Opus 2026-397: One Corner of Utopia

When I think about the American genius and what separates us from the rest of the world, I think about the Latin phrase we see every day.  It’s on our money, E Pluribus Unum.  We have this concept that we can take many and make them one.  For centuries that philosophy held true.  We had immigrants from all over the world who came here seeking many different things, but generally, they could be boiled down to a land of freedom and opportunity.  For some it was the ability to own land.  For someone else to escape persecution, whether it be ethnic or religious.  Or sometimes it was just the opportunity to get rich without the government taking everything you earned.  Whatever your reason you bought into the basic philosophy of America that we are one nation united by a common dream.

We are now facing a trial.  We might come out of the other side stronger than before or we might be totally subdued and destroyed.  We are now enduring massive invasion by a large group of people who don’t get along themselves, but they are united in their hatred for America and for the foundations of freedom that we have.  Don’t confuse Islam-lite as a religion which worships a God called Allah with genuine Islam which is a total control of all your life, including your government, your family, and your community.  The danger is not the religion of Islam.  Well, it is a danger, but Christianity is quite capable of dealing with that.  What we’re not capable of doing is dealing with people whose political structure is totalitarian and demands that you conform in every area of your life.  Women not only have to sit down and shut up, but have to endure constant physical abuse as well as emotional and intellectual abuse.  Moral behavior is the standard for the day as long as it is sanctioned by obedience to the local authorities.  Thus sexual abuse of little boys is common in the culture that murders homosexuals.

Isalm is a total, choking atmosphere.  It permeates all of life.  I’m in the process of reading through the Hadith.  I’m just starting, about 250 into around eight thousand, and so far I’ve gotten instructions on how to take baths, how to wipe my bottom after a bowel movement, and knowledge of how Mohammed cleaned himself after sexual activity.  Even your bathroom habits are regulated.  Islam demands total obedience all the time and gives arbitrary powers of proclamation to the leaders of the spiritual community.  In theory it is based on the example of Mohammed.

It’s possible that Christianity at one time had that kind of all inclusive atmosphere.  Maybe during medieval times.  But even there, there was a lot more freedom than you find in the world of Islam.

That attitude of freedom, the worth of the individual, encouraging standing up to false teaching; all of that is ingrained into the American spirit and the American Creed.

Some of the click bait that comes across my screen claims that Islam is falling apart.  It wouldn’t surprise me because they have a long history of falling apart.  Your ally today, may be your arch enemy tomorrow.  So someone may save your life today and tomorrow instead of returning the favor you may stab him in the back.  It’s all part of Islam if you look at it correctly.  Of course, if you look at Christian Europe in the middle ages, even up to today, you see the same kind of pattern.  The difference is in America.  We have 50 states at present, who knows what the Democrats will do if they get in power again.  Originally we started with 13 states and they considered themselves to be independent nations.  That’s why they started with the Federation instead of the Constitution.  It gave states veto power over anything that happened.  It didn’t work very well.  It was becoming more and more like Europe all the time and so the founding fathers after careful study of the failures of Roman, Greece and Europe decided on a federal representative republic.  At the heart of that is the essence of Christianity.  The idea of turning the other cheek and giving the other person the benefit of the doubt was paramount.  Unchangeable truth, reflected in contracts and property rights was also a vital part of the program.

What we see happening today is not so much the invasion of people with a different religion, but the infiltration of all of our political systems by the Marxists and the anti-American statists who want to take away individual liberties from everybody to their own empowerment.  Christians can overcome Muslims if it comes down to the competition of theology and thought.  Where we are going to have to find ways to think it through and come up with a new system possibly is in the area of allowing people to manipulate the good faith rules, and rule of law that we have and turning it against us by manipulating the system.

Bring up the issue when you get a chance.  Revert to 1770 America where they went to the pub to discuss forms of government rather than the football scores.

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