In 1998, I heard a small, still voice that spoke to me. “It will be the small communities that will save society.”
The tallest structure in town used to indicate what the people worshipped. In the not-to-distant past here in the United States, that tallest structure used to be the church steeple. People went to church to worship God regularly. It was the odd person who rejected such a notion.
Belief in the Creator was the very fabric of our society. We held values and morals consistent with the Commandments passed down by Moses.
Even Atheists stood by that same moral code.
Even Atheists stood by that same moral code. Love your neighbor as yourself. Do good and do no harm to your neighbor. Befriend others, even if they do not believe as you do.
We all belonged to a truly tolerant human. It permeated our society.
Our past…
Other nations were once envious of our country. Our enemies could not destroy us because we were morally and culturally strong.
The people and nation as a whole was very prosperous.
No one thought about forcing others to believe as they did. Nor did they think about coming after someone legally because their neighbor or another person disagreed with their view on life.
Most inventions in technology and real scientific discoveries came from the freedoms we enjoyed. People were freely allowed to invent new things, associate with others, and explore their surroundings without oppressive governmental interference.
No one thought about forcing others to believe as they did. Nor did they think about coming after someone legally because their neighbor or another person disagreed with their view on life. Only those legitimate issues that infringed upon the rights and well-being of others were addressed for the sake of keeping the society free and without harm.
And America influenced the world toward a better way of life and freedom.
That society held on to strong beliefs in a commonly held moral code. It was unbreakable.
But something shifted…
The entire focus of worship became centralized to money, greed, selfish desires and pleasures. Jealousy of those who possessed more than others did as well as the destructiveness of malicious gossiping about even those we considered “friends” and coworkers became a team pastime.
Shopping and national sports began to dominate the arena of our Sunday gatherings, Stores began to open to increase profits instead of allowing citizens time to rest. Church attendance began to fall dramatically as the youth saw no point in going anymore.
Jealousy of those who possessed more than others did as well as the destructiveness of malicious gossiping about even those we considered “friends” and coworkers became a team pastime.
Distractions to erase the demands of the secular work week filled our weekends, and few really took time off to just relax.
Warning signs…
Something was terribly amiss, and it did not go completely unnoticed.
There were tell-tale signs. Refugees from oppressed countries were beginning to sound the warning bells when I was young. But no one listened. The subtle changes that had begun decades ago were finally being revealed.
The populace was beginning to unravel. Unseen forces were bent on pitting one group of people against another. Just like in Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, and even the old Roman Empire.
And like those great nations in history, the citizens went about in their daily lives, ignoring what was going on around them.
The populace was beginning to unravel.
The problems has grown so large that no one knew anymore how to fix them. So they were ignored.
And here we are, repeating the very same mistakes of our fathers in history.
Divide and conquer…
Relativism is now the norm. Objective (as in “universal and fixed based in something unchangeable”, not personal interpretation) morality is rejected.
Only about 12 years back, God was recently declared to be dead in one of our political factions. They made a vow to remove Him from our very conscience. The stories still remain online (so far) of that incident, but fact checks have quickly come to the surface denying any such historical event ever occured.
Ours is a nation of short-term memory loss.
We are being forced to recognize hundreds of gender identities that aren’t found in nature. Rioters destroy businesses and even entire cities like Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California, suffering no repercussions.
Killings and murders are now becomes political fodder.
Our precious, innocent children are being coerced by doctors, teachers, and politicians into mutating their still-growing bodies. These little ones do not have enough experience or forethought to understand the permanent consequences.
The fear of disagreement..
Anyone who stands in the way of these new ideologies are cancelled, berated, besmirched, fired from their jobs, have their pensions taken away, or suffer unthinkable consequences. And it is only getting worse.
Once upon a time, a kindergartener could safely walk home without fear. Even if the school was many blocks away. Today, those a little kindergartener is a potential target for the profane and unthinkable atrocities of those who reject the very idea of a moral compass.
Anyone who stands in the way of these new ideologies are cancelled, berated, besmirched, fired from their jobs, have their pensions taken away, or suffer unthinkable consequences. And it is only getting worse.
What happened? And why are we so far removed from our moral roots?
And why is it that the very concept of human dignity has taken such a twisted turn toward such a dark side?
Taking an historical perspective…
Russia became known as the Soviet Union. It began scooping up countries that surrounded its borders.
This nation implemented a new social order unseen before. It became known under the guise of Socialism. They forced churches to close. The only god allowed was that of the state. Anyone voicing any objections to their laws quickly disappeared into the Gulag, never to be seen again.
We were now in a war without weapons. It was a war for the minds and morals of the world. The “Cold War” had begun.
The free world began to recognize the dangerous influences.
We were now in a war without weapons. It was a war for the minds and morals of the world. The “Cold War” had begun.
Gulag Archipelago written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn told the story. This man brilliantly put together the entire history of what happened to Russia.
Spread of Communism…
The Marxist doxology spread to the more ruthless Asian country of China under the leadership of a young man named Mao Zedong. He wished the good of his people based on an ideology he gained from the writings of the Russian Communist movement.
The concept of Communism is the sharing of wealth equally given to everyone. Only then would everyone in society be happy.
But we had a strong moral resolve and Christian influence. It would be very difficult to dismantle it. The only way to accomplish this, they determined, was to infiltrate our educational system.
The Soviet Union wanted to eliminate all competition to its ideology. The United States was the primary nation that stood in its way. We had an influence on the world that was unprecedented, and it struck a visible dichotomy to the world viewing the rise of communism against our prosperous society.
In deciphering how to dismantle its global influences, the leaders in charge of this new regime realized that they first had to eliminate the influence of the United States.
But we had a strong moral resolve and Christian influence. It would be very difficult to dismantle it. The only way to accomplish this, they determined, was to infiltrate our educational system.
They began with the colleges. Those graduates would then become the teachers, political influencers, and in positions of power. And the next generation gained the influenced of the retrained.
Retraining the brain…
They travelled far from home with no parental oversight to influence or monitor their behavior. And no one thought to look into what they were being taught.
Through such classes as Psychology 101, the children raised with a good moral foundation began to question their beliefs. Subtly. And without the knowledge of the parents who paid good money to send their children off on their own to colleges they deemed were the best they could afford.
Parents sent these children off on their own without the support and ties to their families. They travelled far from home with no parental oversight to influence or monitor their behavior. And no one thought to look into what they were being taught.
Naiveté…
It was a matter of naive trustfulness on the part of the parents. They didn’t see the changes to the educational system.
Even if they did, they innocently thought the changes to be minor. They didn’t understand the diabolical influences that would affect the morality and good behavior of their children. The minds of their offspring had become reprogrammed under their noses. They began to embrace something so antithetical to their upbringing that these children became the force of radical change to the very fabric of their own society.
Clever results…
Once the reprogramming of these innocent minds was accomplished, the heart of our nation became fully atheistic. No longer would God or His sovereignty reign supreme in our land. The family unit would become insignificant as the state became their authority. Foreign thoughts became the norm espoused as self-proclaimed “experts” told everyone what to think.
The youth turned on the old, trying to eliminate all memory of history from their minds. Teaching of any history became altered to suit the new mindset in the young.
And subsequently, any other generation to follow gained the same training as their predecessors.
In the end, with no historical or religious influence to guide our youth, and parents allowing this change to take place to their children, the landscape of our nation changed.
Those charged to guard their young became more interested in bringing in increased income. They left children in the hands of those who now became “experts”.
In the end, with no historical or religious influence to guide our youth, and parents allowing this change to take place to their children, the landscape of our nation changed.
The parents, full of faith that the school systems were just like their past experiences, never once thought to look into the curriculum of their children. They thought it remained status quo.
The plans of the Communists became reality.
Movement forward…
And it hasn’t stopped. Naive parents just continue to shrug their shoulders and cluck their tongues, while their children become part of radical movements. “What can you do?”, they sigh.
These influences begin now at birth within the institutions of daycare. No longer does the reprogramming of young minds wait until college.
Our influence on the world no longer holds sway. We do not have the strength and conviction of our own moral beliefs.
The Communists had succeeded in destroying the moral fabric of our nation.
Even our Christian churches have succumbed to the idea of relative morality. So they don’t fight against what is clearly not in God’s design.
Our influence on the world no longer holds sway. We do not have the strength and conviction of our own moral beliefs.
But it will not last.
In the end…
Communism/Socialism fails to take into account human nature.
Based on an ingrained concept within each person, the idea of the ownership of personal property is a non-negotiable idea. No one has the right to take from one person that which they worked hard to gain.
Signs of renewed light…
There is hope in the darkness that surrounds this nation. And our youth.
Something is on the move. And it isn’t in the plans of a human entity…
Once empty traditional churches are filling up with large families. The youth are flocking to them.
Underlying all the efforts to strip away the innate desire to worship something beyond ourselves, the young people are beginning to realize what they have missed.
It is a sign of hope. Of restoration. Of renewal.
It is in these small communities – the families, the churches – that will restore society to something better. Something sustainable.
Something is on the move. And it isn’t in the plans of a human entity that desires only to diminish the God-given rights of the Dignity of Man.