Where's Your Messiah Now?
Where's Your Messiah Now?
In the lead-up to the 2020 election, RW (alleged) Christians bragged about how Trump's victory was assured due to their prayers to the Almighty. They claimed that God himself had 'annointed' Trump as the leader of the nation. And yet Trump lost - resoundingly so.
In the lead-up to the 2022 midterms, RW (alleged) Christians again declared that thanks to their fervent prayers, a Red Wave was assured and those evil Democrats would be ousted from power across the board - which of course didn't happen.
Needless to say, faux 'Christians' have attributed these losses to the idea that Satan was at work undermining the will of The Lord.
Well, that begs several questions.
If your Christian God has been proven too weak to thwart the Devil, aren't you praying to the wrong entity? If you really desire political power through divine intervention, isn't the intervention you seek more in line with the anti-Christ than the man who preached love, peace, tolerance, and being Thy Brother's Keeper?
I don't believe in God - any more than I believe in Satan. But it seems obvious that those who pray to a 'God' who keeps telling them NO! should be listened to - that a 'God' who consistently ignores their prayers might be saying something they should take note of.
If you believe that an Almighty God is on your side, isn't it time to wonder why he seems to be siding with the Democrats? If you believe that an Almighty God wants RW nut-jobs in office, isn't it time to wonder why the Red Wave never happened in 2022?
Food for thought for the Republicans who still insist that 'God' has their backs - despite all proof that he apparently doesn't.
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I think I believe in God, sort of. I feel like there's someone or something out there beyond what I can perceive with my human faculties, and I call him/her/them/it God, because that's the word I learned to use from the time I became capable of thinking about such things. I don't claim to know who or what God is, exactly, but I feel like he/she/they/it exists. I can't prove it, and I'm not the least bit interested in trying to convince anyone else of his/her/their/its existence.
Having said all that to establish where I'm coming from personally, I am appalled by people who are arrogant and presumptuous enough to claim that they know exactly what God wants or intends, and even more appalled by someone claiming that they have the power to make God do their personal bidding (i.e., that "thanks to their fervent prayers, a Red Wave was assured" ).
That anyone thinks they, as a piddly little human, could possibly be THAT important in the overall scheme of things absolutely blows my mind. I'm sure it feels great to tell yourself you have that kind of cosmic significance, but that's ALL it does. It certainly doesn't do them or anyone else any good, and it can lead to horrible things, such as when people decide that God "wants" them to punish those they have decided are evildoers.
People who think like this have the potential to be dangerous. Not all of them are dangerous at all times, but the potential is there. When they mistake their own personal desires and unconscious yearnings for what they call the "voice of God," that enables them to justify almost anything. I actually believe that at least some of them mean well, and some think they mean well (which is not at all the same thing), but that doesn't make them one bit less potentially dangerous.
As long as they are busy getting high on having a direct line to what they believe to be the voice and will of God, they will never see the contradictions or "wonder why he [i.e., God] seems to be siding with the Democrats." They will also continue to have the potential to be dangerous.
The whole thing is very unsettling. 
