Of course the moral and spiritual issues of the American People underlie our malaise, but those issue aren't solved with politics - never have and never will. They are solved by individual repentance. The answer will never be whatever politician is put in office. The answer will always be whether the American People are willing to take the reigns of their lives and their nation once again. The answer here is for politicians and the government to once again fear the people, not the other way around. Freedom is when government fears the people and tyranny is when the people fear the government. And unaccountable politicians will ALWAYS be corrupt not matter how much you love them or think they're great.
So it's a political battle for freedom and a spiritual and moral battle for the hearts and minds of the American People. The spiritual battle will ultimately determine the political battle but they are not the same issues though they affect each other. And if we wait for the American People to repent and turn to God before fighting for our freedoms it may be too late. It is a simultaneous war on both fronts.
Freedom is the political issue, pure and simple. A spiritual awakening and repentance toward God is the moral and individual issue. Getting those two issues mixed up could also be fatal. Our founders were careful not to do so.
“Of course the moral and spiritual issues of the American People underlie our malaise, but those issue aren’t solved with politics - never have and never will.”
Indeed...then you are WASTING time trying to fight big government, because it is the RESULT of spiritual sickness.
While politics ARE NOT going to solve “Sin” and “Spiritual Deadness” problems per se.... but having “Godless” leaders that focus on the economy is deadly when moral decay - they could help delay is left unchallenged. A “Godless” President Obama has helped push forward the homosexual agenda. Where were those persons in leadership that would “shut down” government rather than let him do so? It certainly would not have been a “Rand Paul” or any other Libertarian. I was horrified when even Palin and Huckabee (a Baptist preacher) did not raise an extreme objection when Mr. Obama weakened our military by repealing DADT and allowed open homosexuals that are really starting to be a problem.
No, we need strong socially/morally conservative leaders that will make those moral/social issues priority. THEN the rest will fall into place. A great many of the problems with Obamacare are social/moral concerns.
If tomorrow we were able to cut the “big government” in half....the remaining sewer that America has become would still render are country weak and seriously ill. Cutting government is NOT the solution....it must be the result of the solution as I have previously stated.