{"id":682,"date":"2014-11-04T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2014-11-04T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:39:11","slug":"if-rape-is-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIf Rape is Inevitable&#8230;\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Coach Bobby Knight created controversy when he said, \u201cI think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.\u201d Of course, it was an outrageous statement that divulged a narcissist with utter disrespect for women. But what if that philosophy is applied to other situations in life, and by millions of people? Can it be applied to murder? What about applying it to the death of a nation? It appears to be applied by the attitude of people that refuse to vote. I have heard and read variations of the statement, \u201cBoth (political) parties are rotten, so what&#8217;s the use of voting?\u201d In other words, \u201cIf rape is inevitable&#8230;\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The fact is, our nation is being raped. It has been violated by individuals that intend to forcibly strip away every jot of dignity and decency, make Judeo-Christian values illegal, force Christianity to convert to the will of the State, destroy the traditional family, elevate homosexuality to natural and normal status, replace Democracy with a quasi-Marxist\/socialist government, remove the second amendment from the Constitution, and the list goes on. The term \u201crape\u201d is appropriate because the Federal Government now spies on its citizens, uses the IRS, a corrupt judiciary, and other strong-arm means to force its will on the people. Unprecedented abuses of power have occurred in the past 6 years that should make every decent American race to the polls to rid our nation of the pestilence. But how quickly and easily people forget. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The majority of registered voters, including many professing Christians, will not vote today because they wish to relax. Relaxation, comfort, and convenience, are much more important on this beautiful sunny day. Of course, there are those under a delusion who will vote for more buddy time with the crowd headed down a path to moral dissolution. No one can reach the latter group with the truth because everything is flipped upside down in their world. However, professing Christians ought to know better, They should have recognized the erosion of freedom, the disintegration of democracy, the corruption and ineptitude of the present administration, the ostentatious use of power to silence critics, and the egregious enforcement of immorality. However, many refuse to do anything about it when they have the opportunity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There is a good reason for this passive surrender to oppressive violation of their freedom and Constitutional liberties. They have grown accustomed to someone else bearing and carrying out their responsibilities. They visit church meetings where they expect pastors to do all the work of making them feel spiritual and special. They go about their business enjoying life never considering the individuals who sacrifice and have sacrificed their lives fighting to keep our nation free. They live in a push button, instant gratification, electronic gadget-infested world where they can block out unpleasant thoughts of ominous and encroaching evil. Voting brings them back into reality; something that they refuse to tolerate even for a few minutes. They&#8217;d rather think, \u201cIf things get better, let someone else be responsible for that occurring.\u201d Right! And if it doesn&#8217;t get better, just relax and enjoy it, \u201cque sera, sera\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Someone asked me, \u201cBut do you believe my vote really counts?\u201d I replied, \u201cYes it does. For one thing, you&#8217;re not complicit with the forces that are bent on destroying America and Christian freedom. Further, you are exercising the freedom that many people died to preserve for you. Not to vote is not to do what is right. It is not to speak out against evil, but to give evil unopposed access to authority.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I agree that inevitably this nation will fall to what Alexis de Tocqueville called \u201csoft despotism\u201d and eventually join the Antichrist controlled one-world order. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. But as long as Christians can do anything to delay or slow it down, we must do so. Voting may give us a couple of years of relative freedom to do God&#8217;s work. However, if the Democrats win this election, we will cease be a \u201cgovernment by the people and for the people.\u201d America will die. Her eulogy should include the fact that she was not murdered, she committed suicide. To people offended by what I wrote, you may as well just relax and enjoy it. For why should anything I write spoil your delusion?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Bobby Knight created controversy when he said, \u201cI think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.\u201d Of course, it was an outrageous statement that divulged a narcissist with utter disrespect for women. But what if that philosophy is applied to other situations in life, and by millions of people? 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