So many law abiding, "salt of the earth" type people are used to a friendly cozy relationship with police, and view them as the "good guys." This has been the perceived situation for some time, so that "back the blue" and respect for the police, viewing them as good and integral parts of societal order is .... or has been... the norm.
However, when moral rot sets in, the rot affects every institution. Why should you consider it odd if that rot and corruption affects police? It does, you know. I know there are cops in here, many of whom are NOT on the cusp of the transformation to despotic little tyrants, and (worse) those who actively work to suppress our rights and become a kind of ruthless enforcer of little tin pot dictators.....,, but it is silly to pretend that this is not occurring in our culture. You see it in the anti gun pogroms and willingness (sadly sometimes the EAGERNESS) to trample our rights in the quest for "security." It is worse in states where the left is in power, as the unchecked authority is bent towards goals which are blatantly evil. I see vids of Canadian pastors swatted on the highway, guilty of nothing more than the ghastly crime of publicly gathering to worship God outdoors during "Covid." Now this... not is Canada, NYC, California, or Colorado... but here in Raleigh https://www.liveaction.org/news/raleigh-driver-attempted-hit-pro-lifers/
I heard ..... I think it was Beck...., who said the most important elections will NOT be for president, but for states' attorney generals. They will decide who to prosecute, and who not to. The police WILL follow their leads. In NC, the police are part of a lawless order, increasingly committed to ideology over law.
If you just blindly wallow along, assuming "Protect and Serve" are operative phrases and that the cops are there to ENFORCE THE LAW, even (rather than to be keepers of the peace), you are going to find that the transition in your view of authority will be more painful than it need be.
For those of you who are more biblical in your views, there is a REASON why the world order of authority, political power, and judicial operation is referred to as a "beast." The same bible which has Romans 13, also has the entire book of Revelation, which over and over portrays the entire world authority system as a beast, drunk on the blood of the saints, hostile to God, hateful to His people, and opposed to anything that challenges its claim to ultimate authority. Although revolution *IS* in our vocabulary, the normal response to which we are called is: a) suffer injustice b) resist peacefully c) revolt peacefully d) flee and only at the end of this can we e) take up arms....., and even then not willy-nilly, but choosing to associate with a so called "lesser magistrate" in an attempt to replace corrupt power.
Just saying. It is worth considering that our relationship with the police has not changed......, and yet it has. Their perceived mission is going to reflect the general cultural ethos, and as that ethos becomes blind to intrinsic rights (and their source..... duh!), it is just going to be about enforcing power.
How are we to view this, and how are we going to teach our kids to view this? A mindless recitation of Romans 13, as though those were the only section of instruction we have, is not only surface and glib, but an actual IMPEDIMENT to thinking in a wholesome manner about authority, and figuring how we are to live in light of the current mess.
Rant over.
However, when moral rot sets in, the rot affects every institution. Why should you consider it odd if that rot and corruption affects police? It does, you know. I know there are cops in here, many of whom are NOT on the cusp of the transformation to despotic little tyrants, and (worse) those who actively work to suppress our rights and become a kind of ruthless enforcer of little tin pot dictators.....,, but it is silly to pretend that this is not occurring in our culture. You see it in the anti gun pogroms and willingness (sadly sometimes the EAGERNESS) to trample our rights in the quest for "security." It is worse in states where the left is in power, as the unchecked authority is bent towards goals which are blatantly evil. I see vids of Canadian pastors swatted on the highway, guilty of nothing more than the ghastly crime of publicly gathering to worship God outdoors during "Covid." Now this... not is Canada, NYC, California, or Colorado... but here in Raleigh https://www.liveaction.org/news/raleigh-driver-attempted-hit-pro-lifers/
I heard ..... I think it was Beck...., who said the most important elections will NOT be for president, but for states' attorney generals. They will decide who to prosecute, and who not to. The police WILL follow their leads. In NC, the police are part of a lawless order, increasingly committed to ideology over law.
If you just blindly wallow along, assuming "Protect and Serve" are operative phrases and that the cops are there to ENFORCE THE LAW, even (rather than to be keepers of the peace), you are going to find that the transition in your view of authority will be more painful than it need be.
For those of you who are more biblical in your views, there is a REASON why the world order of authority, political power, and judicial operation is referred to as a "beast." The same bible which has Romans 13, also has the entire book of Revelation, which over and over portrays the entire world authority system as a beast, drunk on the blood of the saints, hostile to God, hateful to His people, and opposed to anything that challenges its claim to ultimate authority. Although revolution *IS* in our vocabulary, the normal response to which we are called is: a) suffer injustice b) resist peacefully c) revolt peacefully d) flee and only at the end of this can we e) take up arms....., and even then not willy-nilly, but choosing to associate with a so called "lesser magistrate" in an attempt to replace corrupt power.
Just saying. It is worth considering that our relationship with the police has not changed......, and yet it has. Their perceived mission is going to reflect the general cultural ethos, and as that ethos becomes blind to intrinsic rights (and their source..... duh!), it is just going to be about enforcing power.
How are we to view this, and how are we going to teach our kids to view this? A mindless recitation of Romans 13, as though those were the only section of instruction we have, is not only surface and glib, but an actual IMPEDIMENT to thinking in a wholesome manner about authority, and figuring how we are to live in light of the current mess.
Rant over.
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