And those who used to be defective reasoning of, "he can't win, so I won't vote for him" bear some responsibility for the lousy presidents we've had since then.
Indeed they do - however expect that for some, their inability to
understand how extensive
personal responsibility really is (
or can actually be) will continue at least for a time ....
We have become a culture which rejects the very idea of personal responsibility ....
even to the point that those who profess and clamor for it, and condemn others for failing to practice it, reject it for themselves in a variety of ways .....
If one wants to understand the magnitude of the
terminal death throes that the Republican Party is actually in, all one has to do is Google the phrase "Republicans at debate
boo the
Golden Rule" and observe how, in the very buckle of the
Bible Belt, the
one man who stood on stage and suggested the idea that the
Golden Rule should actually be
followed and
practiced in both private and public life, was soundly booed by some in the crowd.
That "some" undoubtedly includes at least some that would call themselves Christian ..... and, like many I have known, probably make quite a big deal of it publicly, giving it all manner of lip service .....
but cannot actually bring themselves to follow and practice the tenets of that faith in their lives ....
The above phenomena does two things:
1. It gives real ammunition to the political opposition, who will undoubtedly exploit it - as they should (.... that which furthers the cause of truth can be deemed good, no matter what quarter it comes from) .....
2. It drives away those who see the absolute hypocrisy of these charlatans .... and are unwilling to be associated with it, and so utterly reject it ....
I spend a good deal of my time reading (but not commenting) at various "conservative" websites .....
If there is any one thing that is abundantly apparent, it is that in this election cycle, so-called conservatives are devouring themselves - it is
pure cannibalism at it's finest .....
They cannot unite around commonly held principles, but instead largely focus and concentrate on
division ..... it is actually something that has been going for a very considerable period of time (well prior to this election cycle)
I suspect that this phenomena is something that most of these folks are largely unable to even see (
although there are a few here and there that seem to have discernment).... therefore, being blind, they have no chance to perceive the
underlying cause.
When one embraces
war as a lifestyle ..... rather than
peace .... it has some unintended, and often quite unforeseen, but very real
consequences.
It can probably be best summed in the following verses from the Pauline epistle
Galatians in chapter 5, specifically in verses 14 and 15:
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
IMO, such as above is truly
wisdom for ages ....
.....
of course, I can only hope that I might someday possess the discernment to understand how I might fully apply it to my own life .....
