Posted by
Carie on Friday, October 10, 2008 11:00:00 PM
Looking around the nation today I firmly believe that society is going to collapse. Nothing as corrupted and filthy as our American society can last forever. I believe it will happen in my children's lifetime. Looking at the presidential election, it seems to me that an Obama presidency would drastically hasten this collapse of society to possibly within my lifetime. Obama's desire to pass things like FOCA and class warfare inducing tax legislation frighten me. His claim to be against gay marriage is a campaign ploy to appear less liberal than he actually is. Once FOCA and gay marriage are made the law of the land, then Christians will become targeted. Anything we say or do that speaks to the inherent moral evil of abortion and gay marriage will be hate crimes. Priests and pastors will be targeted. And it will spread like wildfire. It took only four months for Connecticut to follow California's lead on gay marriage. Christians will be tested and we will have to find out how devout we really are. Are we Sunday Christians or are we Christians who can stand up in the face of imprisonment, harassment or even death and say, "I believe in God and Jesus is my Savior."
In the title of this post I ask if this is good or bad. The Church Fathers had opportunities everyday to prove their faith and share it with others. We live in a time when we have been able to become lax and lazy in our faith. No one is persecuting us or burning down out churches. Our faith is untested therefore our faith is not as strong as it could, maybe even should, be. So, if Obama is elected and he does indeed hasten the collapse, is it really a bad thing or is it just the tempering of the sword of our faith?
If I have a choice, I would much rather the collapse happen sooner than later. I would rather be here to fight back and take back this country for my children than to leave the impending battle to them. I would rather my children grow up tested and strong while I fight than grow up lax and be thrust into the fight.
Now, I'm not going to vote for Obama or anything crazy like that. I think faith-testing suicide is morally wrong in the same vein as actual suicide. You don't look for hardship, you accept and muddle through what hardship comes your way. I desperately hope McCain and Palin win. If for no other reason than the courts. But if Obama does win, I think we will find ourselves in the fire and I believe the number of people who make it back out of the fire stronger in their faith will be much fewer than we'd like to believe.
God Bless All Who Read This.