Look, I've written about this sort of thing before, but every time it occurs it grates me immeasurably: I sympathize with congresswoman Giffords and I wish her well, both in her recovery and her life.
You know, when we vote for someone and they eventually get elected into office, that simple act does not elevate them to some astronomical status. They do not suddenly become "god-like". In fact, it could be the case that they might lose the next election they are running in, so why do we feel obligated to glorify them as if they are the epitome of goodness?
Do you remember when Ted Kennedy died? Why if you just landed on this planet you might think that God Himself just died.
These people one day, are shaking our hands, telling us stuff they think they need to say to get elected. They put their pants on one leg at a time, just like me and you. But once they are in office, ....well, God is not as popular as some of them. And when they die, or as in Gifford's case, they resign, the news media and the American public, act like it might be impossible for this country to continue to exist, absent this one, great individual?
It is a shame what happened to the congresswoman, but some 40,000 people die a year in car crashes, and nobody epitomizes their absence. WHY? What is it that makes these elected people so precious to us? Why do we weep and lament at their parting? Does it speak to our shallow existence or does it speak to our need to act human?
Isn't it the normal and best thing for Americans to "throw the bums out" or to 'vote for someone who best represents our views", or "try someone different" in an election? If this is the case, how do these "choices" become so iconoclastic? How and why do we elevate them to such a pinnacle as to promote them beyond the God whom created the very being we are idolizing?
There in lies the dilemma: we have a system that allows the citizens of this great country to vote for, and place into an office, a person who promises to represent us in a political system admired by the rest of the world. And in that position, we expect them to behave judicially, and impiously; a representative of the people, for the people and by the people; a system, some would argue is God sent; a system that is trying to eliminate God from every aspect of our lives. What, did I just say that? "A system trying to eliminate God from every aspect our our lives? Sure enough, and in so doing, we replace Him with His own creation. We worship the creature rather than the Creator. Oh, how debased and perverted we are, as a people and as a nation.
Lament no more: God is alive and well. He has no beginning and no end and on Him we can depend. He will never leave us or forsake us. We will never have to lament His passing, and we can always depend on Him to be there no matter what the political pundits are saying.
You know, when we vote for someone and they eventually get elected into office, that simple act does not elevate them to some astronomical status. They do not suddenly become "god-like". In fact, it could be the case that they might lose the next election they are running in, so why do we feel obligated to glorify them as if they are the epitome of goodness?
Do you remember when Ted Kennedy died? Why if you just landed on this planet you might think that God Himself just died.
These people one day, are shaking our hands, telling us stuff they think they need to say to get elected. They put their pants on one leg at a time, just like me and you. But once they are in office, ....well, God is not as popular as some of them. And when they die, or as in Gifford's case, they resign, the news media and the American public, act like it might be impossible for this country to continue to exist, absent this one, great individual?
It is a shame what happened to the congresswoman, but some 40,000 people die a year in car crashes, and nobody epitomizes their absence. WHY? What is it that makes these elected people so precious to us? Why do we weep and lament at their parting? Does it speak to our shallow existence or does it speak to our need to act human?
Isn't it the normal and best thing for Americans to "throw the bums out" or to 'vote for someone who best represents our views", or "try someone different" in an election? If this is the case, how do these "choices" become so iconoclastic? How and why do we elevate them to such a pinnacle as to promote them beyond the God whom created the very being we are idolizing?
There in lies the dilemma: we have a system that allows the citizens of this great country to vote for, and place into an office, a person who promises to represent us in a political system admired by the rest of the world. And in that position, we expect them to behave judicially, and impiously; a representative of the people, for the people and by the people; a system, some would argue is God sent; a system that is trying to eliminate God from every aspect of our lives. What, did I just say that? "A system trying to eliminate God from every aspect our our lives? Sure enough, and in so doing, we replace Him with His own creation. We worship the creature rather than the Creator. Oh, how debased and perverted we are, as a people and as a nation.
Lament no more: God is alive and well. He has no beginning and no end and on Him we can depend. He will never leave us or forsake us. We will never have to lament His passing, and we can always depend on Him to be there no matter what the political pundits are saying.
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