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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Our Climate of Cultural Change
Respectful Unity or Divisive Humiliation?
The first portion of Bishop Budde's message from the January 25th Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service, contained the most eloquent and inviting call for respectful cooperation and functional unity I have ever heard!
But as she continued, her focus shifted, from promoting a truly diverse and informed, caring consensus, to highlighting inflammatory policy disagreements on some of today's most
controversial and socially divisive topics.
Although ideas of unity and showing compassion through mercy remained talking points. Her actions were neither compassionate or merciful as she publicly chastised rather than honoring our newly re-elected President at his own Inaugural Prayer Event.
But we should not be surprised, considering her past social activism in promoting social division. The sermon below clearly shows her commitment to our continuing, "Culture of Change."
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Instead of honoring a diverse point of view she disagreed with. Her speech became an opportunity to instruct
and grandstand her support of the causes she preferred to promote. Her disregard was consistent with her cultural view.
If you haven’t noticed yet, we have been living in a, “Culture
of Change,” for some time.
It was President Obama who campaigned on the promise of
bringing, “Change to America.”
And through his administration and continuing
forward a, “Cultural of Change,” truly did come with long deep, lasting roots that we have actively spread across the globe with an intensity comparable to California's wildfires.
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US sponsored, "Cultural Change," on a global scale.
Shortly after President Trump's first election, I wrote about a very intense expression of, “Cultural Change.” Our Post Election Riots. It is available in the blog link pictured below. I wrote it immediately after
returning from our visit to Israel.
The series of Post Election, BLM, and George Floyd Riots created a near continuous series of protests that often escalated
from peaceful marches to violent and destructive rioting. Their well organized consistency and effectiveness in securing favorable legislation, as well as their ability to evade legal consequence made their effort much like the, staged outrage riots of, "Kristallnacht, in 1938 and following that ushered in Hitler's forceful, "Cultural Changes," across Germany and much of Europe.
I compare the similarities in tactic and outcome between ours and theirs in the blogpost below.
Now in November, 2025, I wonder. Will it happen again?
And will this unique gesture by Bishop Budde’ help to assuage
the flames of lawless destruction that came at Trump’s first election, or reignite
them? It certainly has gotten a lot of attention. Hopefully it will have a cathartic effect with those sharing it so
vociferously. Hopefully they will follow her words rather than her example and be more merciful to their neighbors and public servants than the protesters of2017 and following.
Consider; were the Bishop’s statements truly about,
“mercy?” Or were they about who we choose to show mercy too? And similarly, who
we should choose to ignore?
Do you think the sermon would have been different if Kamala Harris were
President? Is Kamala Harris truly more merciful in her actions and attitudes than
Donald Trump?
Kamala was not shy about stating her position on social self
control. She shared her perspective very clearly on the Steven Colbert Show in
June of 2020. See it in the link below.
In it she shares her passion and leadership focus. It is
important that we stop and actually listen to hear what she is saying. It is
very clear. She said it over and over.
Repeatedly she stated her approval of the turmoil that was happening on the
streets across America
during the riots. She did not condemn or discourage. Not even the violence and
destruction. This is in direct contrast with the (merciful) theme expressed by
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who preached passive resistance and nonviolence.
This was most likely, "the theme,” of the protests she attended as a child
with her parents.
At that time, King’s, “Peaceful,” approach allowed Christian leaders like Billy
Graham to activate large portions of the nation’s Christian community (white,
black and other) across the south to nonviolently (resist) the unjust
segregation laws by voluntarily attending his unsegregated rallies. In effect,
their attendance was a, “protest,” that violated segregation laws.
The, Freedom Riders,” acted in a similar manner, bringing
expressions of nonviolent, nondestructive attention that on the surface,
appeared to cause much turmoil, as they resisted the segregation laws of the
south. But it was not the Freedom Riders that terrorized, assaulted and
murdered. Counter activists with their lawless sympathizers attempted to
silence the Freedom Riders through brutal murderous persecution.
Unlike Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., California Senator, Kamala Harris did not call for, “Peaceful nonviolence,” Not
with the intimidating Anti-Trump post election riots or with the BLM, George Floyd protest/riots. Kamala repeatedly
called for continuing, unrelenting FORCE. stating that the protests would not
stop? That they absolutely must not stop! Not until they FORCE the Government.
Not by petition or through organized voluntary civic action. But in
submission to activist FORCE the Government must accept the BLM demands.
As I said, I wrote the blog in the link above during that time. The blog is a
contrast of our present cultural movement with another movement that occurred
during the last century. It also intended to change the cultural value system of their nations in just one generation.
Touting superior scientific knowledge through their favored
scientific perspectives, they assumed the task of saving humanity from what
they viewed as genetic degradation. Like the changes of today, their extreme
cultural changes disrupted human ethics and religious beliefs and created social division.
In the blog you will see how both protests destroyed and
terrorized by intimidating vast parts of their populations.
Have you ever stopped to question the cost of the, "Changes," that are being demanding of you? Are you ever tempted to just seek comfort and avoid conflict by joining the defiant crowd and mindlessly parroting their loyal sentiments in our
ever-fluctuating, “Culture of Change?” It truly is the path of least resistance.
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