Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. -- William Penn

Good Monday Morning,

What a beautiful weekend we had and what a beautiful fall season we are experiencing in Georgia this year!. For a change it has really been cool and I am hoping that the Holiday Seasons will be a wonderful time to celebrate all that the Lord has done for us.

In a world gone crazy, it is comforting to know that our God is in control and no matter what happens, we win in the end. However,I am amazed at the boldness of the enemies of God and freedom and the article I posted today shares with the reader many truths about America. I fear we lived too long in the matrix and refused to look at the evil that was taking over our country one step at a time

I used to ask how the Jews could have stayed in Germany under the Nazi's and not flee for their lives. Now I realize that their freedoms were taken little by little and they were caught in the net of tyrrany before they even realized what had happened to them. Now I fear we are in that net in America and most people do not even realize it. I think that as Americans we do not want to admit that we have lost our freedom. That does not change the fact that we have and if a person stands against the tyrrany, they quickly find out that truth. There is a controlling power in this nation that wants a global government and are determined to have it whether the people want it or not. Just look at the evil spewed forth in those debates last night and the arrogance of the left in their quest for total socialism in our country.

What the author in this article proclaims is that we are already in a totalitarian state and just do not know it yet. However I fear we will soon experience this awful truth. May the Lord bring revival and sight to a blinded nation!



Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

BIZNETDAILY COMMENTARY
Ten Commandments turmoil just beginning?

Editor's note: Ian Hodge is a regular columnist for Business Reform Magazine, the leading Christian business magazine with over 100,000 readers. Each issue of Business Reform features practical advice on operating successfully in business while glorifying God.
By Ian Hodge
© 2003 Business Reform

The issue surrounding Judge Raymond Moore in Alabama highlights the burning issue of our day: What is the relationship between religion, politics, and justice?

First of all, it is important to realize that Judge Moore is not alone on this issue of the Ten Commandments. In Ohio, Judge Jim De Weese also has an ongoing legal battle with the ACLU for hanging the Ten Commandments in his courtroom. Judge De Weese had the Bill of Rights on one side of the courtroom and the Ten Commandments on the other, and as he explains it, “one details people’s rights while the other details their duties.”

Here we have a balanced approach to law and religion. But what is easily forgotten is a statement made so well by author and financial adviser R.E. McMaster: “politics is religion applied to economics.”

Now this succinct statement captures it all. Politics and religion are inseparable, as the founding fathers of the USA Constitution understood so well. Every piece of legislation is an enactment of what someone thinks is right for society. Every action condemned in legislation is the politicians’ idea of what is bad.

But herein lies the problem. If legislation is an enactment of a moral code, whose moral code should be enacted? Oh, we can play games that this or that idea is just a matter of interpretation, but at the end of the day some issues are quite clear and beyond question. For example, most people understand the words “Thou shalt not steal” or “Thou shalt not murder.” Many of these same people have a little less understanding of the words, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” But the issue here is not so one of understanding as it is a willingness to comply with the simple meaning of the words. We don’t want people taking our goods so we enforce property rights in some areas, but we do want open access to sex at the same time.

The late Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian economist, understood that an economic system based on central controls requires the planners to have omniscience—all knowledge. They also need omnipotence—all power—to ensure they can enforce their legislation. Thus the planned economy leads to total control—totalitarianism.

That our so-called free nations of the world enact thousands of pages of new legislation each year—more than any person can keep up with—is indication that Mises’ observation is correct. Totalitarianism is on the horizon for most of us, and in principle is here. Practically, there is more legislation need to complete the controls. Terrorism is the excuse many needed to complete the task.

Too many believe that a knight in shining white armour as a political leader will solve all our problems. Somehow more legislation is supposed to solve our problem of too much legislation.

For many, a political solution is better than a religious one, but these are not the choices. Our choice is this: which religion will our political leaders apply to economics and other legislative acts?



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Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. -- William Penn