On Marriage

     Today there has been quite a bit of discussion about "gay marriage."  To be honest, much of the chatter by those who call themselves Christians is bizarre.  So many people claiming that the loving, "Christian" position is to condone gay marriage.  Others say that it should be allowed as a matter of "equal protection under the law."  Primarily this post is an answer to those who call themselves Christians.  A Christian by the definition of the word is a follower of Christ, that is to say Jesus the Christ, the anointed.  So what did Christ say about marriage?

     There are those who said Jesus said nothing about homosexuals or homosexual marriage.  But let us examine what Jesus said about marriage starting in the book of Matthew in chapter 19.  The Pharisees came to Jesus asking a question about divorce for any cause as a trap to him.  Instead of simply answering about divorce, Jesus gave us the very definition and nature of marriage, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female." in verse 3.  Marriage is "from the beginning," was established by "he who created them," and is for "male and female."  Marriage predates human government and is not under the rule of government.  Marriage was created and established by Christ himself, the creator of all things (Col. 1:13-17). That is to say, God the Son created man, created woman for man, and created marriage for man and woman to be joined together in a social-sexual-companionship union.  Marriage, by the definition of the one who created it, is heterosexual.

    I understand these statements don't fit with things so many so-called "Christians" are saying.  So many of these don't have any idea who Christ is, what he has taught, and what he requires of those who wish to follow him.  People want to believe in this image of a cuddly-wuddly Jesus and not the image of the eternal judge and Lord of Hosts (that is the Commander of the Armies of the heavens) as he is described as in Revelation.  An ecumenical picture, painted by those who want popularity and money, is sold to those who are ignorant of the scriptures or too lazy to study scriptures themselves.  Harsh?  Maybe people should figure out whose name they are claiming to wear.  How insulting to the one who created man, woman, and marriage is it to claim there is a better way! 
 
                                                  Walk the walk if you are going to talk the talk.
  

     I saw a line come across twitter today too many times.  Liberal or Libertarian, I don't care what you are.  "Marriage isn't yours to define" is right, but not for the reason you think.  God defined marriage when he established it, you have no right to hijack or redefine it for your political purposes.  
  
     I don't blog to make you happy, I blog to defend the truth.  

Simple Math... and more

   With all the scare tactics coming from the Executive Branch of our
   government about the sequester and the media's willingness to be the 
   ministry of propaganda, I thought it might me useful to review a little 
   math.

1)One trillion is equal to one thousand billions
2)Next year's budget (though no actual budget has  
  successfully made it through the house and senate) 
  is scheduled to be 3.5 trillion dollars
3)The sequestration cuts are approximately 85 billion dollars  
4)The sequestration amount is 0.243% of the total budget
5)THE NEXT BUDGET IS LARGER THAN THE CURRENT ONE!

 THERE ARE NO CUTS IN THE BUDGET - THERE ARE NEVER ANY CUTS.

 The government bloats like a rotting corpse.
    
 The claims that sequestration is going to seriously hinder the 
 economy is so ludicrous that it borders on insanity.

 So the president goes out to make yet another campaign speech, 
 telling us that the cuts are so draconian that we may never even 
 notice them.

 No wonder Woody had to descry the president's actions and words as lunacy.

 Then the White House has the nerve to threaten a journalist who brought
 down Nixon???

 And the left, the so-called defenders of liberty, free speech, and free
 press, treat Woody like trash?

     What in the world is going on here?


Courting oblivion my friends.  Oblivion.

Questions politicians don't answer

What right do you have to create new taxes without and against the will of the populace?

Why did the constitution have to be amended to allow for an income tax to begin with?

Why is the tax code so ridiculously convoluted an average individual needs a tax professional or lawyer to understand it?

Why is the government intent on punishing those who make the most of their financial opportunities?

Why is the government so intent on rewarding failure?

Why blah blah blah?

Power unchecked corrupts. Those in power vote to give themselves more power. Before the income tax, money and power were more spread among states and individuals. After the income tax, power and money flowed ever more freely to a central government. No matter how well meaning or benevolent the government may start out, eventually that government will become thoroughly corrupt when it has the power to confiscate money and property from its citizenry. Our founding fathers were not fools - the problems with our government are not a result of an archaic document not fitting the time. The problems are a result of men loving power and money more than their fellow man and from a group of elitists thinking they are smarter than anyone else.

We continue to court oblivion...