Religion & Government - Part I

It has come to my attention recently by way of the current presidential campaign season, that politicians only know how to promise things that they can't deliver. First, I have to apologize to my spanish-speaking brothers that have come in-country from outside the U.S. You shouldn't have to endure such dissappointment. Where you come from is probably a perfect political system (sarcasm is an okay form of vituperation). Continuing with the campaign...I am continually in amazement of how the government increasingly considers any revenues gained by taxation, to automatically become their money and they have the right to spend it as they see fit...like they are some kind of political action committee (PAC), then doling goodies to their political cronies, like so many earmarks. What happened to the sacredness of the taxpayer and their contribution to the government. Shouldn't the elected leaders consider whether the money be correctly spent, before they go rewarding their friends (who also might be taxpayers recooping their disproportionate share).

The government should not be entrusted with money or programs. They have proven time and time again, that they cannot manage programs efficiently, without a bloated bureaucracy. There is nothing new under the sun....that the government cannot co-opt well; Look at education. It used to be the domain of the churches and in some countries, it still is. But here, in America the government has seen value in co-opting the schools to inculcate their ideas into young minds. Have you read a textbook lately? Take a simple thing like marriage...the domain of the churches and in many religions, a sacramental ordinance. Once the government got ahold of it, it has been broken-down, dissected and disemboweled of any purpose, except for a tax penalty. There are other instances of co-opting practices, too numerous to mention in this format.

Here is the heart of the matter...Why doesn't government just support religion, instead of trying to compete with it! All it will end up doing is killing itself, trying to be all things to all people. It cannot be the Savior of mankind. Politicians need to be reined-in by the people, but of course it is easier for a group of politicians to conspire, than all the people be of one-mind.

Only truth shall prevail.

There is hope...it is that religion thing. Maybe we should all give it a chance. Maybe going to the source of all truth would be better than getting it through a convoluted bureaucracy, or even the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA).

But this is ......just an observation.