A nation founded on freedom of choice, NOT rights

Ten minutes was left. Ten minutes to read through my blog one last time and make some last minute changes. Thats when i asked myself what rights do we have? You see as the Bible teaches us humanity does NOT have rights. We are NOT entitled to anything. Throughout history humanity has spent their time questioning and battling for their rights. No document was ever made lining out each individuals rights until the Constitution. The Constitution was the first attempt at defining the rights we have as humans. Our nation was the first nation to claim rights. But how did a nation based off the Bible (never stating that we are entitled to any rights) become the first nation to claim rights through democracy? No one can define the rights we have as humans, yet America did it. This is the very question prolonging the submission of my blog. How could a nation based on rights be founded by a religion against humans having rights.

I believe our God gave us the gift of choice. He did not give Eve the RIGHT to eat the fruit, rather he gave her the choice. A choice comes with consequences, whether be good or bad. Our nation isn't a nation founded on rights, we are a nation founded on the freedom of choice. Yes, all choices come with a price. A price the rest of the world awaits patiently in this upcoming election.

The democracy in America can be perfectly described through the analogy of a marriage. The work, effort and victory must go both ways in order to be successful. If the people's marriage/relationship with democracy and the country is not stable it will not attract the rest of the world. Just as non-believers watch Christians, waiting for a slip up, the rest of the world watches America waiting for a slip up. In all reality other nations don't realize that much like Christianity is based on us being sinners and accepting our need for Christ, democracy is messy and we need those mistakes to draw us closer as a nation and constantly reevaluate what we want.

In current times the American people have begun to rely on the government and those placed in higher power instead of taking the power upon themselves. Democracy has become based on one man rather than the mass majority. Therefore when one man fails us democracy appears weak compared to the "stronger" leaders in monarchy or communist nations.

Our modern day democracy is arising doubt in the minds of other nations because of the fact it is failing to be a true democracy, the democracy it was meant to be. The modern society of Christians have fallen into the trap of "God knows whats best so he will make that happen i just need to trust in him". This is false, these are the lies being spread around our society creating lazy Christians and Americans. If we all have the motto of "God will make happen what needs to happen" our nation will fail.

The founding fathers were not the laid back follow the Bible and God will take care of the rest people. The founding fathers were rugged scoundrels rebelling against their leaders and King. I want you to imagine one peaceful day you get home from work or school and hear a knock on your door. It's your co-worker and they want you to grab your guns leave your family and rebel against the government. You have a choice, stay with your family and avoid conflict or march into the Capital (guns and all) and protest for your rights. The "average" American citizen would shut the door and tell them their crazy. These "crazy" folks were our founding fathers. They were not white collar elite members of society they were passionate men meeting in bars and flying on a whim and giving their all for what THEY believed was right, not what OTHERS believed was right. It's time to rise up. While so many of us dread this election we continue to do nothing about it. If our founding fathers
were here today they would not take it!

If each nation in the world represented a student in a classroom, America would be the genius. Everyone is sceptic. Waiting for that student to get a B. Rejoicing when they miss a question on the test, and longing for the day they might get a better grade. Every imperfection in this student draws attention. The world turned upside down the day that we gave birth to a brand new form of government, and not just a form a government, a new ideology behind humanity. Why would they stay so tuned into our nation if they didn't have a small glimmer of hope that we were doing the right thing?
Throughout the articals provided we can observe other nations such as China continue to rise up economically, we must realize this is a consequence of our choice to be a democracy. We may not always be the most powerful because of the poor choices we have made but overall it's the freedom to make those choices that makes us what we are. Our political choices  (such as the upcoming election) do not and should not effect our ability to change the world and claim democracy.