Words of Truth

Some of my Facebook friends disagree with me about RFRA.  That is to be expected, because how sad would it be if nobody thought differently than anybody else about anything?   A few of my FB friends posted a link to an article by someone who is against the RFRA.  I disagreed with the author of the blog, so I commented.  My comment still shows “awaiting moderation” and I expect it to remain that way for a long time.

Anybody can comment on my blog.  In fact, I encourage it.  With these blogs there’s a thing called “moderated comments” which is where I as the blog owner get to decide what comments are acceptable and which ones are spam (or unacceptable for some other reason).  If you make a comment and you’ve never commented before, your comment has to go through me before it’s posted.   Until I approve it, it will say “awaiting moderation.”

That’s why I was not surprised when my comment showed up that way on her blog.  So far her post has over 200 comments, and mine has still not shown up, even though I posted it two days ago.  Almost every comment is “wow! great post! I’m sharing this! Thank you for writing this!” or some variation of that.  I haven’t found one comment that was like mine in tone or content (“I think you are wrong because X”).

I wanted to address her argument here for anybody else that cares to read it, just in case she doesn’t allow my comment (you know, because I disagree with her).

Her argument (which can be read here) in a nutshell is that Jesus said in the sermon on the mount that if a man asks you to walk with him a mile, that you should walk with him two. And she applies that to mean that if a gay couple asks you to bake them a wedding cake, you should “bake for them two.”

Here is my original comment:

There’s only one problem with your central theme: Carrying a Roman soldier’s equipment was not morally wrong, nor was it against any decree or law in the Law of Moses given by God.

And so you will excuse me if I continue to obey God’s moral law rather than bow to your false idea that out of a spirit of “love” I should encourage others to continue in their life of sin so that they may miss out on the gospel and end up in hell.

UPDATE 04/07/2015 8:25PM: Aaaand I just checked and she has deleted my comment. Nothing like the delete button to squelch dissent, I guess. But if you delete every comment you disagree with, you are only left with lickspittles and yes men. I don’t do this on my blog. I only delete spam comments and anything that is overtly offensive (you would have to use profanity or be outright insulting for me to delete your comment). I’m not going to delete just because I disagree with you.

Speaker of the Indiana House Brian Bosma. Indiana Senate Pro-Tem David Long. My State Senator Luke Kenley. Governor Mike Pence.

These men, along with the 65 other congresspeople and 32 other senators, are traitors to the cause of conservatism.  They have no spines.

They passed a bill last week reaffirming religious freedom for all Hoosiers.
Governor Pence signed that bill into law Thursday March 26th.

And today, caving in to pressure from the radical left they passed an amendment through the House and Senate. Governor Pence signed it so fast the ink was still wet.

They all passed an amendment that says, in effect, “Nevermind.”

Last night, Brian Bosma said that repeal was not an option.  But his vote today to nullify the law is the same thing.

You see, the original law protected the religious freedom of all Hoosiers. The amended law says that religious freedom is inapplicable if the person discriminating against the religious person is a different “…color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or US Veteran.”

So, to sum up, you are now allowed to discriminate against religious Hoosiers so long as you are human.

We all believed the lie: “Vote for the Republicans, they will stand up to the Democrats.”

No, no they won’t.

I have witnessed a disturbing trend the past few days and I felt that I should comment on it, for the record, so to speak.

I saw the Indiana General Assembly take a stand for religious liberty by passing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) last week. I saw Governor Pence do the same by signing it last Thursday, March 26th.

And then I witnessed the same storm of hatred and intolerance that all of you have witnessed that has rained down on Indiana for daring to pass a law that might result in a negative outcome in a possible future case of discrimination. It doesn’t even guarantee a win for the religious person, it merely provides for the possibility. But it is a dissenting opinion, and this opinion disagrees with the idea that religion is not as important as personal preference and individual freedom of expression. Faith, we are told, is not enough to keep you from being forced to do commerce against your will.

Governor Pence had a round of bad media appearances the past several days, which is not his fault, because the media is firmly in the liberal camp. I don’t know what Governor Pence expected, but the media is very good at taking things out of context, forcing people into a corner, and painting someone in a negative light all the while appearing to be concerned and friendly. They are masters at appearing non-confrontational while they are eviscerating you.

Case in point: George Stephanopoulos. I have been told over and over that the governor couldn’t answer a simple yes or no question. Could it be perhaps that the question was not as simple as they say? It was not a “black and white” “yes or no” question, and that’s why he didn’t answer it that way. If he said “no, this law could never be used to discriminate against people” he would be lying, because it would be impossible to say that without considering every possible case. If he said “yes, this law can be used to discriminate” well then he’s been “caught in a lie” by kindly George, and he’s in trouble.

I am in no way comparing Governor Pence to Jesus Christ, but this situation reminds me of several times when the enemies of the Son of God tried to trick Him with situations with no good answer. Being perfect, He always gave the perfect response.  Being imperfect, Governor Pence is having trouble. It also reminds me of the question, “Are you still beating your wife?” There’s no good answer to that.

But Governor Pence did not stand his ground. He has caved. He needs to call his staff and ask them to search the governor’s residence for his spine, because he seems to have misplaced it. He has angered the left by signing this bill. He has now angered the right by caving in and saying it’s wrong. Now nobody likes him. Any thought he had of running for President should be out the window right now. I mean, I think Dan Quayle has better odds than he does right now.

And so to my point. If Governor Pence signed the RFRA because it was the right thing to do, then no amount of clamoring, negative reporting and protesting should convince him that it was NOT the right thing to do. If he signed the RFRA because it was the right thing to do, then no amount of lost revenue, no amount of businesses pulling out of Indiana should convince him that he shouldn’t have signed it.

Right is right no matter how many disagree or how much it costs.

I changed the name of my blog tonight.  I did so because I thought the previous title “Nobody Wants To Know What I Think” was too self-deprecating.  I think it may have turned some people away.  They may have thought, “Well, if that guy doesn’t think his thoughts are desirable, then why should I read them?”

Also, it didn’t really reflect what I wanted to convey with my posts, so I have renamed the blog, “Words of Truth.”  This is from Ecclesiastes 12:10 “The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.”  That is my aim.  I am a preacher, I am one who proclaims the truth to those who would hear it.  This is not to say that I never make mistakes, but simply that I am relying on the Word of God as the source of what I view as true and right in the world.

I pray that God uses my writings to uplift you, to educate you, and to help you see things from my perspective, which I hope is ever drawing closer to His perspective.

Thanks for reading!