I couldn't have said it better myself. VERY GOOD POST
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From: Kerry Weiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [RR] *About Rangers and guns.. WATCH-IT!
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>
> Interesting discussion. I'm reminded of something I learned several years
> ago. In the U. S., we take the Constitution pretty much for granted.
But
> when it was written, it was charting very new territory. A government
that
> limited its own power and affirmed the rights of the people was unheard
of.
> I don't remember the quote, but I was told that a Frenchman of the times
> was asked, "How long will the United States of America last?" His
response
> was that the government will last as long as the values and beliefs of the
> writers of the Constitution are the values and beliefs of the people of
the
> U.S.
>
> It seems that the people were willing to affirm one's right to free
speech,
> free assembly, a free press, the right to bear arms, etc, because of what
> they believed about people. They trusted that people had an internal
> control put on their actions by their own faith in and accountability to
> God. So there was no need for intrusive government control. See, in the
> late 1700's most people still feared God's judgement and respected his
laws.
> And they feared excessive government control more than their fellowman.
>
> Today, the prevailing philosophy is "do whatever seems right to you".
God's
> very existence is debatable, and his law is scoffed daily. Some of us
fear
> and distrust our fellowman so much that we are willing to embrace
government
> control and give up some of our hard-earned freedoms. People are
grappling
> with the question of how to have a free society when the people seem to
have
> no conscience. I don't know the political or legislative solution.
>
> But I do know the ultimate answer. As always, it comes back to Jesus
> Christ. Spread the Gospel. When the hearts and minds of the people are
> turned to God, whom should we fear?
>
> Reach, teach, and keep for Christ.
>
> Kerry Weiser,
> Vancouver, WA
>
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