The two following items have put into words what has been going through my mind over the past several months. The first one concerning liberals in America only superficially addresses our condition. Have you ever read The Communist Manifesto? It is a simple and beautiful proposal for the Utopian society. I find only one flaw: it fails to take into account man's fallen nature. Even the first Christian community had its problems with the equitable feeding of their widows, and Ananias and Sapphira. From nearly twenty years in mainland China, I understand how enforced unanimity can damage the heart and spirit of a nation.
Please scroll to the bottom for a continuation of my thoughts.
Veteran psychiatrist calls liberals mentally ill
By: irnnews IRN | Source: WorldNetDaily.com
December 26, 2008 10:01AM EST
Posted: November 12, 2008 6:33 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.
"Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded," says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness." "Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave."
While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to "the vast right-wing conspiracy."
For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago.
Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack Obama and his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton can only be understood as a psychological disorder.
"A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity – as liberals do," he says. "A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population – as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation's citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state – as liberals do."
Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:
• creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
• satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
• augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
• rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.
"The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind," he says. "When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious."
Thomas Jefferson's words of wisdom.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
I've been deeply concerned with the lukewarm condition of the American Institutional Church and the proliferation of heresy, not to mention the loss of personal ethics in Christians' everyday lives. This has troubled me to the point of getting my eyes off the Lord to look at what's happening locally, in our nation, and in the world. As a result, I have been less joyful and hopeful. In my devotional reading I came across Matthew 24:12, "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold."
I gave that some thought. Why should someone else's lawlessness cause me to grow cold? Because I stop looking up and start looking around. That results in worry and a sense of powerlessness. The desire to be accepted may cause one to compromise his beliefs. This spirals downward, out of control unless I am watchful of my relationship with Jesus. Certainly, I'll not hear any sermons admonishing me to refocus on the Lord and relinquish control to Him, committing myself and my welfare to Him, then committing my loved ones and friends to His care, too. I get emails pleading for prayer from nearly all over the world, and those needs weigh heavy on my heart, but by looking up to Jesus and acknowledging Him as Lord of all, I can be at peace and filled with hope in Him.
We are admonished in Hebrews 10:25 to "consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." I take this exhortation seriously, and perhaps it's me only, but I'm having trouble finding fellow believers who want to be responsible and submitted to each other in fellowship. Perhaps we will have to suffer in isolation before we realize the strength that comes from corporate worship and encouragement.
While this post is a sober one, I am finding refreshment in fasting and the Word, in private worship, and continued reaching out to others. The Lord is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day, so I refuse to be passive in my love and devotion for Him. If I'm called a fanatic, so be it!
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