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 INTJ. No wonder I don’t seem weird here. 
 Marx wrote: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world—the point, however, is to change it.”

This becomes: “There is no understanding the world—only interpretations of it.”

Which then becomes: “Lies that change the world are better than truths that describe it.” 
 "The Platonic commune does not have God’s command."

--Apology of the Augsburg Confession, XVI, 13.

Even 500 years ago, churches were endorsing collectivist political theories, confusing the two kingdoms.

#lutheran 
 “Harris is a Baptist who was raised by a Black Anglican father and an Indian Hindu mother, and is now married to a reformed Jewish husband.” 
 Informed consent requires a good conscience first informed by God’s Word and then by reason and senses.
 
 Our Democracy (TM) is a shibboleth for those of a particular ideology, meaning it’s not yours unless you are ideologically aligned. 
 Does the citizen have recourse for tax dollars distributed towards fraudulent causes, under misleading claims, or appropriated for illegal actions?
 
 The institutional gatekeepers and algorithm controls assume you lack the intellect, wisdom, and discernment to tell the truth from error. 
 Is it okay to knowingly impose immoral or illegal actions, only later to retract and redact them when they are no longer publicly acceptable? What would be the purpose of such actions? 
 Just like many of your favorite film franchises are ruined by retroactive continuity, now your memory of history is being ruined by the same lazy narrative tool.
 
 If federal student loans were predatory, wouldn't that make the US Department of Education the predator and the schools their enabler? 
 One consequence of the forfeiture of critical thinking to the authoritarians and cultural mob is the ability to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Scriptures critically.
 
 In the USA, those in power may only exercise it under the authority that we, the people, give them.
Commanding power without authority given by we, the people, is illegitimate. 
 Trying to hold to a narrative based on lies requires more lies.
And all it takes is a little truth for the whole house of cards to fall. 
 “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”
- James Madison 
 There’s no guarantee that when you seek to reform or abolish an institution, law, or tradition that something better will replace it.
 
 The NPC’s conscience has been replaced by the media's indoctrination and the Party Revolutionary's by the Platform. 

Christian, who informs your conscience? 
 Low-information citizens blame each other for their shared greed, lust for power, and disregard for reality. 

Blaming others for your faults is weak, irresponsible, and cowardly. 
 Only trust experts that play experts on TV.
 
 Crisis - failure - restructure - expand funding and authority - crisis … repeat.
 
 When the exceptional is made ordinary, then nothing can ever be extraordinary. 
 The goal of everything you are seeing is destabilization, confusion, chaos, and doubt.
You will defer to whoever makes you most comfortable when there is no truth. 
 The desire to control what cannot be controlled is a symptom of pride and results in despair. Beware of the illusion of control.
 
 Liars will continue to lie with impunity until their lies are exposed to the truth.
 
 Neither you nor I could ever know anything about Christ, or believe on Him, and have Him for our Lord, unless it were offered to us and granted to our hearts by the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel [1 Corinthians 12:3; Galatians 4:6]. The work of redemption is done and accomplished [John 19:30]. Christ has acquired and gained the treasure for us by His suffering, death, resurrection, and so on [Colossians 2:3]. But if the work remained concealed so that no one knew about it, then it would be useless and lost. So that this treasure might not stay buried, but be received and enjoyed, God has caused the Word to go forth and be proclaimed. In the Word He has the Holy Spirit bring this treasure home and make it our own. 39 Therefore, sanctifying is just bringing us to Christ so we receive this good, which we could not get ourselves [1 Peter 3:18].

--LC, Article III. 
 The only subject the Christian parent is ultimately concerned with is their child's learning of God's Word for faith and salvation. All other knowledge and wisdom have a supporting role in life and love. 
 Many crises in home, congregation, and state are caused by the hubristic thinking that we’ve reached the peak of civilization, knowledge, and wisdom and have nothing left to learn.