Arizona elected a bisexual, atheist (she classifies herself as "religiously unaffiliated") member of the Communist Party that favors open borders. How does that happen in Arizona, a big "close our borders" state? Kyrsten Sinema opted to swear in on a copy of the Constitution rather than the Bible. Not to be outdone, Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress, planned to use Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Quran, stating ""Islam has been part of American history for a long time.." She ignored the fact that Jefferson had the Quran because he wanted to understand the Islamic pirates he intended to fight on the Barbary Coast. She's the one that cursed about the president and also plans to boycott and sanction Israel. New York put a Democratic Socialist into office. Just this year.
So?
In countries like China, their government does not reflect their people. Their government is imposed on them and it is what it is apart from who the people are. In America we have a representative government. We vote them in. In general, the person elected represents a majority of the people who vote. As such, our government reflects who we are. And the trend continues. More and more radical people make it into our government by popular vote from your Donald Trumps to your "We're just here to disrupt your American values" types. We put them there. They aren't foisted on us. Arizona elected an open-borders type. What does that say about Arizona? New York elected a socialist. What does that say about New York? What do California's elected representatives say about California? You get the idea. And it's not looking good.
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This will NOT happen. It's purely a fantasy of mine.
Imagine the UN mandates that some part of the world-- take Japan for instance-- offers all its Muslim citizens the option of presenting themselves for permanent sterilization or else leaving the country forever, taking their possessions with them. No more Muslims are allowed to come to Japan.
At some mandated time, perhaps January 1, 2200, Japan is then to do a formal study of how the increased Muslim content of countries like France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom has worked out. If the study decides those places have gotten better, then Japan cancels its no-Muslim policy that year, encouraging Muslims to immigrate to Japan and take up citizenship there, in order to turn Japan into a better country. But if the study decides those places were not improved by their Muslims, Japan is to retain its no-Muslim policy in perpetuity.
Seems fair to me. But few will agree with me, I realize. It will not be tried.
Sadly, my concern is not Muslims in America. My concern is Americans who no longer know how to think. They no longer can look at a Soviet Russia or a Venezuela or a Greece and say, "Hmmm, looks like Socialism is not a working theory; let's not try it." They can't look at an open-borders advocate and say, "Hmmm, we're not in favor of open borders, so we won't vote her in." In America, the government is our doing. That makes us the problem.
Of course we're the problem. It's always been thus. As a nation and as individuals, it's absolutely true. When we, as individuals, presume that we can live our lives without doing a thing to shape the world around us, then we are as complicit in what goes wrong as are those who had an active role in it. While I did not support Trump in the primaries, and while I do now most openly support his presidency, there is no way this guy should EVER have been a serious consideration, except that what we've had until him has failed to be what we most need in a national leader.
I was going to ask who we might resolve the problems you highlight, but I was afraid that the answer might be something along the lines of "leaving it in God's hands". Prayer, as wildly important as it is, is only a part of what it will take to turn things around. Each of us must be as proactive as possible...boldly proclaiming truths, facts...willing to confront the types of people that should never have been elected (and especially those who voted them in) and demand they defend their dangerous positions, which they cannot possibly do in honesty.
Personally, I'm sick to death of it all. But I ain't quitting.
Sure, pray (like Scripture says we should), but if the primary problem is that Americans are getting more "of the lie," perhaps more truth will help, starting with the gospel. I read about a revival once that ended up putting half of a city's police force out of work because of the change of character of the people of that city. We could use that. The question isn't the candidates; the question is the voters.
Absolutely.
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