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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Thank you, Arthur, for a thoughtful analysis of two disparate evils which afflict our nation.

The first, the corruption of the NEA and the propagation of evil by that organization, I see as a snake eating it's own tail. It's a big snake, but eventually it will consume itself.
I think we have to look at the mechanism of human psyche which brought this evil into being:
Without God, we humans get bored very easily.
God's people can sit in a field, pull apart a wild flower blossom and be awed and amazed at the subtle blend of colors and the delicate yet stable construction of each petal, all the while recognizing it as a wondrous creation of God.
Those without God never see the wildflowers except as an obstruction to their view.
These people are titillated by hedonistic desires which have nothing to do with God's creation.
The problem with hedonism is that, unlike the appreciation of the wildflower, it must be constantly refueled with newer and more exaggerated mental and physical pleasures.
Eventually the fuel supply runs dry, and nothing satisfies the craving.
Only God can supply us with a new and exciting life every minute of every day because His pleasures are eternal.

Abortion in any form causes a deep anguish that penetrates to my soul, and my recent and ongoing experiences with the little miracle named Logan intensified those feelings to an almost unbearable degree.
I would gladly give up my life to stop the abortion of one baby.
I believe the place to start turning around this madness is in the kindergartens and grade schools of this nation.
Every day our children go to public schools they are assailed with the liberal ideas which brought this travesty into being.
Parents must get involved in their children's school lives, and they must voice their opinions in the selection of educational materials from which our children learn.
By the time our children go away to a college or university they have already been brain washed to the point of acceptance unless they have a very strong Christian family unit for guidance. Most children don't have that.

As I said before and I fully believe, there is a division taking place in our nation today.
While we Christians occupy ourselves with the immediate problem of liberal, baby murdering judges, Satan is occupying the minds of our children.
When the wheat is separated from the chaff, let's make sure our children don't wind up in the chaff heap.

7 posted on 11/23/2003 1:05:25 PM PST by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: TexasCowboy
Is evil real? Most people want to dismiss evil as a fairy tale, but what happened in the United States on 9/11 was an example of evil. The sniper incident last year that held the entire Washington DC area in terror for 3 weeks was an example of evil. The tens of thousands of babies aborted each day worldwide is an example of evil. Men and women around the world who plot to kill other people for whatever reason are an example of evil. EVIL IS NOT A FANTASY...IT IS REAL...IT IS A SAD PART OF THE HUMAN EXISTENCE!!!

First, understand that God is NOT the author of evil. Evil stems from the rebellious hearts of man. Man has to make choices throughout each day, to either obey God, or rebel against Him. Evil is a manifestation of that rebellion. Those who choose to follow God, make choices that build people up, advance the cause of God on this earth, are positive. Those who choose to reject God, make choices that destroy people, oppose the plan of God for this world, and are negative. To be blunt, those who follow God are good, those who choose to reject God are evil. This may sound harsh, but evil can ONLY come from those who are in rebellion to, and reject God!

Satan is the embodiment of evil. He rejected God and was cast out of Heaven, and his entire purpose is to oppose the work of God. Satan is the poster boy for rebellion against God/evil! The simple fact is that any time that you rebel against God in your life, any time that you reject His way, you contribute to the evil that is in this world. Evil ONLY EXISTS because of the rebellious hearts of man. As hard as this may be to accept, the fact is, every time that you reject God, every time that you choose to ignore God, YOU ARE SIDING WITH SATAN AND ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EVIL THAT IS IN THIS WORLD!

Society has tried to down play the existence of evil in our world. The way our society tries to make every excuse in the book to call evil anything but what it truly is....EVIL! The point I want you to understand today is that every time that you rebel against God, every time that you choose to reject God and not follow His way, YOU are contributing to the evil that is in this world.

The good news is this. The Bible tells us that in the end, God will wipe our ALL evil from this world. It will no longer be part of this existence. But until this time, we have a responsibility as His children to not only fight against the evil that exists, but to not contribute to it through the choices that we make each day. God is greater than evil, and one day, very soon, He will wipe evil away!!!

9 posted on 11/23/2003 1:27:56 PM PST by Gone_Postal
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