I’ll probably be on a watch-list for this

Posted by Lach on October 26th, 2008
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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

While I was in church today, learning about Christ’s love and mission to bring his Kingdom to earth, the evil US government took action directly opposed to Christ’s message of love and tolerance.

Sorry for going political here, but I really have to get this off my chest. I truly see the original intent of the US Government as being one which allows the advancement of the Kingdom of God, because it promoted basic human rights (the fundamental basis for religious and/or moral expression). I do NOT believe that the US is a Christian nation, but that rather, on paper, it is the perfect government for the advancement of Christ’s mission. We have however fallen so far away from the original intent that it would be virtually unrecognizable to the founding fathers.

For the record, I voted for Bush twice. I thought (and still think) that Al Gore was an idiot in the 2000 election, and in 2004 I admit I was emotionally and irrationally caught up in revenge and a spirit of intolerance that many of us were both the victims and purveyors of.

Now we have gone too far. Our government, while corrupt for a long time, is over-stepping the bounds even us (now) authority-loving Americans can tolerate. The retaliation against Afghanistan was just. The war in Iraq evil and wrong. Now we attack Syria, and continue to antagonize Pakistan (don’t they both have nuclear weapons programs?).

Please dear reader who’s intellect I respect, expect and depend on, check out the following links:

This revolutionary document contains lines like “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government” and “when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” One of the authors of the document was quoted as saying “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.” The author in question is the revolutionary Thomas Jefferson, and the document is The  American Declaration of Independence.

The second document is almost as old, and contains strict rules for the US Government. Most people have never read it, and as such have no idea what rights it grants them. According to this document, the lucky citizens of the mythical nation that adhere to it don’t have to let police search them without cause, or open their doors for anyone. They have the right to arm themselves in the case they should need to overthrow the government or fight an attacking army. They even have the right to say whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want. They are innocent until proven guilty too! I want to live in the country that wrote and adopted the US Constitution!

Finally, not as old but just as important, there is another revolutionary document almost none of you have probably read, but you ABSOLUTELY MUST! It is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was written by these crazy hippies called the United Nations, and these peace-sign flashing liberals signed it into “law” in 1948. It’s older than almost everybody with a working Internet connection. There’s a beautiful video summary below, for those of us who don’t like reading intensely long documents on the computer screen (I’m with you there!). For those of you who may be visually impaired, I apologize for not having a transcript for the said video, but the text is contained in the aforementioned link:

America, I love you. Please be the nation you promised us you could be. Switzerland is far away from here, and they probably won’t take me anyway.

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Mom said,

October 27, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

In response to this, and your facebook comments (about Focus on the Family), I cannot help but think of Ezekiel who was called to warn Israel. God was sending him to Israel, whom He referred to as a rebellious nation … they were defiant and hardened in their sin. Because of His tremendous love for them, and His grace, He gave them one opportunity after another to repent and turn back to God. God’s warning was so critical that Ezekiel was told he’d be held personally responsible if he didn’t warn them according to God’s instruction. Someone commented that he thought “Dobson (or Focus on the Family) was making Obama out to be the antichrist.” It’s an absurb statement and in no way would Dobson or Focus take that viewpoint. However, I do believe they (Dobson/Focus) want to wake Christian’s up to Obama’s moral values before they go to the polls on November 4th.

Mom said,

October 27, 2008 @ 6:49 pm

We are quickly becoming a nation that hardens our hearts to God’s message and we’re all doing “what seems right in our own eyes,” (Judges 21.25). The only way we can become a nation that is blessed by God is by turning from what is evil and following Him in all His ways. McCain has a long way to go, but I believe God will honor his value of human life and pro-family stance. YAY for Focus on the Family and anyone else who will boldly stand up for what is right and pure. We need to have ears to hear and turn in obedience when God, in His grace, gives us warning. Israel suffered judgement for going her own way. I believe the United States is heading down the same path. We need to turn our hearts back to Him and vote for the man who upholds sanctity of life and the strong family values as preeminent.

Mom said,

October 27, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

By the way, I love you! Ü You’re a great writer … very articulate. You know how much I respect you and your courage to voice your opinions. I just happen to disagree with these recent views and responded in hopes you’d have a change of heart & mind. LOVE YOU! Ü

Lach said,

October 27, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

I love you too mom, and I really do say this with all due respect (I know and love a lot of McCain supporters, I was one myself until recently). Also, let me say that I love babies, and I have a feeling they’re human at conception, but I’m not ready to declare that since it essentially makes all birth control a sin (Ps 139:13 “For you knit me together…”).

What’s nuts to me is that McCain does not care in the least for the sanctity of human life. Killing people is against God’s commandments, and starting war is murder. Period. We are not ancient Israel. God does not call us to exercise His vengeance on other nations. There is no longer a just war. It can be just to enter a war to stand up for people being treated unjustly, if only to shorten it and bring evil people to justice. Starting a war, and killing hundreds of thousands of people is certainly not “pro life.”

Second, the phrase “pro life” is rubbish anyway. It’s emotional language, made out to villianize anyone who opposes that stringent and sometimes hypocritical viewpoint. If I disagree on one point at all, am I anti-life?

Third, abortion is such an absurd thing to hang a presidency on. This is the job as the CEO of one of the most powerful nations in the world. We have foreign and monetary policy to worry about, poor people within our borders to feed, and a war that is costing trillions of dollars. We have a failing infrastructure, out of control inflation, corruption at all levels of the government (Ted Stevens, anyone), and all the while we’re cutting science and education programs. For Unborn babies?

Fourth, Jesus doesn’t ask us to exert our powers of influence on the government to impose His Kingdom on earth. When He came, the jews were expecting someone to come overthrow Rome and force God’s kingdom through military and political might. Jesus came for the hearts of individuals, not the seat of the nation’s capitol. Jesus wants us to console people who make mistakes, to counsel them in love, and to guide them to Him. He never forced himself on anybody, allowing them to make the right or wrong decisions. By legislating morality you force people to make decisions you make. Through this they resent you.

Fifth, when abortion is legal it does not occur more often, there’s just better channels for education and care. (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin)

Sixth, if you believe an unborn fetus is a human, essentially a helpless human, the only logical sentence for a woman who has an abortion (raped or not) would be the same as someone who murdered a retarded child. In the state I live in that would mean the death penalty. I want to see a “pro life” supporter say that a mother who chooses abortion needs to go to prison or be killed by the state. Palin herself couldn’t even say that. I will vote for a “pro life” candidate who can show some intelligence there.

Seven, shame on Focus for endorsing a candidate at all. Shame on Apple for opposing Prop 8. (http://www.macworld.com/article/136372/apple_proposition8.html) Shame on Google too. They should all be penalized for doing so, since it is not the responsibility of an organization to endorse a political party or candidate. It is the role of a company to produce valuable goods and services. That’s it. What about Focus’s Obama supporting employees? What about every one of the Obama supporters, whose voices, hard work, blood, sweat, and tears have been poured into Focus’ mission all these years? They can blog and email all they want, but they’re not the 900 pound gorilla Focus is. Companies should be fined, Focus should lose whatever non-profit status they have with the IRS.

Eight, Obama is a Christian. He’s every bit a follower of Christ as McCain. Even if he weren’t, God could use him for just the same amount of good. Come to think of it, it doesn’t matter if he is or isn’t anyways. Politics and religion have no place together. Our founding fathers tried to steer us away from the mess we’re in today, and this is what we get for ignoring them.

Nine, McCain will not overturn Roe v Wade. He’s been on the record about this for ages. Most recently he was “rated 75% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion,” even voting to “expand embryonic stem cell research.” Kindof sounds like an anti-lifer. ;)

Lastly (I promise), the courts must represent justice, not the whims of the people. Courts must also think down the road about prescient they set. The judiciary branch is but one of three branches designed to help keep the other two accountable to the constitution and vice-versa. We do not appoint judges because they are conservative or because they are liberal, but because they are just. We need fairness, wisdom, and purity from our judicial system, not vindictiveness or personal agendas. On this point we as a nation have failed for decades.

In summary, God wants us to be kingdom builders. We are called to love our neighbors, and to proclaim his victory over sin until He comes again. We are called to care about people’s hearts, and be inwardly focused examining ourselves and confessing our sins. Jesus was patently unconcerned with earthly rulers, telling us only to respect them and pay our dues. If we seek to carry out the mission he has entrusted to us, we should elect a president who is concerned enough with individual liberties and rights to promote such revolutionary pinko ideals. I will vote for Barack Obama on November 4th, because he will continue to make America the kind of place where you, I, and anyone who disagrees with us can converse openly as we have here, without fear of persecution. I’m not a democrat by any means, and many of his agendas and policies bother me a great deal. Sadly, once again in America we are forced to choose the greater of two evils.

Philip said,

October 28, 2008 @ 8:56 am

Whoa! that was long. Is it just you and your mom on here? ;-)

1. A lot of Christians face that question by being careful about the birth control method, ie. different medicines go to varying extremes to prevent/terminate pregnancy and there are lots to choose from…

7. That’s why the letter came from “Focus on the Family Action”. Focus on the Family cannot lobby politically or they would lose their tax-deductible IRS status.

and 8. Really? Do you know that? Not just about Obama, but about McCain as well. I’m usually pretty skeptical. But the truth is you can never know the state of anyone else’s heart. The most indication we have is the know-them-by-their-fruit type.

Lach said,

October 28, 2008 @ 9:12 am

Thanks for the comment Philip. It’s mostly just me and my mom on here, I think. :) Welcome to the family. And happy belated birthday!

1) Yeah, Kari and I are very careful about it as well, but it’s hard to know how far (not?) to go. The catholic church has been opposed to a lot of birth control we accept as OK, maybe they’re onto something.

7) Yeah, but isn’t that a total loophole? Here’s their statement on their website, even describing it themselves as essentially a loophole: “Focus on the Family Action is a cultural action organization that is completely separate from Focus on the Family, legally. It has been created by separating out of Focus on the Family those activities which constitute lobbying under the IRS code so that they can be expanded in scope. It will provide a platform for informing, inspiring and rallying those who care deeply about the family to greater involvement in the moral, cultural and political issues that threaten our nation.” Aka, “we’re the same, this is just a technicality.” They’re gaming the system, and they know it. They’re violating the spirit of the law with the letter of the law. Seems unethical.

8) I don’t know for sure, but that’s not really our job. We have first-hand accounts from each of them that they are, and we’re not in a position to judge them (thankfully). That’s why I conclude that it doesn’t really matter anyway. Only God can know the condition of the heart. Heck, even George Bush claims to be a Christian!

Thanks again for the comment, I appreciate the contribution to the discussion.

Philip said,

October 28, 2008 @ 9:17 am

It’s definitely a technicality, no doubt about that.

Kathleen Roland said,

November 7, 2008 @ 7:34 pm

Hey Lach. I can’t tell you how glad I am to see the next generation actually thinking for themselves. It took us many, many years to dig through what we had been “taught” and to look for the truth ourselves. Combining religion and politics is nauseating to me. While I don’t agree with everything you state, I’d have to say I agree with 95%. Well, this should make for interesting family discussions. By the way, I’m really sorry to hear about your job loss. Will be praying for you guys.

Uncle David ( the evil one ) said,

November 7, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

Lach- First, I have to ask if you’ve gone all liberal because you want to make sure you have great unemployment benefits?

Seriously, your evaluation of the first gov. fathers’ intentions is right on. The problem was their desire to somehow separate religion from politics. Can’t be done! Question is, what did God/Christ intend the Christian’s involvement to be.

You see, Christ ran for and won the position of Commander & Chief of the Government of which I’m a citizen. I am only a physical citizen of the world’s gov. I am a spiritual citizen of his Gov./ Kingdom. So, if I believe Him, I don’t have to involve myself in trying to change what God has already planned. Show me from the New Testament where Christ or His followers were involved in the political process. Other than spreading the Gospel I have yet to find them doing anything else. Except, when they provided universal health care by healing the sick and caring for the widows and poor. Hmmm

So, if you don’t buy any of that, you will continue to be involved in politics. Which leads me to comment on your assessment of the decision making process of Christians in whom they vote for. Right on! If you are going to be a part of this worldly process, then how dare you presume to know God’s will. How can you declare how I should vote. How arrogant is that?

Just before, in fact on the day of the election, I received an e-mail reminding me to be sure and pray for those who were not voting for McCain, that they would be convicted that he was God’s choice for President and change their mind.

I prayed that God’s will be done.

According to this e-mail and others in the Christian community, Obama being elected was not His will.

I’ll end this by saying, hang in Lach. Keep questioning and we still love you. Even though you are a bleedin heart Christian ( whoops liberal )

Lach said,

November 7, 2008 @ 10:30 pm

Thanks for the comment, AK. I’m hoping there will still be people willing to fight for our basic freedoms, like freedom of speech, so that people can publicly disagree with one another without one of them being wrong and therefore saying something illegal. I’m a sad sad republican, and i felt kind of dirty voting for Obama this time, but I’ve decided that when given the choice I’ll vote for more liberty, not less, and I do so at nearly any cost. Thanks for reading, and thanks even more for commenting!

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