Totalitarian Dictatorships
A question:
They all believe the same socialist/Marxist things,
Why don’t they work together to accomplish their Utopias????
An answer—
Their true religion is their own power! Not someone else’s power—theirs!
It is a lust for total control over others, even those who believe the same things!
Another answer—
Humans are focused on self, especially when they are without God or anti-God!
Oh, it’s the same answer!
Sometimes secret to ourselves,
True human nature is disobedient & self-centered/”selfish”
(if those are not the same?)
A dictatorship is the most extreme example of human desire for power. It is satanic in nature. It is what Satan offered Christ (Matthew 4). How would you have handled such an offer?
It is a problem that most people learn to deal with, one way or another, not always in good ways! Until we learn to deal with it in good ways, life is not as good and pleasant as it can be!
Human life is never totally perfect for any great amount of time, if ever. Some of that is our own fault, some of it is from situations and other people. Some days and situations are wonderful, other days and ways aren’t so!
Until we see this truth about ourselves, things can’t get better. We can agree but do nothing about it. Many people do believe that but think it is the total fault of our situations and associates/family/whatever! They do not see their own dynamic in their problems which is, for the most part, wanting things to go the ways that they personally choose. It again is the power/control thing! It is a mighty temptation for a human.
Having the power creates the lust for more, with few exceptions. This is the nature and “root” of human “sin.” It is desiring to be our own god: autonomy, control in & of this life.
It is selfish, self-centered disobedience. It is evil and unreasonable and humanly impossible.
Salvation does not give us the ability to avoid all sin,
only to, with reason, avoid much of it, and
to help us understand God’s plan and
understand our need for a sacrifice acceptable to God.
We seek God’s help and strength for our temptations that remain
but that we can learn to resist.
This is the heart and soul of Christianity! Jesus Christ is our individual lamb of sacrifice—eternally! He is the eternal sacrifice for every individual in all times.
The requirements are 1) to believe, 2) accept the offer, and 3) live out our days in obedience to our salvation. The supporting requirements are prayer daily, reading the Bible and joining other believers in a church community.
All these requirements bring us peace and joy. We have a Godly gift of freedom of choice!
It is up to me to choose. It is not forced; it cannot be forced. God’s love gives every one of us the choice. (Forced love is not love but fear!)
This issue is the very heartbeat of morality! What is right and wrong? What develops one or the other? These are questions that every human must deal with. This is the root of all philosophies and religions. We live with these choices every day and their consequences.
The consequences of our choices affect us today and eternally. Our choice affects us today in our relationships, our communities and our governments. As long as we are live in this world, each day we can make other choices and/or agree with the ones we made before!
Philosophy/religion, politics, law and morality shake hands every day. They work together to create our society/culture. Individually, we need to be more aware of this reality. We need to quit listening to those who say otherwise. We must seek real truth, not just what may be popular today, or only what we want to believe.
What we may believe and the opportunities that are presented to us
can give us a meaning of and measure for our lives.
These thoughts are unacceptable to dictators. It’s their way, or the highway! It’s really their way or death!
9/23/2021 je
This is one of my meditations and themes for the last several years. It is like a unfathomable, universe-wide subject. This is a good starting discussion of this subject. It is packed with meaning.
Humans are made in GOD’s Image and HIS likeness.
That Image in humans is this: our individual spirit & attributes.
The reason is so that we can relate to HIM. Our excuse that GOD isn’t human and a figment of our imagination is totally destroyed by Jesus. Freedom is in this discussion.
GOD created humans to be able to relate to HIM. Jesus came to be our individual, sinless Lamb of sacrifice. He will come again as the Messiah that the Jews are expecting but it will be to return believers (all those who have chosen to believe forever) to the Eden relationship with GOD. {The Biblical book of Leviticus is what perfect obedience would look like.
I finally understand its meaning and use.}
What GOD and a human creates are reflections of themselves. They are alike enough for the ...
(updated 5/24/2023 je)
While it is humanly impossible for humans to be totally good, we always can do much better than we have been doing if we individually want to do so! There is no concept that humans can totally achieve in this life. This applies individually, in groups or collectively.
The pathologies of today’s culture are apparent. However, they are called benefits & loudly proclaimed. They must be clearly seen as dangerous & wrong to our once-free country!
They are deliberately destroying Christianity, our country, our families, our individual personhood & our individual freedoms. Does this seem to be too extreme a statement?
Our media are calling evil “good” & good “evil”. Should that be totally right & silently allowed? Free speech & opinions must not live there? Freedom of speech is not absolute. This severe problem should be curtailed & limited within the proper bounds & situations!
Is it possible or allowed to seek those limits that do not destroy freedom of speech itself?
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I do not support ANY, ANY political personality cults!!!! Left, Right, middle, it doesn’t matter! If you take the political part out, it is still so! Is this clear enough? I don’t support cultish “groupyism”!
My expectation is that any American who wishes to serve America in a political office would speak and act in support of our cherished American principles that are reflected in the best writings of our founders and all sensible people since then!
I am disgusted by the pragmatic politics and the excessive partisanship that the media love, especially for Democrats, it seems. I am disgusted with the pro-to-total leftism in our media. They do not represent thinking, peaceful citizens’ views! Individual humans are all over the belief spectrum with the issues. That is why discussion is necessary!
The people that I enjoy watching and reading at least attempt to tell the truth as they see it and are willing to listen to varying opinions and discuss them! From libertarian to center ...
