NewsWatch Dec. 29, 2011: Saving Us From Ourselves

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If this bear fellow could talk, I think he would say, “I’m here, I have needs, and I can make a lot of trouble if the handouts stop.” He, like so many people in America, is on the take in the Federal Redistribution System.

Is it wrong? If you are a Christian, consider that the Ten Commandments forbid taking what belongs to another, “You shall not steal,” and even wanting what belongs to another, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s…” in other words, his stuff.

Did our Founding Fathers fail to anticipate and deal with this, or are we just ignoring the rules they put down?

James Madison seemed to be pretty solid in his thinking. He said, “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”

Our nation’s Founding Fathers understood that the role of the national government was only to protect the rights of the people, and thus wrote a Constitution giving the federal government few and enumerated powers. Its primary role was to protect the American people from attack. This role was expanded somewhat with the 13th-15th Amendments when some of the states refused to protect the rights of some of their citizens.

The Americans who have their rights violated most often today are babies who are killed by abortion. Without any due process, their right to life is snatched away in a brutal, painful procedure.

“…These days, there is a lot of talk about religion – Christianity in particular – and its role in public life. Whether it is protesting nativities, the debate over “In God We Trust” as our country’s motto or the controversy surrounding the public faith of football star Tim Tebow, a national discussion is taking place on what the present and future role of Christianity in America should be. The consensus among the secular elites seems to be that it is a bit like smoking: It is harmful, so if you must do it, do it in the designated areas only. Richard Dawkins, the Oxford scientist and atheist provocateur, calls Christianity a “mental virus” that should be eradicated…. Christian influence goes well beyond benevolence: Our laws, art, literature and institutions find meaning in a rich Christian heritage…. the decline of the West can, in part, be attributed to the decline of a robust Christian presence in Western culture.”

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