Why We Need to Recruit
by Tom Munds, Field Coordinator for Southern Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Western Nevada
I am a simple man. What I mean is, as a child I grew up remembering the biblical scripture that we are to have the mind of a child. As I became older, I realized this scripture wasn’t meant for God’s people to be ignorant but rather to keep simple things simple and trust God in the things that are self-evident without overthinking them like man typically does.
I am sure we can all agree that biblical history and God’s plan for the world are for the most part simple. Only in man’s arrogance and his subconscious does the willingness to abandon God and become God unto himself overcomplicate things. As I thought about this more, I thought I should ask the readers, are we making things more complicated than they need to be? If we are, as people with a fundamental adherence to God and the fundamental truths, may I ask why, and is it even consistent with the worldview we claim?
As I was speaking to a group in North Idaho late last year, I brought up the fact that this global culture war may not be as complicated as we often think it is. What I left out, however, was that as long as we recognize the fundamental truths and act upon them, nothing is as complicated as it seems.
We all recognize this globe has major problems. We also recognize that that these problems came from people desiring to do evil. What we seem to have forgotten though is that good and well-intentioned people aid in the perpetuation of evil through apathy, ignorance, and tangents. Am I wrong?
So, if we know evil people desire to do evil, and good and well-intentioned people can aid in the furtherance of evil, and we think in the simplest terms of what fundamental truths will minimize or eliminate evil, what would those truths be?
Evil will reign wherever it can until the light shines upon it. When this happens, evil attempts to disguise itself and when it can’t, it flees. If God says there is only good and evil and we understand what evil looks like, how hard then is it to shine the light upon it? The difficulty isn’t necessarily shining the light. For some, it is rising above the ignorance to see evil and misdirection where it is, to others it is finding out what that light is and focusing on it, and to some it is finding those willing shine it. Additionally, let’s keep in mind, the brighter the light, the faster the darkness will flee.
So, if what I say is true, how hard is the task at hand? Is it as easy as educating yourself on the truths that JBS espouses and has for more than 63 years, educating others, and building education-and-action armies across the country that focus on key areas? We members know we focus on history, because we know those that don’t know its mistakes are doomed to repeat them. We relate current events to history, so we understand when history is repeating itself. We stress understanding our Constitution, so we understand when truth and power are being abused. We also pride ourselves on the one crucial area no other group will consider: understanding and exposing the conspiratorial elements undermining American liberty and their desire to subjugate the world.
I believe this is why JBS has always had recruiting as its number one agenda item — because the more people that understand the truth, or in the words of Robert Welch, “when enough people are sufficiently educated,” the easier our success will be.
What this means to me is simply to consider one more truth. In the 63-year history of JBS, if more people would have become Birchers or would have remained members without deviating or focusing on tangents that strike at the branches rather than the root of the issues, the world may not be suffering the way it is today.
Quite simply, the future is in the hands of those who want it the most, who understand the urgency of the times and are willing to do something about it. JBS states that truth is easier to carry than a lie; we don’t expend money and energy to cover it up, and in the end truth always wins. But although this is true, it doesn’t mean we don’t need more people to expedite our education and actions.
People typically act on emotion or when they are personally affected, and when the emotion or issue goes away, so do they. This is why continual education and concerted action are key, and no one does it better than JBS. If one catches the most flak when they are over the target, then the truth is that for more than 63 years we have always been over the target!
If we want to save our country, we better act like it, and we had better recruit like our lives and freedom depend on it! We have the best people and an education and action infrastructure unlike any other organization in the world. Now all that’s left is to act!