However, all this notwithstanding, Western Civilization is the greatest accumulation of wisdom ever to grace the earth. The concepts of human rights, liberty, equality, the pursuit of happiness, equal protection under the law, constitutional government, representative government, and so much more are gifts from God. Western Civilization is worth defending and preserving, despite the way it is perverted by some people.
By contrast, the benighted and misguided beliefs of fanatical Islamists cannot compare to Western Civilization. The hideous and barbaric shariah cannot be compared to the law that has evolved in the Western Republics. The tyrranical, talibanesque Islamic theocracies cannot be compared to Western nations. The West has rid the world of smallpox; fanatical Islam threatens to reintroduce it.
Yes. God is with us.
However, there is a caveat. "Liberalism", which is decadence and which is responsible for the sleaze and evil that have perverted much in the West, is the greatest threat to Western Civilization, greater than any foreign enemy. In fact, it is the enabler of foreign enemies. If it were not for "Liberalism", the United States would not have been perceived as decadent and weak; America's enemies would not therefore have been tempted to act; and the September 11 attack would not have occurred.
If the United States remains resolute and if the American people return to the values that made the U.S. the greatest nation the world has ever known, no foreign enemy can destroy us.
If the American people allow "Liberalism" to control them, the United States will fall because of corruption within.
Yes, human wisdom which is opposed to God. God said, "I will frustrate the wisdom of the wise." Man's wisdom is worldly and corrupt.
The concepts of human rights, liberty, equality, the pursuit of happiness, equal protection under the law, constitutional government, representative government, and so much more are gifts from God.
True, and we have abused them and ignored them as evidenced by 40 million dead babies (where is their right to life - so much for that right!) Our leaders today do not recognize God as the giver of these rights (with a few exceptions). Their minds are corrupted and they are blind to the truth. America has trampled on these God-given rights and gifts. Our republic is being transformed into an oligarchy or worse.
By contrast, the benighted and misguided beliefs of fanatical Islamists cannot compare to Western Civilization.
I agree. So why is Bush calling it a religion of peace? hmm? Our govt is so politically correct, it can't see the nose in front of its face, let alone recognize the fact that islam is a satanic warlike religion and that the terrorists are the TRUE followers of Islam!
Yes. God is with us.
Where is the evidence for this? Could 911 be a warning from God to turn from our wicked ways or suffer the consequences? I don't see anything changing, do you? If anything, the attacks on goodness and decency continue unabated, and most people are brain-dead from their own pleasure seeking lifestyle. America could very well be under judgment right now. In many ways, our culture is WORSE than islam (hard to admit isn't it?) - they don't kill their unborn babies and they don't propagate filth, and they don't legitimize homosexuality (remember Sodom?), and teach their children that moral relativism is the best ethical system. The wages of sin is death. If God does not destroy America, it can only be because he is withholding final judgment because America's iniquity is not at its fullest yet. But just wait, evil is progressive, and America is on a downward moral spiral. God waited 400 years to judge the Canaanites, so if He withholds judgment now, do NOT take that as a sign that God has turned a blind eye to the evil in America. America today is NOTHING like the America of 1800. There is no resemblance.
If the United States remains resolute and if the American people return to the values that made the U.S. the greatest nation the world has ever known, no foreign enemy can destroy us.
That's an awful big "if". I do not expect America to return to good values. Why should they? Sin is pleasurable! Only a massive sweeping Christian revival will save America.