{"id":1947,"date":"2017-10-29T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T17:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/INspiration\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2019-04-29T22:35:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:35:26","slug":"truth-justice-freedom-and-the-american-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/inspiration\/truth-justice-freedom-and-the-american-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth, Justice, Freedom, and The American Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most Americans have intellectually accepted as a fact that race isn\u2019t a reason to forcefully divide, control, or subject a people<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It took time and required struggle to get to that precious understanding.<\/p>\n

All Truth requires Time, because all Truth is learned in stages over time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Truth can be blurred or advanced by emotion.<\/p>\n

Both reason and emotion are God-given, and each should be used in their best ways, and at their proper times.<\/p>\n

\"WeHoldTheseTruthsSelfEvidentAllMenAreCreatedEqualEndowedByCreatorUnalienableRightsLifeibertyPursuitHappinessDeclarationIndpendenceThomasJeffersonStatueLiberty\"<\/p>\n

Evolutionary Understanding of God<\/strong><\/p>\n

Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution caused some to doubt the need for a Creator that most of humanity held in some form from the earliest known histories.<\/p>\n

Some assert that Darwin himself, as his life neared its end, became a believer.\u00a0 True or not, it opens many questions, such as, does reason and faith conflict with each other?<\/em><\/p>\n

That God exists ought to be a simple matter of reasoning and observation.<\/p>\n

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Man and woman \u201cfit\u201d together. How could that reality have possibly evolved by mere accident?<\/p>\n

A building reflects design, and that reflects intelligence guiding and forging that design. Did a building make itself?\u00a0 Clearly, not.<\/p>\n

Similarly, how could humanity exist without a guiding hand of an all-powerful, eternal Creator that brought everything else into being?<\/p>\n

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Greek and other ancient philosophers knew thousands of years ago truths about the origin of all things – through reason – that humanity must understand and embrace again today. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The human body is so complex, how could all those complex systems have evolved together by accident so wonderfully? \u201cI am fearfully<\/strong><\/span> [read awesomely], and wonderfully made<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d (Psalm 139:14) said David – the Jewish priest, prophet, and king.<\/em><\/p>\n

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?<\/p>\n

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Which came first, the acorn or the oak tree?<\/p>\n

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All such paradoxes are easily explained in the light of a sound belief in a Creator.\u00a0 Science and faith ought not be separated, they ought to work together. Just as a man deprived of oxygen will result in death over time.\u00a0 Some things are just better united, than divided.<\/p>\n

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By analogy, an explosion in a print shop doesn\u2019t produce an unabridged dictionary.<\/p>\n

Rather, explosions produce destruction and chaos. Yet the \u2018big bang\u2019 didn\u2019t create disorder. That theoretical big bang produced a universe with unseen but powerful laws which govern it, such as gravity.<\/p>\n

The planets revolve around the sun, in an orderly, not random or chaotic fashion.<\/p>\n

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Reason and Faith, Together<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reason and faith should ennoble and enlighten each other.\u00a0Faith doesn\u2019t rely on some emotion alone.\u00a0 It is faith, emotion, and reason working together that helps the mature believer advance towards the fullness of Truth.<\/p>\n

American \u2018Tolerance\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no state imposed religion in America, but that doesn\u2019t make America a godless nation.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s founders, imperfect yet motivated believers in a Creator God, felt that faith was essential for the government of the Republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights<\/strong>; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d – Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n

America is a Republic, a nation of laws.<\/p>\n

Those laws ideally make all people equal under the law<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not to say that all beliefs are equal. Just as there are truths in math, science, professional, economic, or philosophy, so too their are truths in matters of faith.<\/p>\n

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Skimming or jumping to conclusions often lead someone to a false conclusion. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Until the time comes that more people embrace the obvious notion that there are ultimate truths – including religious truth about God – tolerance and mutual respect is prudent.<\/p>\n

But there should be a thirst for all truth. That includes professional and religious truth.<\/p>\n

After all, where does business ethics find its most powerful foundation, if not in eternal truths?<\/p>\n

Unity vs. Division<\/strong><\/p>\n

Division is not the ideal that God wants for His people.<\/p>\n

Jesus, a Jew, prayed for Unity among believers multiple times.\u00a0 He thus emphasized unity.<\/p>\n

Jesus also recognized the sad reality of divisions. Each of those divisions find at their core some sin.<\/p>\n

Jesus came to cast a cleansing fire upon the earth, until the divisions between people would be clarified by the clash of truth over half-truths or falsehood.<\/p>\n

Until 500 years ago, all Christians were largely united.<\/p>\n

As a kid riding my bike to junior high school, I stopped one day at an intersection.\u00a0 There were four churches, one on each side of the corner. How could that kind of division exist? I wondered, how could such disunity among believers be?<\/p>\n

But division does exist, in all walks of life.<\/p>\n

Varied factors caused Martin Luther to nail his 95 theses on the church at Wittenberg, which began the splintering of Christendom.\u00a0 Is it time to revisit the origins of those, and other divisions?<\/p>\n

Almost 20 years ago, when the internet was still young, yours truly penned this article that explored those divisions through the lens of a detective Seeking the Truth<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shouldn’t people of faith respectfully seek unity in truth<\/a>? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faith, reason, and just laws tell us to respect our fellows.<\/p>\n

Our nation, and industry, are divided.<\/p>\n

Truth must be our goal.\u00a0 The thirst for truth requires mutual respect that seeks understanding.<\/p>\n

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Truth is. Truth exists in all disciplines, including professional truths. The search for truth can be passionate, but it is ideally not taken in an offensive way. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At times, truth will clash with half-truths, or falsehoods.<\/p>\n

Failure to challenge what is false is to condone it. That doesn\u2019t mean that we have to live every moment of every day fighting a particular error.<\/p>\n

\"NothingIsChangedUntilItisChallenged-575x238\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But when the timing is right, we should stand up for what is true, beautiful and liberating.<\/p>\n

Only the Truth will set us Free.\u00a0 Which mean that what is less than true is what causes slavery in all its sad forms. ## (Inspiration, Thought Provoking, Principles.)<\/p>\n

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L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach is one of the most popular speaker-presenters in MH. He routinely has standing -room-only crowds.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach.
\nCo-Founder, Managing Member, LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC.
\nParent to MHLivingNews.com, MHProNews.com, and
\nIndustry Consultant, Expert, Service Provider.<\/p>\n

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