Equality for all from freedoms, and liberties compared to the ones who admire our democracy. by Frank Brooks
(libertarian)
Friday, August 20, 2010
If America was founded on God then there shouldn't be any question that we are a religious nation. Our founding fathers speculated on what standard of religious respect we should follow, and amended that in our constitution. What many people do not know is our basis of government was not exactly drawn from the Bible but by the law of man. Comparisons are almost exact but it was intended to start anew to prevent persecution. These were the beliefs of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. Although they were religious themselves they did not want to be overbearing with religious law. They made America a nation of liberty for all within the union.
Christianity has always been the predominant religion in America, and many serve the standard that we are indeed a Christian nation regardless of what is written. Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation and it is written they serve the Islamic law. People are still stoned to death or beheaded as a good example of what they serve, and another is alcohol is strictly forbidden. We only serve our constitution and religion is accepted as a free choice within that and nothing more. It is confusing to explain to a devout Christian that their religion is not the singular factor of our right, and they must accept others along with it. Then they obligate the founding fathers were purely coincided by the Christian faith and the standard continues until this day. They believe the constitution serves the law of Christianity instead of its purpose to serve the free laws of American liberty and justice.
In the present time we have all seen a lot of changes in religious aspects. In America we have a ton of religious beliefs that are all around us. We have no idea what a crowd of people's religion consists of if we were to observe outside of a religious function. We could be looking at Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and so on. Despite our reception of religious freedom we are still predominately a Christian nation. It is the religion of favor in America and most people accept that by their faith. It isn't bizarre or strange considering the regional separation of faiths. If you go to South America almost everyone will tell you that they are a Catholic. Then if you go to Egypt more than likely you're going to get a Muslim response to the same question. The value of the matter is strong to one's personal freedoms, and choice. Still that can be ridiculed if it has a negative impact. I myself have a very good Muslim friend who cannot understand radical Islam being accepted in any form or fashion. He does not comprehend the slogan of "Islam Will Dominate The World"? It isn't the way he was taught the religion, and contends Islam itself as a move of religious discrimination. I had a discussion with him about the Ground Zero Mosque and did not hold back my word in order to understand his opinion. I told him I believed the proposition was an insult of conquer rather than a religious one, and learned that many believers of Islam feel the same way. The extravagance in the expense for it is way overdrawn at any reasonable level, and surpasses the true meaning of Islam as a simple God fearing faith. Having learned that I know now that mosque being built is powered by conquer, and considerable profit. This insults our right as Americans to uphold our value of truth. Money or domination, are not in the cards for us when it comes to our evident stand as a nation. So it isn't a blast against anybody's religious right to say this is not the place for a structure of insult even by an Islamic standard.
You might say it's crazy but I really consider what my friend tells me as an excellent source of reason. He grew up in Senegal which is one of America's strongest allies if not the closest one from Africa, and he is more civil, and democratic than I would have expected. The incumbent leader of his home country is Abdoulaye Wade who is not exactly an honest man. I have seen a picture with him and Obama together and I mentioned that I had a bad leader, and then my friend complemented the fact that his was worse. By good graces this friend I speak of is a legal citizen of the United States. He pays his taxes and was raised in the effect to put in his share for whatever society he lives in. Then he condones my respect because I practice freedom of speech. I admire that in many ways, and appreciate the things I have learned from him. It is a good thing for me to understand his religion does not defeat our friendship and that he is willing to listen to my point of view. This is a solid American to me who is worthy of the freedoms we provide. He is learning and teaching at the same rate so it is a valued trade. I made mention of illegal immigrants flooding America thinking he may have believed I was a racist but in truth his homeland had a similar problem. Vietnamese immigrants are currently flooding his country undocumented or taxed, and it is a huge dilemma. He has no hatred for these people but the language differences and the economy drain prove his point. America is not the only nation facing an immigration influx that is a problem, it is also elsewhere.
So in my defense about anything I have ever spoken freely about I will contain the fact that I am partial to the world, and care about others. I do stand by my beliefs and morals though. America is supposed to be a free nation I cannot recognize the publicity more clearly that Americans are supposed to be submissive to all kinds of kinship. This is stupid because if that was what our nation was founded on we would have let the Red Coats run us over, and tell us what to do. We have a free constitution but what protects that? Our choices for freedom and opinion matter greatly as a whole. Some believe America is so diverse with democracy it must be exploited to serve one eventual side of rule. We are down to two parties leftist or right to prove that point. The epicenter of our individual freedoms, are split on which ones we will take every set of election years. So the basis of our constitutional stance is stretched in every direction bending every law we have. The law benders are the power mongers, and the people are the ones being prosecuted. If we are going to be a diverse democracy we must stick to the ground rules our forefathers passed down the line in the right of freedom. It does not matter who comes to this nation it must always be by our terms and regulations. We do not have to change our standards for anybody because this is America.
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