Faith as a Running Point

This has to be the scariest thing ever. Really! A person running for president of the United States with a slogan along the lines of "faith, family, freedom"!

Why is this scary? For one very simple reason: A person is running for president of the United States and outright lists "faith" as one of the reasons. This person says his faith is his life, and it defines him. Scary. Very, very scary. If elected, he'd try to pass as many laws as he could, which would be based on his beliefs, which he himself says is based on his faith. So…. He'll use the bible to pass laws for the USA! You know what the bible is right? The book that people don't agree on. The book that people interpret differently. The book that people don't even agree on whether there's two stories of creation, or one that's just phrased differently (and in different orders). A book that people don't agree on whether the old testament is still valid… Get the point? The laws of the United States will be based on one man's religious beliefs. Some of you might think that's a good idea. But think of this for a moment -- do you agree 100% with everyone's interpretation of the bible that attends your church?

We're just one step away from being the country that you're free to practice whatever religion you want -- so long as you go by the rules of religion X. Pagan? Great! You'd better practice Christian beliefs though! Believe that the bible's just a collection of stories (some fact, some exaggerated stuff)? Well, too bad. It'll be law now!

And here comes the funniest part o fit all! How many people are anti-abortion (because all life's precious!), but also support the death penalty? But no matter! Get raped and molested by your twin brother? Enjoy your baby! That's right, you were supposed to have it! Your brother was meant to do that for it was god's will! So what if you were raped by your twin and your baby will basically be a clone!

I know some of you think this would be a great idea. But as I said before -- what if the religion isn't Christian? What if the "faith, family, freedom" person was Muslim? Jehovah's Witness? Satan Worshipper? Pagan? Not so quick to want "faith" added to the government now are you? As soon as religion's used as the blueprint for the government, we're one step closer to the end of time, the end of the world. Forcing someone to abide by rules that can only be backed up with a bible that not everyone agrees on is wrong. People in the USA scream about how bad it is in other countries where religion has written the laws (women being stoned for loving the wrong guy, sleeping with the wrong man, etc, anyone?) -- yet as soon as someone wants to base laws in the United States on a religion -- people are all for it! Think people! The same thing you don't want in other countries, and find to be wrong, is the same thing you're trying to have in your own! And it's only because it's your own religion.

'Tis a sad, sad thing.

The revolution is now

It's time. Time for everyone to band together as one to force the governments of the world to do what's best for the people. Time for people to stop complaining about what the evil government is doing, and actually do something about it.

Especially in the United States. Even our constitution allows the people to force the government to change, if they don't do what's in the best interest of the people.

But it'll be a peaceful revolution. With injuries being along the lines of paper cuts. Peaceful, legal protests throughout the country. It doesn’t even matter if people are on different sides of the issues.

The government should do what's best for people as a whole. It should give sentences for murder, robbery, rape, personal injuries and such. But it shouldn't go around telling people how and with whom they should be intimate. The government should build roads, housing, schools, and other public works to provide everything the people needs. Just think how many hours/months/years have been spent dealing with same-sex marriage; and how many are spent trying to improve the roads, decrease pollution, and just otherwise making the country safer.

Don't know about you all, but if there was a rapist running through the town killing and raping because the police couldn't get funding to stop him or her -- just because the politicians spent weeks trying to ban gay marriage instead of getting funding to the police; someone sure has priorities screwed up.

When people who truly can't work due to a disability or disease, such as a truck driver that can't get a CDL license because of diabetes, they have to wait years before they could get approved ---- yet someone who fakes the severity of an injury and says "I can't work!" yet goes around remolding houses, climbing ladders to put on new roofs, and just otherwise doing hard labor on a weekly bases can get disability within a few weeks. Then the same agencies don't seem to have enough people to police these defrauders even when reported! Because well, they can't get funding.

But at least we know the politicians have more than enough time to campaign and get more and more funds to run for office. And they have more than enough time to maintain church-based family values, in laws at least, who knows how many have a few mistresses on the side.

Let's not stop there, it's even important to ban all these bad drugs too -- like that's really doing a good job. New illegal highs are popping up faster than they can pass laws to ban them. Ever wonder why people take all these drugs? Because life itself sucks so much, they need an escape! Want to stop illegal drug use, try to actually make life worth living.

How many people really think a "good life" means that in a 168 hour week, 40 hours for work, 56 hours for sleep, and about 20 hours to get ready for work with a commute should be required by two people (sometimes 3 or 4) just to afford housing, food and utilities? Know how much time that leaves to "enjoy" the week? 52 hours. Of course that's assuming you don't eat, go to the bathroom, have any household chores, etc. So let's take off another 10 hours for that. 42 hours. Wow. That's sure with living for isn't it? Under 2 full days you can actually relax. Oh, but wait, if you've got kids -- there goes about 14 hours a week, so you've only got about 28 hours to "relax", and about 140 hours of work and sleep. Toss in the "if you get injured, and you're homeless" that many people fall into, and it's no wonder there's so many drugs for depression, and people just using drugs or alcohol!

But what does the government do about these things? Pass laws to make drugs illegal, and spend millions to stop drug trafficking, and making sure "family value" laws are passed. You know, things that don't do any good at all.

But that isn't entirely true, they are good for one thing: keeping the people from thinking about things other than what's the real problem. Keep people thinking that some drug-addict homosexual will convert your kid, and you'll think popping a dozen pills a week to cope with the few waking hours before you pass out isn't that bad.

Politicians are the new cons. They know just what to say and when to say it. Spin things around so fast by the time you realize what's hit you, they've maxed out their office term.

So stay tuned, for the revolution is near, and the blueprint will be posted. Tell your friends -- the government will do for the people, not for themselves.

The new age is upon us.