Daily Post: Educate
During the 17th and 18th centuries humanity began to celebrate the powers of human reasoning, took a more direct interest in science, accepted and embraced religious tolerance, and desired to develop governments free from tyranny. These are historical facts based in actual events. It is referred to as “the Age of Reason,” or “the Enlightenment.”
On the other hand, indoctrination is primarily about control. Indoctrination is the “process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.” (according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indoctrinate) The clearest example historically, might be how Hitler believed the German youth could be raised in such a way, indoctrinated through education practices, that they wholeheartedly supported Hitler’s ideals and agendas. So Hitler set out to achieve these beliefs by transforming the school curriculum, and create organizations like Hitler Youth. In 1932 the membership was 107,956. By 1933, when the Nazis came to power the membership had gown to 2,300,000 in one year. By choice or by force? History dictates, mostly by force.
Today across America, and around the world, we continue to see movements or shifts in how people think. Some might say, we’re not thinking at all. When a reporter shows up at a demonstration and asks the demonstrators to give reasons for their participation, and they can’t respond in a reasoned or rational way, I suggest it’s indoctrination not enlightenment that sent them there. It’s a sad state of affairs, in light of the really important issues that our world faces today, that people simply quit thinking and start blindly following their favorite actor’s, or favorite politician’s opinions.
Freedom of belief, and free expression of those beliefs, has been twisted and perverted. Perverted to such an extent, that even as a conservative if I say, “I believe you have the right to have a different belief,” the alt left more likely responds, “fine, but you don’t! because your’s is just wrong!” When I disagree, I’m painted as fascist, supremacist, insane, or religious fanatic.
What our world needs is another enlightenment. The one the world, along with true Christ-followers, has been waiting for. And by the “world” I mean the Earth itself, because clearly humanity as a whole has not pursued or desired the enlightenment only God can give.
Matthew 24:9-14
Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
The voice of reason is being drowned out by the tyrannical insanity of mindless followers indoctrinated in the paradigm of hate. Revising history to suit a political agenda, our land suffers at the threat of annihilation from within. The words of Jesus give us pause, because we must continue to ask, “at what point will God’s own word become a fulfilled prophetic word?” To be more clear, when is “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world,” going to be completed? Because, according to Jesus, it seems this is a trigger point which starts the beginning of the end.
I’m not now, nor have I ever been one to set timetables for the return of our King. I’m just saying the streets and paths of our nation have become filled with lawlessness, and people have grown cold and contemptuous toward each other. I’m not trying to indoctrinate you, I’m actually just inviting you to open your eyes, and reason with your own mind, regarding the things you see in our world today.
If you don’t know the facts, then educate yourself. Find out the truth. Read some history for yourself, not someone else’s interpretation of those events. Discover, reason, and look for the enlightenment that comes from truth, not fake news.
You’re still breathing, you’re still here, that means there is still time.
Start now.
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