Darrell talks about how we let Western Civilization fail because we individually and collectively failed to comprehend its virtues and stopped thinking about the divine image of God in each individual.

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FATAL DECADENCE         

Hello this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. Today is Friday the 14th day of August 2020 and on this Report, I return to an old theme and that is the defense of Western Civilization, but today I will look at it from a new direction. Today’s theme is the inherent worth of the individual or that spark of divinity that is the image of God which is the very heart of Western Civilization.

Here at the Castle Family we are troubled right now. Oh, Joan and I are fine, but as my pastor once told me, you are only as happy as your saddest child, and the family daughter is troubled today. She is still stuck on her jungle island but there is a chance she can get a flight to Australia or New Zeeland in a couple of weeks. The problem is that she could end up stuck there and without her husband, so it is a cause of concern.

My report to you today is not really a defense of Western Civilization at all since I have already done that many times as well as I am able. This report is rather about how we let it fail because we individually and collectively failed to comprehend its virtues. We stopped thinking about that divine image of God or if you are an atheist then just call it the inherent worth of the individual. Throughout the centuries many events have shaken the west from that path. World Wars, plagues, lean years have all occurred but somehow the west always found its way back to that single theme.

I don’t know about this time though; this time seems different since forces inside the West seem dead set on destroying that civilization which has uplifted the individual for centuries. The rule of law is the first line of defense in the protection of the individual and his property and that is obviously in grave danger right now.

Cities across America are all, surrendering to the mob and refusing to defend the individuals that live within them. Virtually all these cities are controlled by Democrat Mayors, Democrat City Councils, Democrat Attorneys General, and Democrat Governors. These politicians seem to consider their police forces as the enemy rather than the violent criminals that threaten their cities. For example, in Minneapolis the city council voted 12-0 to completely abolish their police force. Since that vote the murder and robbery rates have soared in Minneapolis.

Undeterred, one council member even suggested that it was privilege to expect your property to be free from robbery and arson. The West Coast cities of Portland and Seattle have been torn by riots, looting, and burning for months as the Mayor and Governor will not enforce the law. I suppose they support the goals of the looters not the property owners, but for whatever reason they are willing to watch their cities burn.

In Chicago currently there is widespread looting across the city including the glamour shopping districts. I saw an interview with a BLM leader, and she said that looting was reparations. She didn’t say reparations for what, and she didn’t say why today’s property owners owed her money.  The only thing Mayor Lori Lightfoot is willing to do is to raise the draw bridges in hope that would keep the looters out of downtown. Chicago used to be known as the nation’s meat market. Its football team were the monsters of the midway, but now its known for looting and murder. Would you like to buy a 10-million-dollar penthouse in downtown Chicago? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

Mayor De Blasio just looted the New York police budget of a billion dollars and soon after the murder and violent crime rates started soaring in NYC and haven’t stopped. People who can afford to leave are leaving in droves from America’s Democrat cities. What sane person would put up with the aggravation of l...