I read the about the story in the news that a six year old child or an old lady in a wheel chair can be groped and searched by tsa agents at the airport but a Muslim woman can only be searched from the neck up. Talk about showing prejudice toward someone based on their religion, this is it.
It is irrational that this country is bending over backward to honor Islam while demeaning Christianity.
Its like the spoiled child who is told not to do something that is bad for him, running toward it to do it because he was told not to.
The devil has whispered irrationality into the minds of people. They are so afraid of offending a rebellious and wicked religion that they end up promoting it.
Its also like the people who voted for Obama because he was black just to prove they were not racists. They had no concern whatever about his character, only the color of his skin. These same people would be angry at a white person who voted for someone because they were white. But are not concerned about a white person voting for a black man because he is black.
Now if this is not irrational I don't know what is!!!!! Even Martin Luther King said that we should choose a man on the basis of his character not the color of his skin. But few people seem to remember that quote.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
The irrational non-thinkers of our country quote Martin Luther King and completely miss the part about the character of a man.
This is how many people read the Bible, they cherry pick the part of the verse they like and completely ignore the other part. A good example of this is when God told us not to judge. In the same passage He told us to judge righteously but that part of the verse is ignored.
Then there is the part of the verse on forgiveness, when they say we should forgive and ignore the part that says when there is confession of sin, 1 John 1:9.
Cherry picking quotes and verses has been around a long time. People love to twist and ignore that which they do not like. Pridefully quoting incorrectly what God says to justify their sin.
Did you know this cherry picking of verses and quotes is lying! YES, its lying to appear righteous sounding without actually being righteous. Its false righteousness based on personal desire.
Lying is common in our country, common as the day is long. Perhaps it would be good for us to practice telling the truth all the time. One way to do that is to pay close attention to our words as we begin to speak, stop ourselves to make sure what we are about to say is not a guess, not gossip and not our desires, but the plain and simple truth.
1 John 3:18-19 "18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. 19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:…"
Did you know it is lying to pretend things are wonderful to feel good. It is lying to pretend things are bad when they are good.
Rather than judging truth by our desires, we need to see the truth and call it what it is. There are no solutions for problems or comfort for victims if the truth is ignored.
The Christian life is not about feelings or desires its all about God's truth. When we face truth we can resolve many things. Those who can only pretend things are wonderful are of no help at all to others.
If we cannot face hard things without feeling threatened or deeply sad, then our focus is not Christ but rather personal happiness over truth.
When we love Christ we don't have to pretend or fear truth. We can face it head on in confidence with God's answers and solutions.
Isaiah 41:10
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
When we view the world and its trials from God's perspective we are not afraid to face anything.
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