Why I believe we are less free.

Why I believe we are less free.

Humanity has failed to understand the seriousness of sin, and what unrepentant sin and unresolved conflict can do to a once free society. Mankind has asserted their own will, rather than submitting to the will of God. The reason why I believe mankind has lost it's freedoms goes beyond just not believing in the bible, but great indifference to the things that once made us free. We can be loving, and not be free, but neglect of fighting our own sin and even denying the doctrine or Original sin, has lead people to believe that there is no God, and we are the authors of our own destiny.

To fail to fight for the common good leads people into falsely assuming that it is right to assert our own will over other people and not practice the realities that lead to the common good of humanity. To live in a self imposed isolation from the truth that once made this world a peaceful place, is dangerous to freedom. Suspicion and unreality feeds this world's false understanding of security, when mankind suppresses the truth, not just the truth of the Bible, but all truth, then there becomes a world that fails to recognize any truth in general. When we fail to recognize truth society looses it's freedoms to choose what is right and wrong.

We become a relativistic society, where truth no longer has traction in our lives as a general rule. Our lives become like a skating rink, where we are trying to find traction without wearing ice skates. Life can be slippery without traction, and this is what it feels like living without truth. In a sense everyone's truth matters at this point, because when you are desperate to not fall flat on your back on the slippery slope of relativism etc, you want to feel like someone or something is holding you up. Truth is like the skates you put on, in order to skate on the ice of deception. It's fun to skate around on the ice, which is a metaphor, which is to say that I know how to use truth.

I don't use the truth for my own gain, I use it so that we all can have our rights accepted and once again live in the freedom that God gives to all mankind. This is Mike.

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