Last week I was updating my FaceBook profile. I am not sure why. Maybe as an “old guy” I felt that my answers to the questions regarding my “religious views” (Born-again Jesus Freak) or “political views” (Conservative) shouted: “old guy who is only on FaceBook to check up on his kids and their friends.” That reminds me. Maybe I should change my profile picture to when I was 16… but it would probably be a dead giveaway ‘cause it would look like a “Find your classmates” ad!
Well, as I thought about my “political views” answer, I got that awful feeling of frustration that many of us get as we lament the condition of our society. We Christians squeak at the top of our lungs about Truth, while the well-oiled machines of Evil shake the earth with Beautifully Seductive Multimedia Presentations that sell everything you ever wanted, but deliver the destruction of everything that ever matters. And politics is part of the battle.
I finally decided not to narrow the battle with a party label. For “political view,” I wrote: “One Nation Under God.” Don’t you think that places unity above partisanship? And Truth above ideology? It might not bring down The Evil Machine all at once, but it places the cross hairs on the heart of the matter. I don’t believe the killing of unborn children is wrong because I am not a Democrat, I believe it is wrong because God values life and requires the defense of the innocent. I don’t believe Welfare Without Strings is wrong because I am a Republican, I believe it is wrong because scripture says “If a man will not work, he will not eat!”
As for the “religious views” question, I changed it to A Carpenter’s Apprentice. Maybe someone will ask…
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