tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2904534210976358782.post3050368761810975106..comments2023-05-11T06:01:57.977-07:00Comments on Family Tracks: Is America Incompetent?Debbie Jansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081670752103539862noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2904534210976358782.post-28651443306987053842010-08-24T19:30:58.473-07:002010-08-24T19:30:58.473-07:00Again, thank you for your comment. I have been ou...Again, thank you for your comment. I have been out of state at my daughter's wedding and that's why it took me so long to respond. I wasn't going to allow your comment, but decided instead that I wanted to respond to the wrong assumption that Roamans 13:1-2 applies to submitting to and accepting all that Mr. Obama does. It does not. This scripture also did not apply to submitting to Hitler or Stalin or any other dictator that was able to "disillusion" or "sway" the general public. Most theologians do not believe that this scripture means a total "submission" to any government that we are subjected to. What it does mean.... according to the Greek and most theologians is that God believes that government should exist and that he upholds the principle of government even though some governments do not fulfill His desires. It is also generally agreed that God has charged us with obeying the law - "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." We must obey the laws that govern our land...but when they disagree with God's law, we are compelled to try to change them. We are first and foremost God's people who live in a land governed by men. <br /><br />So....no....this verse does not mean that we as Christians are to view anyone put in office as "chosen by God". That would essentially be condeming us to a life of victimization with no hope of impacting our world. God gave us a brain and requires us to use it. If we don't and we elect someone who is not right for the country....that's our own fault - not God's.<br /><br />As far as my original post....I wrote a new one called "You can't fix Stupid." I hope this clears up what I was originally talking about. <br /><br />Again...healthy debate is always good and I appreciate your comments.<br /><br />DebbieDebbie Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081670752103539862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2904534210976358782.post-89327146402058451162010-07-21T07:24:50.515-07:002010-07-21T07:24:50.515-07:00Whereas the "travel quotes" in this post...Whereas the "travel quotes" in this post were proven false and made up for political purposes to make the "other party" look stupid, a well known quote: "bring them on" by President Bush was proven true and unfortunately HE was not "called on the carpet" for HIS many bad decisions. <br /><br />http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4173.htm<br /> <br />http://icasualties.org/<br /><br />It's great that Americans NOW feel comfortable with questioning their government, but WHY did they wait until Jan 2009 to do so? Romans 13:1-2 doesn't apply to the present Administration but it did apply for the Bush Administration?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2904534210976358782.post-1453681838324093412010-07-20T20:14:26.349-07:002010-07-20T20:14:26.349-07:00I appreciate all comments on this blog. I also ap...I appreciate all comments on this blog. I also appreciate your kindness in pointing out snopes. For all my readers....you should check out the site he suggested. I chose this e-mail to show that ignorance does abound in our country - but - there was a tongue in cheek about it all. If my sharing of this e-mail hurt anyone, I am truly sorry. <br />Unfortunately, I could probably pull out old footage of any number of politicians or well placed individauls touting something just as stupid while doing a world-wide interview. Nancy Pelosi's "you have to pass it to know what's in it" tops my list.<br /><br />Who ever is being ignorant, incompetent or less than excellent - whether it's Mr. Obama or me - they should be called on the carpet and told to stop it! I hope everyone in this country will begin a campaign to not only fight for justice, the constitution and a better life - but that we will also fight to be a country of quality people and quality products.<br /><br />Thanks you again for your comment and your manners! I hope you will keep reading.<br /><br />DebbieDebbie Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081670752103539862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2904534210976358782.post-1985125563490627012010-07-20T13:30:12.040-07:002010-07-20T13:30:12.040-07:00After viewing the following web site and other sti...After viewing the following web site and other sties you find from a web search, you may or may not want to rewrite portions of this post dated July 12 starting at: "I received an e-mail from a ticket agent in DC."<br />http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/congress.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com