Apathy Is Assent

Apathy is assent!  If you don't care and keep silent then you are agreeing with any outcome.  The current injustice that I aim to speak out on is the renewing of the patriot act, which was signed via Presidents Obama's robot last Thursday.  Rep. Ron Paul of Texas has cried out against this way better than I could, so please enjoy this video.  Do not be deterred by his creepiness in appearance or his place of origin but just close your eyes & hear his words.  



  
Thinking about the patriot act sends me into a whirlwind of emotions.  First I am just angry.  Angry that we let people lord over us with fear.  Angry that we let people shove a false sense of national security down our throats.  Angry that we come out in droves to vote for American Idol, but can't really find time in our busy schedules to protest in any form.  Then I adjust the periscope a little wider and start to think about Palestine.  Or Libya.  Or Yemen.  Or Pakistan.  Or Bahrain.  Or Somalia.  Or Uganda.  Our problems seem to pale in comparison.  I didn't grow up with bombs going off.  No one in my family has been raped by someone in a uniform.  No one has set up concrete barriers between me & Fry's.  Then I just feel sad.  Sad for us, sad for the world.  It all just feels hopeless... But it is not hopeless! After some delay, I finally come to my base emotion of serene trust.  I remember that God is sovereign.  No entity can outsmart or out-evil God's plan to bring maximum glory to himself & complete good to his children.  God's been running the world for a long, long time; He's got this!  Unlike the faux-picture of the cross above, God did not tell us to f off or to figure out the problems of the world ourselves.  He did go on that cross & carry the weight of the world's evil.  He did rise on the third day, defeating satan, sin, suffering & death.  And He is coming back, where He will finally and completely restore all things & drive away all injustice.  In light of these great truths, I do not think we are called to sit back on our laurels.  These truths do not give us license to laziness & apathy.  I do not know necessarily what to do, but I do know this; WE MUST CARE!!

PS For a snarky take on the pledge of allegiance, click here.