Everybody has an Agenda

Bible?  That old thing?  Constitution?  Really... is that even relevant anymore?  We've come a long way since those things were written; there are new challenges to overcome that they just didn't have any way to know about back then.

WRONG!  Where's the buzzer... where's the lever for the trap-door?  This nonsense has to stop!  Stop talking!  If you don't know what you're talking about... don't!  Every time these people open their mouths, they weaken the nation.

Look, people... do I need to explain how life works?  This isn't complex at all. 

Situations change; principles do not change.  Ever.  Not once since the beginning of time.  Unless the principles by which a person lives are deemed to be incorrect from their inception and rejected, there is no reason for a person to change their principles to match their situation... unless someone has an agenda.

"Yes, we used to believe more in [insert defining principle], but times are different than they were 200 years ago.  We need to find a solution that will suit the times we live in."  ~Typical agenda argument.

Okay, first of all, don't end sentences with prepositions; secondly, what is wrong with conserving our values?  There is no shame in being conservative.  Maintaining our ideals is what makes us different as a nation, right?  We don't just say we changed our minds about rights and wrongs, do we?  Never! ... unless those principles get in the way.

You see, I'm going to be a conspiracy theorist for a minute and tell you something the infamous "THEY" don't want you to know... everybody has an agenda.  

Everyone. 

Everyone who's anyone is trying to promote something, push something, assert something... pick your verb, they're doing it.  It may be innocuous, it may be momentous.  It might be benevolent, or it could be malevolent... hard to say sometimes, because it is made to sound like a good idea.  Nobody would promote what they thought was a bad idea for them.  It could affect millions, or it might just be something between two individuals.  Agendas... we all have 'em.

You will find this fact most prevalent and most controversially in two areas of life: politics and religion.  These two worlds, completely intertwined in a thousand different places, make up what may be called society.

The sum of all that I believe the world is and what it should be - my agenda - can be summed-up in the word "liberty."

On the wall of my bedroom is a phrase taken from 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."  This sums up my idea of absolute liberty for eternity.  Second to this comes liberty from worldly oppression, temporal yet essential liberty for all men to live on their own terms, with responsibility falling on none but themselves individually.  With one's agenda being an agenda that seeks to obey the God of the Bible, loving and encouraging others to do the same, your agenda is worth promoting.

And that is what I try to do.