You have way too much faith in humanity Steve......
The problem is in the thinking that some people are better than others. As polished as a man like Sen Kerry is I know he is as fake and as flawed as any other.
It's really not a problem at all. Some people are better than others. Fact. Even Jefferson, with his flawed trust in the goodness of the yeoman farmer, thought he was better than those farmers and in truth he was. But Adams was even better than Jefferson. And on and on it goes.
Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank Thee that I am not like other men--extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess'. But the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 18.10-14)
Maybe if he spoke like that mor eoften his approval ratings wouldn't be in the toilet.
ReplyDeleteI like the righteous anger but then I am a warmongering cave man.
I thought we hired a world leader...not a gutter mouthed "common man", but I could be wrong.
ReplyDeleteYou have way too much faith in humanity Steve......
ReplyDeleteThe problem is in the thinking that some people are better than others. As polished as a man like Sen Kerry is I know he is as fake and as flawed as any other.
It's really not a problem at all. Some people are better than others. Fact. Even Jefferson, with his flawed trust in the goodness of the yeoman farmer, thought he was better than those farmers and in truth he was. But Adams was even better than Jefferson. And on and on it goes.
ReplyDeleteTwo men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank Thee that I am not like other men--extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess'. But the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 18.10-14)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the Christian bookstores will move the George W. Bush to the back of the store now.
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