We Are at War
May 30, 2020
“LOYAL READER” continues the discussion in this entry about his refusal to wear a face mask in public:
My visits [to McDonald’s without a required mask] were ostensibly to obtain food or a drink, more kind of as a social experiment, but mostly because I prefer to live my life as a free individual. If we don’t stand up now, when will we? If it’s not about fast food, it is about every single thing that we once took for granted in this country, including sporting events, graduations, proms, weddings, funerals. There is simply no legal or scientific basis for the shutdowns! “The government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed,” and we have given consent by not resisting.
I have had Christian friends tell me that they agree, but can’t seem to abandon the argument that “God’s law isn’t being violated” by these lockdowns.
My response has been, do you not believe that “we are endowed by OUR CREATOR not the government with certain unalienable rights”? And what about the masks?
Again, a Christian friend said it wasn’t a “religious” issue, although masks strongly resemble a burka (which by the way, is optional in Muslim culture). We are made in the image of God, that includes our face, the most recognizable aspect of our being and what distinguishes each of us from the billions of others in this world! We should not be forced to cover it! It is depressing at times, but we must band together and remain strong. And not in the phony, sappy meaning that the propaganda we see on TV encourages … y’know, we’re “schtrong” when we are begging to go places we once freely visited, begging to open up our businesses to the public, when we stay home and hide under our beds in fear …
I believe the fear is more a fear of the government than a virus, if truth be told, but I don’t think most people are ready to admit that yet. Churches need to stand up first – the world is watching.
John Adams once said, “Where the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Where the government fears the people, there is liberty.” The only way to fight the Covid machine is through the impassioned resolve of freedom-loving people everywhere. The petty tyrants that are emerging at all levels of our society can only be stopped if we meet them with a firm resistance. This battle is for our children and their children, if the LORD tarries.
We must stand up. We can’t fight on our knees!
