There is a large amount of confusion about what the phrase "Christian Nation" means. We hear all kinds of rhetoric about America as "melting pot," a "nation of immigrants," a land of "equal opportunity," and many others.
The fact is, all of the features of America that have made it the "shining beacon on a hill" for the rest of the world, derive directly from the underlying premises of Christianity. Whether you believe in God or Christianity or not, these premises are contained in Christianity and the America that we have created based upon these premises cannot exist without them:
The Christian view of man is that man is a special creation of God. God loves all men, not only the ones who profess to be Chrsitians. God wants all men to come to him and worship Him. But God will not coerce anyone; He wants men to come to him willingly. God bestows upon man the dignity of trusting him with decisions about his own eternal destiny. This dignity is succinctly described in our Declaration of Independence..."We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights..." Christianity, among all of the religions of the world, holds that man is free.
If man is then free, then it follows that he has the rights of free speech, ownership of property, equal justice before the law, etc. as stated in our Federal Constitution. Capitalism is a natural consequence of man's God-given freedom.
We must think twice about throwing out the divine origin of man's rights. Those who advocate this will sadly find out that they have laid the axe at the roots of their own prosperity and the great social adventure that started in 1776 will be destroyed in favor of the old worn-out ideas that have plagued man since the beginning of history.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Parasitic Christians
There is a phenomenon in physics called "parasitic vibrations." If you pluck the string of a guitar, for example, the string next to it vibrates too.
There is no doubt that the founding fathers believed that the foundation for a civil society was firmly established upon the premise that "...all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights..." Upon this base, they defined the role of government to be the caretaker of those rights. What has resulted from this over the past two hundred plus years is the most remarkable economic and social phenomenon in world history. It was stunningly revoltionary at the time and still is today. The idea that common people collectively making personal choices about their own perceived benefit could be trusted to direct the affairs of the government is still unique in human history.
At the heart of today's debate about the role of government is a powerful challenge to the premise that God even exists and , therefore, certainly did not endow anybody with anything. The people challenging this, however, are living inside of a society created by this premise. All of the natural corollaries that grow out of this premise such as the validity of contracts (including marriage), equal justice before the law, the rule of law, ownership of property (sometimes called capitalism), religious freedom, are claimed by those denying the premise. They believe these things can all be secured for society without the troublesome insertion of God in the formula.
These people are "parasitic Christians" because the dominant culture in the country is still Christian, and the driving force behind the enforcement of these rights still comes from a large majority of the population that thinks their rights are "unalienable." In other words, the proponents of doing away with this limited role of government have an easy time because they are surrounded by people who support the premise, and they are forced to "vibrate" like these people simply because the are close to them.
The proof of this is in their proclamations like "We must always support the rule of law." "Private sector jobs are our first priority." "Everyone has a right to live a life free from poverty." All the while, the laws and directives created by these same people are intended to ignore the role of government as caretaker and redefine it as master.
The truth is that God endowed rights, whether you believe in God or not, are absolutely essential to the continued prosperity and freedoms that has produced this great country,
The role of government as master is an old worn-out idea that has been tried since the dawn of history with the same predictable results - destruction of wealth, elimination of personal freedoms, institutionalized poverty, social violence, crime, destruction of the home, and the emergence of a ruling class.
This great social experimant called America can only survive if the majority of our citizens have the moral fiber to stand together and defeat this redefinition of what our government is supposed to do.
There is no doubt that the founding fathers believed that the foundation for a civil society was firmly established upon the premise that "...all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights..." Upon this base, they defined the role of government to be the caretaker of those rights. What has resulted from this over the past two hundred plus years is the most remarkable economic and social phenomenon in world history. It was stunningly revoltionary at the time and still is today. The idea that common people collectively making personal choices about their own perceived benefit could be trusted to direct the affairs of the government is still unique in human history.
At the heart of today's debate about the role of government is a powerful challenge to the premise that God even exists and , therefore, certainly did not endow anybody with anything. The people challenging this, however, are living inside of a society created by this premise. All of the natural corollaries that grow out of this premise such as the validity of contracts (including marriage), equal justice before the law, the rule of law, ownership of property (sometimes called capitalism), religious freedom, are claimed by those denying the premise. They believe these things can all be secured for society without the troublesome insertion of God in the formula.
These people are "parasitic Christians" because the dominant culture in the country is still Christian, and the driving force behind the enforcement of these rights still comes from a large majority of the population that thinks their rights are "unalienable." In other words, the proponents of doing away with this limited role of government have an easy time because they are surrounded by people who support the premise, and they are forced to "vibrate" like these people simply because the are close to them.
The proof of this is in their proclamations like "We must always support the rule of law." "Private sector jobs are our first priority." "Everyone has a right to live a life free from poverty." All the while, the laws and directives created by these same people are intended to ignore the role of government as caretaker and redefine it as master.
The truth is that God endowed rights, whether you believe in God or not, are absolutely essential to the continued prosperity and freedoms that has produced this great country,
The role of government as master is an old worn-out idea that has been tried since the dawn of history with the same predictable results - destruction of wealth, elimination of personal freedoms, institutionalized poverty, social violence, crime, destruction of the home, and the emergence of a ruling class.
This great social experimant called America can only survive if the majority of our citizens have the moral fiber to stand together and defeat this redefinition of what our government is supposed to do.
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