On this july fourth, america should be weeping and not celebrating

[Shootin 4 Fun]

Under the guise of righting wrongs "outraged" protestors have the fun of tearing things down and feeling righteous.
Not only is being a crusader an ego boost, being offended is a new form of free enterprise: advocacy groups can pull in big money.

Anyone remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn? He said something about the Soviet Union that is increasingly applicable to our country:

"Over half a century ago while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: 'Men have forgotten God; that's why all of this has happened.' Since then I have spent well-nigh 50 years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed 8 volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: 'Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.'" And so too the forgetfulness of modern man continues to take him further and further from God and closer to the jaws of disaster and the pit of destruction."

Yeah yeah, those of us who aren't judging others are the ones who forgot God. Good luck explaining yourself at the pearly gates.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Dale00, when man has every gadget he wants, has a good paying job, home, vacations annually, bonuses etc he is all powerful and doesn't need God. On the other hand like during WWII when times were hard, loved one we're going off to fight in Europe and the Pacific theaters, people turned to God and needed Him desperately. And work was an honorable profession. Even FDR led the nation in prayer.
Our country has turned away from God, people have no respect for parents nor authorities. Crime has increased, our police are threatened and shot, our political figures are rife with corruption, work is not necessarily a good thing,our President encourages a "loose" society, drugs are used by a lot of our population and I could go on but is a result of shunning God. There is a reason for The Ten Commandments, it keeps a society in check.

I think your issue is with the nations parents... not the marriage of religion and government

 

[LightningCrash]

I think your issue is with the nations parents... not the marriage of religion and government

You mean I can't use the force of the government to enforce my religion? Why not?

 

[donner]

you mean i can't use the force of the government to enforce my religion anymore? Why not?

fify.

 

[henschman]

Cuz persecution.

I thought that was made obvious by now in this thread.

 

[Hobbes]

Someone cue the lions.
It's showtime.

 

[Dale00]

Y'all can call me Noah if you like but haven't you noticed that we've had a lot of rain lately?

 

[John6185]

Animals have begun lining up in two's lately, I guess it's and old instinct...

 

[donner]

can we just agree not to take the ticks or mosquitoes this time?

 

[Hobbes]

And chiggers
I hate chiggers