Hobby Lobby: A Case in Point

Hobby Lobby: A Case in Point

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Problem is Anarchy.

The core of our anarchy is that we no longer believe in God, and we are rebelling against His authority with all our human frailty.  This can only lead to our defeat and destruction.

Yesterday I Ran Across These Questions.

(From: http://ancientfaith.com/specials/armatas_transforming_our_lives)

Do you believe in the following:

·       God, The Triune God of the Bible[1]

·       Satan, the Devil, the fallen angel who opposes God

·       Angels and Demons

·       The Fall and Paradise Lost: both cosmic and personal?[2]

·       Good and Evil

·       Heaven and Hell[3]

·       Sin and Death: do I accept their consequences?[4]

·       The Day of Judgement

·       Death and Bodily Resurrection

·       Spiritual Warfare: an unseen war for your soul?[5]

Today, I believe that most Americans would answer, NO, to all or most of these questions.  Here is where the battle was lost.  The Scripture raises the question, “When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”[6]  Evidently the answer to that question is, not very much.

Unless we are sincerely able to answer, “Yes,” to all of the above questions, the following answers are irrelevant.  While one does not have to be a Christian to be an American; without a strong Christian basis, America cannot continue to exist.  But that is irrelevant, if we cannot affirm the questions above.

This Is Not About Abortion.

We note with all sobriety that this is not about abortion, this is about freedom of religion.  Does an individual or a company have the right to run all its affairs based on moral principles?  Based on moral principles, does an individual or a company have the right to exempt itself from Federal and State programs?

Is the Constitution Being Raped?

Is the Constitution of the United States being raped?

Our Federal Constitution, contrary to popular opinion, does not guarantee the separation of church and state, or the separation of Bible and state.  Our Federal Constitution, guarantees the separation of the ESTABLISHMENT of church and state.  In other words, We may not have any variety of religious morals, programs, or theologies, etc... thrust on us through the power of taxation, or police action.

When the Constitution was being written, that clearly meant untaxed and un-coerced freedom of choice between various brands of Christianity and several brands of Biblical cults, that were not truly Christianity.  For example, Deism was clearly included: but Deists wanted the freedom to quote the Bible in political and moral debate, as well as the right to pray openly in public.  In fact, Deists demanded such freedoms and did not see in them any impediment to freedom of religion.

The Constitution of the United States is no longer any guarantee of anything.  To most politicians, even to many Christians, it is an outmoded and irrelevant document.  Nobody cares.  Every military servant, from buck privates up, every Federal public servant vows to uphold the Constitution of the United States.  Today, that is a meaningless vow, so much hot air.  Why?  Because it is clear that the majority of the members of both political parties, in all three branches of government and elsewhere consider the Constitution of the United States to mean anything they want it to mean.  The common public servant can no longer simply read the Constitution of the United States literally and discover his or her duty.

The simple fact is that our Nation is already lost.  We have entered the Age of Anarchy.  The rule of law has been defeated.  The endless series of tragic travesties like those of the Murrah building, Columbine, World Trade Center, Sandy Hook, and Boston Marathon yesterday reveal how deeply into anarchy we have already sunk.  These things, as horrific as they are, are merely symptoms: they reflect for us what we as a nation have come to believe.  What is it that we as a nation have come to believe?  NOTHING.  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

What is The Case in Point?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/hobbylobby.asp

However, please note that Snopes includes caveats.  I have never been a fan of the particular church mentioned, but now they have demonstrated their wickedness openly.  Nevertheless, we must not be naïve.  The opposing opinion held my many, so-called-churches, outnumbers us by many magnitudes.  This is a battle that Christianity is losing.  Even churches that have taken strong stands against abortion and Death Culture have many members in defection: such churches are being attacked from within and without.  Make no mistake, We are at war.  We can only hope and pray with the psalmist that the wicked people who have designed and set such treacherous traps and pitfalls would fall victim to their own inventions, and we might escape.  America is no longer a place where one can freely practice one’s religion.  God is our only refuge.  He always was our only refuge.

Yours in Christ

Augie-Herb

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[1] Hebrews 11:6

[2] Genesis 3:1-24

[3] Matthew 25:41

[4] Ezekiel 18:20

[5] 2 Corinthians 10:4; Ephesians 6:10-20; 2 Timothy 2:4

[6] http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+18%3A1-8&version=KJV
“And he told a parable to them for this goal, men should always pray, and not faint.  He Said, “In a city there was a judge, who did not fear God, or regard man.  There was also a widow in that city: she came to him, saying, ‘Avenge me of my adversary.’  However, [the judge] refused for a while: yet after thinking it over he said to himself, ‘Though I do not fear God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow pesters me, I will avenge her, lest by her perpetual whining, she wear me out.’  And the Lord said, ‘Hear what the unjust judge says.’  And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, since He bears patiently with them?  I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.  Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”  (Luke 18:1-8 KJV — Paraphrased)

Columbine

We support the prohibition of access (through sales or any other means) to lethal weapons by obviously psychotic and criminal individuals, while at the same time granting full second amendment rights to all responsible citizens.  The word responsible implies local licensure, regular competence and safety demonstration, safe storage, and regular local home inspection.  The word local implies that no police agency: not FBI, State BI, Sheriff, town police, or any other be allowed to control such regulation.  Only privately held, local businesses or social organizations can be trusted with such power.

On May 27, 1999, the following statement was made to the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on crime.  Opposing statements were also heard.  According to Snopes, these statements were available to the Associated Press and reported in several big-city newspapers.  According to Snopes, partially false or misleading copies of this statement are being widely circulated.

We republish this statement here simply because it relates to our contemporary pain.  Arming teachers is not a long-term solution, teachers already have more than enough to do.  Stationing armed police in every school corridor is not a long-term solution either, our schools already look too much like prisons.  The only key long-term solution is to keep evil invaders out of and far away from our schools.  This statement proposes one way to do exactly that: keep evil invaders out of and far away from our schools.  While all of us may not agree with Mr. Scott’s opinion at least he seems to be focused on the right problem.  We need proposals that offer a way to keep evil invaders out of and far away from our schools.

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Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women.  We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence.

The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain.  Their blood cries out for answers.

The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field.  The villain was not the club he used.  Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association.  The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.

In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA.  I am not a member of the NRA.  I am not a hunter.  I do not even own a gun.  I am not here to represent or defend the NRA – because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. 

Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended.  If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.

I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy – it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies!  Much of the blame lies here in this room.  Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves.  I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air. 
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer. 
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die. 
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed. 
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!

Men and women are three-part beings.  We all consist of body, mind, and spirit.  When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc.  Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history.  Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries.  This is a historical fact.  What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence.  And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs – politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA.  They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties.  We do not need more restrictive laws.  Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors.  No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre.  The real villain lies within our own hearts.

As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school.  I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools.  Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain.  Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him.  To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA – I give to you a sincere challenge.  Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone!

My daughter's death will not be in vain!  The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!

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Darrell Scott