Yesterday I said that my co-worker hated President Trump so much that he was ecstatic at the idea that the economy would be tanked by the COVID-19 outbreak because it would throw the election to Biden.\u00a0 Think about that.\u00a0 He would rather see his beloved 401K devalued than let a conservative run the country.\u00a0 That seems to me to be a marker.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re not just philosophically different.\u00a0 We are two enemies trapped in the same cell.\u00a0 We don\u2019t just dislike each other we can\u2019t tolerate each other\u2019s presence.\u00a0 And yet we have to interact with them every day and everywhere.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a very lop-sided arrangement.\u00a0 They know we exist by virtue of the resistance we give to laws they make to afflict us.\u00a0 But we are surrounded by their institutions.\u00a0 We are submerged in their culture.\u00a0 We are drowning in it.\u00a0 We have to hear their propaganda 24\/7 on every television channel, every social media site, every newspaper, every pop song, every movie screen.\u00a0 They propagandize our children and run the human resources department of every company in the country.\u00a0 They\u2019ve even taken over almost every pulpit in every church.\u00a0 We need our own space.\u00a0 But how do we keep it when any attempt to go our own way is protested, harassed and criminalized?<\/p>\n
What will need to be done is form an underground.\u00a0 And the best way to do that is in plain sight.\u00a0 My personal favorite idea is to form our own church.\u00a0 How exactly that is done is the detail that needs to be worked out.\u00a0 Should it be an existing denomination that has a very hands-off attitude toward parishes or should it be a new sect?\u00a0 I tend to think a new sect is the better way.\u00a0 That way no one enters it thinking it is something than what it turns out to be.<\/p>\n
Theologically, it would be traditionalist.\u00a0 It would stress scripture.\u00a0 It would adhere to the traditional church teachings on marriage, family and personal behavior.\u00a0 It would reinforce the traditional roles for men and women in the family and the community.\u00a0 And church business would be governed by a group of elders which consisted exclusively of married men who have children.<\/p>\n
Once a church was up and running all the other programs that a church sponsors could reflect the community this church represents.\u00a0 Youth sports programs, community charitable programs, outreach to the poor and elderly, community entertainment like theater and music programs.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have to replace the scouts with our own version of that once useful organization.\u00a0 And, most difficult, but a truly worthy goal would be a school.\u00a0 But a school would be very difficult because keeping the progressives out would be a constant war.\u00a0 And the government would make it its highest priority to force it into compliance with the progressive norms they so dearly love.<\/p>\n
So, to start with, religious instruction would be an important program.\u00a0 It would be something that prepared children to recognize the errors in the surrounding culture and provide them with coping mechanisms to allow them to exist in that outer world without letting it poison their minds.<\/p>\n
Another aspect of the church would be community networking.\u00a0 It would encourage members of the church to practice solidarity and support each other in business relationships and social groups.\u00a0 It could produce a list of preferred service providers and craftsmen for the various trades that a community needs and, in that way, help make the community more self-supporting.<\/p>\n
And finally, church social functions like dances and clubs could be an opportunity for young people to look for love.\u00a0 What better place to find a mate than among families that already see eye to eye on values?<\/p>\n
I am very interested in getting all kinds of feedback on the practical problems in starting such a community.\u00a0 If anyone has information or links to similar endeavors I\u2019d be obliged.\u00a0 And if you have any different but equally useful ideas on building something for our side feel free to comment or send me an e-mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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