What - no discussion, just a conclusion?
Is there - was there an accompanying, preceeding piece to this puzzle I'm missing?
This is a premise I cannot buy. I can fathom it, but I do not see indications of it.
People have to love one another in the manner God would want
and not be discriminatory in thought, for there to be "One Nation
under God". You simply cannot legislate the "warmth of God",
nor instill the "light of our Lord" by broadcasting it by way of
plaques, monuments and material that is not conducive to other's
beliefs. You can't brainwash people into Godliness; it is taught
through example.
You discredit the State of Massachusetts and the people in it
[Re: an entire state not fit for children]? Attempting to provide
of the same rights for all as Massachusetts has, should be welcomed
as the only proper manner in which to live life. It is the providing of
the same human rights; the same Constitutional rights to all. Isn't
that really God's wish.....to allow all beings the benefit of living
life in freedom of prejudice and hypocrisy?
Individuals that promote the "wrath of God" are only attempting to
control through fear. God does not control through fear; He is a
loving God that allows each of us to control ourselves through
our own God instilled conscience.
Instead of promoting bitterness as you do with statements
as "an entire state not fit for children", how much more effective
you would be, if you attempted to teach forgiveness and
compassion in the all-encompassing manner that God instills it into
each us at birth.
Thanks.
Remember, God does not cause evil, or encourage it, but does allow it to happen as He did in the case of Job. It was only with God's permission that the devil was able to do what he did to Job. Why does God allow bad things to happen? Men much wiser than I can argue that one, but I do know one day God will wipe away all sin and evil from this world.
That leads me to the great verse that assures us God will not give us more than we can bear. He knows our breaking point. Those two truths, God in control at all times and He will never give me more than I can bear, get me through the difficult times in life.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency, to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.”
-- Alexander Tyler, on the Fall of the Athenian Republic
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