Secret of the American Spirit
by Mark Anderson


DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT?

It's simple, the creator of the human spirit gave us freedom, and a strong sense of individuality. In all western culture where there is a Bible heritage, we have instilled in our heart that our allegiance is first to God and second to society or other people. Reflecting this belief, we bow only to God (if we bow at all) and we show respect to other people as equals. Our sense of individuality and personal value, comes from the one who created us individually and desires relationship with each person. Thus we have a great emphasis on personal responsibility, personal choice, and personal accountability.

So what happened? From this description it sounds like we would all be happy, respectful and nonviolent. Instead we're more like one big dysfunctional family. Personally I believe that mankind will always try to distort this freedom. We try to have individuality without being in harmony with the creator of individuality. We neglect allegiance to God and just have allegiance to self, and maybe to others. We have distorted that which is meant for good. We don't know which way to evolve; forward or backward. The source of life calls out to us to guide us.   

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