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Archive for the ‘Values’ Category
Making America Great Again-J
21
Mar
K-Value of Education- A Democracy needs people who understand the problems we face and can make wise decisions based on facts. That requires a public school system open to all that teaches children what they will need to know to make wise decisions. Our country became great because of the spread of free public education open to everyone. The schools originally taught students about issues relating to history, government, and social problems and taught kids to study both sides of a question in order to determine the right course of action. They used essay questions, so the students learned how to evaluate problems and make wise decisions. Many of our schools now seek to indoctrinate rather then educate. They teach students to memorize facts and accept the answers given by the teacher through true and false or multiple-choice questions. The only acceptable answer is the one the teacher gives. They also teach them distorted history in order to indoctrinate them to be submissive subjects. While issues were once debated, those who question the accepted views now are often ridiculed or silenced. If students don’t see the problems of the past and accurately see what worked and what didn’t, they can’t make wise decisions about what course the nation should take in the future.
Making America Great Again-I
21
Mar
Value of Truth -Nothing is more important in understanding the past than the truth. At Jesus’ trial, many accused Jesus but they had conflicting testimony. Finally, Pilate got tired of the arguing. As he questioned Jesus, Jesus stated that he came to proclaim the truth but Pilate asked, “what is truth?” (John 19:37-38) Liberals say there is no absolute truth-Truth is what you believe to be true. As a result it may vary from one person to the next. In essence, they can never lie because whatever they say is considered truth by them. Therefore we need to weigh carefully what they say. When they support climate change for instance, they consider that true. They seek evidence to support it and if any evidence contradicts that, they dismiss it as irrelevant. They give the appearance of basing their ideas on science, but do not really seek the truth, they only seek evidence to prove their theories. In fact, the belief that the world is the result of chance accidents actually discourages scientific discovery because it denies that there are any set laws that govern the universe. They do not believe that there are any set laws to be explored. Everything is a matter of throwing things together in the off chance that it will create something useful. In addition, research is limited to those things that will benefit the researcher.
Christians believe there is an inherent truth that does not change. They look at the evidence to decide what is true and if new evidence comes in to the contrary, they change their idea of what is true. While liberals say that science and faith are at odds with each other, in fact science proves faith every day. True believers support scientific discovery to learn more about how the world works so they can develop new things to make life better. Understanding natural laws gives you a starting point that enables you to follow a line of reasoning to a logical conclusion. Discovery isn’t a matter of chance, it is simply following a trail to the end. Science is the discovery of the laws that govern the universe and then developing things based on those laws that make life better. Research may seek to develop many ideas that won’t benefit the researcher but will have great benefit to someone else.
Making America Great Again-H
21
Mar
Value of time- Too often today history is portrayed as a meaningless list of names and dates to remember for a test and then we promptly forgot them. My mother was a genealogist who studied the family history. It wasn’t simply an exercise to prove we were descendants from the Pilgrims so she could join the Mayflower Society, but a real interest in our family’s history. She didn’t just rack up a list of names and dates but took a real interest in who they were and what they did. The family history was the story of our family, the struggles they went through, the obstacles they overcame, and the tragedies they endured. However, it was much more. We can learn from the mistakes and successes of the past. There is an old saying that he who does not remember the past is destined to repeat its mistakes. God showed how He valued history when He ordained three celebrations that the Israelites were to celebrate forever, not just for a while. Each celebration was designed to teach important aspects of the faith and had three aspects. It had a past physical event that explained an important part of the faith and was to be remembered. It also had a present to celebrate it which reenacted the event. It reminded everyone of its meaning in order to teach the children, and to remind the adults. At each celebration, the oldest boy or girl would stand and ask why they were celebrating it. The father would then explain the past event and its meaning. The celebration would also remind them of a future physical event. The event would fulfill a spiritual promise that God had made. (see the lesson on the celebrations in the course “Basic Christian Beliefs”) Had the Jews remembered what the celebrations meant and what the prophets had foretold, they would have recognized what Christ was doing as He carried out what was predicted in the Passover meal.
Study Course-Value of Family and Gender
15
Mar
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Making America Great Again-G
15
Mar
Value of Gender-Many people today mistake gender for sex. Sex is determined by either XX or XY chromosomes. Men and women are physically different and the difference is easy to tell with the naked eye. One has only to look between their legs and they should have no trouble determining which sex they are. Abortion was pushed to break down the desire for normal long term male-female relationships in favor of short term gratification. Kids were promised they could have their fun and not worry about consequences, but it was all a lie. Those who are Gay have experienced some form of trauma or poor relationship with those of the opposite sex and turn to those of the same sex to get the sexual gratification they can’t get through normal male-female relations. They are trying to convince us that their relationships are normal, but something isn’t normal unless it is fairly prevalent throughout society. However, the Gay lifestyle has never made up more than 1-2% of the population, except during population disruptions facing breakdown of the family, and even then has never been a large percentage. Down through history, society has recognized that the different sexes have different abilities and constructed gender roles that fit those abilities. These roles are socially determined and vary from culture to culture and may change with time within a culture. There are people today who deny the obvious and have constructed an illusion where they confuse gender with sex. They feel that since they don’t fit the gender roles of society, that they must have been born the wrong sex. Then they try to change their sex to match their gender. They can cut and paste all they want to but they can never turn a boy into a girl or a girl into a boy. Their sex is embedded in every cell of their body. They need to change their gender to match their sex.
Making America Great Again-F
15
Mar
Value of Family When God created mankind, He created them man and woman. He has put in each of us an attraction for those of the opposite sex to draw men and women together to form families to protect and nurture the children. Each was created with certain abilities to carry out the roles that God created for them. Women needed to bear children and care for them and God gave them the ability to feel another’s pain which is important for caring for someone else. Men need to provide for and protect the women and God gave them strength and the ability to plan and build which are important in hunting and protecting the family, and in providing shelter. He designed the family so that the two would combine their abilities to provide everything that the children needed to grow into productive adults. Children need both a father and a mother to learn how men and women should relate which is essential in establishing a stable marriage. In addition, the boy needs the father to teach him what he needs to become and a mother to show him what he needs to find in the mother of his future children. The girl needs a mother to show her what she needs to become and a father to know what to seek in a future husband. While some contend that two mothers or two fathers, or a single mother or father will do, they do not provide all that is needed. We are currently reaping the results of our failing families. We must restore the family as the basic unit of society but it will be difficult because most young people today have never seen a stable marriage and don’t know how to relate to others, particularly those of the opposite sex.
The Value of the Rule of Law-study course
27
Feb
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Making America Great Again-E
27
Feb
My wife and I saw this first hand when I broke my hip. We sent the bills to the insurance company for the company I worked for and they returned them saying the company forgot to add me to their medical insurance plan so they paid nothing. We had $10,000 in medical bills. We made agreements with everyone to pay them off in installments. After two years, we had paid off everyone except the surgeon and the hospital. Suddenly, we got a notice that the surgeon’s bill had been taken over by a collection agency and was due in full within two days or it would be sent to court. We consulted a lawyer who told us that we didn’t need a lawyer, all we had to do was show the court we had paid as agreed and the court would throw out the case. However, it never went to court, the judge just signed off on a court order requiring us to pay the money, plus court costs. A court worker later told us the collection agency never came to court, the judge just signs off on the cases and they collect the money plus court costs. We consulted a lawyer who said they couldn’t do that legally and we could appeal it but it wouldn’t help because we would still owe the money plus we would have to pay even more court costs. We signed an agreement with the court to pay it off but after my wife and I deposited our paychecks in the bank, and we wrote checks to cover our bills, the checks started bouncing. The court had seized our paychecks as soon as they hit the bank without notifying us. We consulted another lawyer who told us he could not help us. He could tell us what the court could do legally but the court saw no reason to obey the law so any advice he gave us would not do us any good. Formerly a judge would be disbarred and sent to prison for such actions, but now it is accepted as normal. However, one day those judges will stand before God who will hold them accountable.
Making America Great Again-D
27
Feb
Liberals have also attacked the rule of Law. It is an old saying that he who makes the law can change the law. With man, if someone makes the law, they can change it when they want. They can ignore it when it effects their friends and use it to harass or punish those they don’t like. We are seeing this openly today where judges ignore the law and rule however they want. If you don’t want a baby, you just declare it’s not a person and is not protected by the law. Then you can kill it and not worry about being prosecuted. However, when God makes the law, no man can change it. David thought he could do what he wanted but Samuel confronted him and reminded him that he was not above the law. The law applies to the king as well as the pauper. A French visitor to the United States once remarked how strange it was to see a car sitting at a stop light waiting for it to change when there were no police or other cars around. Americans respected the law. Now they take their cue from the politicians who ignore the law whenever it suits their purpose. We see it on the highway where people ignore speed limit signs and even stop signs.