In America today, there is too much indoctrination and shaming. The indoctrination is for the proper views to believe and the shaming is for those of us who don’t accept the indoctrination.
Free individuals are immediately offended by this practice. Seeking truth is one thing. Hearing commands of what I MUST believe is the path to my disobedience! Even God gives us choices!
Humans are naturally disobedient anyway. So it causes immediate disobedience if required, especially if it is required by someone that we do not respect. There is almost no limit to those people. Some of them are correct, some aren’t. It is up to us individually to decide which ones to accept and which ones to reject.
There is no group or grouping of humans where everything is believed equally by all. The descriptive terms fall very short of everyone. We might say that someone has a tendency to a view. But no descriptive term applies totally to anyone—maybe more so of Leftists than others.
Humans typically have nuanced views on issues based on their experiences, personal reading, what we watch and listen to and associations with others.
All our issues have been polarized and made partisan (political party determined) today. No free person should be there! True freedom requires truth. Freedom requires a variety of detail and is not monolithic (all of one “rock” or piece.) Political party is about power—my party’s power. Partisan politics is the worst kind of politics. It is what we have today. The founders hated that type of politics. It almost never leads to good ends for free people.
Excessive power and wealth destroy many people, especially in combination. People with all, or a lot of money, tend to want all the power and vice versa. Lord Acton (who I quote a lot):
“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely!” That principle explains the actions of the kings in the Bible and powerful people ever since then! To not see this problem is not a healthy mindset!
Today “diversity” and “tolerance” that aren’t diverse and tolerant are lies. You must allow my viewpoints and tolerate them but I don’t have to do the same for you! This is an invalid claim.
Are you practicing what you are preaching? Why not?
The founders encouraged discussion to discover what may work the best even if it wasn’t exactly perfect. Today politicians are promoting their perfect world (utopia), but humans don’t live there! Humans live more where the founders tried to take us. They were much more moral than many of our politicians today.
America was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Those values are discouraged and opposed today. We are only a European dictatorship without those ideals. More people need to become aware of this situation which is the source of many of our problems today that could be overcome if we would agree to work together to do so!
10/16/2021
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 ...
