Opus 2016-116: Middle Class Morality: Truth

Remember the old opening for the original Superman series?  It included the words, “Truth, Justice and the American Way”.  You could feel that the words were in capitals.  The concept of truth is part of America’s Middle Class Morality (MCM).

(Proverbs 12:17 KJV)  He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Actually, the word still exists in the lexicon of our post modern era but the meaning has been changed.  In modern thinking truth is what you want it to be.  We can all have our own truths.  We can redefine words to fit our goals.  Truth is relative.

That is not Middle Class Morality.

MCM is based on absolute truth.  Thus when you say that the earth is getting warmer you actually need real numbers, objectively collected over a long period of time to show that.  You don’t just need the desire for a federal grant or to have Al Gore get off your back.  The facts need to match up one-to-one with reality.

The reason for this is that MCM is based on the God of the Bible.  Truth is important to one who defines Himself as truth.

(John 14:6 KJV)  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

It is important to cling to truth.  Without it you cannot rely on anything.  Life would be total chaos.  If you don’t believe that look at the post modern era we live in.  How is relative truth working for you?

Viva la Middle Class Morality.

To be continued...

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Opus 2014-272: Discernment Watch: Greed vs Benevolence

One of the big mind-manipulators of the left is that they “care.”  I wish they didn’t.

I don’t trust people who want to help me for my own good because they care about me.  I prefer simple self interest and shun philanthropy.  Why is greed better than benevolence?  Because you can understand greed and know what is at stake.  You know the rules of the game and you are free to play your cards to your own advantage.  That way both can benefit.  The elites wants to do what is best for you, even if you don’t want it.  In most cases, you lose.

It is about control and power, not helping.

Solomon gave us an insight into this. 

(Proverbs 12:10 KJV)  A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Who are the wicked?  People who don’t believe there is objective right and wrong.  People who reject the God of the Bible and bow at the god within them.  People who think they are wiser than the values that have been around for years.  The people who know what is best for you.  They come in all political stripes. 

Beware of the person who claims to want to help you at no benefit to themselves.

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Opus 2014-114: The Revival of Paganism, part 5 of 7, Animal Farm

The pagans are winning.  The children I work with are all familiar with the quote, “May the force be with you.”  None of them knew who Judas was.  They have heard of the circle of life.  They think Calvary involves horses.  They celebrate Earth Day and ignore Good Friday.  Truth is what you want it to be.  Today.  Tomorrow it might be different. 

Society today embraces evolution and environmentalism and don’t see the juxtaposition of the two philosophies.  Evolution believes that whatever happens and survives is the course of the future.  Thus, as man and his cultures develop and pollute the planet it is just a step in evolution.  We are a natural part of the environment.  Just as too many deer can kill a forest, too many people can kill a planet.  Paganism says let it come.  Why get excited.  If it is to be, it is to be.  The Bible lays out the demand for environmental responsibility, but with man in the driver’s seat.

(Gen 1:28 KJV)  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Paganism says that the earth is a god and we are to serve her. 

Animals are not our brothers in the Bible.  Notice the relationship established in the previous verse.  Notice the responsibility laid on human beings as superior beings.

(Pro 12:10 KJV)  A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Pagan deities are often half or totally animal. 

Christians were involved in starting the S.P.C.A.  PETA wants to make us just another animal.

What difference does that make?  Last time my wife went to the local animal shelter to adopt a cat they wanted to send a social worker to our home to establish whether it was a proper environment for one of their charges.  I am starting to read about animal rights groups agitating for animals to have civil rights.  It is coming like a Mac truck.

It makes a difference.

To be continued...

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