I become angry when politicians and religious leaders tell me my rights and freedoms come from the benevolence of a government or religion. In my opinion, our liberties come directly from Almighty God. Too often political and religious charlatans restrict and prohibit the basic rights and liberty of men.
God, or whatever term you use in belief system, is the only legitimate giver of rights and freedoms. Governments and religions stand between man and God. They manipulate freemen in the name of their authority while accumulating more power and money for their institutions.
The Lord Creator of all Chaos and Order gave man dominion over this world and blessed humans with reasoning and the right of self determination. My independence and creativity must remain beyond the reach of bureaucrats and preachers. I will obey civil laws that maintain order, but I will refuse and revolt against commands which detract from my freedom.
Nowadays, I cannot purchase a light bulb, own property, drink a glass of wine, freely use tobacco, or satirize a religion or government without danger of some church or government official possibly punishing my action. The union of religions and governments have been brutal to mankind. Together they've brutalized and killed more than all diseases and natural disasters. Think Crusades, communists, Islamic wars, The Inquisition, Holocaust, and Jihad to name a few horrors brought to us from governments and religions.
Have too many of us surrendered our God given rights to political and heavenly promises of paradise. Is it blasphemous to reject any politician pontificating and blowing hot air about "rights given by government" or a religious leader demanding total loyalty and tithing for heavenly goodies ?
In our complicated modern world many are not self sufficient and need help. Is this the role of governments or religions or the business of families and communities ? Should religions and governments be allowed to push humanity to a place of total dependency and slavery ?
The next great revolution may happen when we simply acknowledge The Almighty and not religions or governments as the real source of our liberties. Reasonable thinking people, standing on their own two feet, must rebuke institutions that claim to be the chief source of our God given rights.
God, or whatever term you use in belief system, is the only legitimate giver of rights and freedoms. Governments and religions stand between man and God. They manipulate freemen in the name of their authority while accumulating more power and money for their institutions.
The Lord Creator of all Chaos and Order gave man dominion over this world and blessed humans with reasoning and the right of self determination. My independence and creativity must remain beyond the reach of bureaucrats and preachers. I will obey civil laws that maintain order, but I will refuse and revolt against commands which detract from my freedom.
Nowadays, I cannot purchase a light bulb, own property, drink a glass of wine, freely use tobacco, or satirize a religion or government without danger of some church or government official possibly punishing my action. The union of religions and governments have been brutal to mankind. Together they've brutalized and killed more than all diseases and natural disasters. Think Crusades, communists, Islamic wars, The Inquisition, Holocaust, and Jihad to name a few horrors brought to us from governments and religions.
Have too many of us surrendered our God given rights to political and heavenly promises of paradise. Is it blasphemous to reject any politician pontificating and blowing hot air about "rights given by government" or a religious leader demanding total loyalty and tithing for heavenly goodies ?
In our complicated modern world many are not self sufficient and need help. Is this the role of governments or religions or the business of families and communities ? Should religions and governments be allowed to push humanity to a place of total dependency and slavery ?
The next great revolution may happen when we simply acknowledge The Almighty and not religions or governments as the real source of our liberties. Reasonable thinking people, standing on their own two feet, must rebuke institutions that claim to be the chief source of our God given rights.
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