An April Prank

It’s April 1^st and one of the biggest pranks played on all of us is how the right to worship the religion of our choice, has been used to eliminate God from our daily lives. The freedom of religion has been twisted to include any and all kinds of beliefs.  We are a muti-cultural society, even more so in the last twenty-five years.  But this freedom has warped into a way to influence a Godless society. 

Our inclusivity has resulted in exclusivity.  Gentile Christian beliefs have been eliminated at the sake of including any pagan, satanic or secular non-belief.  Appears all you have to do or say is…Yep, I worship that, so it’s a religion with all the rights of any other.  I differ with that in the sense that doesn’t our society as a whole have a say in things…or do we bend to the whims of a few? 

In any country there are fundamental beliefs that set the stage & the direction of its culture.  We live in a country founded on the principles set forth in our Constitution.  Under the first amendment freedom of religious worship was established to protect our spiritual rights and just as importantly safeguard our country from a dominant religious force.  Such was the case in Europe when our modern country began to be established.  The settlers and founders wanted to flee this tyranny and allow religious freedoms.  Over the years this “freedom” has been used as a divisive wedge, shaping our country into a separatist and spiritless segregated society.   

In so many ways we’ve developed more into a me for me culture, no matter the consequences… rather than what’s best for all.  Where’s the line between good & evil, or is our country a free for all?

Even if you struggle with the Christian beliefs of Jesus and the contents of the Bible, you cannot ignore the lessons of life in the New Testament.  It is hard for many to grasp, because like all formed beliefs there are struggles along the way.  Many point to the violent history of the long ago past, mostly in the Old Testament.  I would say, no religion or belief of any kind can claim total innocence.  So, if that is the standard then all are guilty, and none are any better than the other.

But we must look at the overall message & separate factual faith from fictitious fables.  It is no different than the simple fact that 99.99% of us, are born either man or woman.  No other words are needed and if you struggle to define either one of those words (man or woman) you are living in a fictious fable. You’re not living in reality; you’re living in a fairy-tale (pun intended).  On a serious note altering your body & mind is a scream for help.  It is an outreach for something better, like alcohol abuse & drug addictions. It is a desperate act of change, like slashing your wrist.  Misguided souls at the mercy of for profit science & medicine, driven by delusional ideology & mass media.

That is just one example of how far we have strayed from God in this country.  We’ve strayed so far, we think we can play God and alter our reality.  Through our Constitutional rights we can do, say and be anything we want and it’s somehow protected and okay.  I’m sorry I don’t aspire to that logic.

For if we do, if we eliminate all forms of logical & factual thought for the sake of the delusional rights of a few, the ultimate peril is an uncontrollable society without any sense of normalcy.  It starts with a lack of respect for authority, develops into defund the police, and ends in a lack of civil discourse, disconnecting us from each other, destroying our foundations & resulting in societal discord that we see and hear all around us.  

Our First Amendment Rights are being used against us whether you want to admit it or not.  The separation of church & state was to prevent a dominant religion in our country…not to remove the God our country was founded on from all aspects of our lives.  You have the right to believe as you choose, that freedom is God given & in our Constitution. That is a fundamental majority belief in this country, a cornerstone to our foundation, celebrated in many ways.  Freedom of religious worship is the freedom to not be mandated to by an established national church that could infringe on our other freedoms.  But we still need some discipline & direction, or we risk drifting like a fatherless son.  It’s time we got back to the Father God & Son we have faith in, that’s what this country was founded upon.

Pray for Others, Pray for Peace…AMEN.