DECLARATION OF IDENTITY

RICHARD RAY ANDERSON

JANUARY 2021

As I approach my 78^th birthday, I’ve decided to put in writing who I am and where I stand.  When it is finished, I will post it on my blog called “Freedom of Faith”.  For each declaration I will state my position followed by clarifying comments and an explanation of why I stand where I do.  We live in a day when people seem to have a desire to know their ancestors…where they came from.  So, I want to make things easier for those who are doing such an investigation of our family line.  Let’s have at it.

I AM A FOLLOWER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  I’m not just a fan or an admirer of His.  As a child and youth, I was His fan.  Some of the most spiritual moments of my youth were in Physics class.  We studied the human eye and I was in awe of the design and creation.  I assumed there was a Designer and Creator.  We studied the human hand and I came to the same conclusion.  I was a devout fan of God as the Designer and Creator of the universe.  It wasn’t until I was almost done with my undergraduate degree in Engineering that I decided to follow God.  In other words, my beliefs became personal.  I put my life in His hands.

THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR MY LIFE AND BELIEFS IN THE WORD OF GOD AS CONTAINED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.  In making decisions about our actions, words, and attitudes, we rely on parents, friends, teachers, the example of others, media, public opinion, personal desires, etc.  I’ve turned to all the above throughout the years.  But I believe the ultimate authority is to be the Word of God.  It contains admonitions and prohibitions given by the One Who created us, knows us best, and loves us most.  To follow those is for our benefit.  To ignore them is to our detriment.

I AM A CREATIONIST.  All species have, do, and will make adaptations, but I rejected Darwin’s Theories of Evolution at an early age.  The idea that all that exists is the result of Time plus Matter plus Chance is a mathematical absurdity.  I later discovered that the only reason Darwin’s theories haven’t been tossed on the junk heap of forgotten ideas is that they became the philosophical basis for eugenics and statist collectivism (both of which we will discuss later).

I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR PRO LIFE.  I do not believe we have the right to exterminate a baby for the purpose of gender selection, eugenics, or birth control.  Since 1973 we have aborted about 60 million unborn babies.  Now, states are beginning to legalize infanticide.  We must learn where the modern legalized abortion movement started.  It’s main driving force was Margaret Sanger who was a socialist and eugenicist.  Eugenics is the propagation of the “superior races” and the extermination of the “inferior races”.  She was the number one racist in America.  She founded the “Negro Project”.  Its purpose was to exterminate blacks.  The “Negro Project” evolved into Planned Parenthood.  Where were their abortion clinics mainly located?  In minority neighborhoods.  The result has been that the number one cause of death in the black community is legalized abortion.  I have no objection to women having control over their own bodies.  But, it’s not their body being exterminated in the cruelest of methods.  Life originates with God.

 

I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.  That is “Of the people, by the people, and for the people”.  I oppose all statist collectivist forms of government.  That is “Of the state, by the state, and for the state.  Statist Collectivist forms of government include socialism, communism, fascism, progressivism, etc.  Socialism is by definition state control of the production and distribution of goods.  It fails, always has failed, and always will fail because it is based on a faulty view of human nature.  It demands that humans be conforming and submissive to a small group of pin heads who make the decisions for the rest of us.  People are not by nature conforming.  We love to make our own choices.  We are not by nature submissive.  We like to be in control of our own lives.  So, we rebel and the state has to develop into a dictatorship to smash the uprising.  So, wherever statist collectivism goes, you will find:  rationing, confiscation of property, and dictatorship.  The founders came up with a superior system.  It is a constitutional representative republic. Thank God every day for the opportunity to live in this country.

I AM A STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT.  I believe we have the responsibility to be good stewards of the environment God has blessed us with.  I believe in the conservation of the glorious planet we inhabit.  We need to strive for clean air, clean water, and work to pass on to generations to come a planet that is accommodating for them to prosper.  Unfortunately, the current Climate Change movement has been hijacked by political scientists who grabbed control of the enormous finances and use them to force on us their warped political plans of a one world government.  They have terrified the masses with mindless myths of pending doom if we don’t control CO 2 in the atmosphere.  They tell us we have to spend billions and make drastic changes or we will all die in 12 years.  The truth is CO 2 makes up only 4/100 of one percent of the atmosphere.  Our planet has often experienced much higher levels of CO 2 than now and done just fine.  CO 2 is a fertilizer.  When it increases plants are greener, more productive, and healthier.  With an increase of CO 2 we could go a long way to wipe out world hunger.  The current Climate Change movement wants us to believe the temperatures will rise, ice caps will melt and oceans will rise and we will have no room to live and nothing to eat.  Remember, these tactics have been used since 1900 to make a small group of politicians wealthy and more powerful.  Never listen to any group that tries to outlaw opposing positions.  That is a sure sign they are lying.

I AM A SUPPORTER OF FREE SPEECH.  I was attending classes and/or working on various campuses when the Free Speech movement swept across the country.  Freedom of expression was a priority and practiced openly.  It was the most enriching aspect of the education community.  Professors took pride in supporting freedom of expression.  Some encouraged students to share opposing positions with their classes.  Never was the soil so rich for a real education.  The current trend to cancel opposing views and limit free speech will be the death of real education.  We are now replacing education with propaganda.  We have stopped educating students and replaced it with indoctrination.  Historically, with the rise in statist collectivism comes indoctrination rather than education.

I AM A REALIST.  In the early 60’s post modernism was being introduced on campus.  It was mainly in freshmen and sophomore Philosophy classes.  I remember it was dismissed as ridiculous by most.  The two main tenets are: there is no absolute truth and reality is trumped by perception.  As it gains acceptance, post modernism is very disruptive.  It has the potential to destroy science, the judicial system, mental health practice, and basic elements of society.  The gender confusion movement and the effort to use gender neutral pronouns are both anchored in post modernism.  To survive, we need to accept reality and act accordingly.

I AM A HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GRANDFATHER.  I am blessed to have been married for 54 years to a loving, beautiful wife and have two wonderful sons and many grandchildren.  God has been most gracious to me and I am grateful.