Posted on 10/14/2017 11:26:30 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Ann so ti nehhgins..!
“IMHO, it will take a major crisis in their lives for these leftists to reconsider their foundations of belief.”
Their belief in their socialist/liberal religion is their purpose in life. No shaking core values.
They are as firm in their beliefs as any moslem jihadist.
There is no crisis big enough, short of the Lords return, to make them reevaluate their belief system.
“Our Government has been doing everything in their power over the past 50+ years to remove any and all potential crisis from peoples lives.”
John and Jane Citizen haven’t helped much.
Each generation wants their children to have it better/easier than they did.
I now see kids riding their bicycles up and down quiet streets in motocross gear. All because mommy and daddy are scared they might get a boo boo.
The government jumps in wherever it can to assert more control.
“God help us all.”
Our only hope.
Antifa doesn’t even jiggle the manhood meter. Metrosexuals with firepower they don’t know how to use.
The muzzies do have some training in guerilla warfare. Setting bombs and traps is their forte.
The LA Raza/MS-13 types give me concern. When/if TSHTF they will be stone cold killers.
The problem is the map.
President Zero spent 8 years getting his people scattered throughout the country.
We have to be lucky every time.
They only have to be lucky once.
They're not competing with us. They are instructing us. They're laying down the basis of what "their side" in the coming conflict will do and believe. We need to take good notes.
It is a spirit that has been operating since Ham / Canaan ⏩ Sodom... ⇉ today e.g. Zimbabwe, where they threw out the plantation owners but declined to work the land for food - result: starvation... sad, sad, sad.
It is encouraging to see much insight in this thread. Semper Fi!
ONLY on the L E F T side of the “road” and is working beautifully for us !!!
I may disagree here since most of these idiots are just going through the motions. Having no clue of the collective social destruction they are advancing. Many are just trying to get along and fall in line with the peer pressure of the latest narrative. Ultimately, they don't believe in anything because they have never taken the time to thoughtfully consider what they actually believe.
"There is no crisis big enough, short of the Lords return, to make them reevaluate their belief system."
Post-Modernism, Neo-Darwinism, Nihilism and the spirituality of Buddhism have all but removed God from consideration. All of which eliminate objective truth from the equation. This, IMHO, is where the battle will be waged.
"John and Jane Citizen haven’t helped much."
Without a doubt. The parents of young Johnny and Jane are demanding "special considerations" and have created this bubble of protection for their little snowflakes with their new found wealth and influence like never before.
"The government jumps in wherever it can to assert more control."
The "Government" jumps in to solve a problem and/or provide a solution but almost always creates another set of problems.
On one hand, I would think that a massive expansion of economic opportunities, jobs, wealth and purpose can overcome many of our social challenges, and on the other, it will create even more wealthy idle hands that will demand our government "Do Something" about all the things that annoy them in their meaningless lives.
“Ultimately, they don’t believe in anything because they have never taken the time to thoughtfully consider what they actually believe.”
Post-Modernism, Neo-Darwinism, Nihilism and the spirituality of Buddhism have all but removed God from consideration. All of which eliminate objective truth from the equation. This, IMHO, is where the battle will be waged.”
The biggest difference between my generation and the snowflakes is that the teachers, pastors and civic leaders all reinforced the ideals and beliefs taught by our parents.
God, country, family and community came first. By serving those first one ended up satisfying oneself.
Kicking God off school property was the modern liberals master stroke.
“The parents of young Johnny and Jane are demanding “special considerations” and have created this bubble of protection for their little snowflakes with their new found wealth and influence like never before.”
My dad loved coaching Little League baseball.
He eventually quit because the parents of the kids without a shred of physical ability demanded their little darlings get equal playing time, win or lose.
The last straw was when the local teams announced they would be awarding participation trophies.
He got up, walked out and never looked back.
In a sad way I am glad he isn’t here to see the present NFL fiasco.
“The “Government” jumps in to solve a problem and/or provide a solution but almost always creates another set of problems.”
The law of unintended consequences.
“Gentlemen, we have to protect our phoney baloney jobs!”
Thank you Mel Brooks.
“On one hand, I would think that a massive expansion of economic opportunities, jobs, wealth and purpose can overcome many of our social challenges, and on the other, it will create even more wealthy idle hands that will demand our government “Do Something” about all the things that annoy them in their meaningless lives.”
IMVHO more wealth won’t do it.
Our prosperity as a nation is what got us to this point.
I believe we are going to need a massive government melt down rending the government unable to satisfy anyone’s needs or wants.
As long as people can believe In government they will refuse to believe in God.
It would be tough times but eggs must be broken to make an omelette.
“On one hand, I would think that a massive expansion of economic opportunities, jobs, wealth and purpose can overcome many of our social challenges, and on the other, it will create even more wealthy idle hands that will demand our government “Do Something” about all the things that annoy them in their meaningless lives.”
IMVHO more wealth won’t do it.
Our prosperity as a nation is what got us to this point.
I believe we are going to need a massive government melt down rending the government unable to satisfy anyone’s needs or wants.
As long as people can believe In government they will refuse to believe in God.
It’s the journey toward prosperity and knowledge that teaches us, the journey that builds character, respect, honor and thoughtfulness.
There are no shortcuts.
There is something to be said about human nature. The innate desire to seek answers and explore the unknown. We are hard-wired to ask “Why”, and for some reason there are more and more people willing to accept answers from so-called experts rather than taking the time to understanding things on their own.
I would occasionally ask my liberal ex-girl, “What do you own?”, “What do YOU know to be true?”. I was verbally and at times physically attacked for just asking. At some point I would make a game of this simply for my own entertainment. I would send her into a state of cognitive dissonance just to watch her reactions. If you’ve never seen it, it can be extraordinary, the uncontrolled facial twitches and physical expression that was usually followed by wicked verbal assaults and/or a physical attack. I did this for fun.
As I stated earlier;
The battle being waged and the real war is between objective and subjective truth.
It’s not the Washington Post any more it’s Jeff Bezos blog and the reason I no longer shop at Amazon.
“It’s the journey toward prosperity and knowledge that teaches us, the journey that builds character, respect, honor and thoughtfulness.”
Very well said and very true.
In the real world people struggle, some succeed on the first try. Others fail, pick themselves up and try again.
I met a man, an engineer, who went broke five times before he succeeded.
He mortgaged everything he had, borrowed and even pawned his wife’s engagement ring. He refused to give up.
The company he founded now sells pvc pressure and sewer joints and connectors in every state and overseas.
He said the secret was learning from his failures.
When he retired he went from worker to worker handing out envelopes.
In the envelopes were personal checks for each employee.
From 6 months to 5 years employment received $1,000. Everyone employed over 5 years got $1,000 per year of employment.
His original employee was still there, he got a check for $35,000.
The reason?
“I wouldn’t have made it without you people. You deserve it.”
“The innate desire to seek answers and explore the unknown. We are hard-wired to ask “Why”, and for some reason there are more and more people willing to accept answers from so-called experts rather than taking the time to understanding things on their own.”
I think its how they are taught in school now.
I was taken out of school after 9th grade because I had to work on the farm.
My teachers always told me to read, to question and get every opinion before I made up my mind.
Kids now are so rushed in school there isn’t time for class discussion on topics.
“The book says so, so thats it.”
The teachers never learned to question because questions would lead the leftist professors to answers they want to stay away from.
“The battle being waged and the real war is between objective and subjective truth.”
Everywhere we look, MSM, politics, Hollyweird and academia subjective truth is pushed.
Going to be interesting times ahead.
In my experience liberals just double down on their nonsense when objective truth slams them in the face.
Yep, interesting times ahead.
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