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Read in the Sunday, January 20, 2013 Rockford Register Star
The answer is in a higher power than guns
By Bernard Reese
Totally missing in this dispute over gun control, is the truth that we are created by God and are subject to his moral laws as set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
The other absolute truth with which each of us are confronted is that we are all on a walkway hurtling toward a door marked death through which we will step into the eternal judgment of our choice. Those truths were taught in our schools and recognized in our celebration of Christmas and the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ that reminds us of eternity and our choice.
In the 1960s American astronauts on their homeward journey, being the first to go around the dark side of the moon, saw Earth rise over the horizon of the moon garlanded by the glistening light of the sun against the black void of space. From tens of thousands of miles away we on Earth heard them express that awesome experience, “In the Beginning God.” That message was heard in our schools and in the halls of Congress and across this nation.
Today 60 years later amidst escalating violence, of which the tragic event in Connecticut is a part, we sit among the moral wreckage that we are making of this great nation. By degrees we become subject to arbitrary power. Gun control is arbitrary and in violation of the Constitution. It will not create moral restraint on our society. Only by a return to the recognition of God and his moral laws is there a possible chance of our stabilizing this out-of-control culture.
Beginning in 1947 the court has banned prayer in schools, reading of the Bible in public schools, display of God’s 10 Commandments stating that “students might read, meditate upon, respect, and obey them.” Oh, really? That would be tragic wouldn’t it?
Instead, our children are now taught Darwin’s atheistic evolution adopted by Karl Marx who said, “In our evolutionary concept of the universe, there is absolutely no room for either God or his rules.” The ultimate result of a society without God is graphically illustrated in the record of the Nuremberg trials. Have guns been responsible for the moral collapse of this society or has the eviction of God been responsible?
As President Reagan said in 1984: “Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone forever.” Having excluded God, is the evidence of our current culture demonstrative of that truth?
Bernard Reese of the law firm Reese & Reese is a trustee of the Supreme Court Historical Society.
What do you think of this? Do you agree with Mr. Reese's statement about guns? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. I love reading comments.
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ReplyDeleteFirst, Bernard states a couple of times that his God and religion are truth, and this is simply impossible. You can have faith in religion, you can hold it to be true for yourself, but you cannot impose on all people that what you have faith in is the ultimate truth. Extremist Muslims do the same thing.
"we sit among the moral wreckage that we are making of this great nation" I wouldn't go that far, I mean, it's not like we're authorizing rape and murder.
"Gun control is arbitrary and in violation of the Constitution." Arbitrary. Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. No. Just no.
"Beginning in 1947 the court has banned prayer in schools, reading of the Bible in public schools, display of God’s 10 Commandments" Also false, as children can bring in their Bible and pray of their own volition. The school itself, being a government institution, cannot display or lead these things, because that goes against the constitution.
"by Karl Marx who said, “In our evolutionary concept of the universe, there is absolutely no room for either God or his rules.”" This is a misquote, Engels said that, not Marx.
"Have guns been responsible for the moral collapse of this society or has the eviction of God been responsible?" Neither.