Over the course of human history (evolutionary or creationist) the pattern is the same when it comes to our leaders. In the beginning the strong became the alpha male, either by defeating their foes or being the son of a leader. It might have been a cave man or the story of David, either way the strong or the smart would win.
Kings claimed that they were “god” on Earth or later divinely chosen to be king. The point is that the highest authority, the creator of the world, had a hand in picking the person that made the laws of the land. How could anyone stand up to the will of the creator?
In 1534 Henry VIII officially separated from Rome and created the Church of England. This had been preceded by Martin Luther in 1517, when he protested the Catholic churches policy of allowing “sinners” to receive salvation by purchasing it from the church.
Both of these breaks from Rome shown that the power of the former Roman empire had been replaced by men who used Christianity instead of the old Roman gods to rule its people. In the case of Martin Luther he broke away and claimed a higher power to the church. As for Henry VIII he created his own church for political purposes and to deny Rome power over his throne.
The original 13 colonies were each dominated by different religions. In fact most had state-supported religion well into the 1800’s the last being New Hampshire in 1877! The religions were different for each state and in most states it was impossible to run for public office without being a member of that church.
- Virginia, New York, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina: Anglican/Church of England
- Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire: Congregational Church
- Delaware, R.I., Georgia, Pennsylvania, N.J.: None, as long as they believe in Jesus.
Now to my point:
When you replace God or a higher power, with man, as you do in a world that promotes the reliance on government in place of your family, neighbors or church, then the government becomes the final word on what needs to be done in all aspects of your life. By believing that “smarter” people than yourself have thought about solutions to world problems, like global warming, and must have the correct answer, you allow yourself to stop thinking about those subjects and simply accept their recommendations. This is similar to the “Milgram Experiment” in which a test subject will torture others because they are obeying an authority figure. They defer to the authorities belief in right or wrong because the authority tells the subject they will take responsibility for the outcome.
Robber baron capitalism of the 19th century was cruel. It is one thing to take advantage of the growing urban populations where immigrants, southern blacks or those moving from rural communities flooded the cities creating so much labor that it was very cheap to hire, and it is another thing to make them work in such conditions as chaining people to their tables with no breaks and leading to the garment district fire of 1911 which began the rise of unions and better building regulations in New York and around the nation.
Socialism as an antithesis of capitalism, does not want to destroy the power created by capitalism, just wants to change who is in control. Change the authority figure and a whole lot of different people now run things.
Socialism has as one of its agendas the elimination of the church and God and to treat it as a story no different than the tooth fairy. To establish the government as the ultimate authority and final say on subjects and to allow for no decent, after all if the government is right, decent must be wrong. It is done by promising the weaker and poor among us their heaven on Earth. Why wait until you die, “we are the ones we have been waiting for”.
The constitution of the United States guarantee what is known as “Negative liberties” which is what the government can not infringe upon, like our right to (political) speech. This 1st generation liberty establishes things we are not compelled to do. Much like a doctor’s “do no harm”, these negative rights or liberties establish a relationship between man and government.
The socialist wants more. They want what is known as “Positive liberties”. These current “rights” like healthcare, education, social security, housing and wages were outlined in Pres. Roosevelt’s “Second bill of rights” and the foundation for most socialist movements in the U.S. today. Unlike negative rights, these compel you to act or pay for the rights of others. Ask yourself, when does another person’s “right” cost you money? Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, bear arms, not quarter soldiers, regulated search and seizure, self incrimination, held without being charged (US Citizens), speedy trial, trial by jury(might cost), cruel punishment. Those were most of the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
But they still want more, the next (3rd) generation includes, group rights, rights to natural resources, intergenerational wealth and cultural heritage. All items that could only exist by limiting your 1st gen rights and expanding the role of government in its citizen’s daily life.
Government is nothing but men and women who have their own opinions on the world but have the resources to influence the citizens to see things their way or to defer to their authority, no different than the Catholic church in the 1500 offering salvation from sin for a donation, in this case to a cause or campaign or tax, after all the Pope was God on Earth and can determine how sin is dealt with, if everything is a shade of gray then only man can decide how to deal with your sin.
If you believe in God or just in a higher truth than man, you can challenge government and men in power. If you don’t believe in God, than all you can ever say is that it is just a matter of opinion, or a shade of gray in how the world works and then it is just a matter of power coming to those willing to use the barrel of a gun. Sometimes you get our country, but most of the time you get, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Kim Jung Il (Progressives, Socialists, spread the wealth types)
Whether you believe in God, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha or an atheist, you must believe in a higher truth to the universe, that men are corruptible and ultimate power corrupts all. It is only when we act in our families, neighbors and local communities best interest do we see that power must flow from the bottom up and not the top down. Socialism always lies and says that they are helping the lowest among us, and that we must give up equal opportunity, which they don’t believe in, for equal outcome, which is impossible to create as we are all different.
It does not matter if it is the biggest caveman, or a Hitler willing to kill to grab power. You must take personal responsibility for your actions in order to preserve the liberties of everyone. If you believe you can take the property of others, either by eminent domain or taxes, for your rights, then you already live in totalitarian country and will have no security and no liberties.
Chris Mendelsohn © 2010
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