History

History is important to know - locally, nationally and worldwide!

This weekend my little town is sponsoring a hike on "The Old Indian Trail".  Lots of people are interested in preserving this historic artifact.  Starting on Three Tree Point, the trail climbs 300 vertically and covers one mile before reaching the lake I live by.  I can't imagine why someone from Seattle would catch a steamboat, disembark at Three Tree Point, hike trail to reach a lake surrounded by  tree stumps.  Yeah, they logged this area flat in the 1890's!  The only problem with this tale - is that there never was a "historic indian trail" ....  But never let a good 1910's advertising gimmick to sell house lots - get in the way of historic fact.

Now we did used to have a fur trading fort really close to where I live, it was long abandoned by the time this area was "discovered" by European explorers in the 1790's.  Of course the structure was burned to make room for housing lots, to be sold off to Seattle picnickers, visiting the newly created mystery Indian trail ...

And the town is building a historical museum.  They chose to use the old 1930's theater building.  Of course Seattle is one place which actually - actively hates anything old, so they can't just use the historic building ... nope, gotta tear it down and put up an ugly steel frame POC example of modern architecture!  But our intrepid leaders have a pain their rump - me.  I lost the building battle but did get them to concede to keep the facade.  So they tore down the building, left the front free standing - with NO supports.  Of course it came crashing down that night, no doubt with more than a little help.

So locally, no appreciation for history or anything historic!  Unfortunately this is  the trend of this culture - lip service to politically correct view of our past.  Anything unknown or not understood, well it just does not exit.

Can you think of something nationally?  Worldwide?

I just had a conversation last night with some people on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.  It has only been a few years and already history is distancing Obama and Clinton from their guilt in what has happened in Northern Africa and in relationship to these murderers.  Much less our renting the British SAS for some Syrian nastiness.  It was all in the news, if you were willing to read what you did not wish to know ...

So who cares?  It is not like you can change the past.

But you can fight loss of history locally.
You can know that if the news lied to you yesterday, they will do it again today and tomorrowyou can .
Same goes for politicians.
You can start to vote intelligently, not emotionally nor single issue!

And even in the realm of religion ...
If you do not KNOW your Bible, expect to be mislead.
If your religious leaders do not know God, expect to be mislead.
If find flaw in your religious leader, expect to be mislead.
And if your church does not check references - well - DUH!

And your eternal security is far more important than any building, trail or political demands.

But you have got to understand history and to learn to question - everything ....