I'm like you Luke as far as I can talk to just about anybody. I know how to deal with people and adapt myself to various situations. I happen to be a non-religious person but I don't have anything against religion. HOWEVER, I side with the brilliant Founders that our fundamental rights come from God, not government. Even non-religious people should agree with that genius because it keeps us free. So, if the battle begins, I know which side I'll fight with...the side that preserves my freedom of course! Most non-religious people worship something else besides God...like radical environmentalism, the LGBT cult, government, whatever. Not me. I'm just comfortable with the unknown at this point. I don't know why. All of my views pretty much line up with Christians though...so those are the most sane people to me. Other non-religious people are often more preachy than religious people! Look who's trying to control my life right now. Most of the people trying to censor me and decide how I should live...are non-religious people. That's not how the media portrays it obviously.
IF people of different views are to unite, we have to agree and a bunch of things. We all have to love the country and our original system. I would think we would all have to unite against Globalism. There has to be some common ground. The Constitution and founding documents are my guides. Religious or not, if you don't agree with those core principles, then I don't see us working together. There has to be a base to build upon. If we can't agree on that, then it's time to fight it out. Grim but true.
Outstanding perspective, thank you for sharing. And yes, I agree 100%, we do have to agree on a lot of things -- such as the Constitution, the principles that our nation was founded on, and the need to unite against Globalism. And yes, I stand along side my Christian brothers and sisters in this battle, sharing the same values and cultural traditions; and yet I am also willing to stand alongside an atheist or non-believer if they too are fighting for human freedom. I think that one of the greatest division in the liberty movement is religion, as it is off-putting to many who value the Constitution and traditional American values of grit, self-determination, and hard damn work. The basis I seek to work from, when reach across the divide, is that we are all born free as human beings, and that with that comes certain unalienable rights, our natural born rights. While I do agree that these rights come "from God" and understand that many liberty loving Americans, particularly liberty loving liberals, reject the idea that these rights "come from God" in favor of the idea that these are Natural Rights, innate and inseparable from human nature. If we can agree that these rights exist, then we can stand united and fight together to preserve these rights, regardless of where they come from. No need to divide the movement over disagreement as to the theological origins of it all. And as for the masses who worship something other than God -- money, child sacrifice, and other such evils -- those would be the enemies, not just of Christians, but of humanity itself. This I think is why so many Muslims have taken up arms against the LGBTQ perverted curriculum, as just one example. Where my heart was at in writing today was attempting to build a bridge that can bring people together, by piercing the shroud of self-righteous moral superiority that ultimately exists at both ends of the spectrum. As for whether or not I was successful... that's debatable! ;0) It's a sticky subject and I'm grateful for the feedback. Thank you!
Thanks Luke! I agree with you. To be clear...I was saying that even if you don't buy into the notion that our rights come from God (as opposed to from government), you should support that view anyway because it's in your best interest. It's a pro-freedom stance whether you actually agree with the statement or not. Any theory that pulls the decision making away from government and gives it to the citizen I'm all for. Like you, I would fight along side of freedom loving people from any religion or even no religion at all. As long as you have the ideas of freedom and liberty down, I don't sweat the other details. After all, that's what being free is all about. I just think we need to leave the kids alone if you know what I mean. Adults can make their own decisions about many questionable things that kids should not. If you can't legally drink a beer, you shouldn't be able to play these foolish gender games. Kids should be sheltered and protected from certain (extreme) things until age eighteen. After that, it's time to live as a free adult and make your own good and bad decisions.
I'm like you Luke as far as I can talk to just about anybody. I know how to deal with people and adapt myself to various situations. I happen to be a non-religious person but I don't have anything against religion. HOWEVER, I side with the brilliant Founders that our fundamental rights come from God, not government. Even non-religious people should agree with that genius because it keeps us free. So, if the battle begins, I know which side I'll fight with...the side that preserves my freedom of course! Most non-religious people worship something else besides God...like radical environmentalism, the LGBT cult, government, whatever. Not me. I'm just comfortable with the unknown at this point. I don't know why. All of my views pretty much line up with Christians though...so those are the most sane people to me. Other non-religious people are often more preachy than religious people! Look who's trying to control my life right now. Most of the people trying to censor me and decide how I should live...are non-religious people. That's not how the media portrays it obviously.
IF people of different views are to unite, we have to agree and a bunch of things. We all have to love the country and our original system. I would think we would all have to unite against Globalism. There has to be some common ground. The Constitution and founding documents are my guides. Religious or not, if you don't agree with those core principles, then I don't see us working together. There has to be a base to build upon. If we can't agree on that, then it's time to fight it out. Grim but true.
Outstanding perspective, thank you for sharing. And yes, I agree 100%, we do have to agree on a lot of things -- such as the Constitution, the principles that our nation was founded on, and the need to unite against Globalism. And yes, I stand along side my Christian brothers and sisters in this battle, sharing the same values and cultural traditions; and yet I am also willing to stand alongside an atheist or non-believer if they too are fighting for human freedom. I think that one of the greatest division in the liberty movement is religion, as it is off-putting to many who value the Constitution and traditional American values of grit, self-determination, and hard damn work. The basis I seek to work from, when reach across the divide, is that we are all born free as human beings, and that with that comes certain unalienable rights, our natural born rights. While I do agree that these rights come "from God" and understand that many liberty loving Americans, particularly liberty loving liberals, reject the idea that these rights "come from God" in favor of the idea that these are Natural Rights, innate and inseparable from human nature. If we can agree that these rights exist, then we can stand united and fight together to preserve these rights, regardless of where they come from. No need to divide the movement over disagreement as to the theological origins of it all. And as for the masses who worship something other than God -- money, child sacrifice, and other such evils -- those would be the enemies, not just of Christians, but of humanity itself. This I think is why so many Muslims have taken up arms against the LGBTQ perverted curriculum, as just one example. Where my heart was at in writing today was attempting to build a bridge that can bring people together, by piercing the shroud of self-righteous moral superiority that ultimately exists at both ends of the spectrum. As for whether or not I was successful... that's debatable! ;0) It's a sticky subject and I'm grateful for the feedback. Thank you!
Thanks Luke! I agree with you. To be clear...I was saying that even if you don't buy into the notion that our rights come from God (as opposed to from government), you should support that view anyway because it's in your best interest. It's a pro-freedom stance whether you actually agree with the statement or not. Any theory that pulls the decision making away from government and gives it to the citizen I'm all for. Like you, I would fight along side of freedom loving people from any religion or even no religion at all. As long as you have the ideas of freedom and liberty down, I don't sweat the other details. After all, that's what being free is all about. I just think we need to leave the kids alone if you know what I mean. Adults can make their own decisions about many questionable things that kids should not. If you can't legally drink a beer, you shouldn't be able to play these foolish gender games. Kids should be sheltered and protected from certain (extreme) things until age eighteen. After that, it's time to live as a free adult and make your own good and bad decisions.