Category: Politics

My thoughts on the problems and needs in American politics today.

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In God We Trust (US Currency)

Well I just got a forwarded email in regard to the newish $1 coins that went in to circulation back in 2007. In order to make room for a larger picture of the the presidents that are featured on these coins they have removed ‘In God We Trust’ from the face and/or back of these new coins.

The email went on to say that we should refuse to accept these coins and ask for dollar bills instead as a way to boycott. These two quotes are taken directly from the email and simply amaze me:

Here’s another way of phasing God out of America

If ever there was a reason to boycott something, THIS IS IT!!!!

The mind set behind both of these lines simply blows me away. The first quote asserts something that I don’t agree with by any means, that God is part of America. The US gives us complete freedom to worship our God but beyond that it is a neutral nation. In fact the phrase ‘In God We Trust’ was not added until 1950.

The second quote bothers me just as much, how ridiculous of a fight to pick, who cares what our money says on it. I worship Jesus Christ not because he is the God of America but because he is my God. I could careless if my money says ‘In God We Trust.’ Let’s pick our battles, choose things that matter and act in a way that is honoring to the bible, not to democracy. Let us live for God and disregard what our Country does.

After all this the funny thing is, ‘In God We Trust’ was not removed from the coins, it is written around the edge along with minting location, date and ‘E Pluribus Unum.’ So not only are these people picking a stupid fight, their fight is also based on a completely false premise. Way to go, let’s show the world just how smart Christians are, fighting meaningless battles based on lack of research.

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Welfare our fault?

What do I mean? I am against welfare, and pretty much all the socal programs that take my tax money and give it to someone else. That is clearly not the job of the government was never meant to be and I am sure the founding fathers would shake there heads in disbelief.

What I want to know is did we cause this, did we create this monster. As a church the bible calls us to care for ophans and widows in there distress. To help those in need and to care for the elderly. Is the reason welfare is around, because the church failed to do what the bible calls us to do? I definitely think that is part of the problem though I am not sure I would say it is one hundred percent.

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Abortion Should be Legal!

Ok before you freak out listen. What I mean is there should not be a law against abortion and I strongly believe that. I have heard people say it is just wrong because it is against my religion. The last place I heard it and it made me mad was at the pregancy help center dinner in 2007. He is trying to support why abortion should not be legal and is reasoning sucked and it just made me mad cause if people are trying to support pro-life with these arguments it is no wonder that abortion is still accepted and legal in the US.
What I think is that we should not be outlawing abortion on the grounds that it is wrong because as a religion we value life and believe that God values all life. Because I do not want to live in a country that bases its laws on what the biggest religion believes. Because then if ever another religion becomes prevalent then laws will be made against what I believe to support them. Basing any law on any religion pulls us away from how our country was meant to be in the first place, completely free from any religion with complete freedom of religion.

But I still believe it is very wrong that abortions are being allowed all the time. ABORTION IS MURDER and that is how it should be tried that is how decisions about abortion should be made. No abortion can ever be legal because it is murder and that is completely out lawed in any way shape or form in our country. When you stop and think about it I do not see how anyone can say it is part of the womens body and she has a right to do what she wants. You can see pictures that is a little baby in there and I do not see how anyone can deny it.

So just to be clear in case this was in question at all from what I have put above. I do not support abortion in any way I simply do not believe there should be a law against it because it would overlap the murder laws. I think we need to enforce the laws of murder against abortion. It is no different from any other murder so it should not have its own law. It should simply be tried as premeditated murder.