Super-Size Me or Proselytize Me: Free Will v. Mob Will

There is a certain grace inherent in my parent’s faith. They are Catholic and attend church every week, revere the holy days, believe in the virgin birth and the resurrection of Christ. They believe to follow Catholicism; one must adhere to papal edicts. They hope my family (wife, 2 kids and me) will take Catholicism as our own religion too. They will not disown us if we do not follow their faith. They do not browbeat my family or me into going to church. They are pleased when we attend on our visits to see them. They would NEVER vote for a government that would force a religion on their populace…or at least they would not vote one in knowingly.
But all this would be expected, right? In America, with Catholicism, they do not proselytize people; force them to praise God the way the majority or the powerful dictate…or do they?

The definition of proselytize is to
1. Induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
2. Induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine
3. Convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another

Islam has always wanted to force conversion on those not Muslim. Dennis Prager had four interesting quotes in a recent article that made me think about this. Four famous and powerful Muslim leaders said the following. I quote from the article.

The Prophet Muhammad in his farewell address: "I was ordered to fight all men until they say, 'There is no god but Allah.'"

Saladin (great 12th-century founder of the Ayyubid dynasty that included Ayyubid Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and much of present-day Saudi Arabia): "I shall cross this sea to their islands to pursue them until there remains no one on the face of the earth who does not acknowledge Allah."

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (father of the Islamic revolution in Iran): "We will export our revolution throughout the world . . . until the calls 'There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' are echoed all over the world."

Osama bin Laden in November 2001: "I was ordered to fight the people until they say 'there is no god but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad.'"

My mentors taught me while in the church and through my theological studies of Catholicism that Catholics believe God gave all people free will. We must acknowledge, with our free will, that God is omnipotent and our salvation and the individual must sacrifice openly, knowingly and freely to God’s divine truth to be truly worth notice of Heaven. That is what duty is: giving up more than you get in return because you want to, like voluntary slavery. To force and subjugate people, compelling them to adhere to the tenants of a religion does not create true, faithful followers, but slaves. It turns that religion into a tyranny, a totalitarian entity, not a path to salvation. Islam has no problems going through the motions and creating slaves, as the previous quotes prove.

Liberalism also believes we should do “good things” by force. I am forced to donate much of my money to programs for people who make less money than I do. I am told I owe the population these “taxes” since the country allows me to make money here. BULLSHIT. The country did not give me wealth. I created my own wealth, through my own initiative, diligence and creativity. The United States does not control me. I control the United States. The nation does not allot me the power to run my life. I ALLOT THIS GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO MANAGE MY NATION. Liberals believe we all owe the country. Sorry, slick. The country has my loyalty, but I owe it nothing. I have a duty to my country that I will take up, but duty is voluntary.

The socialist “redistribution of wealth”, like unbalanced taxation to give those who make less money more wealth, is supposedly done to be “fair” and “equal” for all people; to ensure that everyone has their basic needs satiated. That is not fostering free will, and is un-Christian. Doing good deeds for those less fortunate must be voluntary to be worthy of merit, not forced on a person through the mob rules philosophy of socialism. They, the government, takes the money (by force) that I obtained through hard work, sacrifice and ingenuity and gives it to people who did not work hard for it, sacrifice for it or come up with an ingenious way to create it (unless you call the scams out there today ingenious). Do not give them money, and they will survive still on their own merit and through their own hard work. No, they may not make as much as me or Bill Gates or Brad Pitt or Tiger Woods. And so what? We are guaranteed the right to make that money, not the right to that money. The government does this taking of my possessions by force. If I do not give them what they want, they will take it at gunpoint.

Again, the definition of proselytize is to
1. Induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
2. Induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine
3. Convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another

What is the similarity between the Socialist agenda and the Islamist agenda? The liberal with the socialist goal wants to take away my freedom to work and own through force so they can control power, carve out a world of their design. The Muslim radical with the Islamist goal wants to take away my freedom of choice through force so they can control power, carve out a world of their design.

Any wonder why the liberal says we are loosing the war with radical Islam, we are infringing on civil rights when we monitor the enemies’ phone calls? Why do they protest the war while waving old Soviet Union flags and wearing Che shirts? Why do the communist groups like ANSWER run these anti-war protests? How can they combine the protesting war on terror, their hate of the patriot act, and the incompatible arguments of keeping illegal immigration strong, doing a better job protecting our nation and raising the minimum wage? Check out this on the fence film on the little green football site and see what I am talking about last paragraph.

Why are we submitting to an irreligious religion? I am looking forward to Ann Coulter's new book and looking for answers in some of her arguments.