America’s new religion
LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson
Time is short as we race toward the election. That’s why it is important to understand where we are now and where we will be taken if Hillary Clinton is elected to continue the Obama era.
Clinton knows it is her duty as an uber-liberal to advance the Leftist agenda. She will do so with zeal; after all, this has been her goal for 50 years.
Before I get into the layers of the new religion, understand that HRC is not a benign liberal-of-the-heart, one who wishes only to do good, have everyone get along, and bring forth international peace. These liberals can be useful in stabilizing a chaotic world.
Hillary Clinton is a Leftist-of-the-mind. Her job is to philosophically and politically change America into a country more palatable to the Left’s perception of how things must be. When it comes to that, there is no tolerance, compromise, or capability of change in that ice cube that represents her heart.
Clinton, like Mr. Bill, Barack Obama and many others, is all about progressively changing our democratic nation into a socialist one. Obama has accomplished much in that endeavor, but there is far more to do.
Clinton and Obama are steering the nation to a new religion, which has the following tenets:
First, make government the center of life, the politicized solution to all problems, and a source of gratitude. Grateful people support those who provide, much as the faithful might thank a benevolent god. This contributes to establishing a single-party system as found in socialist countries. Single-party governments make the ballot box, a cherished part of democracy, a relic.
A proponent of socialism, however, must be careful. If she pushes too far, too fast, the population might wise up and rebel before the whole system is in place. That’s why progressivism–a change here, a law there–is so important to the cause and why it works so well over time. Busy or disengaged people barely notice and, therefore, do not object strenuously enough to socialistic changes to stop their entrenchment.
Second to the new religion is secularism. There is no place for God-based religious practices in a humanistic new religion. That is why public displays of such iconic religious references as the Ten Commandments are being steadily removed from the public scene and why religion is viewed as superstition and people of faith are labeled as mindless.
These things are being accomplished through a smoke screen of offense. Someone fakes being offended by another’s religious expression and marches off to a liberal court for political (not religious) satisfaction. The next thing you know there are no Christmas music programs in schools. Or anywhere else.
The notion of separation of church and state has stopped being a tool of guidance and has become a weapon for change by the Left.
Third, diminish American influence in the world. Surely, you saw this during the Obama regime. How is it accomplished? 1) Reduce the country economically through wealth redistribution and lopsided trade agreements; 2) diminish America militarily while expanding social programs; 3) steadily reduce the reach of democratic principles; that is, stop encouraging countries to embrace democracy.
Fourth, reduce freedoms in this country via encroaching taxes, laws and regulations, by increasing dependency on government, by forcing political correctness, and by torturing the Bill of Rights.
The fifth tenet in the new religion is to attack relentlessly the American culture, our history, and things iconic that we have traditionally cherished. Hence, attacks on the flag, the national anthem, the pledge of allegiance, and/or representatives of law and order, such as the police.
Perhaps you heard about the San Francisco school district that plans to remove the name George Washington from one of its high schools. The argument from the Left is the name is no longer appropriate.
Like that.
The final tenet I will mention is the Left’s creation of an elitist class within the political culture. These people can do no wrong and have no need to fear consequences. In essence, they become god-like.
Examples: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, who are untouchable and do as they please, not greatly unlike a certain North Korean figure we detest.
This is what America is becoming in its true progression.
On election day, how will you answer the call to the new religion?
