A Weak and Crumbling Foundation

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Quote:February 21, 2018
A Weak and Crumbling Foundation
By Deana Chadwell

What do humans do when they discover – albeit subconsciously – that everything they've believed in is wrong – is, in fact, evil? Are folks likely to do a face-palm; shake their heads; and say, "Can't believe I bought into such stupidity!"? Sometimes the truly honest among us will do that, but it doesn't happen often. When the ground shakes under us, we are more likely to just mindlessly grab for the nearest support.

If we grew up certain:

that God is just a convenient fairy tale;
that the government's purpose is to take the place of indulgent parents;
that sexual desires, all sexual desires should be fulfilled ASAP;
that people are just the evolutionary top of the food chain;
and are merely animals and therefore expendable;
that drugs are enlightening;
that truth is nonexistent;
and that, most important of all, utopia is within our reach because we know better than God how to organize a nation,

...then what do we do when we see even our most important leaders functioning as if there is no moral code? What do we think when the people we see as special turn out to be sexual predators? How are we to understand our misery when our children OD on opioids, kill themselves over Facebook bullying, or kill others just because they are angry or want to be famous? How do we handle it when we pray to the God we no longer believe in and get no response at all?

What do we do? Most people look around desperately for someone else to blame, or even better, some inanimate object to hold accountable. Ban guns! It takes no moral courage to blame a thing, but it takes massive internal fortitude to look in the mirror and blame the unsustainable ideas we've held dear now for several generations.

It's hard to look at the slaughter of our children in a schoolyard, but we are still willing to kill them by the thousands in an abortion facility. It's horrifying to see the damage wrought by social media, but we don't have the stomach to face down our spoiled children and deny them access. It makes us sick to see the sexualization of our young children, but we're too spoiled ourselves to limit our own indulgence in nearly pornographic television. We don't seem to have the national backbone to admit our part in the destruction of our offspring.

So we demand the banning of guns. We don't fall on our knees and confess our faithlessness to the God who made us free and prosperous. We don't change our own behavior, vow to make a go of our marriages, and raise our children with both love and discipline. We don't look with a more critical eye at the policies that contributed to our fractured families; our failing schools; our angry, drug-addled youths. No. We scream, "Ban guns!" Maybe if we scream it loudly enough, the guilt will go away.

And the screamers don't follow up their hollering with careful thinking about what taking guns out of our society would look like. There are over 300 million privately owned firearms in this country. We understand – those of us who know anything about history – how important it is that we keep them. We know that all our other rights rest on the right to defend ourselves against tyranny. I'm not giving up mine without a fight, and I don't think I'm alone in that. The confiscation of guns in America will be a bloodbath that makes Parkland look insignificant.

But the deep panic that the unwitting left feels at the blatant, obvious, horrifying evidence that all their most prideful beliefs are bogus is not going to allow any self-searching. Will there be curriculum meetings sprouting up all over the country to determine if we're teaching only what's truly wholesome and productive? I don't see that happening. Will Congress take a fresh look at how welfare policies affect family structure? Not likely, and if they did, where would we find the strong, stalwart men to step up and become great fathers? We are training our young men to be women, so how is that going to work? Are we likely, as an entire culture, to realize that law and a godless moral code can't protect us from evil? It's easier to ban guns, or at least to vociferously demand that. I'm not sure the reality really matters to the screamers.

I take heart in knowing that a society can be swayed by only a small percentage of us thinking clearly. I am reassured when I remember Abraham bargaining with God over Sodom; God agreed to save it if only 10% were good, God-fearing people. I take heart in our current administration; Trump seems to be thinking clearly and several steps ahead of his opponents. His Cabinet appears to understand what is at stake here.

It was Jesus Christ who said, "And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." The truth isn't always comfortable, or flattering, and when ignored long enough, it can be excruciating when finally acknowledged. Therefore, truth is under attack today, but it is still readily available; if we want truth, we can still get it, though it wouldn't be surprising to find that after they ban guns, the Bible will be next.

Not a day goes by anymore that we don't come face to face with the evidence that our progressive worldview stands on a weak and crumbling foundation. Science is dealing blow after blow to godless evolutionary theories. Our liberal educational ideas are proving counterproductive. Our laissez-faire childrearing practices are evidently inadequate. The way we care for our poor causes more problems than it solves. We don't want to control our own behavior, but we resent the police who then have to do it for us.

The Parkland shooting proves that our culture is a disaster, not that our gun policies are. We need to be able to face that fact, or there will be [beeep] to pay.

Deana Chadwell blogs at www.ASingleWindow.com. She is also an adjunct professor and department head at Pacific Bible College in southern Oregon. She teaches writing and public speaking.

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The article is followed by some thought provoking comments:

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allangen

5 hours ago
We are living in a post Christian and a post constitutional society. The normal restraints that used to guide our behavior no longer apply. The ethic now is self interest, narcissism, and 'catch me if you can." The bottom fell out of our constitutional republic and we became a third world toilet when Obozo criminalized the federal agencies to go after political enemies like they do in every other tawdry and sleazy third world sh * thole.
There are still some among us who would attempt to restore morality and honor in human relations and in government. We are mocked not just by the entertainment industry but by a media and globalist elite that has had their fill of what the founding fathers tried to erect and nourish on these shores. The Democrats have thrown in their lot with the Marxists who wish to destroy all we have built over the centuries. The GOP is spineless and cowardly in the face of this threat. Donald gave voice to a population that had had enough of a corrupt and dysfunctional status quo. It is up to us to build a new party and a new movement to restore constitutional government and the rule of law.


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The rise and fall of many empires are recorded in history, all thought they were great and in their height felt immortal. I'm sure a lot of us would consider America to be immortal, others have never even given it a thought, they just assume it. Some empires came down fast by invading armies or death of a ruler, others slowly fragmented by economic, social, cultural, moral, religious or political issues. Fact is; history shows all great things eventually have an ending. I wonder if America has already peaked in its prime as far as greatness is concerned. Even POTUS sees it, after all his war cry was; "Make America Great Again."

Our foundation has been eroding for some time now, I think it really started to give with the drug culture of the late 60s. Appears as if our continued decent is bigger than any one man, political party, police or military force can stop. 911 showed that we can unite as a country to fight an outside force trying to do us in. However, we are too divided to ever unite as one to participate in our own recovery. I believe America will still be around after I'm dead and gone, but what the quality of life will be I just don't know...

 
Originally Posted By: Infidel 762The rise and fall of many empires are recorded in history, all thought they were great and in their height felt immortal. I'm sure a lot of us would consider America to be immortal, others have never even given it a thought, they just assume it. Some empires came down fast by invading armies or death of a ruler, others slowly fragmented by economic, social, cultural, moral, religious or political issues. Fact is; history shows all great things eventually have an ending. I wonder if America has already peaked in its prime as far as greatness is concerned. Even POTUS sees it, after all his war cry was; "Make America Great Again."

Our foundation has been eroding for some time now, I think it really started to give with the drug culture of the late 60s. Appears as if our continued decent is bigger than any one man, political party, police or military force can stop. 911 showed that we can unite as a country to fight an outside force trying to do us in. However, we are too divided to ever unite as one to participate in our own recovery. I believe America will still be around after I'm dead and gone, but what the quality of life will be I just don't know...




Our decline started a long time ago, a lot longer than the 60's. It started shortly after the signing of the declaration of independence, bill of rights, and constitution.

America isn't done, but WE need to understand why our founding fathers established a republic over any other governing system, and we need to get back to a republic. A republic can live forever. It's "democracy" that's killing us now. Our founding fathers didn't do anything with the majority ruling. They deliberated on an issue until a unanimous decision was made. If no unanimous decision could be made, they scrapped the idea. This is the way our government should operate. Until WE the people understand this, though, we'll continue our decline.

However, our morals have completely eroded. So, those could also use some polishing.

Honestly, I used to be an Atheist, but some things happened, and now I find myself believing in god more and more. You know what? Science does make sense, but if this is all we got, then it sucks. Also, the lack of god is the only explanation for our terrible morals today as a society. The lack of god has been more prevalent in the last 30 years and life on earth is seemingly getting worse. This could be debated all day, but I'm not interested in debating. It's my opinion and it doesn't affect anyone else. So...yeah...
 
I have thought things turned when stuff was made to use a while and throw away instead of last a long time because it could be repaired.
I know that sounds silly but think about it. It's not only the product that changed but the change in attitude brought about by throw away stuff.
Now people are becoming throw away stuff.
Marriage,kids,loyalty everything.
Instead of the effort needed to repair we just get a new one.It's cheaper.
 
“ I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God [beeep] it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables - slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy [beeep] we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war... Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”
 
Far too many snowflake boomers and millenials believed the leftist propaganda. We are seeing the result of it and it's ugly.
 
Originally Posted By: swampwalker“ I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God [beeep] it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables - slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy [beeep] we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war... Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.


That exact line sums up why Palahniuk wrote Fight Club after Invisible Monsters was deemed to violent to publish.
 
Originally Posted By: tnshootistI have thought things turned when stuff was made to use a while and throw away instead of last a long time because it could be repaired.
I know that sounds silly but think about it. It's not only the product that changed but the change in attitude brought about by throw away stuff.
Now people are becoming throw away stuff.
Marriage,kids,loyalty everything.
Instead of the effort needed to repair we just get a new one.It's cheaper.

Wow. I have never thought of this. Well said, and quite the eye opener.

I'm considered a millennial, for some unknown reason, but don't associate with those numb nuts.
 
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