For the purpose of this essay, it is not necessary to believe in God. I will make some assumptions based on a biblical, creator God, but you are free to ignore them. This article only assumes a universal moral code and human rights such as freedom; the source is up to you.
I am a Christian and I believe in God given rights. God has given man certain inalienable rights, rights of freedom and personal responsibility. The Bible says that men were created in the image of God. These rights are inherent and should not be taken away by any men or organization of men for any reason. Men may choose to give up these rights, but it is their personal choice. Any taking away of these rights, any forced "sacrifice" of these rights, any manipulation by force or by deception is wrong/evil/sinful. It is the very definition of morally wrong. This is where we get basic human morality. It is morally good to respect another's rights. On the flipside, a violation of the rights of another man, such as stealing private property or murder, is morally wrong and should be punished by the government. Government should especially not condone or practice these violations. Evil government (yes, there is such a thing) is any government that does something to abuse or ignore a citizen's rights. Looking at it from that prospective, most governments in history have partaken in some fashion of morally unacceptable behavior. Government exists to protect rights, not to take them or look the other way. Government does not grant rights, it is an organization designated to preserve them. It has no authority to take them away, even if it is the will of the majority.
This means no matter how large the margin of victory, a democratic government does not have permission to take your rights. As the old saying goes, "One man taking another man's property is called stealing; a group of men taking another man's property is called government." Americans have too long viewed the government's actions as justified by the fact that it comes from the government or that it is the will of the majority of the populace. This is not sufficient. The government must respect the rights of each individual citizen, not just the rights of the majority. This is true democracy, this is true freedom.
Now many Christians say that God requires obedience to all civil authority and their laws. This is very true, but should you support immorality? I believe that many actions that governments can and does take are immoral. As I have stated, I believe compromises on freedoms and rights are immoral. I also believe that governments should not get a free pass. Therefore to support a government that confiscates the rights of any one man is to support immorality. A Christian must recognize this dilemma and consider their actions in this light. I can not with a clean conscience support a government that violates individual rights.
The second argument that often comes up is a supposed "social contract" between the government and its citizens. This argument holds very little water with me for several reasons. First, when do we sign this contract? Is there a document? Is it a pledge or verbal contract? Do I get to vote on it? We never agree, officially or otherwise, to give up our rights for the "better" of the country. Even if we did, how could we change the agreement? We can not, therefore whatever political force in power can decide what terms its serfs, ahem I mean citizens, must follow. Also, how could I cancel it if I decide that I do not like it? What choice do we as individuals have in this contract? What freedom of choice do we have? I see this understood unwritten contract as a grave threat to freedom and therefore our society. We already have a social contract, the constitution in its original words and meaning. But it is continually ignored. Start by following the original before you impose a policy of rights abuse on America.
We are told to give up our freedom to use our money as we choose. We are told that we must blindly follow big brother down the dark hall to better place. We are told that we will have to sacrifice and have a little pain before we can have prosperity. It is time that we take back our rights
It is time to stand up for what is right.
It is time to live in free society
It is time to stop blindly obeying an evil government
It is time that we stop giving a free pass to immorality
It is time that we stop torturing people
It is time that we stop taking away people's right to live freely by suspending habeas corpus
It is time that we stop taking away people's right to privacy by wiretaps
It is time that we stop allowing our homes to be invaded by secret raids by police whose job is to protect us and give us assurance, not abuse us and give us fear
It is time to bring down a central bank that controls our lives through backdoor methods such as inflation
It is time to reject taxes that take a quarter of our money, which is equivalent to taking a quarter of our labor which is no different than mandatory slavery to the government for a quarter of our lives.
It is time to end this modern slavery
It is time to stop giving my money in foreign aid
It is time to stop mandatory charity
It is time to stop fighting wasteful wars
It is time to stop being lied to by politicians who never follow up
It is time to stop having the constitution ignored by everyone in D.C.
It is time for change, but change for the better, not more of the same.
It is time to restore our country to glory by restoring freedom
It is time to reduce the size of government; the larger it gets, the more abusive it gets
It is time to halt the glorifying of law enforcement on TV shows who take the law into their own hands by violating every right possible (aka NCIS, law and order, all the CSIs, basically all cop shows)
It is time to stand up for the freedom to own a gun of my choosing and store it where I will.
It is time to remove regulations which take freedom in order to bring safety
It is time to stop giving our giving up our freedom to the UN, IMF, WHO,WTO, and all other global debacles
It is time to have states rights
It is time to stop the legal murder of infants
It is time to eliminate socialism, in the form healthcare, welfare, and schools
It is time to let private do the work of private
It is time to let private be private
It is time to stop stealing money and calling it redistribution of wealth
It is time to stop letting the government tell us what to do, and instead tell the government what to it should do
It is time to return the government back to its original functions of protection, peace and postage
It is time to have big brother out of our lives
It is time to stop choosing the lesser of two evils and choose what we actually believe
It is time to stop the assault on rights
It is time.
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Tags: Freedom, Rights, government, It is time, abuses
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Posted 06/02/09
Gatorbabe
Norcross, GA | I agree with Son of Liberty!! I will do my best to spread this word on my reg blog. |
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