Dearest Reader,
I looked up the etymology of the word "DEAR, precious, costly, beloved. Root unknown. Der. dear-ly, dear-ness; also dar-ling". It made me think how it is interesting how we use it as a general greeting for our letters. I use it to talk to my girlfriend but as a general heading? As a way to address the readers of this blog? I found that interesting to consider.
But to more pressing and deeper subjects at hand...
America is in a sad state.
Did you know there are some organizations in protest of the government? Well if you didn't there are and they have been around for a long time but the one that struck my interest was the organization that claims the name TaxDayTeaParties. They see the government's over spending as an outrage. Whether you agree or don't I was thinking about the name.
The problem with the name is that right before our independence the boston tea party destroyed the tea that had a tax on it that was placed there without us being represented in the government. The crime was not that there was a tax but rather that we where not represented. It was an unlawful tax. Back then they understood that if they where represented then even if they did not like what the representative decided they still paid the tax.
It was the principle that the boston tea party was trying to show, not the tax. I find it interesting how these right wing conservatives are now protesting the TAX rather than the PRINCIPLE and yet claiming the name of the legendary group that protested the PRINCIPLE rather than the TAX.
I do believe there are far too many people in this wonderful country who, in the name of reclaiming our heritage, have lost the principles that made this country great.
It goes further than that, not only have the people who claim to be reclaiming our heritage lost some of the founding principles of our country, the fast MAJORITY have lost even the notion of our founding principles.
But sadder still and by far the most telling sign of where my country that I love is, the fast majority of our churches have lost the founding principles that are required to sustain any country. We have lost our foundation on God's word and once the foundation is destroyed the building will claps.
Our foundations are near a state of ruin... how much longer till the building collapses?
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
