The teachings of Thomas Aquinas tell us that all men are
created equal with regard to their God given right to be free. That is, we have
the right to live freely; free to seek what is good for us. We are even free to
turn away from God.
However, he also notes that men are NOT equal with regard to
their God given talents. Those talents vary from person to person; they are
what make us individuals. Our talents are what we use to pursue what is good in
our own unique way (hopefully in alignment with God’s will.) If we are tracking
with God’s notion of the good, then this means serving others too in way that
is concomitant with our talents.
Our nation’s founders knew this. Our current President, Barack Hussein Obama
does not. Actually, I think he does. He
just wants to turn his back on it for his own vision.
In his article, Obama’s Declaration of Collectivism, Larry
Kudlow makes this distinction clear. We are not intended to be equal in terms
of results, only in opportunity.
Obama’s notion of America is the absolute opposite of what
our founders had in mind. I would also argue he runs in a direction that is
counter to our nature as created by God.
I fear that we, as a nation, have made that Tytlerian turn
from the Republic once known as the United States of America to the "Collective
States of America." It will be a place where we will add our uniqueness to the
collective. And where eventually, resistance will be futile.
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