Government, man's replacement for God

Funny thing is, when people abide by the Laws of God that nation prospers
Yeah, I stopped right there, because I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, slavery does wonders for an economy.

If you're happy, clank your chains.

Democrats are only happy when they have someone in the Oval Office with a "D" by their name. They will even admit to this way of thinking. For you see, Republicans bad, democrats good. After all, none of them ever seem to go to jail so it must be true.
 
Funny thing is, when people abide by the Laws of God that nation prospers
Yeah, I stopped right there, because I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, slavery does wonders for an economy.

If you're happy, clank your chains.
*Says the willing slave to his magical dictator

If you have a Socialist Surveillance Number ...ooops, "Social Security Number," you are chattel property - a slave. Bet you have one.
 
Funny thing is, when people abide by the Laws of God that nation prospers
Yeah, I stopped right there, because I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, slavery does wonders for an economy.

If you're happy, clank your chains.
*Says the willing slave to his magical dictator

If you have a Socialist Surveillance Number ...ooops, "Social Security Number," you are chattel property - a slave. Bet you have one.
Haha, okay, nutball.
 
1. Omnipresent/omniscient. The state is increasingly everywhere and monitoring everything you do so that none of us have any secrets any longer. After all, what do you have to hide?

2. Greatest source of wisdom. This results in the state becoming ever increasingly all knowing, with the assumption that once all knowing, the wisdom to deal with such knowledge will just come naturally because without God, people think that the human being is naturally good, so why worry about it? Nothing in the private sector can even come close to the wisdom of government in dealing with our never ending problems which is why they run the show. And to procure such wisdom, all we need is science. And even though science is not a source of wisdom, man is inherently good so it will naturally come. After all, we are all evolving and all evolution is to our benefit, so history becomes that much less important as a learning tool because we have progressed so far!

3. Omnipotent. The government becomes all powerful. Historically, governments tend to trend towards collectivism. Over time, power is increasingly centralized to the point of one person, or group of people, ruling over everyone else. It is an innate desire to be ruled by a king no matter the objections heard to the contrary because history bears this out. Most governments have been ruled by despotic single rulers, and those that are not have trended towards that, like Caesar declaring himself emperor of Rome to the chagrin of the Roman Senate or the Executive Branch in the US ballooning into the 4rth branch of government, taking over many of the jobs originally done by the Legislative branch and now ruling by Executive edicts, etc.

4. Ineluctably. We have all heard of the long arm of the law. With the government becoming exponentially omnipresent and all powerful, escaping it's clutches is increasingly problematic.

5. Benevolent. The state is looked upon as the only real source for helping those in need. Why without the state, we would all be starving in the streets without health care and with no hope. The state, therefore, is the source of all "love" and only source of hope. The state must continually save us from ourselves, and since they believe human nature is ultimately good, at least in government, there is no reason for concern for the opposite effect.
Maybe none of this would be an issue if we ensure our government represents people and not money.
Human nature is corrupt and the more power a person becomes the more corrupt they become.

Have you ever seen the movie Lord of the Rings? It is a movie that represents my point about human nature. In the movie, a ring gives you all kinds of powers, so when you use them, you become addicted to it and the longer you have the ring the more sick and twisted you become in your obsession with the ring. Even the most mild mannered and "good" person who has the ring will undergo a change if they wear the ring and if they wear it too long they reach a point of no return.

This is the problem with government, and the more centralized and powerful it becomes, the worse the condition of those who wear the ring.

The US was based upon a limited government where states ran their own affairs. Now it has been transformed by the Progressive era into a centralize Leviathan where the states bow to the Federal government as the Federal government now dictates everything from what doctor you see to who will educate your first grader and how and what kind of toilet you will flush.

The system, as a result, is unfixable and inherently corrupt and is only getting worse.

So do yourself a favor, turn on Netflix and watch the movie.
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Human nature is corrupt and the more power a person becomes the more corrupt they become.

seems your condition in a nutshell -


The US was based upon a limited government where states ran their own affairs ...The system, as a result, is unfixable and inherently corrupt and is only getting worse.

your first assertion is incorrect, that was the articles of confederation - get over it, you lost. your second assertion is just stupid, fit only for a whimpering cultist.

The Articles of Confederation lasted how long? LOL. It was considered to be a failure because it did not empower the Federal government enough, so then they passed the Constitution a decade later. And it worked just fine until the Progressive era. It began as an era when the Federal Income tax was struck down by SCOTUS at the turn of the 20th century, so the Progressives just added it to the Constitution instead. LOL. Oh, and creating your own bank to print fund you could not collect via taxes out of thin air was great too. Just look at all the debt we have now thanks to the Progressive era. Why without all this debt, the nation may have reached 300 years or more instead of less than 300 years before fiscally imploding.
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It began as an era when the Federal Income tax was struck down by SCOTUS at the turn of the 20th century, so the Progressives just added it to the Constitution instead.

you lost that one also and have finagled an outcome where only the working class are the contributors - lets not forget the civil war amendments, equal protection under the law for all citizens (ignoring state borders) ... coincidentally, the two together saved the affordable care act what greater proof of justice could there be.
 
Some of the supporters of the one up there now act and react as if he walks on water. Maybe God has been replaced.
 
I don't understand why people have to have someone else, even an omnipotent someone, tell them they're right or wrong or living right or making a correct left hand turn- a collective, is group think, it doesn't matter what the group label is- religious and political offer the same result- don't think for yourself, someone can absolve personal responsibility, real or elected- as long as you pay your tithe. If not you're going to hell- or jail- either way you're condemned by the self righteous who deem to know better for others than they do themselves- the lack of respect leads to lack of self respect which is gained by showing respect- getting a pat on the back doesn't offer much of an ROI-
 
To the original post- those are purported to be Jesus words- I'd like to know where he learned English.
 
1. Omnipresent/omniscient. The state is increasingly everywhere and monitoring everything you do so that none of us have any secrets any longer. After all, what do you have to hide?

2. Greatest source of wisdom. This results in the state becoming ever increasingly all knowing, with the assumption that once all knowing, the wisdom to deal with such knowledge will just come naturally because without God, people think that the human being is naturally good, so why worry about it? Nothing in the private sector can even come close to the wisdom of government in dealing with our never ending problems which is why they run the show. And to procure such wisdom, all we need is science. And even though science is not a source of wisdom, man is inherently good so it will naturally come. After all, we are all evolving and all evolution is to our benefit, so history becomes that much less important as a learning tool because we have progressed so far!

3. Omnipotent. The government becomes all powerful. Historically, governments tend to trend towards collectivism. Over time, power is increasingly centralized to the point of one person, or group of people, ruling over everyone else. It is an innate desire to be ruled by a king no matter the objections heard to the contrary because history bears this out. Most governments have been ruled by despotic single rulers, and those that are not have trended towards that, like Caesar declaring himself emperor of Rome to the chagrin of the Roman Senate or the Executive Branch in the US ballooning into the 4rth branch of government, taking over many of the jobs originally done by the Legislative branch and now ruling by Executive edicts, etc.

4. Ineluctably. We have all heard of the long arm of the law. With the government becoming exponentially omnipresent and all powerful, escaping it's clutches is increasingly problematic.

5. Benevolent. The state is looked upon as the only real source for helping those in need. Why without the state, we would all be starving in the streets without health care and with no hope. The state, therefore, is the source of all "love" and only source of hope. The state must continually save us from ourselves, and since they believe human nature is ultimately good, at least in government, there is no reason for concern for the opposite effect.

The paranoids are going to get you Votto….
 

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