Liberal Fascism

We would like to take a moment to mention a very good book to anyone who stumbles onto this blog. The tome in view is Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism, published by Doubleday, and presently at the top of the “most read” lists. We would really classify it as a “must read”.

We have especially enjoyed Mr. Goldberg’s historical research as he methodically assembles the case that our present government, and political dialectic, is idolatrous in nature and practice. This is a position we have long held on theological and philosophical grounds, and Mr. Goldberg’s presentation unveils the history of this development. It is not apparent from the book if he embraces Biblical Christianity, but he is quite adept with ‘church speak’ and seems to have more than a passing understanding of Christian theology.

This is a book we had hoped that someone would have written, say, ten or fifteen years ago. But, it is here now. This is something that every professing Christian needs to read, consider, and then ask the question, “What do we need to do now?”

Well worth the price and time investment.

Political Liturgy

Well, here we are in the full swing of another year of national politics. Another opportunity presents itself to the populace to decide which aspiring priest of Baal they prefer to lead the national government into further moral turpitude. The liturgy is well established, with the prophets of the media predicting who the front runners are, or will be, and proclaiming who is electable and who is not. All of this is served up cafeteria style to the populace for their selective consumption. Never mind that there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the majority of aspiring priests. It is more of an issue of deciding if you want your pie ala mode or plain.

There is only one person that stands out above this crowd, and that is Ron Paul. Here is a man who wishes to break the backbone of the leviathan. I do not know if Dr. Paul is a man of true faith or not, but I have noted with interest his fortitude and perseverance over many years as he has battled over the significant issues of our time in the U. S. Congress. He has fought and fought, winning only occasionally. Like the old Timex watch, he has “taken a lickin’ and kept on tickin”. This is considerably more than we could say about his opponents.

So, why is it the Ron Paul will not be elected to the Presidency? The answer is very close to home. It is simply because his greatest opponents are conservative Christians who will fail to support him and his efforts out of a studied pragmatism. “He is not electable”, we proclaim, and then fulfill our own prophesies by voting for someone that emits a putrefying immoral stench. Then we complain about what the priests serve us at the cafeteria.

This, of course, is nothing new. Many of us discovered the truth of this matter twenty, thirty, or forty years ago. At the same time, as a result of our sometimes Quixotic attempts to speak against and remedy this problem, we discovered how deep the denial runs in the Christian churches of America. We seem to be unable to even conceive of how things might look if true reforms actually were to take place in the civil realm, and if elected representatives were really constrained to Biblical and Constitutional boundaries. Worst of all, many of us are terrified at the prospect of assuming the responsibilities of citizenship, being woefully unprepared to faithfully execute these responsibilities.

All of this mess should provoke us to a thoroughgoing repentance. This does not appear to be likely unless God, in His mercy, moves powerfully on and amongst His people. Perhaps He has relinquished us to the deaf, dumb, and blind condition we seem to adore. I hope and pray not. This is not to say that supporting Dr. Paul’s candidacy is the only sign of repentance. But if we are unwilling and unable to support a man who has shown the moral capacity to support the same standards that we say we endorse, simply on the basis of principle, then we need to shut up, sit down and enjoy our pie, ala mode or plain, and retire to our personal and/or ecclesiastical ghettos.