Monday, July 6, 2015

CHRISTIAN VALUES

CHRISTIAN VALUES

ON JULY FOURTH
I WAS WATCHING A PATRIOTIC SHOW
PRESENTED BY A LOCAL CHURCH
ALL WENT WELL
UNTIL THE MINISTER
 STARTED PRAISING THE CHRISTIAN ETHICS
 OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS

BRAVE MEN CERTAINLY
BUT TO CALL THEM CHRISTIAN IDEALISTS
I HESITATE ON THAT

THEIR PRIVATE GOODNESS I WON’T DEBATE
BUT THEIR PUBLIC MORALITY I WILL
AGAIN I HONOR THEIR BRAVERY
I CALL INTO DEBATE THE FACT THAT
30 LINES BELOW THE FAMOUS QUOTE
 "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL,"
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
 REFERS TO NATIVES AS
 "MERCILESS INDIAN SAVAGES."



STEAL THEIR LAND
WHEN THEY RESIST
CALL THEM SAVAGES
WHO  IS THE SAVAGE
THIEF OR VICTIM

MANY OF THE FOUNDING FATHER WERE SLAVE OWNERS
AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
WHERE SLAVERY WAS DISCUSSED
Delegate John Rutledge of South Carolina told delegates that "religion and humanity have nothing to do with the questions" of whether the Constitution should protect slavery--it was simply a question of property rights.
THEY ACHIEVED
A COMPROMISE
ON HOW SLAVES WERE TO BE COUNTED
AS DECLARING
THAT A SLAVE SHOULD BE COUNTED
AS THREE FIFTHS OF A MAN
IMAGINE
A CHILD OF GOD’S CREATION
VALUED AS THREE FIFTHS OF A MAN
WHERE WERE THE BIBLE SCHOLARS
I HONOR THE FOUNDING FATHERS
BUT TO CALL THEM SAINTS
WOULD BE TO NOT REMEMBER THEM
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF AMERICA
MAY WE SET OUR SIGHTS ON THE GOAL
AND LIVE ACCORDINGLY

FRANK A VOLLMER


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