Kite Jockey’s Weblog

Recently someone on a forum I visit posted a thread wanting to know why we don’t take the word’s “under God” out of the pledge of allegiance. Their basic argument is that there should be separation of church and state. This forum soon erupted with folks striking out at each other from both sides of this issue but it did not end there. Before long folks we going after each other on everything from the constitution or gay marriage. They were saying some pretty nasty things about each other and God for the matter. The word bigot was being tossed around a lot too. This all prompted me to respond, not that I thought it would do much good but this is what I wrote.

“I am wondering when and if we will ever see the end of all the special little groups trying to get satisfaction from the government and society? Why don’t we just toss out all the rules and laws and moral convictions so that anything goes? Maybe then we will get to the end of all the whining and crying over all the inequality. Oh, and why we are at it we might as well burn all the Bibles and other religious writings that try to impose a point of view on us and all dictionaries or other books that try to define us. Let’s get rid of any monetary system that is keeping us all down and demand that every thing should be free. Let’s do away with anything that gives our lives any structure at all. Lets also all quit work and demand that the government take care of us…oh wait…I know why we don’t…we don’t do that because without structure, without order, without rules, and without morals, society would cease to function. I guess all of us who don’t want to live in chaos are bigots to someone somewhere, and you know I am fine with that.”

What I was trying to say is that there is no way to make everyone happy all the time. We do have to have rules and laws to live by. No rule or law is going to make everyone happy all the time. But without them none of us would be happy anytime. We have to have some form of structure. That does not mean that you have to like it but you should at least recognize the need for it. Right now gay rights and the separation of church and state are hot buttons with a few people. So lets say for the sake of argument we fix these issues for these few. So what is next? What if next time the hot issue is people who want to eat their children or folks that only think a car should be driven on Monday’s. Do we change our laws of way of life to accommodate these folks too. Where do we draw the line, and who decides where that line needs to be drawn?

We literal have God to thank that we live in such a nation where we have to right to even express these kind of ideas. If it was not for Gods providence we might have been raised in a nation where such thoughts are not just dangerous to express buy could be deadly. In this country you have the right to vote and majority usually rules. What some of the proponents of these small but vocal groups tend to forget is that the nation of people that they hate for their morality and laws, is the same nation that gives them the right to disagree. They also need to be reminded of something I learned at an early age and that is just because you don’t get your way that gives you no right to lash out at others. Some of these folks are no better to me than a spoiled rotten foul mouthed little three year old, who will not shut up until they get their way. I thank God that we live in a county that has rules and laws. A country where society is protected from all the nuts out there who care more about what they want than what is good for the majority. I am glad our country was formed by a group of God fearing individuals who wanted to protect the church from government not the other way around. I still believe this is the greatest nation on earth. I believe God put me here in this nation or a reason and that reason was not to whine but to be an example to the rest of the country what it means to be a God follower. I hope that be living by the rule of law and by the teachings of the Christian Bible that my life can serve as an example to all of those who are seeking for a better life. A life not centered around selfish desires but on the Word of God.

I also realize to that times are changing and one day my beliefs may become the exception rather than the rule. I have already decided that my beliefs will not change as society changes. I will stay true to myself and my God. I have no intention of berating those who do not feel the way I do just so I can be heard. I have to much respect for myself to act in such a child like way.