Indifference To The World Is NOT An Option

"All that's necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke

I was reminded of the above-cited quote when I came across this LifeSiteNews article that takes to task good people who absented themselves from the culture wars.  This article struck a chord within me for I have often wondered how society could have undergone such a profound decay since the time I was a child until now.

I remember as a child being able to play outside at night with no thought of perverts attempting to kidnap me; nor were my parents overly concerned about that.  This was in the city of Baltimore, by the way.  No normal person would have dreamed of slaughtering their unborn children or attempting to justify homosexual conduct, let alone celebrate it.  Of course, looking back, we can all see how the forces of evil were quietly working in the background, fomenting rot at the foundations of society.  But how and why did we, as a populace, as a Church, just passively let it happen without barely a peep being uttered in protest?

When I was a child, the adults at the time were all World War II veterans.  By no means were they strangers to conflict.  They were trained in battle and trained to be vigilant.  But something happened at the end of the war, when they took off their uniforms, laid aside their weapons, and returned to their civilian lives.  They ceased to be vigilant and assumed attitudes of complacency and indifference to the world outside their isolated, insular spheres of existence.  They were good people, as the LifeSiteNews article states.  But by and large, they took western society and its cultural underpinnings (based in Christianty) for granted.  They did not see their spiritual and cultural patrimony as something they needed to guard and cherish; I daresay they didn't give it much second thought.  Consequently, as the progressive forces started to chip away at western civilization, little by little, the good people didn't notice until the damage and destruction could no longer be ignored.

Many see the 1960s as the era in which massive changes occurred.  While it's true that many events converged in that decade (Vatican II, Viet Nam War, etc) all they did was make apparent the rot that had been systematically put in place decades earlier.  Good people were unprepared and unwilling to face the truth.  Sadly, many still are.  A main reason why I write this blog is to shine some light on the cockroaches around us.  I appreciate the support that I do get (particularly from blogging colleagues).  However, I am targeted with resentment by too many who'd rather play the ostrich as they berate me for being "negative and mean".  Well the truth is the truth.  I thank the Lord for social media, for it allows us to examine and discuss it.  Without knowing the "lay of the land", how else can we pray and act in the intelligent manner in which God desires?

Time marches on.  We need to pray and act now, for the salvation of souls and preservation of Christian society.

Will The GOP Ever Learn That Morality Takes Precedence Over Economy?

Yes, I must rebuke the GOP now - and by the way, that includes Rush Limbaugh!  Today on his 3-hour program, he had this to say.  I quote from his transcript and will highlight the erroneous part. 

"There is a news report from the Washington Post today, and I want to warn you, this report is intended to sabotage the Republican presidential campaign. John Boehner said yesterday that there is a triple threat that exists to this country, three items that the Republicans need to stay focused on and nothing else. The triple threat is higher taxes, more stimulus spending, and federal regulations. All three undermine the creation of jobs. If you remember Ronaldus Magnus had a three-legged school. Three issues. You remember what they were, Snerdley? Defeat communism, rebuild the military, lower taxes. Those were the three things. And he never lost focus of them. Three things constantly discussed, makes it simple, doesn't complicate things.  The left would love for the Tea Party to get distracted, start talking about immigration, abortion, gay marriage, all this other stuff, because right now the chief vulnerability faced by Obama and the Democrats is the economy."

So you see that Limbaugh is agreeing with Boehner's attempt to repeat a tired, old practice of shunting the core moral principles of this country off to the sidelines.  When I say "core moral principles", that also includes the 4000 babies that are being murdered every day via abortion in the USA alone.  It almost seems like Limbaugh is forgetting that silly talk such as what he uttered this afternoon is precisely why the Tea Party is frosted at the RINO establishment.  In fact, the Tea Party arose because good, decent people are tired of the RINO establishment being willing to compromise core principles for economic advantage.  Let's try to consider that "taxes, spending and regulations" are not threats to the unborn children, as the children are murdered long before they are able to confront them!

Let me make this very clear to the RINO and "GOP establishment" moles who are reading this.  The GOP nominee to the presidency MUST have a clear-cut plan to end the scourge of abortion, to re-establish the primacy of marriage between one man and one woman, to restore respect for the role of the family in society.  Moreover, these matters MUST be made priority over and beyond economic issues.  Boehner, Limbaugh et al forget that we were founded as a nation under God.  Since Limbaugh is so fond of quoting Ronald Reagan, here's a quote to ponder: "If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."  And this is what Limbaugh dismisses as "all this other stuff"?

Please notice the use of the word "must" in bold font.  There is a reason for that.  I wish to emphasize to my RINO readers that unless the GOP nominee does indeed deem these matters to be "top priority", he/she will not be able to count on the support of social conservatives (particularly pro-life people) and many of the Tea Party.  Should there be a third candidate who will espouse those "MUST" matters, he/she will receive a large percentage of our support.  No more can you take the support of social conservatives for granted, only to have our concerns - and by extension the unborn children - shoved on the back burner.  We know that our God will not be mocked in that manner anymore.  Haven't we learned that yet?  To coin a phrase from the Clinton campaign of the recent past..

It's NOT the economy, stupid - IT'S THE MORALITY!!