Friday, April 26, 2013
Brother
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Thoughts on 'The Least'
Matthew 25:31-46
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates sheep from goats.
The ‘sheep’ he will place at his right hand and the ‘goats’ at his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take your inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you made me your guest, I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’
Then the people who have done what God wants will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them? When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’
The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!’
“Then he will also speak to those on his left, saying, ‘Get away from me, you who are cursed! Go off into the fire prepared for the Adversary and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave me no food, thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, a stranger and you did not welcome me, needing clothes and you did not give them to me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
Then they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, a stranger, needing clothes, sick or in prison, and not take care of you?’
And he will answer them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you refused to do it for the least important of these people, you refused to do it for me!’
They will go off to eternal punishment, but those who have done what God wants will go to eternal life.”
The U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2012 compiled some statistics on the homeless and hungry in America.
According to the 2010 Census there were 114,800,00 households in the United States. The survey taken by the Mayors found that 14.9% of households were food insecure. The current household size is 2.59 persons or 44 million persons will go to bed hungry tonight.
The same survey found that there are 633,000 homeless in the United States. To put this in perspective, the city of Boston has a population of 625,087 as of the 2010 Census.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the agency tasked with tracking offenders in the U.S., in 2011 there were 6,977,700 inmates incarcerated in the U.S. This makes our prisons the second largest city in the United States almost twice as large as Los Angeles.
Upon further review we find, just like the prophet Elijah, that the voice of God is not in the wind, earthquake or fire of public demonstration but He speaks with a still small voice that says, "I am hungry, I am homeless, I am naked, I am imprisoned. I am the least of these."
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Collectivism vs the Individual
I wish I could take credit for the following but I cannot. I do, however, agree with its content. It is from this website:
http://www.chicksontheright.com/posts/item/23792-unexpected-guest-post-from-at
Think about it while the thought police still can't find you.
The true evil that has to be defeated is ideological, and its name is Collectivism - along with its twin brother Statism. Those two things should be on your mind EVERY SINGLE TIME you start going at it with a liberal (or even a moderate/independent). Has anyone here noticed it's always what I'M talking about? Collectivism is the backbone of their entire ideology. EACH AND EVERY VIEW THEY HOLD is ultimately derived from it. You take ANYTHING a liberal says, and when you strip it down to brass tacks it is UNILATERALLY nothing more than pure Collectivism.
But here's the dirty little naked secret they don't want to admit:
Collectivism is bullsh*t. Never mind the fact that, eventually, it LITERALLY kills the people who practice it - it simply doesn't work in any way, shape, or form. It is inherently flawed. Why? Because it denies The Self as the highest moral value and highest moral priority. And the thing about The Self? It is from where EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTS as a human being is derived. That's WHY societies that hold sacred The Individual are always the most free (AND the most prosperous). Because they're a society built around the inherent rights of the Individual.
But Collectivism builds itself around the rights of "the collective." (Which, you'll note, is a term that NO self-proclaimed collectivist has EVER been able to specifically define.) As a result, it ALWAYS, ALWAYS, proves itself a SELF-destructive ideology - preferring instead to value The Community over The Self.
That, my friends, is a direct flight to suicide. Or, more likely, your murder. At the hands of The Collective. Usually at the behest of their representative, The State. And, of course, this is easily proved by looking at their rationale for ANY argument. You ever notice how it's almost unilaterally an argument that relies on the notion of "the greater good?"
"The greater good," in their minds, meaning (of course) "everyone except you - the individual." Think about it. Pick your liberal argument.
Health care. They want it nationalized and freely provided. People need to be taken care of - it's for the greater good. Problem is, health care isn't free. Somebody's got to pay for it. Guess who. The person who already affords it for himself and his family, and resents the hell out of providing it for everyone else. The individual
Guns. You have them. They don't want you to have them. They're dangerous. It's for everyone's safety, they claim - the greater good. Guess who, not only has to give up his property, but also has to leave himself at the mercy of the State's protection. The individual.
Abortion. It's wrong. It's the intentional killing of an in utero human being. They don't care. They don't want to be inconvenienced by the burdens that are the consequences of their own actions. Abortion frees them of that inconvenience, those consequences - it's for the greater good. Who suffers? About 1400 Individuals per day, 120K per year. (Incidentally, this is also probably the best example of Collectivism's murderous means to reach their Collectivist ends.)
Collectivism is anathema to a free society. But, of course, Collectivists - though they're remiss to admit it - don't actually WANT to be free. They want to be subjects (if not outright slaves). They want to be ruled. They want to have their livelihoods provided for them. They want people to tell them what to do, what to eat, what to drive, what to read, to whom to listen, how to live, how to think. You know why Collectivists hate Rights? Because Rights come with personal responsibility and accountability. And personal responsibility and accountability are EXACTLY what Collectivists do not want. Because responsibility and accountability are Individual concepts. Collectivists want to rely on the collective - where everyone and no one is responsible and accountable for everything at all times. Collectivists want a life free of responsibility, and thus, devoid of Rights.'
Why do you think that every single thing a Collectivist says and does, every effort they make on a political scale, is an effort to and geared to LIMIT or REMOVE the Individual's rights? Look at it closely sometime. It's everything for which they stand. Take ANYTHING they're going on about, and look at it closely. Every single time, you'll find that it's an effort to deprive people's rights. Every. Single. Time.
Take any liberal, take any Democrat - from Barack Obama to his bleating mindless sheep that are the "99%". Take any socialist, populist, communist, marxist position - take any person holding them - and take them apart. Every single time, it's Collectivism.
Bill Whittle knows it. I've known it (and said it) for years. Collectivism is the backbone of their ideology. It is the spine that we, as Individuals, must CONSTANTLY be engaged in an effort to rip from their bodies and break across our knees. Or, if you prefer, to let it take its natural course and do your best to endure its inevitable fallout. Either way, the result is the same.
Collectivism DOESN'T work. It NEVER will. And let me tell you something else. If YOU are and truly recognize yourself as an Individual, and not part of some amorphous, undefined "collective" - then, I kid you not, ANY AND EVERY Collectivist (whether self-proclaimed or through his actions) is your mortal enemy. Make no mistake - he is either trying to subjugate you, enslave you, or outright kill you.
I wish that I could advocate that we find them and take them out - but the creed of the Individual does not permit that. What it DOES permit, however, is the RIGHT of self-defense and the FREEDOM of individual thought and speech. To defend, with extreme prejudice, against those who would come to take our rights; to use our mind and to use our words to break the spines of the Collectivists in the world.
I've done it before. I have literally broken men on an ideological level, to the point where they've either come around to reality (if they have integrity) or to where they can no longer look at themselves in the mirror without knowing they're frauds (if they lack integrity).
You can do it too - but only if you're an Individual. The Individual is sovereign. The Collectivist will always be a subject to someone, and trying to make you the same.
So DO it. Break them. Attack them at their core. Rip out their spines, and break them. On an ideological level. ALWAYS attack them on an ideological level. Every time. And don’t let up.
Because the ideology is what must be defeated.
http://www.chicksontheright.com/posts/item/23792-unexpected-guest-post-from-at
Think about it while the thought police still can't find you.
The true evil that has to be defeated is ideological, and its name is Collectivism - along with its twin brother Statism. Those two things should be on your mind EVERY SINGLE TIME you start going at it with a liberal (or even a moderate/independent). Has anyone here noticed it's always what I'M talking about? Collectivism is the backbone of their entire ideology. EACH AND EVERY VIEW THEY HOLD is ultimately derived from it. You take ANYTHING a liberal says, and when you strip it down to brass tacks it is UNILATERALLY nothing more than pure Collectivism.
But here's the dirty little naked secret they don't want to admit:
Collectivism is bullsh*t. Never mind the fact that, eventually, it LITERALLY kills the people who practice it - it simply doesn't work in any way, shape, or form. It is inherently flawed. Why? Because it denies The Self as the highest moral value and highest moral priority. And the thing about The Self? It is from where EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTS as a human being is derived. That's WHY societies that hold sacred The Individual are always the most free (AND the most prosperous). Because they're a society built around the inherent rights of the Individual.
But Collectivism builds itself around the rights of "the collective." (Which, you'll note, is a term that NO self-proclaimed collectivist has EVER been able to specifically define.) As a result, it ALWAYS, ALWAYS, proves itself a SELF-destructive ideology - preferring instead to value The Community over The Self.
That, my friends, is a direct flight to suicide. Or, more likely, your murder. At the hands of The Collective. Usually at the behest of their representative, The State. And, of course, this is easily proved by looking at their rationale for ANY argument. You ever notice how it's almost unilaterally an argument that relies on the notion of "the greater good?"
"The greater good," in their minds, meaning (of course) "everyone except you - the individual." Think about it. Pick your liberal argument.
Health care. They want it nationalized and freely provided. People need to be taken care of - it's for the greater good. Problem is, health care isn't free. Somebody's got to pay for it. Guess who. The person who already affords it for himself and his family, and resents the hell out of providing it for everyone else. The individual
Guns. You have them. They don't want you to have them. They're dangerous. It's for everyone's safety, they claim - the greater good. Guess who, not only has to give up his property, but also has to leave himself at the mercy of the State's protection. The individual.
Abortion. It's wrong. It's the intentional killing of an in utero human being. They don't care. They don't want to be inconvenienced by the burdens that are the consequences of their own actions. Abortion frees them of that inconvenience, those consequences - it's for the greater good. Who suffers? About 1400 Individuals per day, 120K per year. (Incidentally, this is also probably the best example of Collectivism's murderous means to reach their Collectivist ends.)
Collectivism is anathema to a free society. But, of course, Collectivists - though they're remiss to admit it - don't actually WANT to be free. They want to be subjects (if not outright slaves). They want to be ruled. They want to have their livelihoods provided for them. They want people to tell them what to do, what to eat, what to drive, what to read, to whom to listen, how to live, how to think. You know why Collectivists hate Rights? Because Rights come with personal responsibility and accountability. And personal responsibility and accountability are EXACTLY what Collectivists do not want. Because responsibility and accountability are Individual concepts. Collectivists want to rely on the collective - where everyone and no one is responsible and accountable for everything at all times. Collectivists want a life free of responsibility, and thus, devoid of Rights.'
Why do you think that every single thing a Collectivist says and does, every effort they make on a political scale, is an effort to and geared to LIMIT or REMOVE the Individual's rights? Look at it closely sometime. It's everything for which they stand. Take ANYTHING they're going on about, and look at it closely. Every single time, you'll find that it's an effort to deprive people's rights. Every. Single. Time.
Take any liberal, take any Democrat - from Barack Obama to his bleating mindless sheep that are the "99%". Take any socialist, populist, communist, marxist position - take any person holding them - and take them apart. Every single time, it's Collectivism.
Bill Whittle knows it. I've known it (and said it) for years. Collectivism is the backbone of their ideology. It is the spine that we, as Individuals, must CONSTANTLY be engaged in an effort to rip from their bodies and break across our knees. Or, if you prefer, to let it take its natural course and do your best to endure its inevitable fallout. Either way, the result is the same.
Collectivism DOESN'T work. It NEVER will. And let me tell you something else. If YOU are and truly recognize yourself as an Individual, and not part of some amorphous, undefined "collective" - then, I kid you not, ANY AND EVERY Collectivist (whether self-proclaimed or through his actions) is your mortal enemy. Make no mistake - he is either trying to subjugate you, enslave you, or outright kill you.
I wish that I could advocate that we find them and take them out - but the creed of the Individual does not permit that. What it DOES permit, however, is the RIGHT of self-defense and the FREEDOM of individual thought and speech. To defend, with extreme prejudice, against those who would come to take our rights; to use our mind and to use our words to break the spines of the Collectivists in the world.
I've done it before. I have literally broken men on an ideological level, to the point where they've either come around to reality (if they have integrity) or to where they can no longer look at themselves in the mirror without knowing they're frauds (if they lack integrity).
You can do it too - but only if you're an Individual. The Individual is sovereign. The Collectivist will always be a subject to someone, and trying to make you the same.
So DO it. Break them. Attack them at their core. Rip out their spines, and break them. On an ideological level. ALWAYS attack them on an ideological level. Every time. And don’t let up.
Because the ideology is what must be defeated.
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