Make no mistake -- the "moderate secularist" regime is anything but. They are extremist religious psychopaths, but they have a religion that is so dark that they cannot publicly share it or disclose it with the rest of us. That's the real story of Epstein Island. Oh, these people are very religious. They just don't share your values, in fact, they have values that are the diametric opposite of any open-air religion. Every open-air religion in the world broadly recognizes the virtues that we refer to as the fruits of the Spirit in Christian doctrine -- these are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. In addition, there are the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love, and the three essential virtues of the divine essence, which are the Good, the True and the Beautiful. While only the Gospel of Jesus has saving truth, the fact that every open-air religion in the world agrees on these virtues tells you just how universal they are. Even a skeptic would have to concede that, if there is one Creator God, surely, these must be His virtues. Paul says in Galatians, "There is no law against these" fruits of the Spirit, meaning, no one, no matter how evil or tyrannical they may be, has ever managed to banish or outlaw the fruits of the Spirit.
But these people, these supposed "tolerant secularists" who claim to have "no religion at all".... they are another breed altogether. As Doug Wilson likes to point out, everyone has a god -- the only question is "which one?" And everyone has a religion -- the only question is "which one?" Your god is whatever you consider ultimate, whatever you devote your time and energy to. And your religion is your ultimate values, those things that govern how you act and choose, especially at the most difficult and extreme moments. They claim to have no religion for the simple reason that no open-air religion has a set of values which conforms to their own secretly held values. That is, they cannot adopt any religion in the world because they all teach that the fruits of the Spirit -- love, joy, peace, and so on -- are the highest religious virtues. They secretly hold another set of "virtues" to be highest.
Yes, I have more in common with an Islamic Imam than I have with Senator Kaine. Let me rephrase that for robustness... I have more in common with an Islamic Imam in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, than I have with Senator Kaine. That's because, if he is truly Islamic in belief and practice (not a hypocrite), then he himself must profess the truth and lawfulness of the fruits of the Spirit -- that love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and so on, are the highest virtues of man, and that all men, everywhere, are obligated to their Creator to strive for these virtues. And it is because we have this obligation -- unlike the animals, who do not -- that we are also born princes of God's creation, heirs of God if we are in Christ, and having the rights that pertain to such dignity, including the rights to life, liberty, property, and the like. These inalienable rights pertain to each man and woman born in the image of God because they are in the image of God. Both the Taliban Imam and me would be in complete agreement on all of these theological points except how to apply those theological truths to the civil sphere. There, we would disagree. But in respect to the foundation itself, we would be in complete agreement.
So, if the accusation is that I have more in common with a Taliban Imam who is a true Muslim, than I do with secretly Molech-worshiping "secular moderates" who put on a mask of button-down, suit-and-tie civility to fool the masses into imagining that they're just regular folks and don't engage in secret, ritual nude ceremonies out in the woods with their psychotic, devil-worshipping pals -- I am guilty as accused. Yes, our rights come from God our Creator, who is Goodness Itself, Beauty Itself, Truth Itself, and who has made man free because man is made the image of God who is most free. This is why Jesus said in John 8:36, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." Not just a little free, completely free. Why? because God is completely free, and we are made in His image!
Our rights come from God. By birth. And everyone who truly believes in Jesus must stand ready to die for that Gospel truth, whether our enemies murder us for political reasons, religious reasons, or both. Many of our ancestors paid that blood price, not as act of egoism, but in obedience to their Savior. We today follow the exact same Savior and their martyrdom only holds our generation to that much higher of a standard -- we are fully obligated by both conscience and heritage to go to the martyr's stake willingly and cheerfully if we are so called.
All our rights come from God, by birth, and no man or group of men can take them away, nor even an angel in heaven.
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