The English South African, His History, Culture and Achievements
In truth, the English South African’s history is a great one, and his contribution to the country has been immense. Truly, although the different people groups living within the borders of South Africa have all, to some extent, contributed to it, the English South African and the Afrikaner have contributed not only the most, but also that which is best, that which is most useful and beneficial, to this country. It is not “politically correct” to say such a thing today, but the overwhelming evidence is there for all to see, and so obvious that only those with an anti-“white” agenda would deny it. It can be seen in our great cities; in the organisation of our splendid game parks; in our First World infrastructure; in our scientific achievements; in whatever still remains of the rule of law, and the outstanding judicial system that in a better time lifted this land above the surrounding African states and enabled it to maintain its status as one of the leading countries on earth; in every tarred road, every high-rise building, every electricity cable or water pipe, every car or train or plane. The unpalatable truth is that the present undermining of this history and culture, the ridicule that is heaped upon the “white” South African’s presence in this part of the continent, is born of envy: envy at his achievements, his astonishing success, his phenomenal ability to take a wild land and transform it into a civilisation.
This is an age when history is being re-written by Marxists, liberals, and others. Very rapidly, the truth about the past is being “revised”, and unless this wicked revisionism is resisted, coming generations will be thoroughly indoctrinated with lies and myths presented as “truth”. Already vast damage has been done, and even many adults who lived through more recent historical events have been so well indoctrinated, and conditioned to think along the “party” line, that they actually believe the lies and myths they have been fed. Very few people think critically anymore. They do not even know how to. They simply swallow whatever they are told by their Red, almost-Red, and religious-Red Masters.
Christians, above all others, must be concerned with the truth. A proper understanding of history is vital for every believer. To distort history is to lie, and to promote a lie is to lie oneself, and Christians are never to be liars. Furthermore, Christians should be involved in the study and teaching of true history, science, etc., so as to counter the lies of the ungodly, who would call evil good, and good evil, and would say that black is white, if it advanced their own agenda.
In the true Christian Church, “There is neither Jew nor Greek… for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28); but in the world, all men are born into particular people groups and nations. This has been so ever since the tower of Babel. It is the will of God for various people groups and nations to exist, and nationalism and patriotism are natural to us as human beings, and not in themselves sinful, provided they are kept strictly within biblical limits. There are those who are, nationally, our “brethren, our kinsmen according to the flesh” (Rom. 9:2), and for them we have a particular regard. Paul the apostle spoke of “my nation” (Acts 28:18), “mine own nation” (Acts 26:4); and every human being on earth is part of one, and feels some affinity for it, sometimes a very strong affinity. There are also nations which are greater than others (Deut. 4:6; Jer. 50:41), nations which are more warlike than others (Deut. 28:49-51; Jer. 5:15), nations which are wealthier than others (Jer. 49:31), nations which are more foolish than others (Deut. 32:28), and nations which are more righteous than others, even externally (Prov. 14:34). In addition, particular sins may characterise particular nations, as a general rule: the people of Crete in biblical times were described by one of their own as “liars, evil beasts, slow bellies” – a true witness against them, according to Paul (Titus 1:12,13). But we can almost hear the howls of outrage from the “politically correct” today if we were to characterise any modern nation, or people group, in such a fashion! Facts, though, are stubborn things, and the fact is that there are nations which, speaking generally (to which there are always notable individual exceptions within them), are lazier, or more given to lying, or more violent, etc., than others; and there are nations which can be characterised as industrious, hard-working, generally honest, placid, peaceful, etc.
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