79 - WITHOUT MORALITY... FREEDOM DIES | 300 Spartans | Ancient Greece (480 BC)

History proves that “You can’t have freedom without genuine morality.”

 

In 480 BC, the Persian Empire’s tyrant, King Xerxes I, launched a massive invasion of Greece intending to enslave the world.

 

Standing against Persia was King Leonidas and his famed 300 Spartans. The stakes: the freedom of Greece and by extension, greater Europe.

 

The Spartans held as long as possible before fighting to the last man.

 

Though a tactical defeat, because of the selfless sacrifice of the Spartan defenders, the West rallied. Thermopylae became a great moral victory.

 

So, why does this matter today?

 

God-given, inherent, unalienable freedom of the individual is a Western, particularly Christian, concept.

 

Besides Israel, only nations influenced by the Greeks have ever embraced the idea. As the great philosopher, Leo Strauss tells us: It’s Athens and Jerusalem. Everything else is just commentary.

 

History proves that individual liberty comes from God through Christianity and Western Tradition. And without Judeo-Christian morality, freedom withers on the vine, history so testifies.

 

I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.

 

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