Dixie - In Memoriam
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Why is she so great? Why is America the world's largest and most powerful nation ever known to mankind? Why do millions upon millions envy what we have and want to come here? How did America get to be so great in a relatively short period of time, as nations go? Why are We The Undisputed #1?
Certainly, there have been nations to stand the test of time longer than we have, so why didn't they become as powerful and great as America? There have even been democracies similar to ours before, and they never had the level of success we've enjoyed. So, what is it about America? What is so special, that our nation rises above all others in just a couple hundred years?
It can't be chance, there has to be some rational explanation for such a feat. Many empires have aspired to our greatness, and none have ever achieved the level we have. America is the Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali of Superpowers, no one can touch us. WHY????
Here is my explanation. We are endowed inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, by our Creator. This detail is more significant than it appears, and it makes our nation unique in the annals of world powers. Oh, I can already hear some atheistic pinhead screaming and moaning about us not being a theocracy, but I have not mentioned religious belief. This fundamentally has nothing to do with an organized religion, so it can't be theocracy.
"Our Creator" is representative of what we believe in as individuals. Whatever entity or force we believe is greater than ourselves. For some, it is obviously God Almighty, for others it may be nature or 'inner-self' or 'conscience awareness' or whatever. Maybe it's Alien Life Forms for some? Maybe it's Allah or Buddha, or Jehovah, but it doesn't have to be any of them, it can just be your own personal "Jesus", it doesn't have to be religious. Even if you want to choose not to believe in anything, you are certainly entitled to disbelieve in what endowed your rights. Your right to have that belief is protected as well.
It is this feature of our national declaring of independent freedom, which empowers 'the people' to control their destiny, not a government, figurehead or king. I think this is the key to why we are the greatest of all time. We have a foundation based on universal understanding of where man obtains his rights, without encroaching on the freedom of religious belief.
Certainly, there have been nations to stand the test of time longer than we have, so why didn't they become as powerful and great as America? There have even been democracies similar to ours before, and they never had the level of success we've enjoyed. So, what is it about America? What is so special, that our nation rises above all others in just a couple hundred years?
It can't be chance, there has to be some rational explanation for such a feat. Many empires have aspired to our greatness, and none have ever achieved the level we have. America is the Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali of Superpowers, no one can touch us. WHY????
Here is my explanation. We are endowed inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, by our Creator. This detail is more significant than it appears, and it makes our nation unique in the annals of world powers. Oh, I can already hear some atheistic pinhead screaming and moaning about us not being a theocracy, but I have not mentioned religious belief. This fundamentally has nothing to do with an organized religion, so it can't be theocracy.
"Our Creator" is representative of what we believe in as individuals. Whatever entity or force we believe is greater than ourselves. For some, it is obviously God Almighty, for others it may be nature or 'inner-self' or 'conscience awareness' or whatever. Maybe it's Alien Life Forms for some? Maybe it's Allah or Buddha, or Jehovah, but it doesn't have to be any of them, it can just be your own personal "Jesus", it doesn't have to be religious. Even if you want to choose not to believe in anything, you are certainly entitled to disbelieve in what endowed your rights. Your right to have that belief is protected as well.
It is this feature of our national declaring of independent freedom, which empowers 'the people' to control their destiny, not a government, figurehead or king. I think this is the key to why we are the greatest of all time. We have a foundation based on universal understanding of where man obtains his rights, without encroaching on the freedom of religious belief.