My social and political attitudes in this post and subsequent writings are not particularly popular or even tasteful to many in the zeitgeist of the 20th and 21st centuries. However, I sincerely believe it my duty as a Christian and American to warn my fellow citizens about the potential collapse of our government and society if we do not immediately pursue measures to fix our existing political, social, economic and religious systems. While these words may seem sensationalistic and even preposterous, my views are based on an honest and thorough assessment of history, culture, politics, and economics.
America is currently experiencing economic turmoil, moral depravity, political corruption, and religious hypocrisy. Indeed, our economy is failing, the public is abandoning decency, our government is becoming more intrusive, and our religious leaders are leading us astray. For many people, the appropriate response to these facts is to bury their heads in the sand and hope for the best. The more reasonable reaction, however, would be to determine an effective means of addressing these issues.
In my humble opinion, the current problems facing America are not simply political or economic in nature. Instead, the root of this predicament stems from a breakdown at the personal and local level.
As individuals, we have abandoned kindness, humility, personal responsibility, integrity, and morality in exchange for insensitivity, egotism, irresponsibility, corruption, and selfishness. Since we tolerate such moral failings in our own lives, we either ignore or excuse the similar shortcomings of our elected officials. We no longer hold ourselves or our representatives to traditional, universal standards of honor. Instead, we simply apply modern conceptions of decency which fall short of the Founders’ ideas about the obligations and character of an ideal republican citizen.
Further exacerbating the situation, we no longer seek help from our family, friends, neighbors, churches, or local leaders. Instead, we look to government to solve every single problem in our daily lives. As a result, we transfer power away from the individual, the family, the community, the local authorities, and the states and empower those in Washington.
This is our ultimate failing as citizens: we replaced our families, friends, and constitutional republic with bureaucrats and a Leviathan state. Under this American empire, the government coddles us from cradle to grave, discourages personal responsibility, threatens our rights, challenges local power, undermines the family, hinders success, weakens our economy, jeopardizes our safety, and attempts to replace God with itself as the ultimate dictator of morality and power. I believe we can and should do better.
In the hearts and minds of a remnant, there burns a desire for true liberty. These defenders of our God-given freedom know that our constitutional republic survives underneath the bloated bureaucracy. If we – the true believers – are to save our nation and way of life, we must REVIVE OUR REPUBLIC.
Through research, outside input, and my own thoughts, I hope to discover the best plan of action to confront the compelling issues of our time. I am not so arrogant as to believe that this blog will lead to any great change in our current circumstances. I do, however, believe that this blog could contribute to the existing discussion among Christians, libertarians, anti-federalists, conservatives, moderates, etc. about solutions to the aforementioned problems in America.
The purposes of this blog are as follows:
1.) To effectively establish the source of our country’s social, political, economic, and moral woes
2.) To explore various solutions to these challenging and complex issues
3.) To champion the proper, comprehensive solutions to reform ourselves, repair our communities, renew our churches, and revive our Constitutional republic
Additionally, I intend to make posts on my analysis of the Bible as I grow as a devout and humble Christian. I also plan to post book reviews and reflect on news stories.
I look forward to reading more.