終極勢力的碰撞—美國遺產概要41
有些文明、文化、哲學、宗教和經濟彼此對立，而人類大部分歷史就在這些對立間衝突。要活在如此終極勢力的巨大戰役中，就像是坐在人類知識的大教室中來瞭解人性，我們現在可能正坐在此類教室中最大的一間。
這並非意味著我們在這裡只是成為觀察者，如果我們是所蒙召成為的鹽和光，我們將創造歷史，而不單是觀察歷史而已。即便如此，當一些最重要的智慧和知識在意識形態彼此對抗時被闡明出來，我們必須從這樣的機會中學到一切。目前這一世代可能是此時期高級班的最前排。
當我們成為這時代巔峰的見證者和參與者，影響人類進程的所有部分都已經來到完全成熟，人性的終極瑕疵與最崇高品格都將彰顯出來。這是人類將收成過去曾栽種的時期，此時又稱為「斷定谷」，所有人都必須選擇到底要在哪一邊。
馬克思主義自稱是終極哲學、宗教、經濟和文化，不會容忍任何競爭對手。為此緣故，馬克思主義已從先前的哲學，宗教，經濟或文化中嶄露頭角，成為主要勢力。力圖阻撓馬克思主義世界統治地位的，正是那些提倡自由、尊重個體價值，使人們能夠擁護自己選擇的信念並能自由分享的人。在真正的馬克思主義裡，個體是沒有價值的，不過是國家的奴隸，因此每一種形式的自由都是馬克思政府的頭號敵人。
如此黑暗、負面、反動，殘酷壓迫，又與一切推動人類進步相悖的哲學，怎麼會有追隨者，更不用說對如此眾多國家的控制？首要原因是迷惑。馬克思的宣傳剛好與其本質完全相反，很少有人深入研究，從他們所被告知的事物中發現真相。這即是列寧稱他的工人和宣傳者為「有用的白痴」的一個原因。
馬克思主義會有如此多跟隨者的另一個原因是，它發展成非常有效的策略來利用並攪動文化傷口、冒犯和不公不義，讓人民團體彼此對抗，直到垮台進入混亂與無政府狀態。他們知道任何人只要短暫經歷到無政府狀態，就會願意接受馬克思主義的極權統治。
在人類歷史中，每個馬克思所統治的地方總是帶來前所未有的毀滅、貧窮和飢荒。怎麼會有任何人考慮讓馬克思主義作為政府和經濟體呢？知識和原因並不是多數人做決定的主要因素；要瞭解為何有人會成為馬克思主義者，我們必須來看由苦毒和憎恨所帶來的非理智、反常，以及文化失常的根源。我們也必須瞭解受馬克思主義灌輸的人是不會思考的，因為他們已經決定拒絕馬克思主義以外的所有教義。
即便馬克思主義已經成為地上禍害超過一世紀之久，但大多數從其鐵軛下出來的人，現在已經完全免疫。最深度投入反馬克主義者，就是那些曾生活在其下的人。現在，這樣的團體佔地上人口極大部分。
為何美國對馬克思主義的宣傳和起義如此天真與難防的一個原因，是我們如此蒙福免受其驚恐。當我們在目前的危難中目睹其狂怒與偏執，美國人正從此邪惡中甦醒過來。在美國對馬克思主義和我們自己遺產的瞭解正在快速成長，越來越多的美國人開始同時瞭解自己與我們的敵人是誰，這終將使我們變得更好更壯大。
美國不單是由來自各國的人民團體所組成，我們也由各種宗教、哲學、文化、經濟原則組合而成。美國不僅是消費品的主要進口國，也是不同想法的主要進口國。我們擁有自由來檢視這些想法，保留好的拒絕壞的。在馬克思主義之下，連聽一下有別於共產黨路線的想法都是危險的。
好的想法一直是幫助美國不斷前進和建設的行動要點，受到那些尋求更美好未來的異象家所擁護。我們也進口許多壞的想法，來自苦毒、受傷，被冒犯的人，他們可能聲稱是為著更美好的未來，卻無法定義那是什麼，他們多半受冒犯所激發，想要拆除並摧毀美國所建造與擁護的一切。
馬克思主義從一開始就視美國為主要敵人，是它最大的威脅，也成為它要毀滅的首要目標。隨著馬克思主義的狂熱與毒藥橫掃全地，美國確實成為對抗它的主要堡壘，而且持續到如今。瞭解何以美國成為馬克思主義此終極邪惡的鮮明對比，幫助我們瞭解作為一個國家，我們被呼召成為什麼樣的人，並且幫助我們絕不背離我們成為「人人自由平等之地」的決心。
～摘錄美國革命之父─山繆·亞當斯（Samuel Adams）～
我們國家的自由與我們公民憲法的自由，在一切危險中都值得捍衛，捍衛它們免受一切攻擊是我們的責任。我們從敬愛的先祖領受如此豐富的遺產，他們以辛勞和危險獲得，以財寶和鮮血為代價，並且小心謹慎的傳承給我們。倘若我們容許這些遺產不經掙扎的被奪走，或被虛妄詭詐的人以詭計騙走，就會為當今世代留下永久的污名。
(摘自喬納word for the week, Week 41, 2020)
A Clash of Ultimate Power—Heritage Brief 41
There are civilizations, cultures, philosophies, religions, and economies that have been juxtaposed as opposites. Much of human history is about the conflicts between these opposites. To live during one of the great battles of such ultimate powers is to have a seat in one of the great classrooms of human knowledge and for understanding human nature. We are in perhaps the greatest of all such classrooms now.
This is not to imply that we are here just to be observers. If we are the salt and light we are called to be we will make history, not just observe it. Even so, as some of the most important wisdom and knowledge is illuminated during such times of confrontation between competing ideologies, we must learn all that we can from this opportunity. The present generation is on the front row of what may be this age’s senior class.
As we are witnesses and participants in the culmination of the age, all that has been a part of influencing the course of humanity is coming to full maturity. Both the ultimate flaws and the most noble characteristics of human nature are becoming manifest. Scripture calls this time “the harvest,” which is the time when all of the seeds that have been sown, both the good and the bad, come to maturity. This is the period when mankind will reap all that has been sown. This time is also called “The Valley of Decision,” when all must choose which side they’re on.
Marxism claims to be the ultimate philosophy, religion, economy, and culture, and will tolerate no rivals. For this reason, Marxism has emerged as the primary juxtaposition of almost every previous philosophy, religion, economy, or culture. Standing in its way of world dominance are those that promote freedom and honor the value of every individual, permitting them to embrace the beliefs they choose and to be able to share them freely. In true Marxism the individual has no value except as a slave of the state, and so freedom of every kind is the desperate enemy of the Marxist state.
How did any philosophy that is so dark, so negative, so reactionary, so outrageously oppressive, and contrary to all that has brought the advancement of mankind gained any following at all, much less the control of so many nations? The first reason is deception. Marxist propaganda claims it to be the opposite of what it really is, and few people dig deep enough into what they are told to find this out. This is one reason Lenin called their workers and promoters “useful idiots.”
Another reason Marxism has gained such a following is that it has developed a very effective strategy for using and agitating cultural wounds, offenses, and injustices to turn people groups against each other until there is a meltdown into chaos and anarchy. They know that anyone who even briefly experiences anarchy will then be willing to accept Marxist totalitarian control.
Everywhere that Marxism gained control resulted in destruction, poverty, and starvation on unprecedented levels in human history. How could anyone even give it serious consideration as a government and economy? Knowledge and reason have not been major factors in decisions many people make. To understand why anyone would become a Marxist we must look into the unreasonable, the eccentric, and the roots of cultural insanity caused by bitterness and resentment. We must also understand that those indoctrinated by Marxism do not respond to reason because they have been well conditioned to reject anything but Marxist doctrine.
Even with the scourge on the earth that Marxism has been for over a century now, most of those who have lived under its iron yoke have come through it, out of it, and are now effectively immunized against it. The most deeply committed anti-Marxists are those who had to live under it. Now this group is a large part of the population of the earth.
A reason why America has been so naïve and vulnerable to Marxist propaganda and insurrection is that we have been so blessed to be free of its horrors. As we are witnessing its rage and intolerance in the present distress, Americans are waking up to this evil. Understanding Marxism, and our own heritage in America, is growing fast, and more Americans are starting to understand both who they are and who our enemy is. This will ultimately make us much stronger and better.
America is not just made up of people groups from all nations, we are also a composite of all religions, philosophies, cultures, economic principles, etc. America has not only been the primary importer of consumer goods, but we are also the primary importer of ideas. We have the freedom to examine them, and keep the good and reject the bad. Under Marxism, even to listen to ideas other than the party line is dangerous.
Good ideas have been action points to help America keep advancing and building, being embraced by visionaries who seek a better future. We’ve imported many bad ones too, which come from bitter, wounded, offended people who may claim to be for a better future, but cannot define what that is. Most are motivated by their offenses to tear down and destroy all that America has been built on and stands for.
From its beginning, Marxism saw America as its archenemy, its greatest threat, and made its number one goal the destruction of America. As the Marxist madness and poison was sweeping the earth, America did become the primary bulwark against it, and we remain so to this day. Seeing why America is such a juxtaposition to this ultimate evil that Marxism is will help us see who we are called to be as a nation—and help us to never deviate from our resolve to be a place of “liberty and justice for all.”
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger at the expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. ~Samuel Adams, (known as “The Father of the American Revolution.”)