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The American Experiment

Is it not now apparent that the American experiment has failed?  Secession seems inevitable as the only path to peace and around totalitarianism. 

The multiculturalism of which we are so proud in this nation has proven untenable, as it has in many other nations.  It is the multiplicity of worldviews, not skin colors or social classes, that truly divides us.

We have different values, different goals, different expectations.  

The United States of America were [note the plural] initially separate sovereign powers coming together for their common good, not indistinct tendrils of a unilateral oligarchy.  

Gradually the Federal government encroached upon the autonomy of the States, establishing a national identity.  Instead of viewing ourselves primarily as citizens of our home States, we now view ourselves primarily as Americans.  This transcontinental identity is simply too bloated to remain stable.

We are witnessing the collapse of the American Empire.

Those who claim the name of Christ must place their faith and hope not in this American Empire, but in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.  The peace and unity we seek, that which will truly unite tribes, tongues, and nations, requires supernatural power.  It is not educational initiatives, social movements, or government programs that will unite us.  The Holy Spirit alone can create peace across all the earthly barriers that men construct.
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