Freedom and Responsibilty

With freedom comes discipline.  We cannot be a truly free society unless we embrace the disciplines to preserve, honor and respect the freedoms of others.

Our society today is fast approaching a state of maximum freedoms of choice, and minimum moral disciplines.  We are being stripped of our American beliefs at the hands of those wanting to undermine our very freedoms.  We live in a world today surrounded by hate and divisiveness, the very thing that satan would prosper and revel in.  The further we decline from a God fearing country, the more we remove moral teachings from our schools, the more we remove God from our society, the more our country will decline into chaos and anarchy.

“One nation under God” is a core belief of our country.  When those within or from the out diminish that belief the more satan wins and the more we decline as a nation.  Whether you want to admit it or not we as individuals and as a nation face a growing threat to our democracy.  In our quest for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” don’t forget there are those wishing death, control and misery on our society. 

With freedom comes the discipline to use those freedoms to enhance our lives, not use them for selfish gain.  I wonder how many of these children would march if they were told….no more violent video games, no more displays of weapons used in these games, no more glorifying the violence that our society, school system and home environment has allowed over the past thirty years.  I am sure they would say that violates their rights.  Well you can’t have cake without milk…you’ll only choke on it. 

As a nation we were built on the respect of God and the moral teachings it embodies.  As a nation we have a proud heritage of having the right to bear arms.  As a nation we are at a crossroad of having the weapons without the morals, and that is not the weapons fault….it is yours, mine and our societies for allowing it to happen.  What a perfect world for satan….a well-armed but moraless nation! 

When someone says they are offended by the words “One nation under God” that is one person…not the whole class.  Whatever happened to majority rules…so one atheist gets to decide what’s right for our children, when the majority feel otherwise….hogwash!

I stand firm in my belief that if someone is bent on violence they will find the means to carry it out.  The biggest common denominator in mass shootings besides a gun…is almost all of these individuals showed warning signs that could have prevented the eventual outcome.  Why they were ignored is a result of our belief to allow others their freedoms, lest we trample their rights.  Overall this is not a gun problem and restricting guns to law abiding citizens is not the answer.  The answer is a return to the disciplines that guarantee those rights and protect them from the evils that exist in our society and the world.

I cannot legally buy a modern gun because of a short stay I had years ago in a state hospital when I was suffering from depression.  But I can legally buy & use a primitive black powder rifle or slingshot, and I’m pretty good with both. But the disciplines and moral teachings I grew up with are ingrained as part of my core values and a deep respect for any weapon and my fellow man is part of the traditions I grew up with.  

Return to your roots America and realize that with freedom, comes responsibility and discipline.  “In God We Trust” & in God we endure.    🐝