Joseph de Maistre once wrote the maxim, “Every
country gets the government it deserves.”
That is a powerful truism; one which deserves reflection, particularly
in the world’s oldest republic turning into a free-for-all democracy.
The United States has become a Petri dish of
populism despite warnings from our founding fathers. They knew the perils of a democracy. Life, liberty, property and self-government
would eventually fall prey to demagogues who preach envy and greed from the
pulpit of a grand centralized government.
These saviors from a distant capitol will take care of every base need
and want of a salivating populace by taking from others. Their “good book” is a preponderance of tax
codes and regulations. Their apostles
are bureaucrats, lobbyists, community organizers, academia and so-called
journalist preaching the gospel of Washington D.C.
To ensure the power of the federal pulpit, religious
institutions have to be marginalized and silenced and what better way to do
that then by advancing an onerous tax code that punishes political speech. This was first done with the Tariff Act of 1894. That law was declared unconstitutional in
1896. Progressives wouldn’t be denied. They once again re-established a church tax
exemption in the Revenue Act of 1913. This
act is the foundation for violating the First Amendment rights of dissenting
Christians in modern America by punishing churches that dare speak out against
the depredations of a corrupt political system.
Progressives have found other means to advance their
agenda by changing the behavior of congregants.
The Washington Free Beacon reported the following:
The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is spending $84,000 to study how churches
can be used to combat climate change.
A
taxpayer-funded graduate fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
is examining 17 faith-based institutions that have implemented “sustainability
initiatives” in the hopes of developing workshops to teach pastors and other
religious leaders how to change the behaviors of their congregants.
“Climate change—which affects traditional faith-based efforts to
improve human health, mitigate poverty and redress social inequity—is inspiring
religious organizations to advocate for clean air and water, restore
ecosystems, and conserve resources,” a grant for
the project, which began last fall, states. “This project seeks to understand
the empirical experiences of faith-based environmental efforts within
communities.”
“Through what
motivations and processes do congregation level sustainability initiatives
emerge?” the grant asks. “What factors facilitate and/or hinder implementation
of these initiatives? What environmental and community outcomes are perceived
to have been achieved through these initiatives?”
“The results
will provide insights into the role of religion and faith communities in
motivating environmental behavior,” it said
Progressives don’t have a problem with separation of
church and state as long as that church is the state. Heterogeneous
thought and governance is an apostasy to these cardinals of conformity. Salvation can only be gained at the altar of the
religion of liberalism.
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