tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1557632869896522333..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.797-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Losing our moral direction?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13438274092135892752015-09-04T01:52:57.885-05:002015-09-04T01:52:57.885-05:00Was listening to Glenn Beck today, (9/3) he was ex...Was listening to Glenn Beck today, (9/3) he was expressing outrage over a Green Beret who was being dishonorably discharged, for striking anAfgan police chief. It seems the head cop had kidnapped a 15,year old.boy, RAPED HIM FOR SIX DAYS, then beat the boy's mother when she appealed to the S.F. detachment for help. The troop who found and freed the boy had to punch out the PD commander they'd been sent to train, to do so. HE IS BEING CASHIERED FOR HAVING HONOR, BY HIGHER COMMAND. HELL, YES we are losing the Mandate of Heaven I believe we've had since the Revolution. <br />God, help us all.JohninMd.(HELP?!??)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1791295538854471712015-09-02T10:14:23.499-05:002015-09-02T10:14:23.499-05:00I need to pay more attention to my RSS feed.
Matt...I need to pay more attention to my RSS feed.<br /><br />Matthew 24 says that "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." As we get further from God, the love, appreciation, tolerance and civility that we sort of expect because it's been at least a small part of our culture for so long, starts to naturally go away. As we become less willing to follow the commandments, we begin to lose the love, understanding, and appreciation that people should have for one another. <br /><br />It feels like we're being pushed to extremes. Either you go light - and hold on and push for light and life and love, or you go dark - really dark - and you begin to push for darkness and death. We will not be able to stand between two opinions, people are going to have to choose. Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05382876506038066469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6933948420784375932015-08-29T19:15:23.338-05:002015-08-29T19:15:23.338-05:00Hey Peter,
I remember a line from Babylon 5 f...Hey Peter,<br /><br /> I remember a line from Babylon 5 from the movie "In the Beginning" and the older space faring race called the "Mimbari" were debating the existence of the "evil ones" called the "Shadows" and one of the representative from the side of light commented after a member of the warrior caste commented about such things don't exist if you can't touch it. the character that represented the Rangers from the side of light replied " You no longer believe, for you have fallen from Grace." It is a bit long winded reply for what I was going to say but when ever I see something like what you have written...I see this scene flow through my mind " you have fallen from Grace". And that is in a nutshell..."we as a nation has fallen from Grace."MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19818217566147174992015-08-29T18:57:28.311-05:002015-08-29T18:57:28.311-05:00@3:59,
not necessarily true. When you carry a gun...@3:59,<br /><br />not necessarily true. When you carry a gun, you tend to pay more attention to your surroundings. Better situational awareness, in other words. <br />However, in their case, according to people who do that job, the focus is so acute, that it can be difficult to notice people around you.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88938751714570275402015-08-29T15:59:37.952-05:002015-08-29T15:59:37.952-05:00A sobering thought: If each of the three people sh...A sobering thought: If each of the three people shot by the scumbag in VA had been packing heat .... wouldn't have helped them one bit. They never had a chance.<br /><br />I like what Mr. Ramirez wrote, gives me hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48026785465079539262015-08-29T12:18:01.144-05:002015-08-29T12:18:01.144-05:00I agree. Please note the connection some of our F...I agree. Please note the connection some of our Founding Fathers saw between freedom/liberty and "religion" which to them meant "Christianity".<br /><br />Here's the one I was looking for. John Adams, in a speech to the military in 1798, warned his fellow countrymen stating, "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." <br /><br />This and others like it found at the URL below.<br /><br />http://www.free2pray.info/5founderquotes.html<br /><br />WaidmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67146389385390501792015-08-29T11:29:47.203-05:002015-08-29T11:29:47.203-05:00I see much of this as reflecting an outbreak of na...I see much of this as reflecting an outbreak of narrow tribalism... which has been developing for decades, really got rolling in November 2000, and is rapidly escalating in some highly-visible areas.<br />It doesn't help that one collection of factions pursues a collectivist ideology (or an assortment of such), with any deviation from the dogma of the day punishable by shaming or summary banishment. All must agree on everything!<br />The puppy kickers? Tribalism.<br />Defending live delivery and dismemberment as a legitimate medical procedure and the <i>sine qua non</i> of women's health? C'mon, <b>no one</b> could say that with a straight face except as a desperate attempt to preserve tribal solidarity.<br />Congresscritters going along with the crooked Establishment? But they have to do that, or they wouldn't be allowed to sit at the Cool Kids' Table!<br />No, I don't see this as a religious thing, <i>per se</i>, except so far as people without religion (even if they go to church) often end up worshiping tribal leaders - we've seen a lot of that the past few years, haven't we?<br />Humans are predisposed to believe in things. Those without knowledge and understanding will believe any "facts" they read on the Internet. Those with uncalibrated moral compasses will pick any large magnet and declare it to be "north." Chesterton is reputed (probably incorrectly) to have remarked on this.<br />And, of course, we're predisposed to form tribes. Demagogues can take advantage of this to carve out followings for themselves, and set their followers against selected out-groups.<br />Our enlightened leaders want us to be more like Europe, but if we examine the history of Europe outside the <i>Pax Americana</i>, this maybe doesn't sound like such a good thing?Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27528613560188301852015-08-29T11:21:28.402-05:002015-08-29T11:21:28.402-05:00Yup, America is dark, and has been for some time. ...Yup, America is dark, and has been for some time. As a young guy in my twenties, as part of my day job I talk to Americans in their eighties and nineties every day, and it's like they are immigrants from a different country. Probably because they are - in a metaphorical sense, anyway. I don't remember a country where things weren't dark, and my children will not even be able to fathom it. <br /><br />I like what you said, Peter, about the Ten and the Great commandments. In my church we have a teaching that goes like this: "Commandments from God are invitations to blessings." Many, many people have turned down the invitations, and many, many more were never given the invitation because their parents turned it down before it could reach their children. And... we see the results.<br /><br />There is still light, though, and as America (and the rest of the world) gets darker, even small lights can shine brighter, and the ones who never got the invitation can still find those lights, those invitations, if we keep them held high and burning bright. People can change. Many will not, but some can, and thus, there is still hope.Joseph S. Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285742026682019103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52018200939205474192015-08-29T11:07:29.933-05:002015-08-29T11:07:29.933-05:00I remember reading a few years back about how a Ja...I remember reading a few years back about how a Japanese medical school treated their cadavers, and I was astonished and delighted. The med students were required to learn about the people who had donated their bodies, and ended up doing presentations for the relatives, celebrating the donors' lives as well as what the students had learned from their bodies. Such a program (IMHO) helped the students maintain respect for their donors and (hopefully) helped them treat their future patients with dignity ... a program like this should be required, not an exception.freddie_macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62587822875224353452015-08-29T09:34:58.706-05:002015-08-29T09:34:58.706-05:00We are all witnessing the fall of this nation, a c...We are all witnessing the fall of this nation, a collapse brought about by decades of effort by every amoral and Godless group imaginable: Communists, Socialists, feminists, the disgusting collection of LGBT adherents, unsane college professors, greedy politicians... the list is long, and they have worked tirelessly for decades to see their goals achieved.<br /><br />With the election of Obama, the last nail was hammered into the coffin of America's ideals as enshrined in our Constitution.<br /><br />Good grief, some nutcase professor just announced at the University of Tennessee that definitions like "He", "She", "his, "her" are all now unacceptable, and it has gone unchallenged.<br /><br />We are witnessing the fall. We will soon be experiencing the results.<br /><br />Remember what weatherman bomber Lou Ayers wife Bernadine Dohrn said: <br /><br />"It may be necessary to kill as many as 25 million of them to achieve our goals".<br /><br />Keep in mind this lunatic in not in prison, she is an Clinical Associate Professor of Law and has been poisoning young minds for decades.<br /><br />People go on about how Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot killed millions of their own citizens who happened to disagree with them.<br /><br />It's going to happen here - the same forces are in motion - and there is no one to stop them. Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13904923537376290582015-08-29T09:30:31.569-05:002015-08-29T09:30:31.569-05:00the devil believes in God, Why can't we?the devil believes in God, Why can't we?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78676983477991991392015-08-29T07:00:08.027-05:002015-08-29T07:00:08.027-05:00To call evil, evil is recognition of the truth. We...To call evil, evil is recognition of the truth. We are as much spiritual as physical, probably more. We should be more aware of the condition of our heart. Thank you for being willing to bring it out in the open.1LLoydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963814112725103971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68716880507124872922015-08-29T00:13:52.398-05:002015-08-29T00:13:52.398-05:00Corpses don't stink mediately in many cases. ...Corpses don't stink mediately in many cases. This country died when it tossed God out if its collective heart. The stench is awful now.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38496017062239758442015-08-28T23:12:40.421-05:002015-08-28T23:12:40.421-05:00Not too long ago, I read an excerpt on some blog o...Not too long ago, I read an excerpt on some blog or another- can't remember who it was that was quoted, but the gist went something like this- I am sure some of your readers can clue me in on the author.<br /> <i>After people turn away from God and religion, even though the worship is gone , they adhere to the framework of morality that remains , for a few generations, more or less out of habit and tradition. But after a while, even the echos of that moral framework fade away and they drift back to barbarism.</i><br /> <br /> I think that is where we are now.ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856682279027941740noreply@blogger.com