By Donald S. Conkey – If you missed last Sunday’s Cherokee Tribune editorial page you should retrieve it and take a long hard look at it. The three main stories were titled: A Warning, but will we heed it?; To Obama’s chagrin, young people are Getting Serious; and, Country getting off course by marginalizing God. Each article had a stern message for all Americans, including those of us living in Cherokee County.
For me Dr. Nelson Price’s column on ‘marginalizing God’ struck a deep cord. His column reflected my recent book, “God’s Influence in the Making of America.” Dr. Price enumerated a number of instances where once proud Christian congregations have marginalized their Christian foundation to become “modern.” He then listed those historical events that showed how the Bible influenced not only the lives of early Americans but greatly influenced the creation of those liberties Americans still cherish, but that are in peril of being destroyed by the Fabian Socialist movement, spearheaded by the ACLU.
Few Americans were listening to Obama on his campaign trail. The clues of what he and his Czars were planning were there but far too many voters ignored these clues to vote for a promise of hope that can never be achieved, and voting to right many ‘perceived wrongs’ of the past. From a historical viewpoint I don’t believe the Germans comprehended what was coming when they elected Hitler in 1933, nor did the Russians realize how destructive Lenin and Stalin would be after their revolution. Both events led to a path of total national self-destruction.
America elected Obama and will pay a price for this mistake. Some have asked why God didn’t warn us about Obama. I believe He did – in many ways. But Americans were too engrossed in their own pride and greed to see them. Rules of behavior always exist, be at home or in government. When God created mankind he gave mankind agency, the ability to make choices. But few understand that for every choice made, individually or collectively, there is a consequence. Sometimes harsh consequences, as we see today with the slumping economy while Congress has totally ignored their constituents.
The best example of how God allows mankind to exercise its agency (choice) is found in the biblical story of the ancient Israelites asking for a king. After the Israelites asked Samuel for a king the Lord said to Samuel: “Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee (Samuel), but they have rejected me, that I should not rule over them.” (1 Kings 8:7) The Israelites are still paying for that choice.
In a later setting, speaking, I believe, of our day, the Lord uttered these words: “At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, … , and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, … and shall be filled will all manner of lyings, deceits, and mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and secret abominations; and if they shall reject my gospel, saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them.” Can we see America today in this descriptive setting?
Hopefully a large majority of Americans can now see the agenda of the Obama administration and will vote on November 2 to restore some semblance of order to Congress, and state capitols across America. But there will still be a price to pay. Even if the Republicans win a majority in Congress they will not be able to immediately change the laws signed by Obama. But they can stop further erosion of our freedoms.
It’s sad the Democratic Party has been taken over by their extreme left because America needs a viable two party government. Parties are needed to present and debate the vital issues from which the laws that govern us are created. Many of Obama’s inner-circle have begun to leave the administration and are beginning to openly express how their opinion of Obama has changed since the election. One such defector recently said “Right now the term Democrat is toxic to mainstream America. It is as bad as I have ever seen it. We are literally killing our political futures out of some need to keep supporting an administration that has is in no way, shape, or form shown itself to be worthy of that support.”
This is indeed a sad commentary on today’s Democratic Party by an ‘insider.’