The more I grow and mature, especially in the realm of faith, the more I come to the conclusion that this world really has no place for me. I do not fit in, but that does not bother me in the least.
I follow politics and become only more firm in my views, which are highly unpopular. If there is a subject to which political correctness takes a side, I am always on the opposite side. I am disgusted by the homosexual lifestyle, I disagree strongly with women’s suffrage, I want immigrants to be legal or be deported, I hate all things liberal-leftism stands for, and I believe all non-Christians are going to Hell (see the good person link above the top post for details).
I increasingly see the vapidity of all non-Christian world-views, especially Western secularism. The Bible teaches that non-believers are not, in the vast majority of circumstances, ignorant – but rather are in direct and active rebellion against God, and I increasingly see the truth in that. Homosexuals know the dangers of their lifestyle: high risk of sexually transmitted diseases, low life-expectancy, very high rates of domestic violence, and a guilty conscience. However, rather than turning to God to save them from it, they actively rebel and seek in vain to circumvent the consequences of their actions. Socialists know that their economic and social policies are destructive and have never succeeded, and depend on outright theft (albeit government sanctioned) to survive, though they will promote their views at the barrel of a gun if necessary – each time explaining that their predecessors didn’t know what they were doing and one more try is all it will take to succeed. Feminazis would rather destroy their own lives and the lives of everyone else than admit that women and men are different, and would rather die than admit that a man could do anything better than they can (hey, I embrace the fact that women can do many things much better than I, a man, it’s one of the reasons why I married one).
God set up a system by which the world is composed of many nations, and this world seeks every day to reverse that and become one big “global community,” as if purely out of spite. The elites tolerate the dictators and thugs who run brutal regimes all over the world in the name of that “global community” althewhile attacking those who wish to remain free, not to mention those who wish to spread freedom. In our own country, one side of the political spectrum beleives the only good time to take military action is when this nation has nothing to gain. (Not to say I like the current action in Iraq, but why are we still in Bosnia & Kosovo, and why do those most opposed to our presence in Iraq want so desperately to go into the Sudan?)
Ok, this is a rant, pure and simple. It isn’t necessarily intended to be coherent.
Come quickly Lord Jesus!
EZ,
Take comfort in the fact that this is not our home. This world is a s**thole and there’s
only one way out(and I’m not talking about death).
Indeed, you’re not alone. Daily I see the same things you are seeing in this world. And Jesus did say that we were to be in this world and not of the world. I think when we truly see the light, we can really understand what that means.
But that’s when I start trying to determine whether I really should participate in government. Would it make more sense to do what’s right and ignore the government or enter into the lion’s den and try and make it right?
I do take a lot of comfort in the fact that there are millions of others that are just like me and do not fit in either. And you’re right GlennT, and I look forward to that way out culminating soon. Ogre, I think the key is to influence as much as possible without being caught in the snare that is the world system. Vote right and advocate right, but don’t go so deep as to get yourself torn apart.
That’s why I wonder — and in participating, I wonder about actually joining the enemy — government — as a representative. And every time I think about it, the words “In this world, not of this world” come to mind.
I’ve considered the same thing. I thought it would be cool to run for Congress in 2002 because if I had won, it would have been on my 25th birthday, the minimum age for a Congressman. Add to that my disdain for the way things are going and an urge to change it. I’m not a billionaire though, so I don’t have enough money to buy a seat.
I would probably last one term and have no desire to run for re-election.
I agree with just about everything you wrote (and will probably link to it on my site soon), but I don’t remember reading anything about how “God set up a system by which the world is composed of many nations”. Are you referring to the tower of Babel or something else? I thought the division of nations came about by man’s fallenness and tendency towards divisiveness and strife.
Yeah, I’m referring to Babel. Dividing populations of fallen beings moderates their evil tendencies. The natural desire of rebellious creatures is to band together to increase their power.
Besides that, America is about 5% of the world population. It’s bad enough that my vote is canceled out by Michael Moore’s, I would rather not add three Chinese communists to his side, not to mention the Indians, Indonesians, Europeans, and the Billion Muslims of the world. That’s if the “global community” even gave the people a vote at all, which I am not confident at all they would.