My Thoughts: It
is almost inconceivable to me that Christian men and women who were born and
raised in the greatest country, most achieving, most giving, and most founded
on Christian precepts the world has ever known would even hesitate for one
moment to defend our liberty; to defend the freedom granted to us by the
Constitution of the United States. But on the other hand why should I be
surprised, when I think about the horrific sins tolerated by the Church here in
America over the past 50-60 years.
It’s
not a cowardice fear in their hearts causing them to hold the view they cling
to, but rather it is some twisted religious notion that the American traditions
and ideals which once insured American citizens the freedoms paid for by blood
are no longer worth fighting for –if, in their minds, they ever were. I must
confess I am confounded as to how to respond to such religious loonacy.
Therefore, please allow me to reference an earlier post on this blog, dated on
September 10, 2011. The quote at the top of that post sums it up:
"Good people sleep peaceably in
their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their
behalf.
The following poem fleshes out Orwell's statement.
Russ Vaughn, 2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division,
Vietnam 65-66 wrote a letter published in the Mudville Gazette titled Rough
Men.
Rough Men
There's a character trait that's decided by fate
Comes (sadly) to many, far too faint, far too late.
They won't face the aggressor, stand up to his ire
They have not the will to fight his fire with fire.
So they bend over backwards to see all
sides as fair,
Till they're faced with dragon breath fire in their hair.
Like our brethren in France, who'd know better than we,
Yet seem never to learn, seem doomed never to see.
Yes, it seems there are some who're determined by fate,
To possess not the courage to step up to
the plate,
Who shrink from all threat because nothing's worth war.
But how can they know lest they've been there before?
Thank God some have courage, the will,
yes, the grace,
To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place.
Thank God we have stalwarts who'll stand for us all,
Who will rise to the challenge at their nation's call.
The faint—hearted, who fear, whose reaction is flight,
Have no comprehension of those who will fight.
To hide their own trepidation they attempt to demean
The rough men, who defend them, as
barbaric, obscene.
Yet these rough men stand ready, hard weapons to hand,
To put placaters behind them, draw a line in the sand,
To preserve for the peaceniks what they won't defend,
So their own unearned freedom won't perish, won't end.
To appeasers, rough men are coarse government tools.
To rough men, appeasers are dumb
delusional fools.
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"Today, we need
a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but
citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their
daily life and who are willing to consciously work
and sacrifice for that freedom."
-- John F. Kennedy
"Government
is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome
servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to
irresponsible action."
-- George Washington, in a speech of
January 7, 1790
[W]hat country can preserve its
liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that [the] people
preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms...The tree of
liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and
tyrants.
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Col.
William S. Smith, 1787
The American Republic
will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own
money.
-- Alexis de Tocqueville
What, then is law
[government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to
lawful defense."
-- Frederic Bastiat, "The
Law"
The
end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller
The people cannot
delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for
them to do themselves.
-- John Locke, "A Treatise
Concerning Civil Government"
The price of liberty is, always has
been, and always will be blood. The person who is not willing to die
for his liberty has already lost it to the first scoundrel who is willing to
risk dying to violate that person's liberty. Are you free? -- Andrew Ford
Never could an
increase of comfort or security be a sufficient good to be bought at the price
of liberty.
-- Hillaire Belloc
"America is at
that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to
shoot the bastards."
-- Claire Wolfe
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Ezekiel
33"...6
'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and
the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he
is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's
hand.'
Esther
8:11-12 11 By these letters the
king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather together and protect
their lives -- to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any
people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and
to plunder their possessions...
- then -
Esther
9:1-5 ...the
Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them. 2 The Jews
gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King
Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could
withstand them, because fear of them fell upon all people.... 5Thusthe
Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter
and destruction,
Luke
22:35-39And
He said to them, "When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and
sandals, did you lack anything?" So they said, "Nothing." 36Then
He said to them, "But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and
likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and
buy one. 37 "For I say to you that this which is written
must still be accomplished in Me: 'And He was numbered with the transgressors.'
For the things concerning Me have an end." 38So they said,
"Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to them,
"It is enough." 39 Coming out, He went to the Mount of
Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him.
Psalm
144:1Blessed
be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to
fight:
Psalm
18:34 He
teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze
Nehemiah
4:14"Do
not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and
fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your
houses.... 20 "At whatever place you hear the sound of the
trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
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Luke 6:27-30 But I say unto you
which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that
curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that
smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away
thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of
thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Back to My Thoughts: Our LORD Jesus Christ
is not saying to His followers they should allow the robber, the rapist, the
killer or anyone bent on any sort of violence and harm, directed their way,
should allow the perpetrator to continue to wreak havoc over and over and over
again. NO. What Jesus is saying to the believer is to ignore personal offences,
such as insults and other types of ridicule directed their way. There is a big
difference between going to war over an insult, and going to war because the
enemy wants to destroy you.
America is now at the
tipping point. So, Church if when the time comes you are not willing to stand
with the rough men, please, please, please get out of the way, while we do the
necessary violence on your behalf.
