Religion and the Left

I made the following comment in response to a post at Z's.
"As for me, Give me Liberty or give me death."
Patrick Henry, but you knew that.
The left live in a world unlike our own.
It exists in their head, and like some weird science fantasy horror movie, they want to project that world onto our world.
It won't fit reality, it will bring pain and slavery, but they think that it will all be worth it in the end.
It is a religion.
They are slaves to that religion.
They have an unrealistic faith in it's outcome even when the initial evidence is contrary, even to their own welfare.
They are willing to pay higher premiums and taxes as an offering to this god of theirs, and demand that you do the same.
If Christians were to insist on restraints in society for the common good, they would and have been mocked as zealots and self-righteous fascists.
But when liberals insist I accept and pay for their vision of the world, they are enlightened liberators.
In their own mind.

Today's Bible Lesson

(see if you can guess what president I'm thinking of...)

Prov 6
16 These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.

What are the odds?

Scherie and I support a young missionary that had come to our church for support.
We took him to dinner after church and keep in touch on Facebook.
we called him up a month or so again and asked him to dinner again.
We met him at the restaurant.
Actually we got there early and waited for him to come to the door only to find that he was there even earlier and seated already :) .
As we talked he told us about his living conditions, both as a student and an aspiring missionary.
He told us of one couple that were Jewish and atheists who trusted him to be a "nanny" to their children, after grilling him intensely.
I mentioned to him that I had once had a Jewish atheist friend (Bob, whom I left unnamed) at work who liked to watch televangelists for the entertainment value.
He had picked up quite a bit of New Testament this way, but it had not led him to salvation, but gave him an ability to tear up those who unwisely approached him with the Gospel.
By "unwisely" I mean "ill-prepared".
I've mentioned him in comments at Z's and other places, if not here as an example of knowing the word, but not knowing the Word.
Last night, Ben made a post a Facebook and a comment was made by a "Bob xxxx".
(xxxx is a variable set to equal Bob's last name)
I knew a guy by that name, but what possible connection could he have to Ben?
I clicked on Bob's name to see his profile.
My head was spinning.
It was the Bob I knew from work years ago.
We had both been talking about the same guy at dinner that night.
Small world.
I look forward to meeting Bob again.

A Good Analysis

Mustang has a great analysis of the Iranian nuke "deal".

Some history of the situation and characters.

Now Iran says that Team Obama is mis-representing the deal!

Who are you going to believe: A bunch of rabidly un-American lying demagogues,

or the Iranians?

Preparing a Turkey

You should choose a happy turkey.

Not one genetically modified or enhanced

Let it chill in the sink for a couple hours.

Not a Turducken, but a Turkon!

But the most important thing is to give Thanks to God for all he's given us.

I sat in a Leadership Training meeting last week where an emphasis was on giving thanks.

What was left hanging in the air was who to give thanks to.

People were thankful for so many things that could only come from someone greater than human.

I call Him Father.

We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. (1 Thessalonians 1:2 )

Happy Thanksgiving!


One  final thought. This is not a proper way to prepare a turkey:

Who do you believe?

Two of these three men are assuring us that the Iran deal is a good thing.

they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country.

 "if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan"

"Today the world became a much more dangerous place," 

The Holiday Approaching...

This Thursday is a National Holiday, an event so culturally significant that most of us (barring major retailer employees of course) will have the day off to consume turkey.
Of course I'm talking about Turkey Day, also sometimes called Thanksgiving (it's archaic designation).

You may not know this, but (like many facts lost to those who hated taking History in school) this holiday was originally called Thanksgiving!

We can only surmise that the event was to remind us all that we should be thankful to others.
After all, "You didn't build that!" as our Dear Leader is so fond of saying.
Or "It takes a village to raise a child!" as his former Secretary of State and replacement wannabe has said repeatedly.
So thank someone else for all they've done for you.
Pick a complete stranger (he might have been your childhood crossing guard).
Get in the habit of thanking those you don't know that may have helped you in life.
A stranger to you.
Like God.