There is a Not-So-Subtle Tension Between Liberty & Equality. The issue is framed by current events:
Leftists, Libertarians, Progressives and any number of Social Architects seemed fixated on making sure all people groups are treated equally.
Conservatives, Strict Constitutionists and Traditionalists favor Liberty which, by its very nature, tends to limit equality.
The reality is: the more liberty a person has, the greater are the inequalities. When people are free to be and to do what they can, the differences in people become more pronounced.
This is seen as unfair and destructive to those who do not have the same capacities. So, compassionate people step up to limit the highly imaginative and productive people, in order to make the playing field more equal. In so doing, they infringe on the rights and liberties of the creative group.
The framers of our Constitutional Republic understood this tension. They crafted a societal structure which rewarded creativity and industry while fostering and encouraging Christian values. We see it in every State Constitution, in the way our law is structured, in the place given to public prayer and expressions of the Christian religion, as well as the Scripture verses and sentiments carved into just about every government building.
What they knew was: unless people had a God-consciousness, the tendency would be to run rough-shod over those who could not (or would not) compete in this arena. It is only in the Judeo-Christian ethic that we find the selflessness and deference so necessary to a strong society.
The arguments will come, pointing to this religious philosophy or another, as equally good, but the proof is still in the pudding! Which country has out-shined all other societies for enshrining liberty, justice, enterprise, creativity and personal freedom? Which society is as generous and self-effacing? After WWII, America was the only country with the Atomic Bomb. We could have cowered any and all nations into subservience, creating a World Government for and about The U.S. We didn't! It took the atheistic, Communists, to try this.
Critics can find notable abuses in this or any society, but the over-arching testimony of The United States of America is one of industry, innovation and the desire for peace. English is the Trade Language of the world because of America. The dollar (so far) is the standard of currency for the world. People around the world risk their life and future to come to our shores. America is a Success Story never before told.
We have enjoyed this marvelous 'ride' not because our laws force us to be fair or require equality in every area, but because our ethic does. The Greatest Generation is so because of their selflessness. Reared in great deprivation, forced to set their personal life 'on hold' to fight a World War, coming home to a land without enough jobs or housing and dealing with the psychological issues that wars create, this generation set all that aside and simply went to work!
Multiculturalism, Rights advocates, Progressives and Socialists have sought to make us do what our grandparents did out of their own heart. They hate The God of The Bible. They are embarrassed by their own success. That success gives them time to consider something beyond survival. So they are trying to make people be and do what they believe is right and good. How's that working out?
Their goals may be good, but their tactics are abusive. To make sure everyone is treated equally requires laws which limit everyone's freedom.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Selective Outrage?
Humanists don't want to be counted among atheists. Atheists don't want to be counted among secular progressives. But they all share one thing in common: subjective morality. Case in point:
A doctor in Sarasota, Florida, has lost his license to practice medicine for performing an abortion....on the “wrong baby!”
Dr. Matthew Kachinas was asked to perform a “selective reduction” by a mother carrying twins. One baby had genetic markers consistent with Down syndrome and the other did not.
Dr. Kachinas was to abort the undesirable baby. He made a mistake, which he credited to faulty ultra sound equipment, and aborted the healthy child instead.
Did we think this could not happen?
Between 80-90% of all babies with genetic markers for Down syndrome are aborted in America. According to Dr. Al Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, children have become a consumer product. We pick and choose which child we want and which we do not want.
In China, this practice is focused on female babies, since law limits parents to only one child. Today, boys out-number girls, to such a significant degree, that sociologists and others are worried about a number of possibilities: a larger expansion of the international kidnapping of girls that is now a Chinese cottage industry, sex-trafficking, war or an increase in homosexuality.
One can only wonder where circumstances and human nature will take a society that abandons objective morality in favor of what appears to “work.”
Our shock at the doctor who aborted the wrong baby? Selective outrage!
A doctor in Sarasota, Florida, has lost his license to practice medicine for performing an abortion....on the “wrong baby!”
Dr. Matthew Kachinas was asked to perform a “selective reduction” by a mother carrying twins. One baby had genetic markers consistent with Down syndrome and the other did not.
Dr. Kachinas was to abort the undesirable baby. He made a mistake, which he credited to faulty ultra sound equipment, and aborted the healthy child instead.
Did we think this could not happen?
Between 80-90% of all babies with genetic markers for Down syndrome are aborted in America. According to Dr. Al Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, children have become a consumer product. We pick and choose which child we want and which we do not want.
In China, this practice is focused on female babies, since law limits parents to only one child. Today, boys out-number girls, to such a significant degree, that sociologists and others are worried about a number of possibilities: a larger expansion of the international kidnapping of girls that is now a Chinese cottage industry, sex-trafficking, war or an increase in homosexuality.
One can only wonder where circumstances and human nature will take a society that abandons objective morality in favor of what appears to “work.”
Our shock at the doctor who aborted the wrong baby? Selective outrage!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Search For A Fountain Of Youth
It is man's dream to live a longer life. Explorers searched for The Fountain of Youth. Diets and supplements abound, to provide for health and longer life. The medical profession seeks to extend life. Researchers search for causes and cures for old age, and yet, men still die.
We can hook people up to every machine known to man, desperately trying to keep people alive. But when their spirit leaves the body, all that effort is for nought. A dead body will begin to decay, even while machines breath for it and process the bodily functions.
Now an international team of scientists, based at Newcastle University, in North-East England, believe they have found the cause of old age and age-related illnesses. Their research involves a "system biology" approach, involving computer modeling and experiments with cell cultures and genetically modified mice.
Their conclusion: they now believe cells send out a specific internal signal, when serious damage is done to its DNA. This damage is done by the general wear and tear of life and the signals trigger the creation of oxidizing "free radical" molecules, which in turn tell the cell either to destroy itself or stop dividing.
The result is wrinkling of the skin, toughening of the texture, weaker function of muscles and organs, and all the other signs of old age. Apparently, it is the damaged DNA that causes cancers and the ability of the cells to quickly produce these corrective molecules, in a sufficient number, that makes the difference between those who get cancer and those who do not.
Isn't "Mother Nature" amazing? Just imagine how long it must have taken for these cells to mutate into this protective methodology! All this from an explosion of unknown particles, eons ago.
Or, it could be from an infinite, intelligent, purposeful Person, Who designed, built and sustains the known universe, along with all it's systems for purposes known only to Him.
This new research replaces the old research. You see scientists still don't really know why people and animals die, nor how to stop it. The Bible says it's because of sin [Gen. 2:17]. But the evolutionist considers the idea of God to be so repugnant he can't possibly accept this simple solution.
So...he continues his search for The Fountain of Youth! And each new discovery ends in disappointment or leads to a new possibility. Everywhere he looks points him right back to The Bible. It must be frustrating for him.
We can hook people up to every machine known to man, desperately trying to keep people alive. But when their spirit leaves the body, all that effort is for nought. A dead body will begin to decay, even while machines breath for it and process the bodily functions.
Now an international team of scientists, based at Newcastle University, in North-East England, believe they have found the cause of old age and age-related illnesses. Their research involves a "system biology" approach, involving computer modeling and experiments with cell cultures and genetically modified mice.
Their conclusion: they now believe cells send out a specific internal signal, when serious damage is done to its DNA. This damage is done by the general wear and tear of life and the signals trigger the creation of oxidizing "free radical" molecules, which in turn tell the cell either to destroy itself or stop dividing.
The result is wrinkling of the skin, toughening of the texture, weaker function of muscles and organs, and all the other signs of old age. Apparently, it is the damaged DNA that causes cancers and the ability of the cells to quickly produce these corrective molecules, in a sufficient number, that makes the difference between those who get cancer and those who do not.
Isn't "Mother Nature" amazing? Just imagine how long it must have taken for these cells to mutate into this protective methodology! All this from an explosion of unknown particles, eons ago.
Or, it could be from an infinite, intelligent, purposeful Person, Who designed, built and sustains the known universe, along with all it's systems for purposes known only to Him.
This new research replaces the old research. You see scientists still don't really know why people and animals die, nor how to stop it. The Bible says it's because of sin [Gen. 2:17]. But the evolutionist considers the idea of God to be so repugnant he can't possibly accept this simple solution.
So...he continues his search for The Fountain of Youth! And each new discovery ends in disappointment or leads to a new possibility. Everywhere he looks points him right back to The Bible. It must be frustrating for him.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Biting The Hand That Feeds You
An atheist caller to the Sunday Night Bible Forum (www.thebibleforum.net) is insistent that the United States is not, nor has ever been, a Christian Nation.
I have tried to communicate with him, but he simply wants to rant, which is what people do when they have no objective standard of morality. Nothing, nowhere, and in no way exists which makes this claim. The best we can say is that the Founding Fathers were rooted in classical literature and biblical understanding, basing their efforts on biblical principles.
The caller's point is that the Treaty of Tripoli proves the Founding Fathers were NOT seeking this goal as evidenced by John Adams' signing a Treaty which declares that the "Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;...."
The fact that knowledgeable people don't make this claim doesn't seem to penetrate his thinking. And he says he's a "teacher." It's the Red Herring atheists enjoy dragging across the path, to distract the discussion and prove their point.
The President who signed this Treaty also wrote things like: "The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity..." [Written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress -- 1776]
The Facts of this Treaty are:
1. The United States wanted to stop the piracy of their ships by the Barbary Nations -- we did not have the Navy to fight a war against these people. [Interesting how Muslims are still pirating ships at sea]
2. The Barbary Nations were Muslim -- used to defending their religion against all comers [Jihad]
3. The Treaty was written by the Barbary Nations -- in Arabic
4. A 1931 Commission by the U.S. concluded that the English version was a "poor attempt to paraphrase or summarize the wishes of the Arabic States.
5. The Document is unique [how many early documents disavow our Christian Heritage?]
6. The language is imprecise, allowing Congress and the President to freely sign it [America was NOT founded on "The Christian Religion." but on Christian principles]
That there are people, today, willing to abandon the very principles that allows them to be critical of our heritage and enjoy the benefits of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness without reprisal, is a testimony to the generosity of Christian beliefs. No Secularist, Humanist, Progressive government would ever allow such a thing! Just look at what Congress and our President are doing, right now, in seeking to vilify and limit the free dissent of citizens against their positions!
I have tried to communicate with him, but he simply wants to rant, which is what people do when they have no objective standard of morality. Nothing, nowhere, and in no way exists which makes this claim. The best we can say is that the Founding Fathers were rooted in classical literature and biblical understanding, basing their efforts on biblical principles.
The caller's point is that the Treaty of Tripoli proves the Founding Fathers were NOT seeking this goal as evidenced by John Adams' signing a Treaty which declares that the "Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;...."
The fact that knowledgeable people don't make this claim doesn't seem to penetrate his thinking. And he says he's a "teacher." It's the Red Herring atheists enjoy dragging across the path, to distract the discussion and prove their point.
The President who signed this Treaty also wrote things like: "The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity..." [Written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress -- 1776]
The Facts of this Treaty are:
1. The United States wanted to stop the piracy of their ships by the Barbary Nations -- we did not have the Navy to fight a war against these people. [Interesting how Muslims are still pirating ships at sea]
2. The Barbary Nations were Muslim -- used to defending their religion against all comers [Jihad]
3. The Treaty was written by the Barbary Nations -- in Arabic
4. A 1931 Commission by the U.S. concluded that the English version was a "poor attempt to paraphrase or summarize the wishes of the Arabic States.
5. The Document is unique [how many early documents disavow our Christian Heritage?]
6. The language is imprecise, allowing Congress and the President to freely sign it [America was NOT founded on "The Christian Religion." but on Christian principles]
That there are people, today, willing to abandon the very principles that allows them to be critical of our heritage and enjoy the benefits of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness without reprisal, is a testimony to the generosity of Christian beliefs. No Secularist, Humanist, Progressive government would ever allow such a thing! Just look at what Congress and our President are doing, right now, in seeking to vilify and limit the free dissent of citizens against their positions!
Monday, February 23, 2009
When Worlds Collide
I was reminded the other week when a caller to the Bible Forum started reciting historical and scientific facts that bore no resemblance to anything I had ever read or learned, that we live in a parallel universe.
Technically it's about worldviews: how people view the world they live in. And a Christian sees things differently than does an atheist -- or at least he should.
The caller couldn't think of an atheist, world figure, who was responsible for the mass murder of thousands, if not millions of people declaring this "proof" that religion is the biggest problem in the world.
He saw the Crusades and Hitler as Christians and Israel's incursion into Gaza as adequate examples of his theory. Never mind that Hitler was creating a completely atheistic (and occultic) society, or that the Crusader's raping and pillaging across Asia Minor was not in the least Christian.
He also didn't want to hear my list of atheistic despots: from Attilla the Hun, to Gheghis Khan, to Joseph Stalin, to Mao Tse Tung, to Slobivan Misolovic, to Idi Amin, to Pol Pot.
But the most shocking revelation was that this caller was working on a Master's Degree in Education! He's going to be educating YOUR children. And he hasn't heard any of these things?
So, if this doesn't motivate parents to make sure their children understand the world they live in, they probably don't care.
The real question is: Do YOU see the world the way God presents it? Or the way godless ideologues present it? Does it really matter?
It matters more than whether or not you have enough food! There is a (not-so) subtle battle raging behind the veil -- on a spiritual plane. It is the battle for your heart and mind, and that of your children.
When a parent entrusts their child to the Federal School System and to the media for their world-view, is it really such a surprise that so many have such a warped perspective?
Technically it's about worldviews: how people view the world they live in. And a Christian sees things differently than does an atheist -- or at least he should.
The caller couldn't think of an atheist, world figure, who was responsible for the mass murder of thousands, if not millions of people declaring this "proof" that religion is the biggest problem in the world.
He saw the Crusades and Hitler as Christians and Israel's incursion into Gaza as adequate examples of his theory. Never mind that Hitler was creating a completely atheistic (and occultic) society, or that the Crusader's raping and pillaging across Asia Minor was not in the least Christian.
He also didn't want to hear my list of atheistic despots: from Attilla the Hun, to Gheghis Khan, to Joseph Stalin, to Mao Tse Tung, to Slobivan Misolovic, to Idi Amin, to Pol Pot.
But the most shocking revelation was that this caller was working on a Master's Degree in Education! He's going to be educating YOUR children. And he hasn't heard any of these things?
So, if this doesn't motivate parents to make sure their children understand the world they live in, they probably don't care.
The real question is: Do YOU see the world the way God presents it? Or the way godless ideologues present it? Does it really matter?
It matters more than whether or not you have enough food! There is a (not-so) subtle battle raging behind the veil -- on a spiritual plane. It is the battle for your heart and mind, and that of your children.
When a parent entrusts their child to the Federal School System and to the media for their world-view, is it really such a surprise that so many have such a warped perspective?
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