The kingdom of darkness exists in the hearts and souls of mankind.
It always has.
We are either given the tools and weapons we need to wage that battle within ourselves by our parents, or we are not.
It matters a great deal what morals and beliefs they instill in us. It matters if parents take their children to church. It matters if children believe in God, and it matters if children believe that they will be held accountable for actions taken in life after death.
These belief systems are formed at an early age, and they may also be forgotten during tumultuous years, but they will return.
It matters if men and women can govern themselves when no one else is looking. Knowing the difference between right and wrong matters.
If one looks at our society, one can see that all of those tools and structures are being systematically removed by evil people who want the results that are now clearly visible.
I’m not sure how this can be remedied, because the people that lived this way have died, are dying, and will die, and they are being replaced in large numbers by people who believe in what appears to be the Seven Deadly Sins.
I’m not a religious person, but I know of no other way to frame this.
In God we trust no longer applies to this country.
The motto of America should be:
In lies we trust.
I was just watching NCIS. Ducky ‘s protege asked the difference between ethics and morals. Ducky responded, “An ethical man knows it is wrong to cheat on his wife. A moral man will not cheat on his wife.”
Teaching right and wrong is a beginning. But The
Law is only to teach us we are incapable of living righteously. It is designed to lead us to a relationship with the One who can live such a life in us.
We should start with how we educate our children.
We should start by shutting down the government owned and run godless, socialist-entitlement, single-payer, prison-like, and compulsory-use schools.
In lies we trust”...
Your post was excellent in so many ways..Thank you...
I have come to believe that widespread drug use may be rampant in our government and in the institutions that govern us..I believe those substances are key in the release of that inherent evil which lurks inside human beings. Just consider the unreal arrogance, the need to divide, to hate, to envy, to license stealing through the tax code, to punish good and reward evil..I would love to see the President, Vice President, all the Presidental advisers and staff, all members of Congress and all top bureaucrats drug tested on a regular basis. In addition, I would likewise want the Major News Media drug tested on a regular basis..Drug use and addiction produces the narcissism we see today..I have not seen narcissistic behavior this rampant in our governing bodies ever before.The bold and cocksure attitudes we see in so many are just not natural.