Perhaps my analogy was not a good one. If there are more Christians who are the salt and the light of the Earth then the world is going to be a better place.

Men have strived to builda a utopia. They have had many theories and many plans and they have all failed. The problem is that they are doing it man’s way.

If we created a righteous society, that is a society where people lived their lives in full imatation of Jesus Christ then this world would be better off. Furthermore if those with authority had these righteous characteristics then so much the better.

Back to the CEO example. I know that truck drivers were bribed to dump their loads of benzyne on their way to have it properly disposed. The truck driver would get a few hundred dollars, the company would save thousands and the deadly benzyne would get mixed into the drinking water in some neighborhood. Now if there was a Christian truck driver who lived righteously he would refuse to dump the chemical. He would alert the executives and police of this activity. If the people in authority in charge were righteous Christians as well the law could be laid down. The CEO could say, anyone caught doing this would be exposed, and handed over to the authorities.

The people who should receive power are the people who don’t want it. If you desire power you shouldn’t get any.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying.

Love,

John

God’s way will lead to a society more wonderful than we could imagine.

Must go and start dinner, L_rd willing I will be back tomorrow.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tu_NQOnY-c0

John:
The CEO of a company can be a fine and morally upright man, but he does not pull the strings! A CEO of any for profit corporation care only for the bottom line and how that effects his/her share holders. You will find that most CEO are great people, many of whom go to church, and are great philanthropists. But the giving is to offset the tax, and many times to try to “undo” or at least calm down the trouble they may have caused in the first place.
Example:
Monsanto Pharma. goes into India with the “intention” of giving poor farmers a chance to help the economy. They bring their biologically engineered seeds, called terminator seeds, (because they do not produce a second harvest or produce any seeds) pesticides, farm loans and land. They give them the loan to help them purchase the land, seeds and pesticides and herbicides and say “good luck!” The farmer feels greatful, he goes and buys his field, plants his seeds and cares for the land the way they instructed him. But the seeds actually never even grow, and if they do grow it isn’t enough to pay back the loan, and the farmer falls behind on the debt. After many growing seasons, the farmers become upset because they can not feed their families, the village or pay back the loan, and many of them have committed suicide by drinking the pesticides. This is going on in India right now. Many have already taken their lives. They do not care for these people, and they never did.
This is unjust and inhumane.

Well Ron Paul’s counterpart in the Democratic race is Dennis Kucinich. John Edwards is just another trial lawyer running further to the left than Obama and Hillary are willing to go. I have to admit that for pure entertainment value, the best race would be between Giuliani and Clinton. I will say this: with Giuliani as the nominee, it will be very difficult for the usual suspects on the Democratic Party to use their typical campaign strategy against him because he is not a social or fiscal liberal. But I did not know that Giuliani was #3 in the Justice Department. I would bet that Pat Robertson is looking to get more Regent University graduates in there.

Not that I like or dislike John Edwards or Ron Paul for that matter. I’m really out of touch with this election and have zero faith in politicians. I think my neighbor is correct when he describes politicans as whores. They are willing to do anything for power. My take on that is the higher you go up the more corrupt things become.(This applies to all aspect of life especially corporations but there are exceptions to the rule.)

I don’t have a political philosophy and I am under the firm belief that different cultures and different situations are a better way for determining a system then to have faith in a theory. I am one hundred percent convinced that if the leaders of any system were righteous Christians that system would work much better.

For example in a chemical corporation if the CEO loved his neighbour he wouldn’t tolerate polution, exploitation of his work force, and the production of anything that would damage the world, (like poisons).

I would like to see Ron Paul run against John Edwards because these candidates seem to me to be the most unorthodox of their parties. Also it seems to me they are the two that kick against the goads the most.

I do have many issues which I am concerned about. I view politics as a tool to glorify God. It gets very complex. I look foward to the day when Jesus will ruled with an iron rod.

Love,

John

I wonder if Ron Paul ever attended?
How bout da Mitt man?

What these folks do not realize is that by trying to hold Ron Paul down, they are helping him. People like to root for the underdog, the guy that “the system” is trying to hold back. You have a lot of people with very liberal politics that are backing Paul precisely BECAUSE of the subversive nature of his campaign (and he is getting attacked on the left for that very reason too).

johnkaniecki:

John Edwards? Whew, if there is actually a guy that I oppose more than Giuliani that would be it.

Love,

John

2007 has just been an AMAZING year for me. In terms of spiritual growth and with that seeing false prophets expose themselves in numbers I’m having trouble keeping up with.
Here again we have false prophet Pat Robertson, giving yet more proof th…