Opening Insights: Back to the Future
This is a generation that is really detached from the core, human values that lead to dignity.
SHMULEY BOTEACH
The times they are a-changing...
Today’s world is not what it once was. Today’s world has become that of science fiction in some senses, yet we seem in many ways to be going Back to the Future.
We have received many warnings from great visionaries and leaders, dating back to pre-biblical times.
- Do we hear the message/warning?
- Do we just talk about the message/warning?
- Do we engage in collaborative solutions to address the message and warning?
Informational Insights: History Repeating...
I am certainly not a Churchill. I am not even a Revel. I am having enough trouble just trying to be a Lapin. But I am issuing a very serious warning about deep consequences, just as they did. It is a warning about the earliest stages of what could become a cataract of disasters if not resisted now.
During the 1930s, Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade the English people and their government to see that Hitler meant to end their way of life. The British ignored Churchill, which gave Hitler nearly 10 years to build up his military forces. It wasn't until Hitler actually drew blood that the British realized they had a war on their hands. It turned out to be a far longer and more destructive war than it needed to be had Churchill's early warning been heeded.
In 1983, a brave French writer, Jean-Francois Revel, wrote a book called How Democracies Perish. In this remarkable volume, he described how communism's aim is world conquest. For decades he had been trying to warn of communism's very real threat. Yet in January 1982, a high State Department official said: "We Americans are not solving problems, we are the problem." (Some things never change.) A good portion of the planet fell to communism, which brought misery and death to millions because we failed to recognize in time that others meant to harm us.
Heaven knows there was enough warning during the 1980s of the intention of part of the Islamic world to take yet another crack at world domination. Yet instead of seeing each deadly assault on our interests around the world as a test of our resolve, we ignored it. We failed the test and lost 3,000 Americans in two unforgettable hours.
I am not going to argue that what is happening now is on the same scale as the examples I cite above, but a serious war is being waged against a group of Americans. I am certain that if we lose this war, the consequences for American civilization will be dire.
Possibilities for Consideration: Again?
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak for me.
MARTIN NIEMÖLLER
- What if there was a way to reestablish Judeo-Christian values?
- What if there was a way to infuse honesty, selflessness, purity of intention and reality (love and trust) back into our communities and businesses?
- What if there was a community outreach that didn’t preach religion, but taught the skills of how to think, the values of maturity and the principles that form the foundation of Judeo-Christian values?
We all love our community, country and the values that we grew up with and believe in. We all want to see the prosperity return for our country, today and for the generations to come:
- What if you could be a part of a movement to unite, rebuild and grow Judeo-Christian Values?
- What if you could be a part of empowering and reversing the crisis of homelessness and addiction in your community?
- What if you could be a part of securing and sustaining the heritage and legacy of your religion, community and country?
- What if you could be a part of making your organization, community and country safe, secure and sustainable today and tomorrow?
- What if you could be a part of a prevention, mentorship and education movement to address social-cultural problems rather than manage them?
Add Your Insight
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; we must do.
LEONARDO DA VINCI