Pacifism

Recently, I have had a few conversations with individuals that are pacifists.  They are all Christians.  For some reason, most Christians that I talk to think that we are to "turn the other cheek" and let things happen "the way the are just supposed to happen".  I think that is crap.  I believe I could make a case that six million Jews were killed in Nazi Germany due to pacifism.  But the pacifist doesn't see it that way.

Most pacifists that I talk to believe that America has become an "evil" place and that God's will is to destroy it, along with the rest of the world, as punishment. They feel that "the military is sucking the U.S. dry, and capitalism only funnels money to the rich." They also believes that those who attend Tea Parties "are being played for suckers by corporations who feed upon the common people," and the only thing we need to be doing right now is praying.

I believe that praying is not the "only" thing God wants us to do. The God of ultimate action does not command us to sit back, close our eyes to the truth and pray while His people are being slaughtered (both physically and mentally) in any given situation, whether it be Hitler ordering the death of six million Jews, Saddam Hussein murdering over half a million Kurds and his own citizens, politicians lying to the public while stealing taxpayer money, a husband beating his wife, a man robbing a convenience store  and on and on and on.

America's history is not perfect. We have wronged the American Indian. We have wronged the African American. We have wronged women.  We wronged the Irish . . . and the list could go on and on concerning all those who have experienced less than equal treatment. The difficult truth is that ALL people — black, white, red, yellow, brown — have had to endure some kind of injustice or another, because America is filled with people, and people are imperfect.

However, as imperfect as we are, we are still "the beacon shining brightly on a hill".  We feed the hungry. We take care of the sick. We die for the sake of the freedom of others, along with our own. Today, many call this action — this longing to see all mankind live in safety, good health and freedom — "empire building." Such a statement is a prime example of a lie masquerading as the truth. Our actions and our beliefs have served to save millions of people, over the course of our short history. Many of those we have saved include the very people who now wish to destroy us, because we believe in freedom for every man, woman and child, no matter what they believe.

I believe that the latest enemy of American freedom lives in the White House. Our president is ripe with hatred under his calm demeanor. He despises the very American principles for which our men and women have died. He is Marxist and a puppet who is taking cues from known and unknown directors of evil. He's not the first emperor with no clothing in America, but he is, by far, the one we should fear the most, because for some unworldly reason, his lies are believed to be divine truths. The press will not question him; too many Americans will not oppose him, even if they do so in their own minds. Americans have become pacifists as they ignore the cold, hard facts concerning the swift actions now being taken by the current administration and all the appointed czars therein to undo what true defenders of the Republic hold dear: The Constitution of the United States.

Too many Americans are under the same evil spell, and we must stand up to them. They believe in concepts that are objectively false, completely opposite to our founding principles, and serve selfish purposes:

• The Muslim, who cannot live in a world with those who do not believe in his god.
• The right-wing, white supremacist, who does not want to live in a world with those who are not of his color.
• The progressivist, who is bent on destroying American freedom in the name of a false equality.
• The socialist, who believes it is fair to take from those who do to give to those who don't.
• The hater of personal responsibility and individual effort, who feels the world owes him a living and he owes the world nothing.
• The corporate executive, who worships greed.
• The thief, the rapist, the murderer.
• The pacifist, who will say and do nothing.

By denouncing pacifism, we are trying to save millions from a fate that is worse than death: Life without freedom.  The enemy is out in the open and the enemy is hidden. He is ready to implement a "New World Order" and we are letting it happen.
To all  pacifists: When someone breaks into your home and threatens to kill your family, and you have a choice between doing nothing or doing something that might save your children, I pray that you will do something. Likewise,  Americans send their own children into battle to save humanity from the tyrants of the world.

God has commanded us to love our enemies, but He does not expect us to stand beside them while we say and do nothing, because that kind of action will only help evil destroy America and the world, even if God allows that destruction to begin. All through the Bible, God's people were forced to face their enemies, and with His help, they did.

There is no Utopia on this earth. No amount of pacifism will create one, or cause it to come into being. I hope I will have the strength to fight evil, even in the face of death, for the sake of the freedom He gave us and wants us to enjoy!

We are at the most crucial time in the history of the world.