KJV Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
NIV Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." ' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."
We keep trying to point this out that our nation has been in a downward spiral, so that “Conservative” does not mean what it meant in 1950 by any stretch. It is probably true that Mr. Romney is LESS conservative than JFK in several important respects.
This is why those of us who maintain a biblicist Christian heritage (I believe I am still within the subject of the thread here) often cast our eyes to to third parties to check them out. Republicans our age (50s) and younger, especially those raised in the government school systems, do not have a sense of history, and know only the use of the word “conservative” from the 1970s to the present.
One very big reason that we are in a downward spiral because the personal liberties that today’s “conservatives” want to defend have a different moral motivation than did defending personal liberties had in generations gone by.
Now, it seems, defense of personal liberties is only for personal gain, amassed wealth and sensual gratification. There’s not much deeper than that today in the land among “conservatives.” “Leave me alone so that I — the big I — can live my life without God, without morality, without my neighbor trying to express his faith to me — and so forth.”
I will be watching to see a White House without alcohol, should Mr. Romney reach the goal. Now, I do believe that will have a positive affect. If I were president, I would have 100% of the alcohol removed from the White House (including the kitchens) by way of the sewer.