{"id":36848,"date":"2019-05-04T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36848"},"modified":"2019-05-04T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T20:27:00","slug":"god-should-not-become-a-political-tool-mr-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36848","title":{"rendered":"God should not become a political tool, Mr. POTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mr. President, I am having trouble understanding your relationship with the Almighty.<\/p>\n

You invoke God in public speeches. You mention him by name. I heard you interpret a portion of God’s holy word at the National Day of Prayer event at the White House.<\/p>\n

I hear all this stuff, Mr. President, but then I keep wondering: Does he really mean it?<\/p>\n

It’s difficult for me to question anyone’s faith, Mr. President. It’s such a deeply personal matter. Whether you’re a Christian, or a Jew, or a Muslim, or Hindu, or Buddhist, how we worship should be of no on else’s concern. Isn’t that what “religious liberty” is all about? Well, I think it is . . . but that’s just me, I reckon.<\/p>\n

Here’s the deal, Mr. President, about why I wonder about your religious sincerity. You keep mentioning your own political ambition in light of these holy matters. You did it again at the White House this week.<\/p>\n

I heard you say that the word “God” was rarely spoken in public before you took office, which I thought was a silly assertion. You made that goofy campaign promise in 2016 to ensure that business owners ordered their employees to wish customers a “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holiday” when they purchased items at Christmas time. No president can force<\/em> anyone to do such a thing. Yet that was what I heard you imply.<\/p>\n

I have to wonder, too, about one of the Ten Commandments and whether you violate it when you insert yourself into discussions about God. The Third Commandment instructs us — according to my New Living Translation of the Bible: “You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the many fascinating aspects of the Bible is how one can interpret its meaning. I take that passage to mean, Mr. President, that it is wrong<\/em> to reap personal or political gain from the use of the Lord’s name.<\/p>\n

Hey, it’s just my reading of the Bible, a book I’ve been reading since I was a little kid.<\/p>\n

Thus, I run into this sincerity question whenever I hear these references come from you.<\/p>\n

I will attach this link to this blog post, Mr. President. It speaks to the kind of questions I believe surface in the minds of many Americans when they hear you say such things.<\/p>\n

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Tread carefully, Mr. President. The Good Lord is watching. He knows every single thing about every one of us.<\/p>\n\n

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