Category: Politics

Over the last few weeks, I have broken my cardinal rule of not posting political things on my social media accounts.

Strangely enough, my posts were not intended to be political but to be a commentary on America running off the cliff into the abyss of relativism. More specifically, it was my assessment of American institutions—government, media, academia, etc.—whose objective has become to feed a narrative rather than seek truth.

America has ceased seeking truth for years; however, in the four years and particularly in the summer of 2024, we have gone from ceasing to simply seek truth to actively and deliberately running from it.

This concerns me greatly. A nation concerned more about outcomes than it about pursuing truth cannot stand. It will implode.

Of course, trying to raise this concern without being perceived as political is a hefty task. Actually, it’s nearly impossible.

Nearly every time I posted, the comments immediately turned political. Almost immediately, comments turned to: 1) Donald Trump is a dangerous enough threat toward democracy that he should be taken out, and 2) Kamala Harris is the greatest thing since perforated toilet paper.

I had refused—not perfectly—to jump into the comments when they turned political, and frankly it was at times it was hard to hold my tongue (E.g. Kamala is an eloquent speaker–?!). I can’t tell how many times I wrote a response only to delete. Whenever the comments turned political—including my own, it missed the point of my initial purpose—to point out the danger of a society bedding itself with relativism.

What do I mean by relativism? This concept was first introduced to the universe when they serpent told Adam and Eve: they will be like God.

The serpent was trying to get these imago dei humans to eat from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil.One may immediately wonder: what’s wrong with knowing good from evil? Isn’t that a good thing?

When you connect “you will be like God” with eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, it is moee than just knowing the difference.

It means defining the difference. It means I get to decide. It means each of us gets to decide what is good and evil.

Billions of humans each deciding what is good and evil for themselves.

That spells chaos.

That explains why America is on the precipice.

Without objective truth, each of us alone defines right and wrong. If we feel something is evil by own definition, it doesn’t take much at all to dehumanize the other and justify defeating them by any means necessary—whether it be destroying their livelihoods, their relationships, their character or even their very lives. After all, if it is good or bad in our own eyes we can do whatever it takes to take the life of whomever we might call evil.

Which would also explain why 28% of surveyed Democrats, according to a Rasmussen poll, wished Trump’s shooter hadn’t missed. It makes one wonder how many more quietly wished it even while uttering the meaningless platitude that they are against all political violence before going into the Trump is a villain rant.

Sidenote: Now right here, I know someone will ask how come I only bring up examples on the democratic side? Frankly, my response is because the press won’t hold their side accountable. I contend that the media, the institution of government, academia, social media, and the entertainment industry are all mouth pieces for the left. Very, very few of them have anything negative to say about Harris despite her many, many shortcomings, flaws, and black marks on her record.

Conservatives hear about their side’s shortcomings real and imagined so frequently they become memes in our circles. I will bet anything that whoever the GOP picks in 2028 will be labelled a misogynist white nationalist—even if its Tim Scott or Nikki Haley, will be labeled a threat to democracy, and there will likely be at least 12 women lining up to testify they were sexually assaulted by said candidate 50 years ago.

Instead of trying to deflect, understand that the left isn’t all halos and good times. There are a lot of things I don’t like about the GOP, which is why I am registered as an Independent. Trump is a bulldozer in a china shop. Eight months ago, I wish it was someone else. Harris on the other hand is empty, vapid, and deceitful. If she is a moderate, then I have some swamp land in Arizona to sell you.

Honestly, I am not crazy about Trump. But I am vehemently against Harris.

Back to my point (see, even I was starting to roll around in the political sewer). We must return to that objective truth that says no outcome is worth turning a blind eye to the nefarious ways of getting there. If one has to put their thumb on the scale to reach an outcome, their cause is not worthy and their legitimacy will always be in question.

But we can’t see anything beyond the desired outcome. We must return to a definition of right and wrong that come from beyond ourselves.

The United States will exist in some form after this November 5. But we will be nothing more than a shell of our former goodness.

We must seek—no, demand—truth from all American institutions. Not shift the goal posts. Not nuance away. Not deny. Not justify.

I am tired of being lied to–by the press, by our government, and by the “experts.” I am done trusting these institutions if given no reason to trust them. Either tell me the truth or stay out of my way.

That shouldn’t be too hard of a request.

When a public official takes the oath of office, they are swearing that oath to his or her ultimate boss, We the People. And we the people have to have the wisdom and discernment to hold them accountable. We can’t rely on conspiracy theories or unverified facts by some joker (like me!) on social media. We must research for ourselves. We must verify. We must be smart.

But most importantly we must be a moral person, moral not by whatever definition we personally make up but by an objective morality.

If we have no moral compass, no passion for truth, then our once great nation will die a humiliating and painful death.

The good news is, however, that whatever that outcome in November, we can take assurance that our King will still be on the throne.

It’s only been about 24 hours—one single day—since a would-be assassin nearly took aim at a former president. When I first heard about it, I posted a brief satire about possible ways the media would respond. My goal was to highlight the parody the media has become.

Sure enough, American journalism didn’t let us down. One prominent reporter for NBC was one of many who blamed Trump’s “heated rhetoric” as the reason a gunman tried to kill him. Another posted on X that there was no need to worry: “Trump’s ear was safe.” Another brushed aside the events of yesterday as though presidential assassination in almost common occurrence. Time magazine announced in a post on X that the political motivations of the shooter were unclear. (Fortunately, that post got ratioed and community notes were added mentioning the photo of a “Biden-Harris” bumper sticker on his truck, the over 20 donations to the Democratic Party, and several posts declaring Trump must be stopped.)

And the list of insanity among America’s “elite” goes on and on.

Honestly, if the earth moved under my feet, and the press was broadcasting that we just had an earthquake, I would be skeptical to believe them. They’ve lost that much credibility.

I am irritated by the media’s lack of self-awareness. They will look at the American people right in the eye as they tell us how objective they are. This lack of self-awareness is due, I contend, from the fact that the left controls not only the media, but big tech, the entertainment industry, academia, and big corporations. They can say pretty much whatever they want knowing it is very likely they won’t be called out for such a stupid comment.

Just once I would like to hear someone from the left condemn this specific act, not just the vague condemnation of “all political violence” before immediately going into the “both sides do it” deflection to try to lessen the shock that someone tried to kill a former president.

Honestly, the 2024 election cycle in the United States has made me wonder if God has removed his lampstand from this nation.

There is no truth in us. One candidate’s entire strategy is avoidance and deception. The other gets shot at after years of vilification from the left who now insist it’s the victims fault. And most of the country can barely look up from their cell phones to understand what is going on.

Our country cannot go on like this. We need to be a people who pursue truth more than their cause.

However, I have said before that I don’t see that happening. We’re too far gone. I truly believe God has turned the United States over to our sin.

Christ-followers need to pursue truth more than our cause. We need to be lovers of the Truth and call out the father of lies—even if they are proclaimed within our own political philosophy.

We have to become human again and quit justifying specific acts of violence to better fit our narrative.

We need to be honest with ourselves. And, unlike the media, we must be self-aware.

Can we get there? Sadly, I am not so sure. I can already anticipate the responses of “Yeah but,” and “What about…”

And I don’t think we Americans have the intellectual capacity to go beyond that level of response.

Has God removed his lampstand from this country? Truly only God knows that answer. Personally, I am afraid he has.

To get it back we must cry out to a merciful God for forgiveness. And we must be pursuers of truth, not justifiers of lies. There is no cause worthy of a lie. None.

We must be honest with ourselves.

Brutally honest.

And God help us all.

Second assassination attempt today on a former president in about two months. Here’s a list of probable media responses:

1) Forget about by Tuesday

2) Downplay it by Monday

3) Question if it was real bullets from a real gun

4) Blame Trump for being so divisive, thus bringing it on himself

5) Link Trump to white supremacy, thus bringing it on himself

6) Make calls for toning down the heated rhetoric, especially that coming from that white fascist who is an existential threat to democracy and therefore must be stopped

7) Remind us that Kamala wants to heal our land

8) Publish a statement from the Harris Campaign that will read, “We condemn all violence. Vice President Harris grew up in a middle class family and loves the smell of cut grass. She understands what people are going through. Oh, and she doesn’t want to ban guns, except for the guns she wants to ban, but she believes in the 2nd Amendment with the exception of the guns most Americans own because her values haven’t changed. And did we mention that she understands the plight of the American people. And…who got shot at again?”

9) Write a Pulitzer worthy scoop about how the shooter used the word “trump” in a high school essay and is thus a Trump supporter and thus a white supremacist.

10) If the shooter turns out to be a liberal, refer to number 8 above as quickly as possible.

I wish this wasn’t funny, but the collective has made a parody of themselves.