If you're running for President, your chances of getting elected are really bad if you say you're a Christian. One news reporter blurted out a few days ago, "You mean, you want to teach that there is no evolution?" The statement has major implications regarding the American Culture. This is who we are now: we don't believe in the Bible, we don't even believe God exists. Well, not all of us, but the overwhelming majority. And if we do, we don't open our mouths and say we believe in God -- not if we're running for office.
![[Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann]](http://www.v-a.com/michele_bachmann.jpg)
Last night, Governor Rick Perry's wife was
practically in tears making a statement that her husband was being persecuted
for his faith. Apparently Rick Perry openly said he was a Christian. How undiplomatic
of him! He should have kept his mouth shut; he would have stood a better
chance of being elected -- or at least nominated. Michele Bachmann is in the
same boat. She openly professes her faith.
![[Governor Rick Perry of Texas]](http://www.v-a.com/rick_perry.jpg)
So how did this come about? Let me say right
from the outset, I don't like the fact that Christianity in America has taken
a back seat to Islam. One might laugh at such an outlandish statement. What am
I saying: there are no Christians in America? Well, no, there are lots of
Christians, but if you're running for President, you'd better not open your
mouth and say that you are a Christian, that you believe in God, and
especially not that you believe in Jesus. Oh, for heaven's sake, how can you
be so unpractical? We live in a secular society. Religion has no place in
official business. You can believe whatever you want in the confines of your
home, but when you're occupying the seat of a public servant, you better be
neutral about religion -- as long as no one is trying to blow you up in a
suicide bomb attack. I mean, there are people who don't mind dying just so you
don't call yourself a Christian. How do you fight that?
All right then, we know what we have to do in order that we don't enrage the terrorists. That's an ironic statement, isn't it? The terrorists are already enraged. If they weren't, they wouldn't be blowing themselves up just to take an innocent life with them. The fools don't even realize that they can't take an innocent life with them to hell, because they're the only ones permitted to go there. But that's a moot point, I admit.
Back to the subject at hand: what are American Christians to do, if one of them wants to be President and he or she just happen to believe that love your neighbor as yourself and turn your other cheek happen to be their guiding principles? Well, they have to be prepared to lose the election. People want jobs now; they don't care about what some candidate believes. Nobody is tearing his clothes and running naked in the streets. If they're candidates for President, they know how to behave themselves, they have good ideas and a proven record of achievement and civility. No one seeks the office of President unless they know how to be a good President. The only thing left is for them to demonstrate their ability to create jobs and not allow themselves to be corrupted by special interest groups.
Fair enough. What interest groups? Well, there are the people that don't want to pay taxes, there are people that want to build mosques at Ground Zero, there are people that want their own state to get the contracts ... in other words, everybody who has an axe to grind. Nobody should be allowed to have his cake and eat it too. Democracy means everybody gets to vote and everyone should get the same share. Oh, that's socialism! No, not the same share, but a fair share. And how are fair shares for three hundred million people to be determined? By everybody voting ... so then democracy and socialism are the two sides of the same coin? Labels don't mean anything; what is fair is fair. It's obvious what is fair; there are standards of morality that apply.
Oh, and what are the standards called? Who makes up the standards of morality? Society and its representatives in Congress? Or the Supreme Court appointed by the politicians in power? Don't we need the Bible? Well, no, there is the US Constitution. Very well, what does the US Constitution say? Doesn't it make reference to "in God we trust"? No, we must strip the Constitution of all references to God; we will only apply those portions that have nothing to do with a permanent system of morality. So then there will be no enduring doctrines to live by; we will vote for everything from scratch, when we hold elections every four years.
There will be no standards of morality for America if we continue on this course. Every generation will turn everything upside down and shake up the apple cart. In order to keep things fair, the American people will reinvent themselves every four years. That way only the people that cheat and get away with it will get to have their cake and eat it too. And the rest of the people will eat bread and drink water. We will make sure that everything is fair. Democracy and Freedom will be our only guiding lights. As long as we as individuals get to choose what we want, there will be no need for God to tell us anything. We will not worship any God and we will not allow anyone to worship their Gods publicly -- unless they insist. That is if they're willing to die for it. And if they're willing to pay for it.
So the willingness to pay taxes and share one's wealth are the two conditions necessary to make someone President. We have such a President now. This is how we ended up like this.