The mantle of heaven?

/ Chris Gale

The Mantle of Heaven is a pagan concept. Chinese to be precise. That the emperor is divine, and while he has the approval of the Gods then he can reign. But when the Mantle of heaven passes from his dynasty it is time to (ahem) move on.

In the republic, there are laws that apply equally. If you are going to take out one group, you must take out the other. Or people will not see justice, but tryanny.

The idea of someone who has an occupy logo on their image demanding the federales take out terrorists because they oppose his progressive agenda while letting Black Lives Matter run riot is ironic. But inevitable.

Because the progressives have rejected God. And although the mantle of heaven is a pagan idea, the idea that God will honour those who honour him is biblical. The Book of Judges is a history written with the explicit aim of teaching the Israelites this.

And here, Scalia is correct.

Scalia was speaking at a Catholic high school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. Scalia, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 is the court’s longest serving justice. He has consistently been one of the court’s more conservative members.

He told the audience at Archbishop Rummel High School that there is “no place” in the country’s constitutional traditions for the idea that the state must be neutral between religion and its absence.

“To tell you the truth there is no place for that in our constitutional tradition. Where did that come from?” he said. “To be sure, you can’t favor one denomination over another but can’t favor religion over non-religion?”

He also said there is “nothing wrong” with the idea of presidents and others invoking God in speeches. He said God has been good to America because Americans have honored him.

Scalia said during the Sept. 11 attacks he was in Rome at a conference. The next morning, after a speech by President George W. Bush in which he invoked God and asked for his blessing, Scalia said many of the other judges approached him and said they wished their presidents or prime ministers would do the same.

“God has been very good to us. That we won the revolution was extraordinary. The Battle of Midway was extraordinary. I think one of the reasons God has been good to us is that we have done him honor. Unlike the other countries of the world that do not even invoke his name we do him honor. In presidential addresses, in Thanksgiving proclamations and in many other ways,” Scalia said.

“There is nothing wrong with that and do not let anybody tell you that there is anything wrong with that,” he added.

If you reject God, God will reject you. I am not sure if the USA was founded by Christians, but it was run by Christians for at least nine generations. But the current President of what is now a Banana Tryanny uses executive orders, not the constitution. This is Caesarism, and that tends to violent blowback.

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The Mandate of Heaven has clearly been lost. Many, if not most, Americans no longer support the federal government, for a very wide variety of reasons.

This particular action is unlikely to be a successful challenge to federal authority, but it is even less likely to be the last. And as we saw in the case of the Soviet Union, all it takes is a single successful one before the whole system collapses

ArmyStu, you don’t understand the mechanics of a preference cascade. Over 70% of adult Americans consider the federal government illegitimate. But there’s no consensus on what to replace it with. So, with most Americans being reasonable people at heart, we put up with the crap that we’ve got for now, because for now, it’s better than chaos. So it all looks more or less fine, if you’re inclined to see it that way. But the instant a significant number of people believe a better alternative exists… poof. All gone.

And just to be clear, there are two ways to get to a “better” alternative. One is the alternatives could be more popular. Two is the current situation could keep getting worse. And on the Gripping Hand, you could have a convergence of both.

I expect the activists on the left and right to double down. And for there to be blood on the streets. For the current situation is unsustainable. And that which cannot continue, will not.

2 thoughts on “The mantle of heaven?”

  1. The contours of true “Civil Unrest” in the States will be so very different than anywhere else. We have both an Open Society and I know plenty of people with functional stockades available. We’d never approach anarchy, but we may see open season on political leaders. It’ll last for a week. There isn’t enough Police or National Guard to protect more than a few if things go Asymmetric.

    “Civil War 2.0” would last a weekend. The changes to the legal structure would take far, far longer to sort out.

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