Earth Day is cute an all, and while it is wrong for us to use a pointless surplus of earth's materials, we cannot live in "harmony with" something that is not the being we claim it to be. Yeah, using our stuff efficiently is good and all, but to say that we're doing it to avoid global warming is a joke. For as long as the earth has existed it has moved in and out of periods that were warmer than usual and periods colder than usual, no matter how much carbon was in the air. Humans are to be stewards of the earth, tending to it and appreciating it and respecting the life held within it, but we are made to USE the earth. And we're not to be selfish with it either, but as long as we're not just out burning every tree we see, we're not going to run out.
Humans are apart from earth; Earth is not some greater force or divine Mother, but it is God's creation and should thus be taken care of and appreciated. If you want to turn your lights off for a day, go ahead, but dont go about it thinking you're saving the planet. You're not. Earth will never be like it once was when there were fewer people. Our responsibility is not to "Mother Earth", but to God.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Jesus a Socialist?
eeehhhh, not quite. Half of Mr. Moore's statement was true - Jesus wants us to share our wealth. That part of "socialism" is there. However, the means by which the socialist agenda pushes people to do so is not. It is not true of the jews, nor the muslims either. Sorry guy. Apparently we of the 21st century really AREN'T that advanced.
Unfortunately for Mr. Moore, each of the religions he stated allow for the retention of personal property, and the use of it as we see fit, not how the government sees fit. And you know what's cute? Even those who founded America understood - Paul said it, and John Smith (the founder of Jamestown) said it too - if you don't work, you don't eat. That's the funny little thing about socialism...you want a proper socialist system to work? That means every able body must be WORKING. For the government to take out of a working hand to give to an idle one is not socialism, but a corrupt promoter of laziness, awful work ethics, destructive behaviour, selfishness, and greed. Guess what cupcakes, in this world you are entitled to NOTHING. Nothing save the God-given rights the authors of the Constitution expressed so well, and that which they imply. Generosity is just that - generous. Not a mandate on people who happen to be more fortunate than you in an inherently "unfair" world, nor something anybody should be so arrogant or stupid to think is rightfully theirs to receive. Christ promoted "communal-ism", not "communism". I think that is apparent enough when you look at how long Christianity has survived against, say, the Soviet Union? One idea holds the truth, the other is a pipe-dream, and a bad one at that. It's one thing if somebody can't work. We do have a duty to help the unable. But seriously...not the unwilling. You want to help the underprivileged? How about instead of giving them free cash and spending more of our tax dollars on government jobs like road-buidling, EMPLOY those people do DO THOSE JOBS. The END. Now you've solved 2 problems, instead of creating 2 more. Didn't need a 6month session of Congress to figure that out, just some old-timey logic. Guess the 21st century doesn't have much of that either.
And yeah, the capitalist system seems a little harsh sometimes. However that don't say a thing about the methods, only about the people who participate in it. People are self-centered creatures, prone to greed and unlikely to be looking out for others while they cast their lots in a system that appears to reward the people who learn to step on other people. But that isn't always the case guys. Just get a bloody job, work hard, and work honest. But then see how "fair" you think it is when you're just scratching by and the government's taking from you now to give to people like my uncle who's old LIFE PLAN was literally to work half the year at a seasonal job and go on welfare the other half. These are the people your "socialism" breeds. I hope this satisfies you Mr. Moore.
Unfortunately for Mr. Moore, each of the religions he stated allow for the retention of personal property, and the use of it as we see fit, not how the government sees fit. And you know what's cute? Even those who founded America understood - Paul said it, and John Smith (the founder of Jamestown) said it too - if you don't work, you don't eat. That's the funny little thing about socialism...you want a proper socialist system to work? That means every able body must be WORKING. For the government to take out of a working hand to give to an idle one is not socialism, but a corrupt promoter of laziness, awful work ethics, destructive behaviour, selfishness, and greed. Guess what cupcakes, in this world you are entitled to NOTHING. Nothing save the God-given rights the authors of the Constitution expressed so well, and that which they imply. Generosity is just that - generous. Not a mandate on people who happen to be more fortunate than you in an inherently "unfair" world, nor something anybody should be so arrogant or stupid to think is rightfully theirs to receive. Christ promoted "communal-ism", not "communism". I think that is apparent enough when you look at how long Christianity has survived against, say, the Soviet Union? One idea holds the truth, the other is a pipe-dream, and a bad one at that. It's one thing if somebody can't work. We do have a duty to help the unable. But seriously...not the unwilling. You want to help the underprivileged? How about instead of giving them free cash and spending more of our tax dollars on government jobs like road-buidling, EMPLOY those people do DO THOSE JOBS. The END. Now you've solved 2 problems, instead of creating 2 more. Didn't need a 6month session of Congress to figure that out, just some old-timey logic. Guess the 21st century doesn't have much of that either.
And yeah, the capitalist system seems a little harsh sometimes. However that don't say a thing about the methods, only about the people who participate in it. People are self-centered creatures, prone to greed and unlikely to be looking out for others while they cast their lots in a system that appears to reward the people who learn to step on other people. But that isn't always the case guys. Just get a bloody job, work hard, and work honest. But then see how "fair" you think it is when you're just scratching by and the government's taking from you now to give to people like my uncle who's old LIFE PLAN was literally to work half the year at a seasonal job and go on welfare the other half. These are the people your "socialism" breeds. I hope this satisfies you Mr. Moore.
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