The Intolerance of the Tolerant Intolerant

     The Boy Scouts of America and the Chick Fil-A Company came out with  statements in support of parental rights http://www.scouting.org/Media/PressReleases/2012/20120717.aspx   and traditional marriage http://www.ajc.com/news/chick-fil-a-president-1481215.html, and the militant gay establishment went nuts!  People tweeted vile things that were not true about what was in the statement.   facebook pages were made to boycott the establishments.  But if they had read the statements, nowhere did they bash or say anything bad about gays or any establishment about gays.  So I don't understand why  people are up in arms to this when for so long, everyone knows that Chick Fil-A is a Christian Organization.  So to get so offended when a private establishment  stands up for what they believe in seems a bit  political.    Are we not suppose to stand for anything in fear that someone is going to be labeled?  Its not like these organizations came out and bashed the gays.  They just came out and in essence said, "This is our organization, and this is what we believe."   What makes them think that its OK for one group to be labeled, but not another?  According to Webster's Dictionary, the term bigot is 

A person who regards

his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.  Hmmm.  'Intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own'.    Yeah,  I don't see Chick Fil -A or the Boy Scouts marching in the streets against the gays.  No, they just made a statement of  faith!    When California said yes to traditional marriage, it was the gays that protested in the streets and forced the matter to be overturned!   Yet, when Christians  stand up for something in accordance to their beliefs, its wrong and labeled.  If a Christian were to walk into a gay community and want to spread the Gospel,  what do you think would happen? Right, the gays would kick them out of the neighborhood or make their life a living hell.  But yet, the gay would not be a bigot because it was the Christian who came in to try to disrupt things with his Gospel, right? (a little sarcasm) So how come when the Christian stands up for what he believes in, (in which the moral structure of marriage between a man and woman has been in place since the beginning of time) is all of a sudden  looked upon as intolerant and bigoted?  It seems to me that a person of faith can not win at any cause.  Is this an attack on Christianity or Business?  With the political climate in today's zeitgeist, I would presume to say its both, since work and Christianity go hand in hand.  Yet militant gays get to keep their faith AND their intolerance?!  Now that seems a bit bigoted!   I say the word Bigot is bigoted in itself since it directs the label to someone who practices their beliefs, making the word therefore, obsolete. If anyone wants to use word labels, how about using this one to describe the whole controversy:  Heterophobia!  Christaphobia!

National Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day 

Why Does Evil exist in the World?

In response to the question raised  in accordance with  the actions of one crazy man who killed so many in a movie theater this week, "If there is a God, why is there evil in the world?"  I want to leave you with this thought.  "If you assume there is evil, then surely you must assume there is good.  If there is good and evil, then there has to be a moral code.  If there is a moral code, then there has to be a moral code giver." 

The New Nationalism 2012

     "Those who do not know their past are condemned to repeat it" as the saying goes. Yet, in this case,  Barack Obama knows exactly what he is doing! To say that he does not is very deceptive, or naive on their part.  One only has to study History in order to understand that he is invoking the spirit of former  progressive President, Teddy Roosevelt. http://youtu.be/YLCeUkg5b94 ; http://youtu.be/gY5ehI6GxVc.
     Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican Progressive.http://youtu.be/uFlOLyMwnjU  Meaning, he was in favor of big government and regulation of businesses just to name a couple things.  One would argue that some of the regulations he implemented were for the betterment of the people, such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act.  Sure, no one wants rat droppings along with their meat, but surely there are other ways one can implement fines to companies, instead of expanding government to regulate what a business can or cannot do. Its not governments job to regulate the free market!
    President Roosevelt was also a charismatic leader. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/trftime1900.html The media helped get him elected.  He traveled around the world and met with dignitaries, and was the first American to ever win a Nobel Peace prize. He won people over with his tough stance approach and championed justice for all.  Some things President Obama has emulated.  The difference why these policies do not work today  is that people are aware of the implications these ideas have had on their lives.  Big Government and less freedom.  There is a past to learn by.  These ideas are nothing new.  They are dangerous to the people.   We know that after Teddy Roosevelt, came a Woodrow Wilson and a Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Two of the worst Presidents  to ever cross the American scene.  Woodrow Wilson with his racist beliefs and FDR with his "New Deal".  Both have destroyed the American spirit of the working man. They were instrumental in enslaving generations to co-dependency of social programs. If given 4 more years as President, I believe Obama would expand in  that social-economic path.  He is implementing the same progressive policies of the past to a new generation who do not know their history.  And its going to come with a price.  A very big one!   One has to ask themselves what it is that they value more.  Freedom or Security. 
 Great article:  http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/06/the-transformation-of-american-democracy-teddy-roosevelt-the-1912-election-and-the-progressive-party

Unknown American History

   

  The pages come alive whenever I read about American history that I cannot put it down!  We always hear about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.  But what about the unknown signers of the Declaration of Independence?  Or other facts about American History?    For example, did you know that our public schools were founded in order for The Bible to be taught?  I bet you won't hear that anywhere today.  In 1791 Benjamin Rush a physician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, founded 4 schools:  Philadelphia Dispensary for the relief of the poor, Dickinson College, he was a trustee at  Franklin College, and incorporated the Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia.  He was a staunch Abolitionist and was one of a few men who founded the Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.

     Noah Webster. Noah Webster is responsible for establishing Webster's Dictionary.  He was 16 years old when he went to college. He help found Amherst College in Massachusetts and created the first New York Daily Newspaper.  Noah Webster hated public schools because, like today, they were crowded and the books were old and from England.  He didn't like that.  He figured we were in America, so it ought fitting to learn American language.  So in 1793 He wrote his first textbook entitled, "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language". Also that year, he wrote what some call the first dictionary created in the US, aptly named by most as the "blue backed speller" because of its blue back.  At the age of 43 Noah Webster started writing the first American Dictionary, and didn't finish it until 27 years later at the age of 70 in 1828.

     Did you know that in 1892, the Supreme Court of the United States declared the U.S a Christian Nation? (Well, sort of.)

     Did you know that in September 12, 1782, Congress passed a resounding yes resolution for the printing of the Bible?
    
      Did you know that on June 30, 1775, Congress passed the Articles of War which stated, "earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers to attend divine services." Punishment was prescribed for those who behaved "indecently or irreverently" in churches, including courts-martial, fines and imprisonments. Chaplains who deserted their troops were to be court-martialed"
     
     Fascinating to read this!  I have always had a fondness for history.  Reading about our Founding Fathers and American History you understand what is going on in today's world is out of sync with what these men had in mind.  It also makes you aware that some had already hijacked the country before it was firmly planted.  Those that didn't want to see America be formed.  This is why the Founders warned about who you elect as leaders, because they knew who they were dealing with then.  Just like some of us know who we are dealing with now.  Its been going on for centuries.


 etcweb.princeton.edu/…/Companion/rush_benjamin.html

The Noah Webster House, Museum of West Hartford History:

Justia.com  US Supreme Court Center   http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/143/457/case.html
 
Congressional resolution, September 12, 1782, endorsing Robert Aitken's Bible [page 468] -- [page 469]
Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1782 from the Journals of Congress
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (115)

Rules and Articles, for the better Government of the Troops . . . of the Twelve united English Colonies of North America [page 4] - [page 5]
Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1775
Rare Book and Special Collections Division,
Library of Congress (111)