My friends,
For whatever my opinion is worth...there is an article titled, Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America and I hope that this catches wind...I actually pray that it brings about a storm.
heart.soul.mind.
kyle diroberts
For whatever my opinion is worth...there is an article titled, Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America and I hope that this catches wind...I actually pray that it brings about a storm.
heart.soul.mind.
kyle diroberts
posted by Kyle DiRoberts at 11:15 AM
4 Comments:
typical, fear-based motivation that comes from the right. Granted some of this might happen in 4rys, but this article suggests a widespread ethical and moral shift in just 4yrs. It's unrealistic and meant to scare Christians into voting for McCain. When will the Religious Right stop using fear to accomplish it's agenda?
James Dobson is a bitter, irrelevant old man. I truly feel sorry for him that he feels the need to stoke people's fear rather than be constructive.
Because this is so ridiculous, an appropriate counter to this letter would be that you are a racist if you don't vote for Barack Obama and if Obama loses, our country will become more racist and segregated than ever before. That's how silly this is.
Agreed with above. Putting out a letter of hypotheticals is random and degrading. I hope it does not catch wind. The Religious Right is gettign annoying at this point..what about other life issues like: poverty, war, the environment, education, etc.
No one could have predicted a "Bush Letter" 8 years ago...now look what he is responsible for.
Your brother, Grant
Grant,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I have a question for you though. While I love sarcasm, I want you to know that my heart is not to be sarcastic right now. But have you read the letter? The reason that I ask this is because my guess is that you haven’t. The first page of the letter tells you how they have come to the conclusions that they are writing about, and to be honest it really wasn’t as hypothetical and random as you might think. I copied and pasted the first page so that you could read what it says below.
Also, I am a conservative. And to be honest with you I am not sure if I agree with your implication that ONLY those on the Religious Left care about poverty, war, the environment, education, etc. I think it would have been better for you to say that you don’t agree with the ways in which the Religious Right would like to solve these various issues. But to say that those on the Religious Right don’t care I think is insensitive…and maybe even a little flippant.
I appreciate you very much, thanks Grant.
heart.soul.mind.
kyle diroberts
…here is the first page to that letter.
“Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America
What will the United States be like if Senator Obama is elected? The most reliable way
of predicting people’s future actions is by looking at their past actions. Jesus himself
taught, “You will recognize them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16). Anyone who has hired
employees knows that – the best predictor of a person’s future job performance is not
what he tells you he can do but what he has actually done in the past.
So here is a picture of the changes that are likely or at least very possible if Senator
Obama is elected and the far-Left segments of the Democratic Party gain control of the
White House, the Congress, and perhaps then the Supreme Court. The entire letter is
written as a “What if?” exercise, but that does not make it empty speculation, because
every future “event” described here is based on established legal and political trends that
can be abundantly documented and that only need a “tipping point” such as the election
of Senator Obama and a Democratic House and Senate to begin to put them into place.
Every past event named in this letter (everything prior to October 22, 2008) is established
fact.
This letter is not “predicting” that all of the imaginative future “events” named in this letter
will happen. But it is saying that each one of these changes could happen and also that
each change would be the natural outcome of (a) published legal opinions by liberal
judges, (b) trends seen in states with liberal-dominated courts such as California and
Massachusetts, (c) recent promises, practices and legislative initiatives of the current
liberal leadership of the Democratic Party and (d) Senator Obama’s actions, voting record
and public promises to the far-Left groups that won the nomination for him.
Many of these changes, if they occur, will have significant implications for Christians. This
letter is addressed particularly to their concerns so they will be aware of what is at stake
before the November 4 election.
Some will respond to this letter by saying, “Well, I hope hardship and even persecution
come to the church. It will strengthen the church!” But hoping for suffering is wrong. It is
similar to saying, “I hope I get some serious illness because it will strengthen my faith.”
Jesus taught us to pray the opposite: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil” (Matt. 6:13). Paul urged us to pray not for persecution but “for kings and all who are
in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every
way” (1 Tim. 2:2). So Christians should hope and pray that such difficult times do not
come. But if they do come, then it will be right to trust God to bring good out of them and
also bring them to an end.
Of course, there are many evangelical Christians supporting Senator Obama as well as
many supporting Senator McCain. Christians on both sides should continue to respect
and cherish one another’s friendship as well as the freedom people have in the United
States to differ on these issues and to freely speak their opinions about them to one
another.”
-Focus on the Family
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