bible is God’s divine revelation to man then, one would need to fully stand on it (that’s only logical) One would be unwise to pick and choose what from the Word one will accept and what one will reject.
If the Foundations be Destroyed What Will the Righteous Do-Psalm 11:3
We live in an anomaly. No other place on earth has our 200 year old form of self-governing constitutional republic. If we don’t embrace it. If we neglect to be watchful of it, then, very soon, Godless men and women will erode its constitution through supreme court judicial activism that does not adhere to absolute truth. They will limit our speech under a guise of “hate crimes”. They will completely remove our ability to defend ourselves and our families from tyranny and crime. They will sanction the killing of those that the system deems “expendable”. They will sell our wealth to the highest bidder and buy out any voice of media that speaks against them. The sad truth is that this process has already begun. Obama has pledged our independence over to the U.N. in his last U.N. speech. Clinton has said on video that she means to get churches to change and conform to her ideology. The fraud and scandals now revealed through Wikileaks emails of the current administration, the Clinton campaign and the D.N.C. (Democratic National Committee) show a total lack of regard for virtue, integrity, and absolute truth. To quote a founding father, Benjamin Franklin, when asked what form of government the founders had secured for the people, aptly replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”… In this, our self-governing constitutional republic, that challenge goes out to us today. Can we keep it? …Let’s pray so.
stephmaui 