In this selection of essays, Rob explains how the Judeo-Christian tradition is the guardian of liberty. Rob takes the reader through a unique story, starting off in a specific town, and uses that town as a microcosm to illustrate the problems facing America. He then uses this story to illustrate his premise and fills the story with parables, poems, and analysis.
Rob makes the point that "conservatives seem to be chopping at the branches of big government while leaving the root untouched." Without an orthodox practice you will have no conviction. With no conviction you will have no traditional values. With no traditional values, the high progressive values of the world take their place. With new progressive values supplanted the rise of socialism starts. With the rise of socialism you end up with the deterioration of our communities that we are currently witnessing. In short, without an orthodox religious practice, progressivism triumphs over traditional values, and erodes our way of life.
The book is composed of many short essays compiled into two books. Book I starts off with a story to illustrate the need for orthodoxy. Then the book turns into a critique of the various sects that fall within the category of the Judeo-Christian tradition, with the aim of creating unity between them. Book II is a book of political philosophy heavily influenced by the Biblical narrative and conservative classics such as John Locke, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Paine.
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SELECTION FROM BOOK 2, CHAPTER 1, DEMOCRACY
"It is the definition of rights or liberties that is at the core of the issue. Real rights are concerned with what a man can do. False rights are concerned with what a man can get. True rights are responsibilities; false rights are subsidies. True rights are concerned with the ability to live freely; false rights are concerned with the ability to get free things. True rights are an earned novelty; false rights are an unearned indulgence. It comes down to those who wish to live passively versus those who wish to live actively-those who wish to live passively must do so by trampling on the rights of those who wish to live actively." -Selection from Book 2, Chapter 1.
