Our country has always been one that boasts in our freedom. We ARE children of enlightenment, even though it took place so long ago. Every day when we go to work, school or church, we are experiencing the vision of men long ago who were unafraid to stand for what they believed. Men who decided that they would work for themselves and their families, instead of working for the established government, and letting them decide what was best for everyone. Men who decided to worship the sovereign God, instead of the power hungry church.
Yet in today’s society, we see the exact opposite happening. In the name of “tolerance” we see people supporting those who would destroy the freedom that we have supposedly come to cherish. For example, it will soon be against the law to speak against homosexuality in churches and it IS against the law in some states to refuse to hire a person because he or she is “married” to someone of the same gender, even though that marriage in and of itself, is illegal. Our government is beginning to limit our freedom to try to make certain people happy.
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I believe that the people of America once again need to leave behind their immaturity, and decide to REALLY think for themselves, instead of thinking for themselves the way that the government wants them to. It’s time for us to not be afraid to stand up and protest when our company is being forced to hire someone who we do not wish to hire. It is time for us to NOT be afraid to refuse to read an assigned book when it has graphic descriptions of things that blatantly go against our beliefs and convictions. It’s time for us to not only begin to think for ourselves, but to stand firm on our beliefs.
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Immanuel Kant at his best.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree... we need to start thinking for ourselves but not so much that we disregard what God wants us to do.. that we can never disobey.
One of the reasons the Enlightenment was so vital was so people could see the world around them and help make decsions however nowadays, the world is becoming a place where the medieval mindset is taking back over.
Interesting.. I must think upon this now.