Freedom and Chaos

I ran across an interesting quote today:

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." - Alan Dean Foster

To a certain extent, this is true. Total freedom is chaos, for that would be a people without any restraint. However, freedom does not always equal chaos. America was founded to be nation where the people had freedom, but where that freedom was restrained by their own sense of responsibility. This is why, when a nation looses it's moral core, it disintegrates into despotism and anarchy. This restrained freedom is illustrated well by Mark Twain, "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

Without restraint, freedom becomes chaos. However, when a people have the moral restraint that comes with Christianity, freedom will grow and flourish, making that people into a great nation. That is why America has become the greatest nation on earth. And that is why, unless we return out culture to its Christian roots, we will dissolve into chaos, and then tyranny.