Michael Bray
\n30 August, 2016<\/p>\n
It is long past time to clarify and clean out the party. Determine what you believe, bottom line, and then reject candidates which violate the code.\u00a0 Take for a bottom line a candidate who holds to the Ten Commandments. \u00a0We haven’t seen that standard since, well, maybe Charlemagne.\u00a0 But it isn’t too late to start, one may hope.<\/p>\n
In fact, it’s downright close to too late. Our condition seems nigh on irreversible. \u00a0We have Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine presenting himself to us as Christian. \u00a0Yea, even a Roman Catholic Christian who is “personally opposed to abortion.” (Hurrah!)<\/p>\n
“Well,” we might imagine St. Paul saying, “I’m\u00a0 personally opposed to worshipping and serving Venus or Aphrodites or Diana or Ceres, etc., \u00a0but hey, the Emperor is really into it, so enjoy!\u00a0 We are all about tolerance and love!”<\/p>\n
Yes, that is today’s rule. “Acceptance,” \u00a0“Open-mindedness,” “Diversity.” \u00a0\u00a0But oh those non-conformist Christians! \u00a0Those narrow-minded, intolerant ones who say that there is only one<\/em> God and that he happens to be the one they<\/em> follow!”<\/p>\n Huh! The audacity!<\/p>\n We modern Americans have a thing for “separation” of Church (read: God) from the state so that we unwittingly cut the foundation for real law and morality out of our political (the real day-to-day) world. We have embraced this modern myth which segregates the moral law (a necessity for a just society) from our social and political world! \u00a0It is downright suicidal as well as insane.<\/p>\n