The Freedom We Once Assumed are Disappearing
I am deeply distressed over the direction our nation is taking. The political solutions that we thought would rescue our nation from its moral and spiritual free-fall have had scant effect.
We are learning that the problem is deeper than we thought. Thus the solution itself must be deeper also.
It is said that after God died in the 19th century man died in the 20th century for when God is dead man becomes an untamed beast.
Some would compare the church in the United States today as in the church in Nazi Germany. I believe we should study the Nazi era, to learn all we can about our present struggles as the church in America. And as we shall see, in doing so we might be preparing ourselves for our own impending future. There are signs that we would wake up one day and discover that our freedoms we once knew are gone. That day is here.
One does not have to be a prophet to see that dark days are coming to the United States. There are signs of the freedoms we once assumed were ours are disappearing. Hitler did not discourage people from attending church. He was a Catholic but had long since abandoned his faith but he did not mind if others continue to attend church as long as it did not affect the way they lived or the value they had in fact he explicitly said that he would not interfere with a specific doctrine of the church, just as long as the churches we're teaching those things that were in harmony with the good of the German people. He called this “Positive Christianity”.
Germans for centuries celebrated Christmas and Easter Hitler had to reinterpret the meaning. Christmas was turned into a totally pagan festival. In fact, at least for the SS Troops, its date was changed to December 21 that date of the winter solstice. School prayers were band and carols and nativity plays were forbidden in the schools and in 1938 even the name of Christmas was changed to Yuletide, Crucifixes were eliminated from classrooms. Easter was turned into a holiday that heralded the arrival of spring. If religion was tolerated it had to be secularized so that it would be comparable of the state’s commitment to the greater good of a revived Germany. Most of the church bowed to the culture currents and endorsed the “Positive Christianity” that was in line with the government policies. We can see that happening right now and we are currently headed in that direction here in the United States.
Obama holds a fascination because his arrival as President enjoyed widespread support. People were looking for change; never in history has a person been so well liked. He has that rare gift that motivates people.
Isn’t a shame? For all are great exploits discoveries and inventions and successes. We human still find ourselves unable to build a lasting peace among our neighbors in the world. Ways is that? What keeps us constantly embroiled in warfare, violence and unrest divided by race, class and gender? Why does hope seem to be so elusive?
Take a look around , watch the news on television, listen to news brief on the radio, read a newspaper, or go online to search and news and the result is the same. Whatever you are reading, listening to, or watching, you are certain to be bombarded with reports that tell you that our world is crumbling beneath the weight of financial downturns, war, terrorism, bloodshed, violence, government and corporate corruption, poverty, genocide, homicide, suicide, racial and ethnic divisions, and global warming. All of these maladies can lead us to feel helpless, with a loss of trust and a feeling of insecurity. We seem be dangling from our last thread of hope.
Think about this. If you're adult living in a virtually any part of the industrial, computerized so-called civilized world by now you know the drill. Chances are you get up in the morning with a mind filled with what you worried about all night. How far has the Dow dropped? How much money have you lost in your 401(k). How are you going to pay for your children to finish college? Can you keep your home from going into foreclosure? Help! You sigh, oh, what am I going to do?
These are the same thoughts that rocked you through another restless night of sleep. Awaken by your burdens; you now drag yourself through another day, plagued with anxiety of uncertainty. Still, you dream about something that will somehow alter your condition and turn your drab reality into a thing of beauty.
You ask yourself the question: Did my lottery ticket win this time? Have I finally struck it rich? Are you daydreaming about how all those millions of dollars might greatly change your world? As your false hopes built, your mind dwells on grand illusions. You see yourself as a successful person, able not only to pay all your bills, but even to lavish expensive gifts on your loved ones, pay for their college, buy an upscale house and luxury cars, and travel the world.
It all seemed so real you can almost taste it, but when the true reality slaps you in the face and you awake from your daydream and are faced with the harsh truth that your circumstances haven't changed a bit.
Enjoy and Gods Blessing’s
John Baca
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