Americans, actually Europeans too, seem unable to understand why anyone would randomly kill them.Bring in immigrants hoping to integrate them, more workers for jobs...this should be a no brainer. And yet, it does not stop the killings.
There are as I see it three main world views 1.Democracy/representative government 2.Socialist humanist government 3.Islamic Goverment I say this because Islamic believers do think that government , social policy and worship should all be one unit.That controlling the world is what they are called to do. Socialism in its many hybridized forms, has a new life in of all places the US. It teaches there is nothing but Man, so man must make all the decisions about governance, As personal belief does not matter as long a the progressive policies are adhered to, they cannot see any religion as being equal to the "freedom" they offer.That anyone would see their policies as failed astounds them. Democracy..once in a pure form in ancient Greece, now in forms such as representative government, was once a high point, a highly desired form of government., The people would speak through their representatives, they would govern themselves down to the local government level Only overseeing principles would apply at national level.Though founded on Judeo-Christian belief, no religious test could apply. The problem with democracy is the tendency of humans to want to reacquire power, and using the platform of free speech and voting to give that power to themselves. we did not watch the hen house.. We enjoyed the fruits of this kind of freedom and let others think for us. We handed away freedom for peace and safety, though neither has actually been given to us. Socialism/communism fails because there must be self interest to work harder, to attempt to gain prosperity. when it is routinely taken, via the State, and when providing for all becomes burdensome, the State protects itself and its bureaucracies first, and everyone suffers. Islam is clear in its teachings and goals,. even without the furthering of radical and apocalyptic Islam. Socialism has failed repeatedly, and the last vestiges of democracy are being swept out the window as old hat. For another set of failed ideas but I digress. One hybrid now emerging is the Catholic church, and globalism, Globalism via climate change legislation, and extending a hand to Muslims as their brothers. I now believe the Pope is not crazy but is positioning the Catholic church to once again control large parts of the world.Government and religion hand in hand. Possibly the only combination that has a chance of winning ideologically with Islamic belief. It also answers humanism via socialism with the one thing they lack..religious belief. If is couched in terms of Mother Earth, not a deity who has a set of rules, which allows any and every act to have the same value, it will appeal to enough people that until the snare is so well set, and personal behavior so constrained, that no one realizes there was ever another way. We are headed for totalitarian government of one kind or another, regardless of where we live, or how we earn a living.As the wars between these world views increase, it should be obvious that there will be more death and war, more sorrow. But each group must maintain its ideals and ideas above even truth.They cannot and will not admit that anything from another viewpoint could be correct.It is positively strange to see language altered to further one set of beliefs, truths buried, and entire populations happy and content as long as they have the pleasures they want.Or are fulfilling what they believe is a God given destiny. Until we admit we do not want to live under a Caliphate system, and take steps to stop it, or under a system which says ( far from being the guilt free religion it seems to promise) that even breathing makes you , as a human, a pestilence for the earth, and you need to do penance..we have only a limited time to act.Personal risk and personal freedom is not that scary...except to the latest wave of Americans whose every thought and feeling must be nourished and encouraged, no matter how far from reality they have strayed, Ripe for the slaughter, as they say. |
Faith and ReasonA grandma's perspective on a few things.. Archives
May 2020
Categories<a href="http://www.ontoplist.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.ontoplist.com/images/ontoplist50.png?id=553a2c21e7ccf" alt="Blog Directory & Business Pages - OnToplist.com" border="0"></a>
|