The Pickle

"I am voting for a president, not a Pastor." "This year, I am voting as an American, not as a Christian." "We have no choice, we can't afford 4 more years of Obama." "At least he has family values" "If you don't vote for Romney, it's a vote for Obama." "I am voting for economics, and for someone that can get our country back on track."

These are all examples of what I have been hearing the last few weeks. Passion and desperation goes hand in hand. The whole point of me researching the Mormon faith has not been to try to persuade anyone how to vote. Rather it has been not to vote blindly. To look at the implications, especially from God's word, and what He has told us. We Americans have got ourselves in to a pickle. Remember that game from our past? Three people play. Two people have control of the ball, the one in the middle tries to avoid getting tagged out. We have been tagged out; we just don't realize it yet.

4 years ago we voted in a man that nobody really knew anything about. In this last term, we have seen our country slide down the slippery slope of socialism. One of Obama's favorite quotes is "Everyone need to do their 'fair share'." We have watched our country become more of a nanny state than it ever has been before. Programs that were meant as a helping hand, to get out of 'tough situations' have become a lifestyle choice. And to be fair, it started before Obama. He just believes that he is 'entitled' to take our money and give it to the ones that 'deserve' it.

Someone like Romney, shouldn't say that he will never get the votes of the "47%.", because they fear of losing their 'benefits.' His net worth is so astronomical that saying something like that sounds bad to even his supporters. I can say that. I can make comments like that because I clean toilets. I have that job that people use to, compare something to another job, when trying to make the point that things could be a lot worse.

When I hear, "I am voting for a president, not a pastor." It makes me wonder. Do you think that Romney's upbringing, his belief system, his core values, his Christian worldview won't affect his presidency? Do you also think that has been the case for Obama's term? Don't you think that his policy making, his actions or inaction's have been largely based on his upbringing, and the people that helped shape his life. I was recently reminded about these people while watching the movie, "Obama's America 2016." I had forgotten about all the Rev. Wrights  that had surfaced, caused a small media circus only to disappear again. Where did they go?

14 days til election day. I started this blog subject with; The Sky Is Falling on Oct. 9th. It was a reaction to something my son had said about feeling let down by some of the people he has always respected. Feeling like they sold out to someone that he had been taught to understand was in a cult, all because they were following the republican party. Digging deeper, I think it also has to do with the influence that his union has had on him. We are a union family. It's a tough place to be when the party that you want to support, want to tie the hands of the people that want to protect your job, as well as keep you safe on the job. Equipment  and adequate personnel, are important. Our police officers, firemen, and public works employees-their lives depend on it.

I have taken different bible-book studies on cults over the years, so I had some information to start with. As I collected information from different sources, the constant fall-back source was the Bible. Nothing I found has shown me that Mormonism is anything but a false doctrine. I think it's that black and white. If that has made me look like a religious bigot, then there you have it. I am. I have noticed that I have gotten less public support over this past week, as opposed to other posts I have written. But people are coming to me privately, inbox, phone, in person to say that they have felt the same way, and are glad I am saying it out loud. Sometimes it is unpopular to speak the truth. Especially when you back it up with scripture. It's hard to argue with God's word. Sometimes it's hard to be the 'Outcast'. At one point when I said to someone that I can't vote for either one, I was told that then I would be giving Obama my vote. I honestly think that corruption runs so deep on both sides, that my one vote, won't make a bit of a difference. Maybe if, we actually elected people by popular vote it would matter, but we don't.

A Funny story. Last Tuesday, after hearing that I would be voting for Obama by default, a couple of times, I was talking to a friend about it. She was over doing laundry, and had just gotten caught up on my blogs, and had read a couple that were to be posted later that week.(She has no internet at home) I won't say her name, but it rhymes with Pizza Barker. I asked her if people will think I'm nuts when I start talking about God's hand of protection lifting from our country. She was answering me something about 'like minded Christians will understand what I am trying to say,' when the earth started rumbling, and shaking. Yup, that's what we were doing during the earthquake. It was hilarious! Scary, but too funny. Am I saying that God orchestrated that earthquake to take place during this particular conversation? No. I'm not that arrogant. But it was priceless. If your reading this, and don't live in NH, an earthquake that registers at a 4, on the scale, is a big deal in these parts. It doesn't happen a whole lot. In fact, I have lived here all my life, 47 years, and that's the first one I ever felt. We usually hear about it on the news after the fact.

I am kind of a conspiracy theorist. I have read the first book, the last book, and the ones in the middle. It's only recently, like the last 20 years, that I have been able to imagine how everything might come together. Just cause your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

Thank God, He is still on the Throne.