Faith Through Fear: Part 1

The government has instituted a policy, an unofficial policy, of faith through fear. This concept was lifted from the church, but probably works better for the government, because they are experts at exploiting it. How it works for the church, is that you have a supreme, all-knowing entity that has set down rules for your life.  The church then tells you that if you do not follow those rules, or if you do not love this higher power with your whole heart, you will be condemned to hell.  The government uses the same technique, except they base it in the real world.  If you don't trust the government to take care of you, you will be blown up by a terrorist.  The government bases it in reality, but very loosely.  The government’s goal is to wrap all of its citizens up in a blanket of “Public Safety.”


I use the term blanket, because the concept of public safety is as effective at saving your life as tossing a blanket over your head if a criminal breaks into your home, in hopes they won’t see you. Public safety is a concept for the naïve and uninformed. The only person you can rely on to keep you safe, to protect your life and property, is yourself.

The government wants you to believe that they will take care of you, because if you believe that, then they have control. Is it a coincidence that the H1N1 scare came as the government was struggling to pass a major health care reform, that would give the government unprecedented control over the health care industry?  Is it a coincidence that the regulations the government imposed on Wall Street caused a financial collapse?  If you think it was, look at what the government is doing now; trying to pass more regualtions and restrictions on Wall Street.  I am not a conspiracy theorist, I am merely using some exaggerated examples to show the importance of asking one question, is this for our own ‘good,’ or is this a faith through fear tactic?

The government wants to employ the use of full body imaging devices at airports. These devices have been proven to be ineffective in addition to the government lying about how long the images are stored.  These devices have the capability to save images, just like your computer.  Do they honestly expect us to believe that some security guard they're paying minimum wage won't save some of the images?  With such flawed technology, why would anyone want to institute this?  Their response is always, “Public safety.” Does the government and/or airlines have the right to invade our privacy in this manner? Or is this another faith through fear tactic?

It is not my intention to denounce one political party over another; simply, I am denouncing politicians, all politicians, everywhere. All the government should do is maintain a standing army, maintain a police force, and maintain a court system. The government should not do a single thing more that those three core functions. However, through fear, we are tricked and forced, to grant the government sanction.

© Nate Phillipps 2010