I was watching the news, and the story about Attorney General Eric Holder and the Fast and Furious scandal came on. The news anchor said something that stuck in my mind. He said, "With 22 Republicans and 16 Democrats on the committee, they easily have 51%. They have the votes."
This touched off sadness within me. I don't particularly like Eric Holder- I think he's a terrible Attorney General, but that doesn't really matter. What makes me sad is the death of truth. No one is interested in the facts of the case, it seems. It just seems that the 22 Republicans will vote against him and the 16 Democrats will vote for him.
Shame on both parties. If he's innocent, shame on the 22 Republicans for voting to charge him with contempt. If he's guilty, shame on the 16 Democrats voting to not charge him with contempt. When agenda trumps truth, something within us dies. The part of us that is noble, pure, just, and right recedes and the part of us that is greedy, agenda-driven, and impure takes over. Now, what we see in our country is the latter side of us run amuck.
Proverbs 17:15 says, "Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent - the Lord detests them both." God's word calls for justice- for the innocent to be acquitted and the guilty to be charged. His word does not call for acquitting of people with the same agenda as us, nor for condemning people with different agendas as us. His word calls for judgment based on truth.
This is how we are supposed to make decisions- upon truth. Sadly, fewer and fewer people in this country I love so very much have a hunger for truth.
This touched off sadness within me. I don't particularly like Eric Holder- I think he's a terrible Attorney General, but that doesn't really matter. What makes me sad is the death of truth. No one is interested in the facts of the case, it seems. It just seems that the 22 Republicans will vote against him and the 16 Democrats will vote for him.
Shame on both parties. If he's innocent, shame on the 22 Republicans for voting to charge him with contempt. If he's guilty, shame on the 16 Democrats voting to not charge him with contempt. When agenda trumps truth, something within us dies. The part of us that is noble, pure, just, and right recedes and the part of us that is greedy, agenda-driven, and impure takes over. Now, what we see in our country is the latter side of us run amuck.
Proverbs 17:15 says, "Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent - the Lord detests them both." God's word calls for justice- for the innocent to be acquitted and the guilty to be charged. His word does not call for acquitting of people with the same agenda as us, nor for condemning people with different agendas as us. His word calls for judgment based on truth.
This is how we are supposed to make decisions- upon truth. Sadly, fewer and fewer people in this country I love so very much have a hunger for truth.
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