First danger is wealth without work, can anyone argue that this is what Obama and his party promote daily? How many people in this country have the idea that they are due something simply because they breathe? Each and every one of us live to our ability and have a right to pursue that ability but that does not mean if you choose to not work someone owes you a meal or even a home, we are supposed to be responsible if for nothing else for ourselves.
Second danger is pleasure without conscience; again with all the infidelity and pornography as well as hate crimes can anyone argue that this country needs a good dose of conscience? We seek pleasure now above all things which is wrong on so many levels, pleasure is something we should gather for ourselves but through hard work and perseverance as well as without damage to others. We should care enough about each other that our pleasures do not hurt our neighbor.
Third danger is knowledge without character; I give you Barrack Obama, a man who is supposed to be intelligent but imparts that belief on everybody because he knows what’s right for you as an individual, wrong boyo. Scientist involved with cloning has dealt with this issue as well as the stem cell scientists today must deal with this issue. This issue is so important the book Jurassic Park is pretty much a diatribe about it. Knowledge is great but the wisdom to know if you are doing something that cannot be undone is defiantly needed, anyone remember Dr. Oppenheimer note in his bible, I have become the destroyer of worlds. Knowledge without character can bring on things no one can undo and this nation is as guilty as any for this.
Fourth danger is business without ethics, anyone remember the banks and the financial collapse, how about Enron? There is no doubt that business without ethics exist and it is up to us as citizens to ensure this is not happening by making these businesses unprofitable by our spending habits.
Science without humanity is number five. This is closely related to number three, the reality here is we must remember that there things that cannot be undone so each time we are in new territory we need to ask ourselves not if we can do a thing but if we should do a thing. Difficult I understand but think of how many tragedies could have been prevented if this question was asked first. This nation has built weapons of war and explored this planet at times to the detriment of its own people so we need to ask this question often and today I fear it is not asked enough.
Number six religion without sacrifice, how many people believe that because they believe they are safe? The reality religion or faith is not passive it is an action, one we must accomplish daily. Ask yourself this have you humbled yourself before God today? Talked to God today? Or even thought about your actions in the terms of your faith today? To many people forget this and in so doing allow evil into our world without thinking. Now remember I did not say a word about organized religion, that is because I believe faith is a personal quality, how you show that quality is up to you but being involved in an organized religion is not the only way to cultivate faith or sacrifice before God.
Number seven politics without principle, how many political ads simple bash someone for their ideas? How many hate the opposing party and will not listen to them just because of the label they have placed on that party? If we all acted on our principles and acted with honor these things would not happen. This country has become a political cess pool and it is up to each of us to clean up our act. Politics is really about ideas, so maybe we can share our ideas instead of bashing someone else for theirs. Maybe we can try to compromise and slowly drag ourselves out of the muck.
The reality is this nation is in a great deal of danger of losing our human virtue when you look at each one of these and wonder what have we done. Interestingly enough we can ask ourselves today the same question and make better choices. I promise to try myself do you?