Stop Believing

Guest Post by Jeff Thomas

The basic beliefs of Americans

In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was asked to create a draft for a founding document for what was to become the United States.

In his second paragraph, he said.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

So firm was the vision of America’s founding fathers that this statement represented their collective belief that the twenty-eight signatories accepted it without any change in wording.

Could the same be said today? Do Americans possess a collective belief today?

Do Americans perceive the word “rights” collectively? How about “liberty?” Would a random sampling of Americans generate the same definition of such words?

Or, considering that most Americans who are unable to answer such simple questions as, “What state is New Your City in,” how many Americans would respond to a request to define these words with no more than a blank stare?

But why should this be?

Only a generation or two ago, Americans enjoyed educational standards that were exemplary in the world. Yet, today, it’s universally accepted that Americans have been dramatically “dumbed-down” to such an extent that a majority of high school graduates are not even proficient in simple math and grammar skills.

More worrisome is the fact that the basic beliefs of Americans have been transformed from relative certainty to being both arbitrary and confused.

Let’s look at a few of these:

Religious faith:

Most people imagine that they possess a basic understanding of right and wrong. Yet Americans often readily excuse Muslims for crimes against women, as they are merely “practicing their religion.” Similarly, rap artists can be forgiven for misogyny, as their endorsement of abuse is classified as “cultural.” Therefore, religious “conviction” actually becomes flexible depending upon whom it applies to.

Further, although roughly three-quarters of Americans see themselves as Christians, merely identifying oneself as a Christian may be sufficient to be accused of being antisemitic or racist. No logic is needed to explain this accusation; to be accused is to be guilty.

Family:

For decades, welfare has helped to eliminate marriage, as a woman receives more welfare if there is no man present. During the COVID pandemic, parents discovered that their children are being indoctrinated by schools in ways parents never approved. Further, they were routinely told that the schools had greater authority over choice of information than parents. Parents are responsible for paying the expenses of the child, but the school is responsible for deciding what the child believes.

Biology:

Here, belief becomes even more confused. Americans are told that men can be women and vice versa. All that’s required is to “identify” as the opposite gender, and it becomes an accepted fact.

But it doesn’t stop there. There are no longer two genders; there are scores of them – so many that no one can remember them all, yet young people are continually fearful that they may refer to one of their classmates as one gender, mistaking the classmate’s self-perception and inviting shame from other classmates.

LBGTQ+ has become a nightmare of confusion – an ever-morphing labyrinth that no one can get correct at this point.

Equality:

Possibly one of the loftiest of beliefs is that of equality. Yes, we are all different in countless ways, but the concept of equality suggests that all people should have equal opportunity. It’s then up to the individual what he does with that opportunity.

But equity inserts the word “fair.” In practice, this has come to mean that, to be fair, we must ignore equality and embrace preference and prejudice.

Those with darker skin must receive greater entitlement, and those with lighter skin must experience shame. Those who are male must be diminished socially unless they identify as women, in which case, they may enjoy an advantage in sporting competitions. Those who are from a racial or ethnic minority must be given preference or even sole access to designated job opportunities.

As George Orwell famously stated in his book Animal Farm, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

So, what’s happening here? Is it simply that people are questioning traditional beliefs more than before? Are they becoming more open-minded and willing to consider alternative perceptions?

Well, no. If that were true, then those who held a conventional view would not be shamed by those who did not. Students who defend conventional beliefs are expelled from their schools. Employees who defend conventional beliefs have been fired from their jobs merely for thinking “incorrect” thoughts. Those who decide not to get vaxxed can expect to have their basic rights removed.

There is a concerted movement, led by the media but supported by much of the public, to question conventional beliefs and eliminate them.

So, is there a new set of beliefs that are meant to supplant the old beliefs? Well, not really. Last week, there were 52 genders; this week, there are 74. How about next week?

At this point, the average individual, try as he may (I hope that’s an acceptable pronoun), is likely to say, “Jeez, I don’t know what to believe anymore.”

And there we have it… the entire point of the re-education of belief. The point is to create such a level of confusion that people not only cease to voice their beliefs but eventually do away with their beliefs, agreeing with whatever they’re told to believe… for the moment.

In doing so, a compliant populace is created. If totalitarian rule is to be accomplished, people must, above all, be compliant. They must willingly (and immediately) agree with whatever belief is being foisted upon them.

But for what purpose?

Well, without belief, the individual is, in fact, not an individual. He is merely a useful tool of the state.

Let that thought sink in a bit.

This is the point at which it becomes necessary to step back and take in the big picture. When any state has reached the point that it grooms its people to cease to have beliefs, it has already gone far beyond the point of validity.

At such a point, the populace is faced with a very unpleasant choice of possible ways forward: The first is to rebel against the state in some form. The second is to bail out – to leave one’s country in hopes of finding greener pastures elsewhere.

If both of these choices are too daunting to consider, there is a third choice.

Submit.

Editor’s Note: The wave of political correctness and liberal group-think has taken the US by storm. The effort to silence opposing viewpoints and free speech will continue to accelerate.

That’s why Doug Casey has prepared a timely video on surviving this modern American trend. In it Doug exposes the lies and mainstream bias that’s poisoning America… Click here to watch it now.

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29 Comments
Bullwinkle
Bullwinkle
March 25, 2023 8:26 pm

The DI is only a Declaration, It has NO effect of of “LAW’.

Saxons Wrath
Saxons Wrath
  Bullwinkle
March 25, 2023 9:28 pm

We also have this little document called The Constitution.

You really ought to read it sometime….

Great stuff in there for how to run a Nation of like-minded folks.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Saxons Wrath
March 25, 2023 9:49 pm

We also have this little document called The Constitution.

HAD.

Government wise, there is extremely little that does not violate it in some way now. The SC has wiped it’s ass with it more times than I can count.

So technically yes, still have it. In reality, not so much.

ken31
ken31
  Anonymous
March 25, 2023 11:09 pm

I think that to say 90% of the executive branch is blatantly unconstitutional might be conservative.
It is absurd to expect that elections can be legitimate when there is a population, large enough that they likely don’t know one, another assigned to a single representative.

The 17th Amendment was the stolen election that broke the back of what was already a system proven to failure.

ken31
ken31
  Bullwinkle
March 25, 2023 11:03 pm

You would expect honor to give it weight, but it was not honorable men that handed us the Constitution.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  ken31
March 26, 2023 4:13 am

You people are REALLY pissing me off this morning.

BE MORE LIKE COFFEE!

Anonymous
Anonymous
  ken31
March 26, 2023 11:03 am

Then leave and go move to Canada where you can be happy living under Comrade Castreau.

ken31
ken31
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 6:09 pm

My ancestors were here long before the US Constitution. One of them signed the other one. Piss off.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Bullwinkle
March 26, 2023 4:08 am

Tell it to Mad King George. Oh, wait. We kicked his ass and sent him crying to momma!

You disrespectful son of a bitch!

Anonymous
Anonymous
  The Central Scrutinizer
March 26, 2023 1:05 pm

Forget your pill this morning Scrote?

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 2:23 pm

No. I just don’t like anonymous fags talkin’ shit bout muh histry.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  The Central Scrutinizer
March 26, 2023 2:25 pm

So they are fags? Raises the question of how you would come to know they are fags.

Something you want to reveal Scrote?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Bullwinkle
March 26, 2023 11:07 am

Amazing how many mental midgets exist here, believing the Declaration of Independence is the same as the US Constitution. Odds are none of them have read all of it. 99% of the document consists of grievances aimed against King George Who Went Full Scatter-brain Later In Life and Parliament.

But then, unlike a leaning silo, you can’t fix stupid.

Anonymous
Anonymous
March 25, 2023 8:40 pm

Or, considering that most Americans who are unable to answer such simple questions as, “What state is New Your City in,” how many Americans would respond to a request to define these words with no more than a blank stare?

Quite a few I would expect, but only because “What state is New Your City in” makes little sense with the fucking typo!

Truly. Amazing. The fact that...
Truly. Amazing. The fact that...
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 6:53 am

“Quite a few I would expect, but only because “What state is New Your City in” makes little sense with the fucking typo!”

…you read so slow that you would even Notice.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Truly. Amazing. The fact that...
March 26, 2023 1:06 pm

Details matter. Stupid people assume what the words are instead of reading them.

"Stupid" What's in a name?
"Stupid" What's in a name?
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 2:12 pm

“Stupid people assume what the words are instead of reading them.”

It’s OK to be a slow reader. Really. Anal retentiveness has its place. Too.

Anonymous
Anonymous
March 25, 2023 8:47 pm

And there we have it… the entire point of the re-education of belief. The point is to create such a level of confusion that people not only cease to voice their beliefs but eventually do away with their beliefs, agreeing with whatever they’re told to believe… for the moment.

We are there. At least the majority of people I know.

I can pick any topic someone espouses, ask them to explain the reasons they believe that, and almost always, blank faced silence. Their opinion was installed by the media, not reasoned out. Unthinking propaganda sponges.

ken31
ken31
  Anonymous
March 25, 2023 11:23 pm

The Bible is a rock. All else are shifting sands. It has something for thinkers and followers.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  ken31
March 25, 2023 11:33 pm

You forgot the “c”

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 5:21 am

We didn’t want to use the “c”UNT word until YOU arrived. You did want to be announced, did you not?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  The Central Scrutinizer
March 26, 2023 1:07 pm

Why would you be reluctant, being one yourself?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  ken31
March 26, 2023 11:13 am

The Bible is the world’s most heavily redacted collection of prehistoric mythology, ancient fables, fake history, and other agenda collected together from assorted cultures that predate it by centuries, designed and written by committee to create an agenda for a few ruling elites at the top of the cult, centuries after the supposed events happened, written in such a way to make it appear as prophecies.

Standing by for the head explosions because they must explode their heads like socialists who just found out the truth that Trump beat Killary.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 1:08 pm

Well said.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  ken31
March 26, 2023 11:18 am

Of course, those who scream about how the Bible can’t be questioned are always first in line to shut down any free speech that goes against what they believe. They operate exactly like the socialists who shut down any free speech that opposes socialism.

Getting down voted will only prove this statement to be true. Because those who worship their fantasies that only exist inside their heads and nowhere else must down vote.

anon a moos
anon a moos
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 11:33 am

yawn

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 1:08 pm

Also well said.

NEVER 👎. No Need/Point. However...
NEVER 👎. No Need/Point. However...
  Anonymous
March 26, 2023 3:23 pm

…’Organized Religions’ seem to have left a bad taste in Your mouth. (twisted Choir Boy Reference) have Very little to due with God, and all that goes with Him, imho.

“Of course, those who scream about how the Bible can’t be questioned are always first in line to shut down any free speech that goes against what they believe.”

i did have Your perceived ‘outlook’ most of my life.

‘Churches are FULL of hypocrites! Priests/Clergy are Child Molesters! More People have been killed over Religious differences than ANYTHING else!’ (Mostly True).

Hypocrite? i’m one myself, more than i would care to admit.

The End Game IS what matters. Most. NO matter what.

Matthew 7:5
“Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”

King James Version (KJV)

Read to myself, in front of a mirror? 🤣 cracks me up. EVERY time. Puts things in the proper perspective. i KNOW there is INFINITE room for personal improvement.

Not Even anything but a reader. KJV. Ye Olde English hard to understand. This Guy explains it well. Again, imho. Quibble over a few items, However, explanation of the people, places, & ‘things’ (mostly the Words/Wording) ?

Priceless.

Last 1/2. Last Chapter. Last Book.

ONLY 2 Verses (i think) from ‘The End’ of Revelation.

Revelation 22:19 “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.”

Author/Commentator of linked Site:

“This is one of the most awesome challenges in the Word of God against tampering with Holy Writing. Far too many today glibly ridicule, detract from, and cast disparaging remarks on Holy Scripture. This is their day of opportunity, but their judgment will come upon them swiftly in God’s good time. It is a fearful thing to disbelieve God, and it is unbelief that causes someone to detract from His Holy Word.

Although this is not a reference to Bible believing commentators of the Word who mistakenly translate some passage and inadvertently minimize it. The Lord’s warning here is addressed to those who engage in deliberate falsification or misinterpretation of Scripture, those who Paul denounces as corruptors of the Word of God (2 Cor. 2:17).

Still it does serve as a soul stirring challenge to those who have taken in hand to write and preach on this marvelous book.”

All of that chapter (along with This Gentleman’s ‘interpretation/opinion’,
@ link.

https://discoverrevelation.com/revelation-chapter-22-continued/

P.S. before i was a True believer?

i asked myself, and Many, Many, People:

‘What if there IS no God, & all that goes with it?

‘Universal’ (think that’s what catholic means) Answer:

“You will have lived a ‘good’ life”. True Dat.

Been a while since i’ve had any doubts.

Ironically? Based on the whole covid thingy?

THERE IS A Satan, because OBVIOUSLY…

Ephesians 6:12
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

King James Version (KJV)

Some other passage somewhere that satan is roaring about because he knows his time is short.

GLOBAL in scope.

One WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT, ‘Things’ Are ‘Strange’. AND the ‘Pace’ IS quickening.

Free Will IS a real thing.

ze bugs
ze bugs
March 25, 2023 10:43 pm

From my own personal observation Americans care about Money, complying for convenience sake, their phones, maintaining their cushy lifestyle even if they have to lie or do things they know are wrong to keep it and positive attention from their social group and social media. The populace is a complete joke. Exceptions noted. I don’t relate to these people at all.

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