...”in all branches of government have become “representatives,” not of their actual constituents back home, but of their party organizations”....
Yes. But the question is why has this happened?
I believe perks and the ability to gain great wealth (leads) within our government has changed those who once served with honor and dignity. They want to retain their seats regardless for with it comes power and wealth.
I could agree with Carson’s idea’s of this great country ...but not now...it’s become something else entirely BB...and certainly not under God or there would be a stronger push back then we’re seeing.
I’ve definately seen a huge change in even peoples willingness to hear the Gospel Message from how it once was....it’s as though God is removing His Spirit slowly from this country.....and the people are willing to let it be so.
RE: "God is removing His Spirit slowly from this country": I see the matter slightly differently, dear caww.
In the first place, I believe God does not abandon souls who love Him. I also believe that God acts through souls who love Him, at His pleasure. At the heart of Reality, there is a divine/human community, fostered and mediated by the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is always immediately there to remind us of the crucial Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love — so long as our souls remain open to Him. It is obvious that, in our day and age, a new type of man has emerged, whose soul is hermetically sealed against Spirit as a matter of principle; e.g., atheists, agnostics, materialists, any manner of progressive thinker....
To me, such a person denies the foundation of his own humanity. But that may be subject matter for another day.
Anyhoot, I think the above is a fair account of the source of the cultural split in our nation today. Ben Carson draws the distinction likewise, as "lovers of God vs. lovers of men."
RE the upcoming election: What is a guaranteed loser position here is to lose all HOPE and think there's nothing you can do to help, so you might as well stay home.
Looking into my crystal ball, here is the big picture I see.
We the People have been masterly set-up by The Other Side ("TOS"), whose main spear-carrier nowadays appears to be the Nutcase-in-Chief who has been squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, for the past six years.
0bama is not only on the verge of "doubling down" WRT each and every horrific policy he has championed in the upcoming Lame Duck Congress (whatever the outcome of next Tuesday is); he's going "all in," making a bid for absolute supremacy, and defying anyone to stop him.
He'll wreak all kinds of unconstitutional havoc before the next Congress is sworn in, early January.
At that point, the question becomes: Of what is the next Congress composed? Also, what party is in control of the respective houses — and critically, the Senate?
If the GOP does not come way from this election in control of the Senate, that means Harry Reid can be expected to continue taking a wrecking ball to the Senate, to the Legislative Branch, to the constitutional separation and balance of powers, with total impunity.
To the point of close collaboration with the Nutcase Usurper, thus to utterly destroy our constitutional republic, so that the Nutcase-in-Chief can assume the sort of unlimited dictatorical powers of a Castro, or a Noriega....
Which entails that the American people are "forever" to be assigned the status of so much "cattle." (In 0bama's fevered brain.)
If, however, the GOP does carry the Senate, it's faced with a fait accompli: The fat is already in the fire. Yet my suspicion is, 0bama's various acts of unconstitutional executive usurpation will have inspired an amazing backlash from the people. So many of whom, after all, are Christians.
If the next Senate is GOP-controlled, there is at least a chance of holding 0bama accountable for his acts in violation of his constitutional Oath of Office.
If it's Dem-controlled, then you get a total whitewash; and Washington business goes on "as usual."
Which eventually entails the destruction of the American Middle Class as Job #1, and thus the implosion of American civil order.... Then we get to "reap the whirlwind."
Dear caww, although there have been times lately when I've felt a bit despondent, discouraged myself — it is so difficult to breathe in a noxious, toxic culture of lies — still, I find renewal in the Holy Spirit, who constantly bids me to keep alive the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, to follow Christ, to pray for help and guidance, and then to leave the rest up to God.
May God ever bless you and all your dear ones!