[Rhodes22-list] Slim's response - non sailing, religious, etc.

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Slim said, "Religion throughout all civilizations serve to answer three
questions:  Where did we
come from?  How shall we live?  What happens when we die?"

Captain Alm, without religion where are humans supposed to get guidelines on
the middle question you pose?  

Are they supposed to get them from the Marxist indoctrination proffered by
Mr. Bill Ayers?

You forgot to delineate a suggested answer to your question.

Consider that some religions have a couple of thousand years of experience,
trial and error, see what works with humans to answer that question. 
Whereas, Marxism has a little over 100 years of experience with most of its
demonstrations disasters.  And disasters should be capitalized as having
been unmitigated disasters.  Which system has raised the overall standard of
living in the world the most?  The answer is not a Marxist based system
which our new President represents.

A capitalist system based on freedom with a sheriff enforcing standards of
honesty has helped mankind the most.  Rather than compulsory taking from
those who make the most efforts to achieve and giving to those who need, it
loosely achieves results by rewarding effort.  Those who achieve drag the
dregs and unable up by raising the overall standard of living.  

When you compel those who achieve or are able to achieve to maintain those
who want the same standard of living without the toil, it is a real
disincentive to the toil needed to achieve.

This is illustrated by Ronald Reagan’s story of the Red Hen.  This was
demonstrated in human terms in the old Soviet Union during the 1930’s with
the event of history the Ukrainians call the “Holodomor (Ukrainian:
Голодомор)”  See some information about the results of government
compulsion:

http://www.ukrainiangenocide.com/

http://www.infoukes.com/history/famine/

Understand that Marxism or socialism has as central purpose to replace the
human belief in God.  Remember Whittaker Chambers, a former Communists Party
member who admonished, “The revolutionary heart of Marxism is a simple
conviction: It is necessary to change the world.  This conviction is the
“vision of man's mind displacing God as the creative intelligence of the
world. It is the vision of man's liberated mind, by the sole force of its
rational intelligence, redirecting man's destiny and reorganizing man's life
and the world.”

So you really think that you are smarter than all those who came before you?

Ed K
Addendum:
Red Hen 

A modern day little red hen may not sound like or appear to be a quotable
authority on economics but then some authorities aren't worth quoting. 

About a year ago I imposed a little poetry on you. It was called "The
Incredible Bread Machine" and made a lot of sense with reference to matters
economic. You didn't object too much so having gotten away with it once I'm
going to try again. This is a little treatise on basic economics called "The
Modern little Red Hen." 

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard
until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors and said
'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant
it?' 

"Not I, " said the cow. 

"Not I," said the duck. 

"Not I," said the pig. 

"Not I," said the goose. 

"Then I will," said the little red hen. And she did. The wheat grew tall and
ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the
little red hen. 

"Not I," said the duck. 

"Out of my classification," said the pig. 

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow. 

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose. 

"Then I will," said the little red hen, and she did. 

At last the time came to bake the bread. "Who will help me bake bread?"
asked the little red hen. 

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow. 

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck. 

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig. 

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose. 

"Then I will," said the little red hen. 

She baked five loaves and held them up for the neighbors to see. 

They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen
said, "No, I can eat the five loaves myself." 

"Excess profits," cried the cow. 

"Capitalist leech," screamed the duck. 

"I demand equal rights," yelled the goose. 

And the pig just grunted. 

And they painted "unfair" picket signs and marched round and around the
little red hen shouting obscenities. 

When the government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not
be greedy." 

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen. 

"Exactly," said the agent. "That's the wonderful free enterprise system.
Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern
government regulations productive workers must divide their products with
the idle." 

And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled
and clucked, "I am grateful, I am grateful." But her neighbors wondered why
she never again baked any more bread.

>From Ronald Reagan...  Reagan In His Own Voice (Audio book/download) ^ |
November 1976 | Ronald Reagan 




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