No God = No America

The assault on removing God from American life is in full force. We see headlines almost weekly about lawsuits or court judgments made in the name of separation of church and state that seek to remove any religious references from governmental entities. We are all familiar with the move afoot to remove the phrase "In God We Trust" from our money and courtrooms.

But there are unintended consequences to this secularization of America. God, the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is foundational to our country and our liberties. Our Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Wow, that says a lot in just two sentences.

First off, all of the stuff mentioned in the two sentences is "self-evident". In other words, obvious even to the most stupid of us. Case closed on that one. Thank you Captain Obvious.

Second, we are all created equal. No argument there.

Third, our Creator (God as described above and this is evident from the writings of our founding fathers) has imbued us with "unalienablke rights" (ones that cannot be removed by any means) that include (but are not limited to) life (don't get me started on how this affects the abortion debate), liberty (we are all inherently free) and the pursuit of hapiness (God says, "Go for it!", pursue your dreams). So God grants us these rights, not man, not the government.

Lastly, but not leastly, the government is created by man deriving it's power from the people. God grants the power to the people, people grant it to the government. So, who's in charge? God, then the people, then the government. Now how do you reconcile secularization with the fact that God, Himself, is ultimately in charge of this country? No can do!

You see, there can never be an atheistic America. Can't happen. Our freedom is based upon inherent qualities created in us by God. No God, no freedom. No God, no America.

Now this creates a MAJOR problem for Atheists. If you do not believe the grantor of your unalienable rights exists, then how can you have any? Very serious problem. In fact, how can you support such a notion in the first place? It presumes the presence and existence of God which is the precise antithesis of the atheists belief system. I contend that atheists CANNOT be Americans because they fundamentally reject the idea of God and therefore reject the idea that he has granted us "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". I understand France is lovely this time of year. The atheists should be quite at home there.

Back to my premise. As you can see, in order for there to be an America, there must exist a Creator who established the foundational pillars of this country and our governmental system.

Today, we are constantly assaulted by minority factions who would seek to remove God from our life and government. This assault cannot be sustained without doing major harm to our country. Our Congress should fundamentally reject all legislation restricting the use of God or Jesus in government settings. If there are those among us who are offended by that, then they are offended by the idea of America in general and need to find somewhere else to live.

We get our sense of right and wrong from the laws that God gave to Moses. Our civil laws are based upon these Divine revelations. God is the source of all of our legal system.

This secularization of America needs to be stopped now. We as a people need to rise up and take back our power from Congress. It is our right and our duty according to the Declaration of Independence. Throw out the arrogant elitists who are currently seated in Congress and replace them with normal, hard-working, moral, humble, God-fearing Americans.

The year 2010 is the time to do this. All 435 Congressional seats are being elected. Rise up. Run for office, help with electing Tea Party supporting candidates in your Congressional district. Become involved and do not let an atheistic minority destroy our country and our freedoms. Remember, the only place to go from were we are now is to a Marxist Dictatorship where the government owns and controls everything including your life. Stop Universal Health Care, Cap and Trade and any other hairbrained idea that Mr. Marxist Obama and his Chicago thugs come up with.

2010 is the year to begin restoring God to His rightful place as Creator and ultimate founder of America. God bless America.

Freedom or Slavery: A Fish Story

There is an old adage that goes like this: You give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. But teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. Thus you have the essential difference between communism/socialism/Marxism/progressivism and a capitalistic free market economy.

Marxists (progressives uncloaked) are the people who want to give everyone everything. Let the government provide for you is their philosophy under the guise of sharing the wealth. They would have you be dependent on a big government for your needs. There is only one problem with this. Dependence is the equivalent of slavery. Just as debt makes you beholding to the lender and a slave to him, dependency on government for essential needs creates a form of slavery. You are not free to do as you wish. You are beholding to the government and therefore under their control. This is slavery, pure and simple. Just look at our welfare system and how it has enslaved the poor and uneducated. This form of slavery also fosters crime since people have nothing meaningful to occupy their time.

So are Marxists/communists really interested in the good of all people as they claim? No, they are interested in maintaining power through dependency and slavery and ignorance. True altruism is when you do something for someone that they are incapable of doing for themselves without expecting anything in return. Marxists and communists and socialists are NOT altruistic. Nor can you find a place on this planet where these political/social/economic philosophies function in a truly free society. They create waste, corruption and bureaucracy.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Continue giving that man a fish each day and make him dependent on you so you can control him. This is their philosophy.

But with a free market system comes freedom. Teach someone how to care for himself and you create a useful member of society. They pull their own weight and are industrious and happy. They tend not to be criminals because they have meaningful work to do. They have no time for the sloth that breeds the criminal mind. This is what America was founded on.

But what of the indigent and unfortunate among us? Those that cannot care for themselves. What of them? Well, this is where charity comes in. Charity should not be provided by the government. Charity is the realm of private organizations like the Red Cross and the churches. People of faith need to have an opportunity to be charitable to their neighbors. When the government steps into this role, it robs all people of faith of an opportunity to increase their faith through charitable acts. People who are dependent on the government do not participate in charitable acts. They have no time nor inclination to do so. They themselves are needy. People engaged in working in a free market system, on the other hand, usually have more then enough to share with those who have nothing. Charity is the means through which individual redistribution of wealth can take place in a voluntary manner. All churches should be preaching of the obligation of those who have to be generous to those who do not have due to no fault of their own.

So, you see, a free market economy (capitalism) is all about freedom. Marxism, communism and socialism are all about enslavement.

As I recall, we outlawed slavery in this country quite a while back. I would say that settles why we cannot have this Health Care Bill or any of the other socialistic, Marxist legislation our president and the progressives are trying to get passed in Congress. In order for us to remain a free nation, we must embrace and promote our capitalistic system. We must reject any philosophy or legislation that would be a handout. We must only deal in enabling people to work and learn to fish for a lifetime.

Goodnight, America. May God richly bless your work.

-Doug Cochran