Introduction: I have thought much about the murder of the West Virginia soldier by an Islamist over the last 48 hours. “All enemies … foreign and domestic” is well-crafted, accurate language by men who knew what it meant to live with the consequences of ideas.
Below I have drafted a short visual spreadsheet that breaks down the alternatives as I understand them. I do not see a third way. It’s Christian revival or bust for the West. Christ or chaos. You will be made to care.
Option A:
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Option B:
Big Government
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Small Government
Secularism
or
Christianity
Nihilism
or
Biblical “Golden Rule Morality” (Matthew 7:12)
Globalism; Hatred of Americanism; Borderlessness
or
America First; National Sovereignty; Borders
Destruction of the Nuclear Family
or
Dad, Mom, & Children
Polyamory
or
Traditional Marriage
Rampant No-Fault Divorce
or
Celebration of the Traditional Family
Erosion of Binaries: Man-Woman; Boy-Girl; Good-Evil; ‘Trans’ madness: (Ex: Bruce Jenner dressing & acting as ‘Caitlyn’)
or
Recognition of Reality: Beauty of Gender Distinctives
Totalitolerance; Force; Mandatory Compliance
or
The U.S. Declaration of Independence’s “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Moral Freefall
or
Mere Christendom
The End of Art for the Sake of Self-Referential Baseness: Cattelan’s America; Green Day instead of Beethoven
or
Recognition of & Celebration of the Classics: Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Dickens, Plato, et al