I attended the Republican District Convention yesterday. The convention began with a prayer offered in Jesus' name. The enemy hasn't taken all things - yet. Many candidates for delegate to the national republican convention were given time (1-3 minutes) to speak. I remember several stating they were a Christian. This was well and good but really didn't offer much help in itself as to how they would behave as a national delegate. I actually respected the candidates who mentioned they would behave as a delegate according to the "rule of law" better. I don't think I'll soon forget the one candidate who started his speech by holding his Bible up high and saying in a loud voice "I believe in this". I can't say this is not relevant, but what is to prevent 'red flags' from going up in listener's ears? "Does he believe the Bible as *I* do" one might ask? "Would he squash state's rights in an effort to cram his view of biblical ethics down our throats at the federal level" another may ask?
Most Christian clergy don't have a biblical political philosophy. How can we expect their members to have anything better? Yet, there is no avoiding it. Our opponents have a political philosophy and are carrying it out. A Christian must have an exegesis of political philosophy otherwise when Sally Kern says things like she did, who among us Christians have enough biblical understanding to either confirm or deny what she has said?
A fat person may still be healthy and may live to an age where obesity is not a cause of death. Maybe they know it is inherently wrong to be obese and thus set limits over themselves? Maybe the diets they call failures have actually been successes to keep them from becoming an unhealthy obese person? I have seen at least one obese person literally eat themselves to an early grave because they tossed aside doctor's and other's warnings. As a society we would silence ones evil enough to call obesity good, who desire to teach its benefit of 'all the candy a child would want'. The evidence is in the much higher medical costs and mortality rates of the obesity proponents. So it is with sexual fornication and homosexuality in particular.
God goes even further. His law/history book is full of instruction as well as example of what happens to societies who condone this evil behavior.
But, does our society's "rule of law" even permit sodomy, etc. to be enforcible any more?
