Democration

Tonight we celebrate Democracy in all it’s forms. This is a holiday that I can get behind, as it’s so close to Labor Day. One of the things that I’ve learned living in a country where you can believe what you want and don’t have to worry about being killed for it, is that we must guard what we have and we can’t assume that it will always be there. With what’s going on in the Middle East, we have to understand that what we have is seen as a threat to those that are against it.

Democracy was first invented by the Ancient Greek over two thousand years ago. It was rejected due to the bible supporting kingdoms. What they didn’t realize is that the reason that kingdoms were supported in the Christian bible is that the people of Israel wanted a king and live in a Kingdom like they had back in Egypt. Kingdoms, in a sense, is a pagan practice and one that the church, if they truly wanted to be different from the pagans wouldn’t of allowed kingdoms to be around.

What the Greeks did would take a long time to come back. But once it did, it held on. I will be lighting a candle in honor of Democracy and what it means to me. Have a good celebration.