We are all familiar with the Statue of Liberty that is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The copper statue measures 305 feet and 1 inch from ground level to the torch. To those seeking liberty and the American way, she (Lady Liberty) is a welcome sight. The Statue of Liberty is on the east coast of the United States. Some people want to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast. Long Beach, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle are being considered for locations for this structure. The 305 foot Statue of Responsibility would be much more than just a bookend to the Statue of Liberty. The prototype of this proposed structure consists of a pair of clasped hands oriented vertically symbolizing the responsibility that comes with liberty. The original idea of the Statue of Responsibility was the vision of world renowned Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who survived the Holocaust and went on to publish the best-selling book, Man’s Search for Meaning. In this work, published in 1946, he expressed his vision like this: Freedom, however, is not the last word. Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue

“This is My Father’s World!”(Babcock). Do we still sing this beautiful song? In reference to the heavenly Father, the song still holds true: “This is my Father’s world.” This world does indeed belong to God, because He made it. He is the Creator and Sustainer of this world and the fullness thereof (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 24:1; Jeremiah 10:10-12; 1 Corinthians 10:26; Hebrews 1:1; 11:3, et al). Have you noticed that the world in which we live is not the same world of our parents? In reference to my physical father, this is not my father’s world. The second point of the statement is in reference to the current philosophy and mind set when compared to the generations of the 40’s and 50’s when my physical father was growing up. This is not my father’s world in regards to truth. Today, many like Pilate react skeptically to the concept of truth (John 18:36-38). The fact is that 7 out of 10 or 70 percent of Americans now believe that there is no such thing as absolute truth (Sanders 26). According to most people, there is no set of truths that can be unquestionably relied upon in every circumstance in every place and time (Sanders 51). Brantley makes this observation: “In Western culture, epistemology (the area of study that deals with the nature of knowledge and how it is established) has undergone some radical changes over the last few decades. There is a growing consensus that objective, universal truth is an archaic