O.K. I usually try to keep my political and religious views to myself or at least limited to those closest to me but with the presidential campaign ramping up and the state of the world today, I had to say something.
From birth, I have been raised as Catholic. Not many people understand what it is to be Catholic and how anyone could raise their child as a Catholic. I have heard before that "how can you choose for your child what religion they are going to be?" My answer is this: "How can you NOT choose for your child?" We are all born into this world innocent and unknowing of the things of God & man. It is our parents' job to TEACH us what is right and what is wrong. My parents chose to teach me to be Catholic. I'm not saying that being Catholic is the ONLY religion. Many people do have questions that they need answered and therefore find them in other religions. Never once have I tried to make anyone become a Catholic. I just want them to know God & to love God. That, to me, is the basis of any religion.
Yes, with all the wars that are happening in our world based on religion, there are many questions. I am not a theologist so I cannot tell you what is right or wrong in any religion. I just feel that if we all learned to open our hearts & our minds to God, then we could finally find the Peace that we are all searching for.
There is so much in the media because of the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. Honestly, I try to ignore most of the political propaganda that is floating around but this last bit I just could not ignore. Glen Beck posted on Facebook about how the Democratic National Convention made sure to eliminate any use of God at their convention. Really??!! How can you exclude God? Even if you don't mention God, He is still there. It saddens me to no end that these people that are wanting to be our representatives in this country want to EXCLUDE GOD. Excuse me, but I don't want someone who EXCLUDES God to have ANY say for me.
Our Founding Fathers made sure when they set up our Constitution and Bill of Rights that it was based on our BELIEF in GOD. Look at our Pledge of Allegiance: "One Nation UNDER GOD, Indivisible with Liberty & Justice for ALL". Of course, there has been talk of them taking this line out of the Pledge of Allegiance. Our currency has always been printed with "In God We Trust". Since when did we pull away from God? When did we stop "trusting in God"?
I believe that we need to get back to our roots and find our Beliefs & Trust in God in our everyday lives and society in order to bring our country to rights. We are falling fast and without God, I fear we will fall too far with no return in sight. We need to find that place where we put God & Family first. We've all been so busy trying to "get ahead" that we are "falling behind" in what really matters.
Again, this is just my opinion. "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15
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