WHAT PRICE FREEDOM

Freedom, human rights and truth are synonymous. That is the absolute truth; and as responsible citizens we must constantly ask ourselves the question: "what is the price of freedom?"

Is The Human Rights Era Ending? A question posed, apparently to the student body, by Michael Ignatieff, professor of human rights policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. A mundane speculation of the current "spin" of pacifists following the terrorists’ attack of 9/11 that somehow made The New York Times of February 5, 2002. A typical distortion of information slanted to their particular agenda.

The question is indicative of the many various and sundry religious sects, TV news media, newspapers, educators and the liberal elements of our society that are joined into a loosely knit conspiracy of political correctness, second-guessing our Commander in Chief’s war on terrorism.

The premise, theory or presumption upon which these type questions are asked and answered, are extremely limited and within the context of time they are seriously flawed.

In seeking truth we sometimes fail to take into consideration the accumulated knowledge of thousands of years of experience. Students are encouraged to look and find within themselves their own truth about the world around them. The collected wisdom of the ages seems to have been overlooked by the professor.

God created man in His own image and with a will of his own. That is a fact. Human rights and freedom are a progression of truth within the reconciliation of man with his God. It is that simple! We learn this individually and then we must practice it collectively. (Political science could possibly help us when we are mature enough to understand what Job did, that God has the answers, not man.)

I am convinced that within the context of Gods’ clock the human rights era is just beginning. That is one of the reason I am a Christian!

Educators, professors and philosophers seem to treat and characterize the philosophy that all truth is therefore relative, that whatever is true to you may not be true to me. Thus, the modern day thinking is that personal opinions and prerogatives are given equal standing with time tested wisdom of the ages and the sages throughout the history of mankind.

The tenured professors of America’s higher education, colleges and universities are usually the writers of the modern textbook and they generally overlook and/or distort the truth of facts, experiences and accumulated knowledge. The student is left holding the bag without proof that the newly implanted ideas are indeed factual.

Many people will argue with you that there is no such thing as absolute truth. They say that each of us necessarily formulate our own personal truth. Without a shadow of a doubt, many matters cannot be answered with absolute certainty. Which girl is the prettiest; who is the best singer or who is the greatest President of the United States?

Clearly, there is no absolute true answer.

We must admit however, that other questions do provide clear and absolute truthful answers. If I have three eggs in one hand and two eggs in the other hand and put the eggs in one empty bag, the bag will then contain five eggs.

I seriously doubt that any of the modern day professors, philosophers and educators have ever had a genuine original thought! Most of the, so called, new ideas are merely a rehash of accumulated knowledge of seers and prophets of old. Most of these re-discovered ideas need time and examination of a host of critics to see if they are actually true. In their pursuit of knowledge these professors end up making fools of them selves!

A lot of people do not want to obey God. Many humans, being created in His image, want to be god! People like this, somehow or other, prefer that they, themselves, must make the ultimate and final determination of truth. As a human being do you really want to take this responsibility?

We must as human beings, each and every on of us, consider something as a basis for whatever we believe to be true. Some people believe that a simple majority of any given society determines what is right and what is wrong – the truth and error of all things.

Slavery was once acceptable in this country. Today, apparently the majority believes that by killing unborn children is acceptable behavior.

Morality should not change with the whims of a social majority. If that be the case, ultimately no one can consider them selves safe. Responsible people know that the real truth should not and does not change. Whatever is true today will be true in the future. The denial by the majority in any society cannot change this fact.

This still leaves us with the question; what is truth?

Considering a lifetime of studying history, philosophy, the Scriptures and most of the mainline religions of the world, I have come to the conclusion that my quest for truth rests solely with the Christian faith.

A faith that we should love our God with all our heart, our soul and our mind and to love our neighbor as our selves and a triune God consisting of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit - - - the past, the present and the future.

Christians are on a need to know basis and The Holy Spirit is readily available at a moments notice; just ask as a Christian, and if you need to know, the truth will be revealed.

Knowing that Christians are the most responsible people I know, I am content that our Commander in Chief really knows "what price freedom" means to the American people!