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America The Greatest Country on Earth
I guess it depends how you rate things. I have lived and worked in 5 in the top 20, 3 in the top ten. From what I know I can not argue with the rating below.
If you term luckiest, yes we are the luckiest nation on earth. We have been given the most resources of any nation on earth.
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After years living in the States, I finally figured out what really aggravates me. To place in context, as I have stated in the past my family was here in NA before there was such a thing as the US and despite being Canadian born am third or forth cousin to a couple of presidents, that I know of. Maybe this just means any a-- hole can become president. I moved to the states after I finished my education and worked on protective military wear, gas masks etc. for a number of years. Naturally I spent a lot of time with the military developers.
What I have figured out is that as a Canadian, living with Americans is like living with a narcissistic cousin, every two minutes they are telling you how great they are. Everything in the world relates to them selves or has no value. I guess I have never heard a statement like the one that started this post from a Canadian, despite high standings in UN or other evaluations. Like Murf said evaluating a country is like taking measure of a man. Each man is different and has good and bad points.
Why does narcissistic behaviour bother me? “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” II Tim 3
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WW - My loyalty is to God and my citizenship is in the Kingdom of God. What internal importance is my citizenship here on earth? What credit will it be to you or I when we stand in front of Christ in judgment that we were Americans? I think we need to focus on what we are to do and care about, not the incidentals.
Can you tell me how we, as Christians are instructed to treat foreigners in our country? How did you show your God given spirit of humility to the Canadians? If we are the most Christian nation, we should be the humblest nation on earth, not lovers of ourselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive etc.
JDCman – I am not certain as to when the last days will begin. I am not like Chicken Little, running in circles and looking for cover. There is far too much to be done before that time. I am concerned with the attributes given these people in the passage and what we are instructed to do, stay away from them. Certainly we can see Western society having many of these traits, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- having a form of godliness but denying its power.
Horse farmer – You could carry a hunting rifle or shot gun. You could not carry a pistol.
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JD – I am referencing the passage concerning the attitudes of the people and the fact we are told to avoid them. Unfortunately it is a little difficult as “we have spotted the enemy and we are they”.
WW- Don’t be surprised if He just reaches for the ejection handle on judgment day. You should be concerned with what God thinks and wants, not what you think or think He thinks. Deutronomy 6 Lays out pretty clearly what you need to do to be of the right mind. I don’t recall anything about a country in the 10 commandments or the 3 directives given by Jesus. Christ only said “Give unto Cesar that which is Cesar’s and God that which is God”.
“A man without a country has no real reason to live except for manmade reasons.” I country is a man made institution if I am following God and not man, should not my morals be God based, rather than based on the fickle power of man? Which country on earth is not corrupted by man’s sin, greed and ambition? God’s word and power is absolute, the US could be wiped away in a minute. Yellowstone could erupt again for example.
God did not require the sword to spread the Gospel. Which one of the apostles was known to be a warrior? The Gospel is being spread into China not through the power of the sword today. Maybe you need to read second Timothy 3 again.
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