It just came to me to ask people a question that I answered within myself long ago. That question is a fundamental question that goes straight to the heart of personal lifestyle, attitude, and how we treat our fellow citizens. It goes directly to the respect we have for our neighbors, the authority we submit to, and the direction we would go, as well as teach our children.
The question is this:
Haven't you noticed that the people who believe that America is the Problem; that America is so wrong; that America must be radically changed to a society that is more open to and more tolerant of unearned privilege, unearned leisure, raw and animalistic sensuality, greed, laziness, and even outright criminality; that those same people are not ashamed to express disrespect, and even hatred, for people who exalt Honor and Integrity and Honesty, submission to good laws, speaking out against bad laws; that those same people are not in the slightest ashamed nor afraid to declare their hatred of Christianity and Judaism?
(there is always a “they”)
They speak with flowing words that would seem like butter and honey melting on your tongue; about liberty and choice and love. They speak of tolerance, yet they themselves are intolerant of any who will not go along with them. They have great logic in their talking points; a logic that seems so lofty and liberating. Yet, they hide the fact that to follow their path is to be made slaves of passion; brought into the bondage of undisciplined whim and addiction.
Loving your neighbor as you love yourself does not mean giving them permission to do as they please. So frequently, when you love someone, you must tell them when they are going astray. Loving God is not the Problem, it is the Answer. Promoting Morality based on Concrete Values is not the Problem, it is the Answer. America is not the Problem, it is the Answer.
ORL