Ron Paul's Pearls Before Swine
Ron Paul's Pearls Before Swine
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
By: Al Cronkrite
Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
Matthew 7:6
Beppe Severgnini, an Italian writer living in Washington, D.C, discussing his new book,
Ciao America! An Italian Discovers the U. S., compared American customs with Italian behavior. His jocular comments often contained an element of uncomfortable truth. One not often mentioned in United States was the interminable, gratuitous insertion of the F--- word in our motion pictures. In my early years that word was never mentioned in polite conversation nor was it used as an expletive. Its usage was confined to crude male discussions of sexual activity. Now Hollywood miscreants are inserting it in every other sentence and it is used frequently even in distaff circles.
Movies are not popular with Christians but when Hollywood can popularize degradation and make the sin of fornication look winsome and desirable the potential for deleterious manipulation is apparent.
Truth is not popular. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a fearless and gifted truth teller, spoke plainly at Harvard in 1978. There were no cheers and his warning fell on rebellious and unrepentant ears.
Read about this event here.
Now that Ron Paul has been banned from the networks it is a mute point, but it may have been fortunate that Ron Paul was excluded from one Fox debate. The debates did not help his candidacy. Juxtaposing town hall meetings might have been a better strategy.
His position in these debates is similar to the world’s relationship to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Like a flower in a cactus garden, Ron Paul is surrounded by five pathetic sycophants: one compromising Christian, one Mormon elected Governor of the most liberal state in the Union and three pagans - all refuse to discuss obeying their Constitutional oath, making them potential criminals. One law-abiding politician and five little Napoleons consumed by a quest for power with feet planted in the anarchic waters of their own personal opinions. They greet wisdom with snide smiles while cameras join in the conspiracy to make foolish what is good, right, and full of wisdom. The last word is reserved for excoriating Ron Paul. The leading Republican candidates for president are brain-washed adolescents who mock truth and snicker when it is expressed. Candidate McCain has a photogenic smirk that shows up well for the camera.
These debates are also a microcosm of
democracy in action. A sinful majority can overrule a righteous minority. Without immutable law all that is left is the tyranny of human opinion. Ron Paul’s adamant support for the Constitution is clearly showcased by the criminal potential of his fellow candidates – truth is mocked and evil is allowed to win but most U. S. Christians will not even notice.
It is almost impossible to find a way to pronounce righteousness that is acceptable to reprobates. The Biblical narrative clearly describes retaliation against the truth teller. Many Christians worship the Savior as if He was a secular winner. In worldly terms Jesus was a loser. His followers were attracted by miracles, His honesty was not fetching, and He was not physically attractive. “
He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hid their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.” As Jesus was dying on the Cross He was mocked by passersby who hurled abuse at Him, wagged their heads and challenged Him to save Himself.
Getting acquainted with the Devil is a process that begins with vibrant anticipation and ends with an exterminating depression. Pursuing the office of president with righteous intentions is an uphill battle. The Office has been in the hands of the forces of evil for most of our history. Those that successfully seek it make a pact with the Devil for “
all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,” giving Satan their allegiance and allowing him to manipulate their ambitions to conform to his dictates. Their election often depends on their use of evil advisors.
Read about advisors here.
The power to dispense propaganda, control public opinion and determine the selection of candidates for both major political parties
is in the hands of an elite cadre that controls our media. Ron Paul secured a few friendly interviews but he was usually ignored or portrayed as a marginal maverick with no chance to gain the nomination.
If the United States electorate properly understood the nature of truth, Ron Paul might have a chance. But, unfortunately Christians are naïve, improperly taught by their leaders, and easily manipulated by the Devil’s minions. Ambitious men like Mike Huckabee who are witty, pragmatic, and willing to exploit Christianity will garner most of the Evangelical vote.
The boogey man of Islamic aggression created by the government and fed by Christian heresy is a stumbling block for many Christians. They believe that poorly armed Middle Eastern Muslims are a viable threat to the United States. Their inordinate fear of the resentment and hate our own policies have helped foster makes them willing to murder Muslim men, women, and children to protect their own arrogance. In spite of the fact that the FBI does not agree with the government version of 9/11
(Read about it here.) they believe that 9/11 was the beginning of WWIII and are ready to promote a genocide.
Amy Chua has written a book entitled “
Day of Empire, How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and why they fall”. Ms. Chua is the daughter of Chinese immigrants, a
magna cu
m laude graduate from Harvard Law School, married to Jed Rubenfeld, also a
magna cu
m laude graduate of Harvard law School, both are law professors at Yale.
The book is easy to read and provides an excellent description of a handful of entities that have exerted sufficient power over their eras to be considered empires: the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, China’s Tang Dynasty, the Mongol Empire, the Dutch Empire, and the British Empire. In making the case for “tolerance” as a requisite for the growth of imperial power she documents the ability of all empire builders to support conquered cultures, meld them into the empire and provide hope and utility to their people.
Her rendition of early American history is more accurate than that of most Christian interpretations. She correctly points to the secular flavoring of our Constitution, the enlightenment of its authors, and the horde of heretical Christian settlers that arrived shortly after the Puritans, fracturing Christian continuity. With obvious disdain she tells of attempts by the Puritans to maintain a uniform Christian theology in their New England colony.
Professor Chua distinguishes between cultural diversity and tolerance, pointing out that many successful empires were cruel and tyrannical in enforcing obedience to their dictates but allowed captive people to conduct their own religions and their own affairs.
According to Ms. Chua the exclusivity of the orthodox Christian position clearly explained in the Bible is unacceptable in empires. There is an element of truth in her contentions. Tolerance and multiculturalism are quite different. Tolerance allows people with a variety of perspectives to work and contribute to the social order but does not necessarily allow them to disobey dictates of the conquering power. Tyranny and tolerance can and do co-exist. Chua falters in assuming that Christianity would be an exclusive religion administered by a messianic ruler and that the rule of a tolerant secular tyrant would be superior to King Jesus. Living under God’s legal system with fatherly family jurisdiction as the main form of government, magistrates, confined by the same Laws as their subjects, would protect the nation and dispense justice. Power would be diffused with God’s immutable Laws, providing the overarching authority and the ultimate in freedom and prosperity with a minimum of the anarchy of human opinion. Human tyranny is characterized by arbitrary rules and regulations while the Kingdom of Christ is governed by the same legal system now and forever.
Ron Paul is not perfect but his obedience to the Constitution would allow our nation to begin to turn back the tide of secular degradation that has overwhelmed us. He is the only candidate that does not support
an American Empire. Most of our voters are not aware that the War in Iraq has nothing to do with protecting our nation but is instead an element in the extension of the empire In spite of the fact it is clearly spelled out in the PNAC documents
(Read it here.), the subject is a mute issue in the debates.
Ron Paul’s little corner of truth and wisdom is surrounded by an antagonistic political system, a disagreeable and uncooperative media, an heretical religious order, a stupid electorate, and
invisible oligarchs who would
seek his life if he attempted to install his platform. As the swollen, impolite ego of diminutive George Stephanopoulos
predicted early on, he will not gain the nomination.
Willingness to become subjects in The Kingdom of God may not come until sin is full blown and the wretchedness of the human condition clearly apparent. Confidence in human initiatives is a characteristic of sin. It is a survivor that will continue to bring us chaos and tyranny until the people gain understanding.
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