One Nation, Under God
Paul Ross Evans
A) Foundations for Vitality
Fond memories I have, of my younger years. I grew up in small towns in the Piney Woods of eastern Texas, north of Houston. Primarily, my memories stem from Livingston, Texas, where throughout much of my years I spent time in church, or with family. My grandfather was an indispensable part of that community until his death, as was my grandmother as well. They met at Baylor University in Waco, and settled in Livingston years later. They found a home at a local Baptist church, and spent much of their time on this earth (my grandmother is still living) spreading the message of Jesus Christ through love.
My mother, throughout my entire life since the moment I began retaining memories, gave me the blessing and message of Jesus Christ. She did not forcefully push the Good News toward me. She conveyed the message of Christ's salvation to me in the manner that Christ demands: through love and compassion, through example, and by lovingly instilling values in me that are the direct result of the example that Christ left for us.
I can remember sitting next to her in church, smelling her wonderful smell, and we all smiled, knowing that we were all right at home in the house of God. Sitting in that church, in a branch of our dwelling place for all eternity, we were secure. My brothers sat next to me at times, in starched oxford shirts, their hair slicked back. Other times, I sat next to an aunt or an uncle, a cousin, or my grandfather or grandmother. The choir would sing, the preacher would deliver His message ... and even if I was too young to understand the message, and the subject matter thereof, I left with a feeling of divine Love. That feeling has remained with me throughout my life, through some of the darkest, most violent prison cells in this country, and it remains with me even now.
That type of upbringing shows a child, as a glaring example, that Christ was a living Man who left a legacy for us to follow. Jesus of Nazareth is not some fairy tale character, or a tool for the subjugation of the masses. He was a living Man who delivered His message to everyone, but forced it on no one. He knew that, in many cases, life in general helps to accent or urge those who are lost toward His love. The Son of Man has always been this refuge.
Especially when it comes to the family unit, Christ helps to usher in not only guidance, but also peace. For years my mother used the term, "family unit." As a teenager, I categorized this term as psycho-babble, fancy terminology she had picked up from her college years. For years while in high school, I abandoned the vitality of those words and such phrases, during a time when young adults were being constantly influenced to exalt anything but faith, or family, or conservative living in general.
Years later, however, I realized the essential foundation that a Christian family unit produces. Whether my family sat together in church, or prayed apart at times, the solid foundation of the Rock of the church, upon which my Christian faith was built, has never wavered, and remains unbreakable. Liberty is a license that teaches right from wrong. Along these same lines, the family unit gives the individual needed confidence in a shaky and precarious world.
The inefficients, who objectionably question adversaries only to live and contradict themselves, are innumerable. This is the sort of walk that living in sin and disconnection produces. Do we think that as Christians we are perfect? Certainly not. As an adult, I've stumbled again and again, at times, like an imbecile. Just because I've read a few books, and am tenaciously convicted, that does not mean that I do not sin, and sin often.
But a Christian family is truly an advantaged family, because we have based our living on our walk according to Christ, in a feeble attempt to emulate Him. Our human nature and the forces of evil prevail often, but we must persevere. The foundation is most important, and a sure relief as it saves us from reliance on a confused and cloudy procession.
Absolutes are given to both children and adults in a Christian family unit. Even in rough times, which all families face, those sheer truths that we have embraced usher in a dependable stability. Christian families who have suffered difficult times, very unfairly and emotionally crippling, should keep in mind that the success of their work is nearly impossible to measure in a world that killed their Messiah. We patiently change the world with one word, or even none at all. Always persevere.
B) Rules to live by
Some theologians who have studied such Anabaptists as Michael Sattler of Staufen, use acronyms to sum up the beliefs of early Reformers, as well as the doctrines that defined the beliefs for generations after.
One acronym commonly used for Anabaptist beliefs is "B-A-S-I-N." The letters in the acronym stand for:
B -- The brotherhood of all believers, refuting hierarchies
A -- Adult (believers') baptism, refuting infant baptism
S -- Separation of Church and State, a central tenet
I -- In the world, but not of it -- the belief in separation from worldliness
N -- Non-violent resistance, stressing the view of pacifism
My purpose in displaying the above acronym and its meaning is to summarize the origins of some or most of my specific doctrine upon dissection.
Beginning with the brotherhood of all believers, refuting hierarchies -- I point out the rather turbulent times of the Reformation era. Now that we have arrived in these times, when the enemy at every avenue attempts to divide us, we should embrace each other in the parallelism of our beliefs and in the brotherhood of our loyalty to Christ. I also believe it important that we never forget how easily we can lose sight of our overall goals, and how the Enemy must enjoy our times of preoccupation with each other. If we be truly united, nothing can stop us. That will inevitably be the case at the end of this world when Christ returns for us all, no matter what cave we may be hidden in.
As I've stated, I adhere to the Baptist beliefs; nevertheless I have a generous respect for Catholicism, its sacredness, and what it has done for our Earth. I follow tradition that can be traced to Catholic belief systems and I find said perfunctory routines supremely helpful in keeping us all on the road walking next to Christ. Some people seem to think that I am now, as a prisoner of the Federal Government of the United States, hidden in a time warp or a black hole, as if I no longer exist. I am very much still alive, and very much a still a practicing Christian, perhaps more so than ever in this prison environment. I find that I am very much centered in Christ, but saddened by the world.
As far as the A (representing the doctrine of adult, and not infant, baptism) is concerned, I agree with this doctrine also. I believe, as do many Christian denominations, that before being baptized a person should make a conscious decision to accept Christ as the savior of humankind. Children who are too young to understand the complexities of the forementioned specifics, and the verity thereof, cannot be held responsible for the consequences of that ignorance. Adults, on the other hand, must make a solid decision to accept Christ, or damnation is certain. Knowing Christ and accepting His sacrifice, both in life and at Golgotha, should and must be a conscious decision made by each of His followers. As Christ instructs us in Mark 8:34, "Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
We all know that this isn't a simple chore, but it is a command for anyone who intends to follow Christ. Tragically, many will be left behind.
The "S," (representing the doctrine of Separation of Church and State), I cannot say I completely agree with. Many theological liberals will claim that "that's how all bigots and zealots feel," but that is simply not true. Truthfully, I personally feel that a towering Christianity -- a true Christianity -- is fundamental in correcting the present state of our society, and of other societies that resemble America's society. Much as Eric Rudolph describes in "Crime and Punishment," an article he wrote in Colorado, I agree that genuine morality is a much stronger policeman than the modern G-man. Any historian will tell you that this was once a very successful Christian nation.
In our age of Brady bills, Patriot Acts, and outright implementation of the wholeness of malignant enterprises, the thoughts and seeds planted by our Founding Fathers have clearly been forsaken. Our Republic has been discontinued, and most people cannot seem to remember just how or when things went wrong. Distortion of Christian doctrine in our modern-day Western civilization is extremely evident. Childish environments produce juvenile results. Such a catastrophic and dreadful revelation this is, considering that our nation was born from the fruit of laborers who put their trust in God.
John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and one of the three men most responsible for the adoption of the United States Constitution, claimed:
Providence has given to our people the choice of our rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.
Even the great Thomas Jefferson, who declared, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants," was also a God-fearing Christian, although many claim that he was an atheist.
In terms of documents that singularly helped to form our nation and shaped the United States Constitution, the Bible is quoted more often than any other source. Many of the Founders called it "the moral backbone of the nation." George Washington, a loyal Christian, held the Bible as his guiding force. In a battle during the French and Indian War, Washington was shot at repeatedly, but miraculously was never hit. He even displayed his bullet-riddled jacket following his close brush with death. The first president of the United States attributed his safety to the gracious protection of God. In his farewell address, hailed by some as "the most significant speech ever delivered to the nation," and which appeared in public schools for years as a separate text, Washington proclaimed that our nation was founded upon Christian values and beliefs. This man, president of the convention which gave us the Constitution, the president who called for the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights, said the following:
Of all of the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
This great man declared what was substantially significant to him, as he spoke of his intentions for the direction of the United States of America. He declared, lacking any uncertainty, these two foundations crucial. In his own words he proclaims anyone who attempts to separate religious morality from the citizens of America to be a traitor.
Mr. Washington knew well that liberal policies of multiculturalism and diversity at all cost, would only lead to extreme violence and unrest. He knew that in all societies (minus the modern-day United States) moral codes and social and community accountability play the largest role in keeping peace and harmony in the community. When a morality-neutral faction of society becomes dominant, chaos is certain to follow.
Interestingly enough, this farewell address of George Washington has been completely forgotten in our modern public schools, and is nowhere to be found in their curricula. Why is this? This a small example of an evident agenda to abandon Christian goals and loyalties. The Christian loyalist and the American patriot are companions, and always have been. Some have just forgotten.
Liberal education is primarily based on a philosophy of naturalism or humanist values, and it intentionally leaves the pupil feeling that there is no God. The outright marginalization of theism in American public schools has a great effect on our children and on our society. Teamed with the dynamic influence that pop culture and the media have on our children, the Colossus of desensitization molests their foundations. Those with stalwart grounding, however, will remain composed, though they will often find themselves confronted by a mindful sympathy to anything but Christianity. This type of "impartial prejudice" (an oxymoron, yet true in this description) will play a monumental role in the times that are coming. The marriage of humanist teaching and media influence will produce immeasurable effects. This is evident in public schools where Darwinian teachings are endorsed on any scale. Processes such as microevolution are scientifically factual, and educated people acknowledge this. Microevolution is only a strategic distraction. Methodological naturalism, natural selection, and theories such as evolution do absolutely nothing to disprove creationism. If anything, they serve to prove in creationism.
As well, modernist neutrality is arrested when Christians suggest that public schools and universities treat religious beliefs objectively, as if they are potentially true. Wherein lies the perfect example of the manner in which mendacity hides when confronted with its own false logic.
In retrospect of executions in the 1700s, churches always examined Romans 13 in this country. They took an ingrained appraisal after government killed its citizenry. Does this sound like the modern-day United States? Practical Christians reach for their Bibles when confusion or misunderstanding arises. We are not just merely citizens of the United States, but God's children. We are commanded to speak up!
As a statistical fact, half of evangelical Christians who vote in any election in this country are more concerned about the nation's economy than about its morality. Referring back to the representational Anabaptist anagram B-A-S-I-N, we see that the "I" stands for being "In the world, but not of the world." This teaching pertains to the words of Christ in John 17:11-19. Personally, I very much relate to this teaching, and I believe that many Christians do. Poring over Christ's words, I've come to the conclusion that He left us these (said) passages so that we could be comforted when the sinful world treats us unfairly, as it also treated Him.
I believe that He also wanted His followers to remember, after His eventual murder, that the world very much put Him to death, and that therefore, we who are His followers should expect nothing less.
As well, I believe the primary significance of this teaching is the knowledge that sin, and the Evil One, hold much power in this world. We should not be surprised that we find ourselves at odds with it. We are sanctified in his eternal truth, born again to a much higher calling. We have identity and harmony, as well as importance in Christ. As 1 John 2:16-17 tells us in so many words, the sin of this world passes away, but those who abide by the will of God live forever. Eternal deeds.
In the acronym B-A-S-I-N, the "N" represents "Non-violent resistance." Obviously, on many venues, I do not follow this particularity of the creed. I believe that, in the defense of the helpless unborn child, anything less than what we would give a born child is completely unacceptable. But I do follow non-violent resistance in other various realms, as I strive to emulate Christ in as many facets as I can.
Those who pledge themselves to Christ, and embrace the sacrifice that belongs to all who accept Him, come to a realization that blind faith is the strongest element in existence. As a child, I accepted Jesus and was baptized, and as I grew to adulthood (after surely developing my relationship with Him through trial and tribulation) I became curious about the life of the Son of God, the Messiah. I had embraced His divinity, I believed in His existence, I had accepted Him as my personal Savior -- but to really get my mind around His actual flesh-and-blood tread upon this earth, and, more importantly, the core meaning of His sacrifice, took some time. In my opinion, there is abundant historical evidence of the life of Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, but for those to embrace the meaning of His sacrifice, His Father as Creator, and what that salvation grants to believers, is engagingly classified as blind faith, and purely personal. Blind faith is the belief in something unseen and unheard, and has the possibility of being an untruth. Through Christ, as well as many occurrences throughout the Bible, we embrace it all as unquestionable truth that spoken words could never do justice.
C) Semper Fidelis
Apparently, towering amounts of American citizens long for a leader -- some provisional guiding body that inspires pride, not in the individual, but rather in what the individual serves. This is why I cannot understand when most fail to notice the stark contrast between what modern mainstream agendas preach about exalting individualism and the manner in which they play on humanity's need to belong to something. Providing warm blankets of security, government agencies ensure the individual's right to be morally neutral ... as so far as it is served centrally in comparison to any other. This is truly a relationship made in hell, and destined to fail. Tyrannical agencies use exactly what they preach against to enslave mass members. When they have goal numbers under their dominant control, we shall see a gigantic change in what exactly is tolerated. Power, if it be without morals, always leads to dictatorship, death, and destruction.
Many look to the words of Romans 13 as a reason to trust the regime in Washington blindly. Is this really what God commanded? Most forget the (majority of) the rest of the Bible, which describes in detail the imperfection and inequities of mankind as a whole, and its inevitable circumstance of sinful nature. I am left to question those citizens' infinite trust and "passionate patriotism," following Washington into war in the Middle East. I've witnessd countless good-natured men and women blindly trusting Washington in its war against those in the Middle East, following (at best) transparent and manufactured laughable motivations.
Most will completely validate bombardment of civilian-populated cities like Baghdad or Kabul with corroborations pointing out the assault on the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Do the Osama bin Ladens or Saddam Husseins of the Middle East truly speak for, or represent, the sentiments of the vast majority of the people of the Middle East? Does the twelve-year-old whose house was blown up and whose mother was killed in the desert of Iraq have anything at all to do with those who knowingly flew airplanes into buildings? I solemnly doubt that most of the general public of Iraq or Afghanistan follow the motivating doctrines of men like Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein. Yet those who are most affected by war in the Middle East are these, as was apparent on television when the huge statue of Saddam Hussein was destroyed in the street, and the people rejoiced. I didn't see a whole lot of "We agree with Saddam," as they stomped on and spit at Hussein's statue.
Consider for a moment the case fo the late Mr. Bruce E. Ivins. I have no idea (nor any way of knowing, for that matter) if Mr. Ivins randomly infected people with anthrax that he manufactured in the Army's biological warfare labs at Fort Detrick, Maryland. However, I find it gruesomely frightening that, for days after Mr. Ivins' suicide, the American media, and especially the Federal Bureau of Investigation, convicted his name (not to mention that of his family) in the minds of everyone who neglected to conduct careful investigation of their own. All of this with no trial, and in light of the fact that the FBI had apparently just paid Ivins' co-worker Steven Hatfill $5.8 million for slander, as wrongfully being suspected of the anthrax murder cases.
I read several articles concerning these matters, and I noted that Bruce Ivins had been awarded the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service for his work on vaccines. Exceptional Civilian Service is the highest honor awarded Defense Department civilian employees. Ivins' lawyer Paul F. Kemp commented, "We are saddened by his death, and disappointed that we will not have an opportunity to defend his good name and reputation in a court of law." Kemp said that his client's death was the result of the government's "relentless pressure of accusation and innuendo."
John Locke once said, "Government is a contract between the ruler and the ruled, and the rulers can stay in power only as long as they have the consent of their subjects." The Anabaptist founder mentioned earlier, Brother Michael Sattler of Staufen, while imprisoned along with others in the Tower of Binsdorf, wrote, "Look for your Shepherd; He shall give you everlasting rest, for He is nigh at hand that shall come at the end of the world. Be ready of the reward of the kingdom ... Flee the shadow of this world."
Brother Michael Sattler was killed, shortly after writing those words, on May 21, 1527.
D) Epilogue
The American dispensation of justice is an illusion. I will be the first to admit that many of the individuals with whom I am currently housed at a maximum-security federal prison, should not be members of society. They are selfish, and at all cost, evil. I am sentenced to live with them until I am 62 years old, because I did not (and do not) agree with abortion, and I targeted a clinic with a bomb. Our government thought no less of me, and no more, than to house me with sexual predators and the dregs of the dregs. Every day I distance myself more and more from the prison population's endless quest to destroy each other.
Unlike so many others who chose to act out against the abortion industry, I had had an interaction with law enforcement before. In my early twenties, I spent three years and some months as a prisoner of the Texas Department of Corrections. I don't know what this says about me. Did I know, somewhere in the back of my mind, what I was getting into? I'm guessing that shows a combination of stupidity with a tenacious disregard for the lawmakers in Washington and their agents, which I'm rather proud of.
This has been a hard road for me since my arrest on April 27, 2007. Federal prison, after all of the stories I heard about "Club Fed," has turned out to be anything but accomodating. It may be true of some low-security dreamland, but for a maximum-security inmate, days are hard.
I have successfully distanced myself from most of the madness here, as best as is possible, and I find happiness here, believe it or not. But the location of that happiness is in my solitude, and in my walk with Christ. Truth be told, it's easier for all those inmates who choose to be involved in the riffraff of prison groups and politics -- they have the company of each other, no matter how shallow or weak their relationships may be. But for those of us who choose to remain an island to ourselves, days are lonely, but we manage. I survive by the grace of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who has been my constant companion.
During the days following my arrest, and especially after I measured my strength in court against the monster of American prosecution, I came clean about my sole involvement. I asked only to be housed in Texas, where I could continue relationships with my family. I asked to be housed at a medium-security prison near my mother, and I accepted a sentence of 40 years. It is even written in my plea agreement with the government. I write this from a maximum-security prison in Pine Knot, Kentucky.
I could easily have been given a "management variable," because of my medical condition: I have a brain tumor, and seizures. But because of a point rating system invented by someone who surely never understood the likes of people like Paul Ross Evans, I'm presently stuck. Surprisingly, the people responsible for creating these systems learn in school that incarceration has a momentous adverse effect on all with any such medical issues, but we won't take the time to dissect such matters. I have never tried to, nor did I after the clinic bombing, run away from impending agents or law enforcement. I have completely accepted responsibility from the start. I am medium-security material for certain, and I deserve a chance.
I think that the latest presidential election was a complete failure. I listened to individuals here incarcerated with me, captives of the machine in Washington no less, cheer after Senator Obama was elected President. To me, this shows a laughable gullibility and a propensity to take in spoon-fed logic. Barack Obama will do absolutely nothing to help any federal prisoner, much less a convicted "terrorist" such as myself. He endorses baby-murder, and I was very disappointed at the results of that election, but then again, I've given up almost entirely on Washington in general. I believe Obama's presidency will usher in a blanketed morally-neutral multiculturalism equal to poison, and I pray for the state of our nation.
A preacher recently visited me. He has been one of my only visitors in the year since I've been in Kentucky. He asked me what I wanted him to pray for me. I told him that I wanted him to pray for my family: my mother and father, my brothers, my cousins, aunts and uncles, and my sweet grandmother, who is 91, and my Nicole and Chandler.
"I am fine," is what I told him.
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Paul Ross Evans arrested on April 27, 2007 AD after an explosive device was found at the Austin Women's Health Center abortion mill, located at 1902 S. Interstate 35, north of Oltorf Street. The makeshift bomb contained two pounds (910 grams) of nails.
Mr. Evans was charged with use of weapons of mass destruction, manufacture of explosive material and violating freedom of access to clinic entrances.
Paul Ross Evans sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.
Projected Release date 03-02-2042
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