I read A LOT! Different articles from a variety of different sources. Liberal, conservative, christian, atheist, right, left, up, down, and everything in between.
I hear christians proclaim emphatically that our Founding Fathers were believers and this country was founded on christian ideals, etc. Then I read from others that the founding fathers were not christians but agnostic or atheist or humanist. Of course, both sides have credible resources to back up their claim. So this is what I have been thinking... WHAT IF everyone is right? WHAT IF... our founding fathers were men who followed Christ, AND men who were agnostic, AND men who maybe had no religious preference? BUT YET, they saw the value of humanity to come together and allow each individual the freedom to express their ideas in an environment that valued each other and the liberties to explore. AND they even fought for their fellow mans freedom to be wrong? WHAT IF...that is what this country is really about? NOT who is right or wrong, or who is left or right, or who is going to heaven or hell? WHAT IF...this country is actually about the freedom to walk this journey of life out in the best way we know how? WHAT IF...this country was founded on the ideas of walking through this life and respecting and valuing the ideas and thoughts of others EVEN when you don't understand or agree? WHAT IF...? WHAT IF... those who founded our country actually fought for your freedom to be wrong? As in, men laid down their life, just so you can have freedom to be utterly wrong? Even if your choices were not in alignment with their way of thinking? But they believed so wholeheartedly in freedoms and liberties that they fought tyranny and oppression of the religious and political kind in the divine monarchy? WHAT IF... we are supposed to fight for other peoples right to be wrong? ALL OF US? Liberal, conservative, christian, atheist, right, left, up, down, black, white, hispanic, and everything in between. WHAT IF...?
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Christie OBrienChristie is a writer, speaker, teacher and coach. Christie coaches leaders to find the blocks and barriers that are holding them back, so they can lead in healthy ways. She teaches about leadership, parenting, and her favorite subject: restoring the soul. Archives
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