Commentary: The Answer is in the Bucket (Part Six)
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John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)
Given 27-Jul-19; 14 minutes
summary: Americans once held higher ethical standards than the folk of other nations. However, America has more recently degenerated into a cultural cesspool, now providing a poor example for the rest of the world. The left-leaning media has endorsed a large number of delusions: (1.) Transgenderism is a scientific reality. (2.) Gun free zones impel criminals to obey laws. (3.) The activist group Black Lives Matter cares for minority rights, when all too often it practices divisive violence. (4.) Voter registration disenfranchises minorities, when actually the real purpose is to prevent voter fraud. (5.) America's problems would fade away if government were larger, even though history teaches that totalitarian governments do not govern for the benefit of the governed. (6.) Government creates wealth, when actually it only redistributes wealth, in doing so destroying incentive and generating a subculture of entitlement.
transcript:
Well, my answer is in the bucket. Part 7. I think this is going to be the last one. Just in case you have not forgotten the definition of delusion. A delusion is a false belief, an impression. A delusion involves an exaggerated belief one holds about himself, some others, or in the regarding of an event that has occurred. Now I thought that my comments featuring the bucket were finished, but I keep still finding subjects that stirred interest in the metaphor of within me. Now you may remember that the bucket represents the world in the rapidly declining American culture. And if we were way above it and we let that bucket down to see if there was anything that interested us, we might get poisoned by the water. Now, since we live within it. It is from this culture. That we are free to choose from in order to find the activities we desire to follow. Now, this nation used to be a living area with higher standards than the ordinary world's moral values, but it no longer retains that lofty status. The overwhelming majority. Uh, of those interests that I find in your bucket to contain are not necessarily dangerous. The life and limb but rather There are enticements that influence misguided thinking about what God's standards might be, might be, and they are all confusing perversions away from righteous thought. That's my concern more than anything. I'm not all that concerned that you're not to get involved in, let's say a literal sin, but the thinking might be pretty misguided by all that's going on around us. Now, for example, In my first commentary on this subject, I use the example of Caitlin Jenner, who is so perverted in his thinking that he is a woman. He literally pretends to be a woman and receives a measure of public acclaim to boost his feelings that he's going in the right direction. There seems to be no thought in his mind. And In that of a fairly large portion of influential people in the public's mind that his thinking. Uh, is, was immoral long before any acts of conduct that he may have pursued. But Jenner maintains or entertains those immoral thoughts and also. He also takes. Uh, a rejecting attitude toward scientific evidence available to him to deny to him the literal truth that he was a male long, long before any of those thoughts. That we now see him having. Became of the vile sort. Oh God built that DNA protection right into the creation of mankind. But this man's thinking is so twisted. That he vigorously pursues this perversion of God's creative wisdom. Proverbs 4 and in verse 23 says, Proverbs 4:23 Keep guard, or protect your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
Then There are the get rid of the guns people. I mentioned that one before. And this one, interestingly, includes many high ranking political figures. This delusion It is at least a bit more practical than the general perversion, but it is nonetheless a delusional effort. So now, scattered throughout the United States, we have gun-free zones. Now think how weird this is. In relation to Crooks, criminals, violent people. Now the delusion exists. Because many of these high ranking people think that crazed people with guns are going to obey the laws. No, they aren't. Because the gun doesn't go off itself. It is the self-centered craziness in their hearts that is driving the people the person, not an artificially established boundary line. That separates off. A crazed people person from the world or children or whatever it is. I mentioned to you before, but I'm going to mention it again. These people need to ask, do laws. Stop crazy people. No, they only stop more normal people. Now in our day and age. There exists The modern Ku Klux Klan. Of this age However, It is called Black Lives Matter. I like the KKK. Black Lives Matter incites violence wherever it shows up. But it, it is not accused of racist bigotry by the modern liberal press. I do not say nobody takes them to task, but I'm talking about the pub big public newspapers. They do not accuse them of bigotry. Brother in its very name with the descriptor, descriptor black within it is suggesting racism. Why not name that organization All Lives Matter. Rather than any color whatever. This organization's tactics within a riot have been observed and cataloged by thousands of eyewitnesses, including law enforcement and military personnel as driving the races apart rather than together. Black Lives Matter have been observed in riotous situations here in the United States using the same tactic tactics as Islamic ISIS uses in the Mideast. But we are told they are a peace loving group. That's a delusion. And it's being broadcast by the news area. But its peace is only on their terms. The peace is delusional. When they are around, there is no peace. It has become a terror organization based right in our homeland. Another delusional demand. Made by the left-wing news organizations here in the United States is that we must reject all voter ID laws on the absurd basis. That they are racist. No brethren, all they do is make sure that every person who is qualified to vote votes only one time. The delusion arises because for whatever reasons, many, many blacks refuse to register to vote, thus they are not eligible to vote. And they go to the voting booths, and they complain that they are rejected. Because they are black. Not so. This opens the door to political racketeers to make illegal moves to in some way succeed in paying people to vote several times. Believe it or not, I heard on the radio that just in this last presidential election, one man voted over 100 times. Now here is yet another delusion. Having its generation in the left wing press. They believe Not every one of them, of course, but as they uh. Fairly substantial number of them, they believe that all of America's problems would be solved if only the government was larger and that it is joined to another major root cause generating problems is because Americans have too much freedom. At this time in our history. Do you know how much government is soaking up? American money This is a wealthy, wealthy nation, and how much money is earned within it I do not know, but governments alone, this one business or industry or whatever you wanna call it soaks up 1/3 of all that wealth every year. People do not hear. About things like this very often. About what it's costing to run this nation with all of these politicians and so forth. They soak up 1/3. Of America's total economy. And brethren, that is a sizable chunk of it. However, The left wing press. Very much desires that the government ultimately wants 100%. Do you realize they are the ones who are pushing a governmental change? That's an absolutely total delusion that the government would get any better if it had more money to burn up. Now the history of the world. Shows that totalitarian governments. Don't work. None of them has worked anywhere near as well as producing prosperity for its citizens as long as the present governments of Britain and America. Brethren We have to get a handle on this delusion, delusion. Because these people are going to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. It is that government, human governments can create wealth. That is an impossibility. Where do governments get their wealth, brethren? From Texas. which they confiscate from the people. So the reality is governments can only confiscate wealth or governments can redistribute it. Distribute it or it can destroy it. And I think that the world's history has shown that human governments do all things, all those things very well, and that is not a delusion, it's a reality.
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