"Oh Lord God, deliver us in Thy due time from the little narrow prison, almost as it were, total darkness of paper, pen and ink and a crooked, broken, scattered and imperfect language."

-Joseph Smith

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

- Martin Luther King Jr.

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a person will worship something, have no doubt of that either. One may think that tribute is paid in secret, in the dark recesses of his or her heart, but it is not. That which dominates imagination and thoughts will determine life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we are worshiping. For what we are worshiping, we are
becoming.

-
from GATES OF HEAVEN


Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Obama Gives Us a Lesson on How to Please the People

I've posted a link below. I don't know how to make it active because as I have said before, I have issues with this hunk of machinery in front of me. But you can copy and paste it into your browser to view it. Sorry.

Let me make it clear. I do not hate Obama. I seriously considered voting for him. But this is an interesting move on his part but not surprising. I should be pleased, but instead, I am very frustrated with politics. There are things that I liked and disliked about both candidates. Certain very important topics, however, led me to vote Republican as they most often do. I would love to think that this move on Obama's part shows some inner conviction on a much heated topic, I don't know. But even if it does, I can't condone the method in which he reveals such. He told the LGTB community what they wanted to hear in order to get a vote. It's dishonest and our country stands by and allows it with every candidate that runs for president, all in the name of politics. Politicians are given a special "I can lie to please the people" ticket while running and in office, and we just nod our heads and say "It's all part of the game". We don't realize that there is no game. This is it. Life is it. You are who you are and no cover will hide you when it is time for judgment. Not politics, or church positions, civic duties or any other title we assume or costume we don. We can pretend all we want but it will not matter in the end who we pretended to be, but who we are. I wish that someone would stand up and tell us what they believe in for a better America and then actually stand by it. If Obama opposes gay marriage then we should have heard about it during his run. I truly hope that he is a good man. I for one wait for One who is better.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081217/pl_politico/16693

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