The Critical Flaw in the Constitution


I am taking aim at the forfathers here. To most the constitution is second only to the Bible in it's perfection. To say there is anything wrong with the constitution is an American herisy. But here it is. The constitution is broke. How you say? It has to do with the freedom of religion clause. In actuallity it says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". Start with the premis that morality is defined by religion. You get the inseprability of morality from religion. Thus any imposition of morality is an imposition on religion. Furthermore relazation in morality is completely acceptable because one cannot impose morality because it is an imposition or establishment (preferential treatment of one religion over another is establishment) of a religion.

Looking at the earliest laws and on through the ages one can clearly see law is an attempt to codify morality. Since morality is the output of a religious system, morality is a by product of a religious code either implicit or explicit. Therefore it is impossible to make any law that doesn't violate the first amendment. That is given the premise.

Here's the thing. In the American mind, religion and morality are the same thing. We don't like to admit that. Especially the far left doesn't like to admit it openly. But they have a religion too. It's called secular humanism. And they are trying to force their religious freedoms on the rest of us. Those religious freedoms include abortion, Gay marriage, legalized pot, etc. Basically the rule of thumb of secular humanism is if it feels good do it so long as it doesn't directly hurt anyone else. For example, one should be allowed to have a Gay marriage because it's nobody else's business. In fact marriage is an inherently religious act. So to prohibit the free exercise thereof is to violate the constitution. One could litterally apply this same argument to ANYTHING. And they are. They haven't come out and said that it's there right because of their religion for a number of reasons. (But that's another blog.)

Peace,

-John

Why Christians Should Vote for a Mormon

So here's the deal. Would you rather a real Mormon or a fake Christian in office protecting our religious freedoms? We understand we don't really choose who takes office. People other than us setup a few people for us to choose from. And very early on there is usually a front runner, a few close behind that have a chance to contend for the nomination. Then there are the issue candidates. These are the guys (ladies) that have an issue they want to get out so they run for president. They have no real hope of winning but perhaps they can get their issue some attention. There are also the few that are really running for Vice President or running for president in the next election (think Regan before he won the nomination.)

So the reality your only choice is the front runner or one of the potential upset candidates. You could vote for one of the issue candidates or the VP hopefuls but that will mean someone other than you will choose the presidential nominee. This is cool if you just don't care who get's it. If you do care you have to choose from basically the top 3. In this election cycle it's Giuliani, Romney, and McCain. There is still a wild card in Thompson. He may replace McCain shortly. Time will tell.

There is still time to get behind Thompson if he's your man. But I want to talk about the top 3 for now. Let's just face it. McCain is simply not electable. His problem is more of presentation then content. Think JFK for the opposite. McCain comes across angry. He doesn't come across as fatherly (Regan) or jovial (Clinton, Mr.) America simply doesn't want an angry man with his finger on the button. (Ya know the flashing red one that says wipe Iran off the map with one missile button...) It's difficult to trust an angry man. If it wasn't for his electability in the general election, I would get behind him. His service in Vietnam makes just about all the other candidates look like pansies in comparison. He is a man's man. But 50% of the voters out there aren't men. And given the likely hood of the republican nominee will face Hillary Clinton, I wouldn't want to alienate 50% of the votes and encourage them to run to the first woman who actually has a shot at becoming president.

So that leaves Giuliani and Romney. Giuliani is a professing Christian. Romney is not. Does anyone believe that Giuliani’s religion is anything more than politically expedient? It's certainly not the type of Christianity we saw in "I an alcoholic but Jesus saved me" G.W. Bush.

Romney on the hand, his religion is a negative when it comes to his political career. Every election he's ever run in he's had to answer the same questions. Is being a Mormon going to overrule his judgment as Governor, president, etc? Being a Mormon is a detractor because real Christians believe that Mormons are in a cult and basically going to hell. There are individual exceptions. The whole populating planets and special underwear thing is kind of creepy. Compare him on this issue to say Obama who was raised Muslim! Obviously being a Muslim candidate for anything in this country is a non starter. So voila! I'm not Muslim anymore and I can run for office. Romney didn't do that even though it might have been politically expedient for him to do so.

So there you have it. You and I as Christians get to choose from a luke warm Christian, Giuliani or a real Mormon, Romney. Which one is more likely to embrace family values at the presidential level? If it's expedient to do so, I would imagine Giuliani to be the kind of guy to trade morality for something else that he finds more important at the time. Romney on the other hand I could see losing a reelection bid because the political establishment wanted him to do something that was contrary to his religion. Take for example the slide the party has taken towards pro choice. Who do you think is a better candidate to protect the life of an unborn baby?

Mormonism like is typically very strong in the family values area. Yes they have the creepy polygamy thing. But that's not Mitt's type of Mormonism any way. The brand of wishy washy religion that Giuliani displays seems like it would mutate and change to get whatever he really wanted. And God only knows that that is.

That is why I think a Christian should vote for a Mormon.

Peace.

A Leaf Blowing in the Wind

I started praying again. I know it sounds strange for a Christian to say I started praying agian. But there it is. My prayer life back slid. Cest La Vie. Anyway the way I like to pray is to have a prayer list with a bunch of names on it. I started with my chruch family. In my church family there is a massive number of kids. I mean lots. It's like 3 kids to every 2 adults. I suppose that's normal. But I only have one between my wife and I. So anyway I'm praying for all these kids. And I'm thinking I don't know what it looks like for a kid to grow up into a health, God fearing, God loving adult with no issues. I'm looking around our group and the only adults I can find that doesn't have issues, I don't know very well. So I'm asking God to show me what that looks like.

He also gave me this word picture. It's politicaly incorrect so just deal with it.

A woman without a man is a leaf blowing in the wind. A man without a woman is a tree without leaves.

This of course isn't a word picture for single Christians that are single by God's design.

Peace.