The Future of an Election

[HKHaugan]

Three things stand about this election. First, it revealed a clear distinction between personal faith and institutional religion. Many people believe that just because they are members of some denomination, they are ‘religiously covered.’ What they vote for has little to do with what they say they believe. An interesting report on one of the news stations indicated a majority of Roman Catholics voted politically opposite the beliefs of the leadership of their Church.

Second, evangelical influence is on the wane. Biblical consensus is no longer a factor. In fact denominationalists in general tended to vote based on their culturally conditioned convictions.

Third, there was a significantly large group who had no spiritual affiliation that was viewed as rejecting the ‘Christian right’ by their vote. For this group it was not about issues but emotional reaction. One letter to the editor in the Florida Times Union saw the election as the ‘wisdom of the electorate’ in their opposition to Christians who, the writer believed, hate homosexuals and are sexist and racist. Wisdom? I think not. Emotionalism? Yes. But more importantly, if you put the first and third groups together the election showed we live in a secularized society.

In the final analysis the leader chosen by the electorate and the political party backing him are a sign of the spiritual and moral decline of the majority mindset. They represent a breakdown in morality, the acceptance of immorality, abusive language, cultural division through ethnic and racial exploitation and the false promise of everyone getting what they want not what they work for.

Then they propose that the government can supply all our needs. He wants the ‘rich’ to give more money to pay for people who ‘want it all now’ and give them a free ride to citizenship, education and healthcare. News reports say that the President is a rich man reportedly worth more than $12,000,000. According to Stansberry (investment counselors)he makes, beyond his salary $71,000 a month from investments, hardly a poor man. Why the demonization of the rich?

He gets free meals and a staff to cook them, free lodging, superb medical care, special upper class segregated education for his children, a special airplane, a huge staff, total protection, control of the greatest military machine in the world, access to leaders all over the world, free vacation trips for his wife and children, golfing and conferences at the most expensive resorts, controls the most wealthy nation and its budget, his pension and perks will far exceed anything a poor man in our country could imagine and on and on. He is treated like the most famous ‘rock star’ in the world. The world hangs on his every word. For the time he is in office he is the richest man in the world and will remain so with most of his worldly riches after he retires.

As for morality, the President said that he accepts homosexuality because he has ‘evolved’ in his thinking about the issue since he knows really ‘kind people’ who are ‘gay.’ Social Darwinism. Here we go again. Using the evolution word he is saying that human nature can get better all by itself which history shows is impossible. He is implying that he can redefine human nature and that we can evolve from bad to good, from sinful desire to good behavior, simply by choice through mental enlightenment. He backs abortion which implies that man can define the beginning and end of life regardless of God. He supports ‘gay’ marriage in opposition to God’s created order. Add to these his alienation of Israel. This is his most spiritually dangerous campaign because it involves every citizen in every nation not just one political grouping.

What has changed him from having a theological point of view to becoming our ‘Seculogian-in-Chief?’ Let the prophet Isaiah inform all of us right now, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter (Is.5:20).”

To be continued…….

[Stephen Holland]

This was an election between Romney and Santa Claus and Santa Claus won.

The money is already starting to dry up as the stock markets plunges and companies begin laying people off because they cannot afford Obama Care. Then who gets blamed? it can't be God because many have already turned their collective backs on Him.

This is most frustrating.

Seems like the 60's are alive and well: "If it feels good, do it." 

 

[Bootsie Willman]

I love your honesty, Whitey!  You're speaking Biblical Truth and it is SO refreshing!!