November 6, 2011
The errors of the Wall St.
protesters: part 2
Last week, on October 30th, 2011, I began this
examination into the errors behind the street protests labelled “Occupy Wall
St.”. To recap from part 1, the very MOTIVES
FOR THE PROTESTS ARE SELFISH AND IMPURE!
Union man Stephen Lerner himself laid out the real reason – the
unions and community organizations are almost dead! Thus, they laid out a plan to create chaos in
order to make a POWER GRAB!! And
already these protests have attracted some of the most ungodly, unAmerican
groups in America: the socialists, communitst, nazis, and islamists!
Secondly, the
protesters want to protest the “rich” in this country, when actually most of
America is already “rich” when compared to the rest of the world who
don't come close to enjoying what Americans take for granted. I would challenge any American to visit real
people in developing countries around the world in order to grasp the wide
disparity in living conditions. There
is even a video of a young African American lady bragging about all the money
she can get from welfare – no work, just receive taxpayer dollars!!
Another major error in the protesters' perspective has to do
with them blaming capitalism for America's problems. That's like blaming the spoon for
obesity!!! As old as America
itself, if not longer, capitalism has been around! And during this time America has grown and
become one of the premiere countries of the world! America became such a “land of opportunity”
that people from all over the world desired to come here to enjoy
of its fruits while employing a capitalistic system! Thus, if the system was so deeply flawed then
wouldn't its flaws have become self-evident long before now? Instead, America has produced very positive
results, such that people even come here illegally!
The protesters act as though the 'big banks” and Wall Stl
are some kind of new phenomenon, but actually they have been around for
decades! They have pretty much remained
a constant variable. Thus, there
must be another variable, or variables – something that has indeed changed, to
explain this current economic crisis!!
First, one must understand that America is a “land of
opportunity” due to a variety of reasons!
First and foremost this country sought God, to honor Him, and to put Him
first! As one Argentinian famously
explained the differences between the 2 countries despite similar
comparisons to newsman Peter Jennings: “Our
forefathers came here (to Argentina) looking for gold, but your people went to
America looking for GOD!!!”
Different priorities produced different results! Godly priorities made the difference!! It is estimated that by the time of the
American Revolution that God had so transformed America and its people that 90
to 99% of Americans were CHRISTIANS! In 2001 a Nigerian told us that they call
America “GOD'S OWN COUNTRY!” Thus, when BO said that he was going to
“fundamentally transform America” just some years later, understand clearly exactly what he was
saying.. Our motto became “ONE
NATION UNDER GOD”! Even on our
currency, we put the words, “IN GOD WE TRUST”. That sends a strong message that God is
first, not our economy, nor our money!
And as America sought to honor God, God indeed blessed America! The right priorities, the right values,
produce the right results! Those values
included honoring God, hard work, discipline, personal sacrifice, personal
responsibility, delayed gratification, respect for one another, love,
generosity, kindness, living within one's means, and honesty. America extolled virtue.
So what has changed?
For one, America's time-honored values have been eroding. Greedy, corrupt politicians, interested in
staying in office, have propagated a welfare state mentality in order to buy
votes. This has encouraged a decline in
morals, responsibility, and work ethic!
A whole subculture arose of people who exploited other people and the
system (not capitalism, but the government welfare system!) to feed their
stomachs and get big! And they
continued to elect people who enabled their irresponsible lifestyle. This was explained well in Star Parker's
book: “PIMPS, WHORES, AND WELFARE BRATS.”
She broke the “code of silence” to expose what was going on. The movie “BLINDSIDE', based on a true
story, illustrated very well the devastating effects of this subculture and
its lifestyle. It was also a beautiful illustration of
Christian love making a difference in someone's life.
Love and unity produces strength. Selfish disunity, ambition, and laziness do
not. There is now a whole subculture of
people in America bred on an “entitlement mentality” who don't want to work,
who want to feed their stomachs by exploiting others and using taxpayer money
given to them by the government. In effect,
they have been bought out (for their votes) by the government
“plantation”. Their neighborhoods seethe
with lawlessness, crime, drugs, gangs, murder...... yet the democratic party
continues to coddle them. This is a
major drain on the country and its economy.
This decline in values and this growth of “entitlement mentality” has been 2
main factors that have changed that would help to explain current
problems. We must return to the
Godly values that built this nation.
A grave error of the protesters, therefore, is to demand
“redistribution of wealth”. That's
exactly what has been going on since the 60's!
That's exactly what has contributed to the problems. A
COUNTRY NEEDS TO
PRODUCE. Every citizen
should be producing, and then a country will grow! Otherwise, one “eventually runs out of other
people's money” to pass around!
PRODUCTION needs to be encouraged, nor more irresponsibility, laziness,
and esploitation! What the protesters
want is VERY ANTI-BIBLICAL. The
Bible teaches that someone “reaps what they sow”. But the protesters want people to reap what
someone else has sown! The Bible
teaches CHARITY – the voluntary giving of one to a neighbor our of
love. It does not teach coercion and
governmental tyranny! Chapter 5 of
James teaches us that God is very well aware of fraud in the working
place. But, then the Bible tells the
defrauded to be PATIENT, and to “Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest
ye be condemmed.....” James 5:9. Those are some very serious words. And the protesters are in direct
disobedience of God's Word!
What has changed?
Capitalism has been pretty much a constant throughout America's
history. History itself refutes
the protesters claims! Histoy
also clearly illustrates the disastrous, murderous, and ironically
impoverishing results of a socialistic/communistic system of
“redistribution”. What has changed has
been the Christian values that contibuted mightily to the growth of this
nation. Now both the government and the
protesters are promoting values which
are contrary. Typically, agendas such
as those embraced by the protesters will
actually lead to the destruction of a country, to chaos on the streets, and
then eventually heavy-handed tyrannical government! PEACE, LOVE, UNITY, SACRIFICE, CHARITY,
HARD WORK, PRODUCTION is what we need, not divisive class warfare, hate,
envy, covetousness, violence, and destruction.
We need God to bless America!
With the right priorities, values, and attitudes it can happen. With all the poor in the world who are
suffering, America needs to repent of its selfishness, and begin to reach out
in CHRISTIAN LOVE AND CHARITY TO THE POOR, and not to be so concerned
about ourselves all the time.
Thanksgiving is approaching. Let us give THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS
MANIFOLD BLESSINGS TO AMERICA and at the
same time begin to find ways to love and help one another here, as well as find
ways to reach out to the poor in other nations. There are so many people living on $1 or
$2 a day. There are so many single
mothers in the world trying to support their family without the education and
work opportunities we have here in America, and without government programs
that we already have here in America.
Let us remember the less fortunate.
Let us help them.
paul
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