Unusual Politics

  I had a great story in mind regarding the stupidity of the theory of evolution, and how that rather then being mutually exclusive, science and God are quite compatible. I even started thinking of a title. I dismissed Scope It Out as too corny a reference to the Scopes Trial, and was leaning toward, Of Monkeys and Men. But try as I might, there was no way of escaping the politics of the day. No matter where you go, the shear stupidity of it all finds you, and there it is, everywhere and anywhere. Anyway, it wore me down, until I knew that I wasn't going to do a piece on Creationism, but rather this, whatever this is to become? God knows I'll be happy when all the politicking is done. I even thought maybe I could combine the two stories, but the only connection to monkeys with politics is that the politicians look to make monkeys out of the American people. So instead of a great story about Creationism vs. Evolution, you get this one, and sorry just doesn't say it. I had heard that there was to be a debate tonight on Univision, which for me is channel 18, but it wasn't on there? Quite by accident while scrolling channels, I found it on CNN. I told myself that because I already knew what I would say about the coming elections, that I'd watch the debate, but I wouldn't let it influence what I planned on saying. I wanted to speak about the subject in general terms, and was determined not to get caught up in individual personalities. Well, that went out the window almost immediately, as the spirited debate  made being more specific inevitable.
  Overall, looking at this election cycle as a whole, all the pundits from the left and the right agree on one thing, that being, that what the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders means is that all Americans are sick to death of the promise it all and do nothing politics as usual. What the two men really represent is a collective middle finger raised to the political elites. Those stodgy old men and women who have made a life long career out of clogging the halls of the Whitehouse and the halls of Congress. Term limits folks! One of the main reasons nothing ever changes in Washington, is because serving in politics was never meant to be a life long profession, but rather, do one or two terms serving the public, and then return to the private sector. But certainly, I digress?
  Extreme behavior begets more extremes, so after seven years of the most divisive president in our history, we get a polarized electorate, hence Bernie and Donald. All that the extremist politics of Barack Obama has done, is to galvanize an extreme reaction from both the left and the right. So wide is the divide caused by Obama, that only the voices of other extremists can be heard. But electing another extremist who is so self absorbed that they think that they know better then the people what they need, is not the answer. We elected Obama for two reasons. One because he was accepted as black, and the other for his flowery words which gave no substance, and was little more then empty promises. The difference between Barack and the Bernie/Donald duo is that Obama was a gifted orator who could have sold ice to Eskimos, while the other two have no debate skills, so instead of finely crafted lies, they use the words of anger and betrayal. The full meaning of the empty phrase hope and change has come full circle, and been replaced with words like liar and revolution. The one thing Americans don't need is another divider in chief, what we need is a Uniter in Chief. We must come together as a nation, because only our very way of life is at stake.

On the Eternal side

  Then He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful. Revelation 21:5
  What does the Lord mean when he says, I will make all things new? Let's approach this question first from this side of eternity. When you come to know God, you will find that two things will happen almost immediately. The first, simply put, is that you'll become wiser. Because you have awoken your spiritual self, you'll have a better understanding of things, because you'll have a spiritual perspective.
In short, you'll be smarter. Smarter, in that, you'll begin to see the truth in all things, even though the truth may be hidden in a bed of lies. So then, what's new on this side of life? You'll be smarter, your IQ will go up. And you'll have to trust me on this, because I know of no scientific study on the IQ of spiritual people vs. the unspiritual.
  On the eternal side,
    Things will be new, all things, because the Kingdom of Heaven is like no other place ever. The Lord has said, There will be a new heaven and a new earth. But how can we grasp the understanding of what Heaven will be like? The first great blessing from the spiritual side of things, is that, by it, eternal life is guaranteed you. Listen, life and death share on characteristic, and that is that they are both eternal. Eternal life and eternal death are two sides of the same coin, as time is eternal, and no one escapes time. God, being all things, is time, as eon after eon, time rolls on, time is eternal, God is eternal.
  But here's the truly amazing part, God is greater then time, because God is outside of time. He was, before it was first recorded, and he will be there when it ends. For what does God say about himself? It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.  Rev. 21:6