"despite the axiom coined by Bulwer-Lytton, the SWORD is the mightier implement."
Which is mightier, the swords of Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Mao, Minh, Pot and Castro--or the pen of Marx, which crystalized lies and selfish opportunity into a package usable by less-academic tyrants?
And what Book do they all fear and try to outlaw or burn because it exposes their lies?
And in what country or countries are comrades-at-heart of Marx using pens to make 'illegal' that Book and preaching from it--and using pens to require 'registering' and then 'licensing' and then 'confiscations' of modern swords?
"The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices." -- C. S. Lewis
Truly the battle is for the mind; the body follows.
And I like the freedom to have BOTH Bibles and guns. We need one to protect the other, at time, it would seem.
"Lord, as in the days of Job and the days of Noah, please have mercy on America, there are still a few who seek to be righteous"
Come see the posts I've added.
2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Thank you so much for your excellent post!
Important "of course!" after-thought:
The Word of God (the PEN) is also referred to as the mighty Sword of the Lord....
A/2 -- relevant scripture in #248, thanks for posting.
If you'll look among the ping lists, there is one for Civil War II... while such a thing is that last misery I would like for this country, it is well to keep advised of trends.
A great problem we have is that the Left has become unhinged- or at least, the people who are cited as representative of them are.
It used to be you could argue the basic More/Less Government positions, and when it settled, still be civil or even friends with them, but since the Clinton infestation in politics, that is no longer possible.
It's all about seizing power via any means, including outright lying, slandering opponents to weaken them, and repeating meme's and talking points ( however baseless & fact-free ) until enough voters are swayed.
The Other Side is still replaying "we wuz robbed" about both the 2000 & 2004 elections- do you recall any such nonsense ( besides momentary ) from us in 1992 or 1996? No.
You cannot debate with fanatics, and this worries me.
Or, let me place it in another context-- I've been a citizen-activist since Goldwater, and sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose-- you go on, and try better the next time.
But people who cannot believe, or accept, a loss-- combined with the politics of personal destruction-- trouble me.
I suspect if they ever get into power again, they'll never leave.
( You know, like the Clintons...)
Yet, you also know, our side will eventually lose, and having any party permanently ascendant is a bad thing, too.