Do we really know what we are taught growing up???
This past Sunday at the Susquehanna Valley Church of Christ we had a guest speaker named Wissam. He help a lecture Saturday night about his journey from Islam to Christianity. It was a very good series and very enlightening. Wissam is originally from Baghdad, Iraq, and his journey was a long one!!! He went to school here in America to learn more about God’s word and evangelism. He now works in Taylor Michigan reaching out to the Arab community and sharing the Gospel!!!
Wissam said something in the morning Bible study that really rang true for me and made me rethink some positions I have been taking out life in general. Wissam said that a lot of Muslims he has been teaching really don’t know and understand Islam, because they were just raised in Muslim home and never really learned Islam for themselves!!!
I think this applies to a lot of different things in life. We grow up being taught something and we go through the motions because it is what our parents want, but we never really learn what it means. This could be religion, politics, culture, ethics, morals, and the list could go on. If we never take the time to internalize an ideology and make it our own, and question it, we will never truly be free to take our own path in life!!!
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Free markets are the best way to protect the environment!!!
Question the Narrative!!!
So many Americans have so many differing opinions, and believe the opinions of so many other Americans, and the narrative that they craft, it’s hard to tell who is right and who is wrong. Having an opinion and believing a narrative is ok as long as they are based in fact and reality!!!
Too many Americans totally believe everything that government tells them, without question. Too many Americans believe that if someone is elected to a governmental office, that person must be very smart and knowledgeable. And to complicate the matter, too many Americans check out of politics after an election and don’t check up on their vote to see if the office holder is doing a good job or not.
In Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience,Thoreau was paraphrasing the motto of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review: “The best government is that which governs least.” Too many Americans rely on the judgment of government, and forgets that government is made up of flawed people just like us!!! Americans seem afraid that if we stop relying on government, the country is going to fall apart. That just is not true, America was not built by government, it was built by simple folks just like you and me!!! Always QUESTION THE NARRATIVE!!!
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It seems today more than any other time in America, our federal and state constitutions are under attack. From freedom of speech to the 2nd amendment, and how we think we should be governed. The lamestream media doesn’t take is 1st amendment protection of freedom of the press serous enough!!! Having restraints on a government when it comes to the press, is a keystone of freedom in any country!!!
We have a large anti-freedom movement in America, that threatens the very foundations of our Republic!!! The anti-freedom crowds don’t like any constitutions, because constitutions gets in their way of how they think things should work at a governmental level. Anti-freedom folks like Democracies, because they can drive the emotions of the mob to drive the nations narrative when it comes to governance. Republics are slow and cumbersome when it comes to implementing laws and agendas, and anti-freedom folks can’t stand this because everything is a crisis in their minds!!!
A Republic is the best way to protect the freedoms and liberties of the people against the whims of the Democratic mob!!! America being a Republic is an anomaly in the world, a deterrent to tyrants, and an example to other countries on how to govern!!! The American Republic needs to quit nation building, getting entangled in foreign alliances, protect our own country!!! If the American Republic is strong and healthy, it will be a deterrent in the world and be seen as such, instead of being viewed as an empire!!! Protecting our constitutions is a good step towards being the best example we can be in the eyes of all the nations in the world!!!
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Freedom and liberty are incompatible with immorality!!!
Morality is a personal taught ideology, and everyone has morals, some good and some bad. Most folks with bad morals either are persuaded to change them, or they get in trouble because of their bad morals. Most folks with bad morals are subjective in the way they approach their morality.
Most folks with good morals are less subjective about their morals and more objective with the standards they use too determine their morals. Most folks with good morals tend to be more forgiving of those with weak or bad morals. I believe that good moral standards come from God’s word, and He teaches us what good morals are and why it’s important to live by them. But it is up to each of us to determine for themselves if they will be moral or immoral.
Freedom and liberty can not survive for long when a people are immoral!!! If folks don’t do what is right and moral in their relationships, those relationships don’t last for very long. If people are immoral when it comes to communicating with folks, they will tell and push lies onto people to try to advance an agenda that they want. In order to be free and have liberty, we must behave in a good moral fashion in all aspects of out lives!!! Immorality corrupts freedom and liberty and enslaves folks!!!
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Freedom isn’t free, it’s bought with a price!!!
Memorial day 2017 is here again, and families all across America will be celebrating it in different ways. But what makes the way in which families choose to celebrate Memorial day, is the freedom and liberty to celebrate it in any way they see fit!!!
Some folks will have been camping all weekend and just enjoying time together. Other folks will have been working over the weekend, because of the importance of their jobs, or because they need to make ends meet financially with their families. Other will simply look at this weekend as just another weekend to do nothing. All of the above are ok.
But if only for a moment this weekend we stop and remember that the freedom and liberty we enjoy came at a high cost!!! Freedom and liberty must be defended, protected and taught so that future generations can enjoy it as much if not more than we do today.
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Free-4-All-Friday!!! Are we committing political and spiritual suicide in America???
Episode 807: Christian/Political commentary on the news and current events!!!
How is Penn Station NYC and Amtrak my problem?
Why is it every time someone want’s money they run to the federal government? Why is it that when something is used by the public at large, highways, airports, railways, etc people wan to lump these things as a responsibility of the government? Hasn’t history shown us that the US government is incapable of taking care of the infrastructure of the US and it would be better in the hands of private for profit companies?
Free markets not governments bring innovation to the infrastructure of any country, and especially to the United States! Amtrak is in financial trouble because of politics and government policies that don’t allow Amtrak to charge market prices for riders, and in doing so financially cripples Amtrak! When the government subsidizes anything, quality and safety are the first two things that are sacrificed because of a lack of money.
One of answer to a lack of money for Amtrak and Penn station in NYC, are yours and mine tax dollars. Amtrak is not accountable to it’s passengers, because they are not truly customers, the federal government is the customer, because it foots most of the bill! Until the privatization of the infrastructure in America can take place, you will see more and more quality and safety issue, and the tax payers will be the ones who have to foot the bill!
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Fundamental or radical, that is the question!!!
