shane77m
03-25-2013, 09:33 AM
http://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2013/03/25/libertys-choice-adjust-collaborate-or-resist-n1546116/page/full/
Travelers sometimes stand in awe of nature's beauty or achievements in architecture or the arts. On this trip to Amsterdam, we were confronted with man's choice to do evil or to take a stand for faith and freedom. Choices often come with little warning, but they come to every man, woman, and child when liberty is attacked.
After once again walking through the pages of Anne Frank’s diary in the upper rooms where her Jewish family hid from the Germans, you realize that those who evil attacks are like you. They have dreams, loving families, and the burning desire to taste freedom again.
When you visit Corrie ten Boom’s museum in Haarlem, you wonder whether your own faith would pass the test to hide your neighbors or would you watch while your neighbors were taken away. Will there be enough evidence of your faith to convict you or would you fold in the face of true evil?
Walking through Amsterdam’s Dutch Resistance Museum provides more than a history of Netherland's war-torn experience. You're confronted with real people who took a stand in the face of enormous cost. Many lost their lives taking up arms in underground resistance or by hiding or transporting Jews and persecuted neighbors.
Some responded right away. Others took more time. The loss of liberty seldom comes in one headline. It comes in a series of events where freedoms are lost. Museum visitors are continually challenged to make their own choices--would you adjust, collaborate, or resist.
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A New York newspaper reports which county citizens own guns? Congress and the President propose limiting what weapons law-abiding citizens can own for their self-defense.
At a recent protest in Washington, a man held a sign that read--"I saw a movie where only the police and the military have guns. It was called Schindler's List." Do you adapt, collaborate, or resist the loss of your freedoms?
Travelers sometimes stand in awe of nature's beauty or achievements in architecture or the arts. On this trip to Amsterdam, we were confronted with man's choice to do evil or to take a stand for faith and freedom. Choices often come with little warning, but they come to every man, woman, and child when liberty is attacked.
After once again walking through the pages of Anne Frank’s diary in the upper rooms where her Jewish family hid from the Germans, you realize that those who evil attacks are like you. They have dreams, loving families, and the burning desire to taste freedom again.
When you visit Corrie ten Boom’s museum in Haarlem, you wonder whether your own faith would pass the test to hide your neighbors or would you watch while your neighbors were taken away. Will there be enough evidence of your faith to convict you or would you fold in the face of true evil?
Walking through Amsterdam’s Dutch Resistance Museum provides more than a history of Netherland's war-torn experience. You're confronted with real people who took a stand in the face of enormous cost. Many lost their lives taking up arms in underground resistance or by hiding or transporting Jews and persecuted neighbors.
Some responded right away. Others took more time. The loss of liberty seldom comes in one headline. It comes in a series of events where freedoms are lost. Museum visitors are continually challenged to make their own choices--would you adjust, collaborate, or resist.
...........
A New York newspaper reports which county citizens own guns? Congress and the President propose limiting what weapons law-abiding citizens can own for their self-defense.
At a recent protest in Washington, a man held a sign that read--"I saw a movie where only the police and the military have guns. It was called Schindler's List." Do you adapt, collaborate, or resist the loss of your freedoms?