I’m a Conservative

I’m a conservative. I don’t have to modify that noun with adjectives such as “compassionate,” “fiscal,” or “social.” I’m just a conservative. What I mean by that is that I have found certain truths that are worth conserving. Incidentally, they’re not only worth living by; they’re worth dying for. These truths guide my life and my interactions with everyone around me. The principal truth that guides my life is that God exists. He’s given me the triplicate gifts of life, liberty, and property, and He sent His Son to guide me in the best way to use these gifts – namely, so that I can be like Him.

A lot of people in a lot of different nations have discovered principles of prudential living, what some call the Tao. The reason why these principles form a coherent whole is that they flow from a common source: God. He created reality, invented the genders, the family, government, nations, and the principles that guide their peaceful relations. He embedded certain laws into His creation, to provide us with a stable, sustainable universe, and the means to trace our desire for meaning back to Him. For anyone who wants the low-down on why He set up the universe the way He did, He’s conveniently published a book on the subject.

Besides that, He’s placed a handbook of His laws in each of our hearts – something we call conscience, or the natural law. The real fun comes in seeing just how these laws play out in everyday life. The laws stay constant, but they have infinite ways of being lived out. While some may try to disregard God and attempt to redefine what a nation, government, family, or person is, I’ve found that such attempts end in failure, confusion, and tragedy. The truths that God instilled in creation remain unchanged, and as long as I keep Him and His truth in sight, life makes sense.

Yeah, that’s why I’m a conservative.