Secession! Good or bad? Right or wrong?

There has been much talk about secession in the news since the recent election.  People in large numbers are unhappy with the direction the US is headed and feel powerless to stop it.  So what should our response be?  Is secession legal?  Is it the right thing to do?

Simply put the right to Secession is a GOD given right, as Jefferson put it in the Declaration of Independence (go ahead and read it, I will wait) governments exist to secure our GOD given rights.  Government didn't give them and government can't take them away.  None of our GOD given rights can be taken away by government, any law that takes them away is illegitimate because it violates a higher law.

Many people say that the secession issue was decided at Appomattox when Lee surrendered after the War for Southern Independence.  Not true, losing the war did not take away the right to secede(the right comes from a higher source).  Losing the war only proved that the north was willing to fight and destroy to keep their subjects in control.  They may still be willing to do that.  So, even if secession is not legal(that is not really decided) it is our GOD given right that we can exercise if we so desire.

So is secession a good idea?  Maybe.  We can look and see that there are drastic differences between states and regions in the way we think and believe.  If we separate into smaller groups we would get the opportunity to see how well each way of governing works.  The US is going down a road of borrowing and spending that cannot continue indefinitely.  If Texas(which requires a balanced budget) left, we could avoid some(much?) of the consequences of the coming collapse.  On the other hand, how many Texicans(or other groups of states considering secession) really are committed to the principles enshrined in the US and Confederate constitutions.  If Texas one day had no(government forced) welfare system, unemployment benefits, etc; how would the people who lost those benefits respond?  Would the peacefully accept the new standard, or would they fight to keep getting something for nothing?  I think secession could extend the life as we know if for a while(maybe another 50 years).  But I certainly don't think it would immediately solve the problems created by 236 years of growing intrusive government.

So what is the solution?  Secession seems to me to be part of the solution.  I think it would give us more time to put into place a true solution.  The US was founded upon GODly principles.  GOD's law works because he set up the world to work that way.  If you follow HIS ways, you get his results.  It is just like a car; if you operate it according to the owners manual, it will last longer and function better.  GOD doesn't punish people who break his laws, HE warns you of the consequences of breaking them and then lets you make your own decision.  As John Adams said "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." The change must occur in people's heart and minds or it won't work. People must understand that if you take something from someone by force and give it to another, that is stealing. People must understand that you cannot pass laws and make someone do the right thing, it must come from their heart. If we want to change our country we must first preach the gospel to those who think they know it but don't. When people have accepted JESUS as their Lord, they must learn to follow his ways. The founding fathers had studied history and knew that freedom under GOD was the only form of government that would work. If we want a government that works, it must start in people's hearts and flow out through their lives into their government and the world around them.

Conserve What?

There is an election coming up, you might have heard.  We have one man who currently holds the office of president who is not eligible to hold that office even if his story is true(and we have no proof it is).  Running against him we have a former republican governor of the most liberal state in the US pretending to be a regular guy who believes in the constitution and wants to cut government spending.  He says he is a real conservative(at least until January 20).

What exactly does conservative mean?  What do we want to conserve?  Typically most people take it to mean people that want limited consitutional government and nothing more.  But is that really what it means?  If the want to conserve constitutional freedoms in america they are about 230 years too late.  Freedom immediately started being taken away as soon as the US constitional government was established.  It has continued to be taken away step by step ever since.  Sure there have been a few steps toward freedom in those 230 years, but very very few.

Think about what the word conservative means. 

1 : preservative

2

a : of or relating to a philosophy of conservatism

b capitalized : of or constituting a political party professing the principles of conservatism: as (1) : of or constituting a party of the United Kingdom advocating support of established institutions (2) : progressive conservative

3

a : tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions : traditional

b : marked by moderation or caution <a conservative estimate>

c : marked by or relating to traditional norms of taste, elegance, style, or manners 

 

A conservative by definition wants to preserve or maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions.  I think of it as the person with 1 million freedoms who wants to make them last as long as possible.  If someone comes and tries to steal 3 of them, he gladly negotiates with them and is happy when he only has to give up 1.  Then the next week when they come back demanding  5, he negotiates it down to 2 and willingly gives them up.  This process continues until there are none left.  He conserved them by giving them away slowly, but he still eventually lost them all.

That is not what I am after.  There is very little left that I want to conserve.  We have given up 800,000 of our freedoms and are losing the power to even negotiate how many we give up.  We must move the other direction.

Our founding fathers believed and put into the declaration that we all had GOD given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  If the rights come from GOD, than government cannot take them away, but they do so daily in little pieces.  

We must start taking back the rights and freedoms that have been stolen from us.  If we don't, this great experiment in freedom that we call the US is over.  That is why we cannot vote for Millard Romney and hope for change.  He is not even telling the truth when he says he is a conservative, as if that was a high enough standard.  Sure, at the debate he espoused principles of freedom and frugality.  But look at the record of his life, and the record of the republican presidents before him.  We have NEVER had a president really even attempt to get back any of our lost freedoms.  Even the best of them only slowed down the taking.