Just thinking today about the Declaration of Independance - Ireland is voting (AGAIN) on something they already voted for. This is not the first time they had to vote again on something they seemingly got wrong (according to officals). What good is a vote with someone looking over your shoulder and telling you what box to tick - face to circle or ideology to have? It is worthless in a democracy - or any system that uses a democratic process.
A government asking its people to vote again so it can get its own will is not a government that represents its people at all.
Here is a link to the text of that document - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
While I am by no means suggesting a revolt... I am suggesting that people wake up to the world around them and start looking for leaders that are not just a political party and blindly following them... but electing and choosing people that you should be able to trust.
Christians in politics? Am I serious?
There was a line of thinking that the founders of the USA had in mind - Separation of Church and State. This was in essence to mean that the leadership of a country would never FORCE one religion as a State Religion. However today that idea has gotten so wishy washy that if the pope were elected president he would have to nearly denounce he believed in God before people would like him.
A secular humanist politician is put into office - would he denounce his ways of thinking before taking his seat? No. Yet Christians have gotten the silly idea that this is what Separation of Church and State means... so thus prayer is not allowed in schools even silently in some places because its in a "state" or government run place.
If you read the dusty books of history you will see that the founders of New Religions often do so for the sole purpose - to justify their own ways and not have to change something about themselves. This is what the leader of the "religion" the founding fathers were running away from because they saw the hypocrisy in a King electing himself Pope and trying to make everyone under him be happy with it or else... THAT is what they were trying to prevent again. That should be clear to a 4 year old. Yet out of context today - that phrase has become equal with no God in anything to do with Government. Legal issues and lawsuits and attempts at Constitutional amendments to that train of thought aside... it was the intent and the thrust of the phrase when it was penned to paper.
Personal Change, Growth and improvement is the key ideology to Christianity - along with such things as love your neighbor, help your fellows, feed the poor, and share this life changing Relationship you have with Christ - with others.
Are you telling me seriously that the thought of taking care of, caring for and helping others has NO place in politics? Of course you wouldn't, you just want to cut out the source of why and how that care takes place.
Making a Difference -
Christians are by design made to make a difference in the World around them. Asking a Christian to not get involved with others is ignorant at best.
One job I worked at for several years asked me to be WORK JOE when I walked into the door in the mornings and to leave CHRISTIAN JOE at the door.
THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!
We are not made to be dual minded drones that can switch off being Christian when we want. It should come out at every opportunity.
When we do not Salt a situation - we lose the savor that makes Salt what it is.
Good for nothing.
If there is no Christians in Politics or leadership - then there is no Salt or Light in the situations that are driving our country, or your country.
I urge you dear reader to think over the world around you and consider your role in it. If you have a chance to help your fellow man would you not do that?
Yet some people I talk to have told me that they would do just that. Nothing.
I think Christians tend to be so much like sheep they tend for forget they have a brain and can think for themselves.
Wake up!
SALT AND LIGHT -
