Rebellion Against God Is Not Freedom

   I recently met a young man in WalMart who was wearing a shirt that said, in rainbow-colored letters, “Rebel.”  He seemed mild-mannered enough, so I asked him if he was really a rebel. He gave a nervous, almost apologetic smile and said: “I guess so.”  So I asked him, “against what are you rebelling?” “Freedom,” he said. “You are rebelling against freedom?” I asked, knowing that he had spoken carelessly and wasn’t rebelling against freedom, but I wanted him to articulate what it was against which he was rebelling. “I mean FOR freedom,” he said. “For freedom to do what?” I continued. “Freedom to be ourselves,” he replied. 

   Officially, America has never had any laws against persons being individuals. Instead, it is particular practices of individuals that are deemed to be damaging to society that are outlawed. I didn’t press this young man further, but I probably should have, because he has been served a lie about the “freedom” he is ushering in.

   Throughout the Northwestern United States, there are warning signs posted by the government, which declare that all boats of any kind must get examined before entering the public waters. This requirement is because an invasive species of non-native creatures are being imported into lakes accidentally through boats from outside the natur ...