Just keep in mind that the agnostic or atheistic right may walk among us.
:)
Where we go one, we go all.
Bagster
Thanks RN. This is an important post.
Those without the spiritual truth and life as found in the Word of God are always seeking “truth” from personal “experience.” If that experience is deliberately contradictory or insane, they will of course be susceptible to believing the wildest falsehood. This would help to explain why the agnostic or atheistic left ends up with such insane ideas ... ideas invariably grounded in death (e.g., abortion, depopulation, destruction of individual freedom, attacks on family; and, endless “activism” arrayed against the fabric of society which support our economic and cultural existence such as energy utilization, classical education, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, nationhood and the rule of law).
I’ve noticed how Praying Medic and JustInformed Talk are very much Christian. It’s a strong under current in the movement and I am pleased.
The Alice in Wonderland content has me looking around with new eyes at things that always seemed “off” in some definable way.
Re Your: “Those without the spiritual truth and life as found in the Word of God are always seeking “truth” from personal “experience.” If that experience is deliberately contradictory or insane, they will of course be susceptible to believing the wildest falsehood.”
I’ve known Christians who were susceptible too, so I’m guessing it’s part of the human condition. I agree with your assessment of the left as having disproportionate numbers of insane ideas. Perhaps it’s because in addition to appealing to some people who honestly don’t have a spiritual faith, the left also appeals to those who will grasp any idea or cudgel to use for the purpose of destroying the faith of others.
I am thinking now of Christian friends who were embarrassed for me because I did not support Obama. I also recall the close Christian friend who returned home from her church excited, saying that she was overjoyed that she would not have to “read through all those ballot measure or decided on candidates” because her pastor distributed a document indicating the “correct” way to vote on each. We ask God for insight, but do we always listen or obey? I admit I have weaknesses there. :)
I am profoundly grateful to God for the blessings, and even miracles, that He has given me, but while I won’t wander off, I sometimes wander in circles. :)
Among those I know and love, I am often said to be a “creative person” (imagine the polite ‘air quotes’ gesture they make when saying that) so that my atheist loved ones tend to regard me as “out there.” My atheist friend Jeff is innately a more logic-based person than I can claim to be. And here on FR, we have atheist FReepers who would never think of “drinking the koolaid” the left thrives on.
This “Alice in Wonderland” technique has me wondering if perhaps the DS has been traumatizing and indoctrinating our society and collected those who are most traumatized/easily directed by others into a “Democrat Party” to use as foot soldiers.
I make no excuse for those who choose leftist lies of their own free will. Those I think, are utterly self-serving. But there are decent people among them, trying to prove they are open-minded or assuaging some kind of guilt etc. or they believed what they were told about the right. As Q notes, the current war between good and evil is not a Democrat or Republican issue, it is a matter of whether one is awake or not.
Just keep in mind that the agnostic or atheistic right may walk among us.
:)
Where we go one, we go all.
Bagster