The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
While I was in church today, learning about Christ’s love and mission to bring his Kingdom to earth, the evil US government took action directly opposed to Christ’s message of love and tolerance.
Sorry for going political here, but I really have to get this off my chest. I truly see the original intent of the US Government as being one which allows the advancement of the Kingdom of God, because it promoted basic human rights (the fundamental basis for religious and/or moral expression). I do NOT believe that the US is a Christian nation, but that rather, on paper, it is the perfect government for the advancement of Christ’s mission. We have however fallen so far away from the original intent that it would be virtually unrecognizable to the founding fathers.
For the record, I voted for Bush twice. I thought (and still think) that Al Gore was an idiot in the 2000 election, and in 2004 I admit I was emotionally and irrationally caught up in revenge and a spirit of intolerance that many of us were both the victims and purveyors of.
Now we have gone too far. Our government, while corrupt for a long time, is over-stepping the bounds even us (now) authority-loving Americans can tolerate. The retaliation against Afghanistan was just. The war in Iraq evil and wrong. Now we attack Syria, and continue to antagonize Pakistan (don’t they both have nuclear weapons programs?).
Please dear reader who’s intellect I respect, expect and depend on, check out the following links:
This revolutionary document contains lines like “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government” and “when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” One of the authors of the document was quoted as saying “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.” The author in question is the revolutionary Thomas Jefferson, and the document is The American Declaration of Independence.
The second document is almost as old, and contains strict rules for the US Government. Most people have never read it, and as such have no idea what rights it grants them. According to this document, the lucky citizens of the mythical nation that adhere to it don’t have to let police search them without cause, or open their doors for anyone. They have the right to arm themselves in the case they should need to overthrow the government or fight an attacking army. They even have the right to say whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want. They are innocent until proven guilty too! I want to live in the country that wrote and adopted the US Constitution!
Finally, not as old but just as important, there is another revolutionary document almost none of you have probably read, but you ABSOLUTELY MUST! It is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was written by these crazy hippies called the United Nations, and these peace-sign flashing liberals signed it into “law” in 1948. It’s older than almost everybody with a working Internet connection. There’s a beautiful video summary below, for those of us who don’t like reading intensely long documents on the computer screen (I’m with you there!). For those of you who may be visually impaired, I apologize for not having a transcript for the said video, but the text is contained in the aforementioned link:
America, I love you. Please be the nation you promised us you could be. Switzerland is far away from here, and they probably won’t take me anyway.
by Lach