Would the members of the United States Congress, Republican or Democrat, ever admit to following Marxist doctrines of Communism? It is doubtful that they would, but that is exactly what they have been doing ever since FDR moved the nation’s people through his government programs to accept socialism. That has been bad enough to watch over the years and now it is getting worse.

At the moment the Democrats running for election are trying to out Marx Marx who said, “From those with most ability to those with the greatest need.” There isn’t any need to imply anything in that statement since it is easily understood. Marx meant to take from those with most and give to those who had needs. Who will make that determination? Of course the government will determine who has the most and who has the greatest needs. And the taking will be and is done by force against those who are determined to have the most. That is tyranny pure and simple.

The followers of the liberal Democrats who believe in and push the socialistic principles off on us attempt to make us believe that Jesus was a socialist since he spoke often of helping the poor. They twist and pervert the scriptures to justify their belief that government should extract from the “rich” and donate to the “poor.” One of their favorite is the rich young ruler who didn’t want to sell his possessions to help the needy. Never mind that Jesus wasn’t speaking of government forcing him to sell, but was speaking of doing what was right and not to trust in uncertain riches.  

Two of the champions of take from and give to are LBJ who said, “we’ll take from the haves and give to the have nots, and Hillary Rodham Clinton who said that she would take profits of the oil companies to use for the greater good. These lines find a gullible public all too eager to help themselves to the property of others. Since the Bible says that riches can lead to a downfall if not managed properly, politicians are very willing to take from the “rich” to keep them from being lead astray into a snare by what is rightfully theirs (the rich) and not the government’s, even though not one word in the scriptures can be found that conveys to the government any God given command to extract the property of others to be used for charity. Rather, Paul told the Christians: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. (II Corinthians 9:7) That doesn’t mean to give to the government for charity or do it cheerfully. It is up to each one to decide who to help and with how much. Politicians need to butt out; it isn’t the government’s business.

However, tyranny by the government isn’t confined to the forcible extraction of wealth. It extends into other areas of life too. Free speech is threatened by laws that are designed to keep Christians and others from speaking out against abortion and homosexuality, resulting in the arrest of those proclaiming God’s truth. The IRS brings action against churches in which the minister tells the members about the evil beliefs of certain politicians. Certainly, preaching the truth means that evil must be pointed out and if that means that a politician is on record or otherwise believes ungodly things, the people have a right to judge his beliefs according to the word of God. When the government tells them to stop or face consequences that is tyranny.

Yet the tyranny marches on from the mouth of Nancy Pelosi who is becoming a tyrant. John Fund in Opinion Journal writes: Now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has moved to kill an amendment that would protect employers from federal lawsuits for requiring their workers to speak English. Among the employers targeted by such lawsuits: the Salvation Army.  The truth is that even though Congress passed an amendment that would shield the organization, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) has decided in its bureaucratic wisdom (having sued the Salvation Army for firing two employees who didn’t comply with language requirements) “… that the firings violated the law because the English-only policy was not "relevant" to job performance or safety.”  That is tyranny.

With just a few examples and a comparison with the Bible (also the Constitution), it can be seen that the only thing the politicians know is laws that force others to comply with their tyrannical agenda. Such behavior and power isn’t part of their constitutional duties. In Sorting It Out, if Christians and others don’t stand up to those such as Pelosi and her ilk, we’ll experience more slavery as tyranny marches on to the destruction of our God given freedom and liberties, even to the loss of our lives.

© 11-19-2007 DEC

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