“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”— George Washington, Speech to the Constitutional Convention (1787)

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”— Ecclesiastes 12:13

Our duty is clear. It only becomes complicated when we adopt the moral relativism of the world’s philosophies, for it is then that we must put everything to the test of a false balance. On this false balance, it becomes a moral imperative to excuse all manner of evil for the chance of avoiding what is ostensibly some greater evil. But as we take our eyes off our calling, as we fear that which is not to be feared, our judgment is weakened and our witness is compromised. If you have been told that it is your duty to save any man-made institution or government by accepting Evil A to avoid Evil B, you have been told a lie.

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