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A Nation of Fools
A friend sent a quote from Europe that should give us much to think about as American Christians. How much of our time and effort is caught up in working on a presidential race and looking at who gets elected to that office, rather than ministering to the people who actually cast ballots in these elections? Let me know what you think!
I am told that this quote came from the Czech Republic. It was translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungon
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president.”
Whoever wrote this obviously had spent a good deal of time studying the Book of Proverbs!
In the Lamb,
John
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John,
You may be interested to know that no such newspaper seems to exist.
It is not a proverb, but I try to check these emails out because I heard something about “bearing false witness” in my readings of scripture.
Seems that it is somewhat important to the reputation of the church.
Thank you for your time
Bill
Bill,
I think I was pretty straight forward about the fact that I could not verify the quote nor identify the author: It might be from some American who does not want to be identified.
What are your thoughts on the quote itself?
In the Lamb,
John
If I may -
I don’t know if the quote is supposed to be a reference to a proverb or whatever, but I do AGREE whole heartedly with the substance of the quote wherever it came from.
And to Bill – Newspapers are no longer strictly “paper print”. Welcome to the internet age. ref: http://www.pragerzeitung.cz/
If you consider the facts about the status of this countries economy along with the direction (or lack there of) Obama is taking us and his standing in the polls, you have to agree with the quote whoever it came from.
JMO
Gary
Approximately 50% of the people who can pay taxes, don’t, but they can still vote.
People who are paying taxes ae allowing themselves to be discriminated against by people who don’t pay taxes. If a person isn’t paying taxes are they going to vote for someone saying fiscal or personal responsibility, or are they going to vote for someone like themselves? There is a reason why most crime is committed in impoverished area and that is most people make bad choices, the problem is, they are inflicting their bad choices upon the rest of us.
Whoever wrote that editorial that we have become a nation of fools was spot on.
Could you please and STOP and THINK. Do you realize that in Czech Republic they speak Czech? Do you have any logical explanation why would they print official newspapers in German? Maybe you think that we are in 1912 again, no? I am just sick and tired of people posting this nonsense. This article does not represent any major newspapers! It is just long blaaaa and uneducated people will think “Oh, that was in newspapers, so that must be the truth!” Really? You want to post something, post your opinion!!!!
Lada,
Perhaps you will do what Bill did not, and give us your thoughts on the opinion expressed no matter what the true source was?
John
I think there are plenty of intelligent, reasonable people who think the Republicans suffer from some form of mental illness. Posting quotes from mythical newspapers only helps reinforce that view.
To call everyone who refused to back Mitt Romney and his fluid ethics a “fool” is just demeaning half the country. Such divisiveness isn’t going to encourage anyone to listen to your views.
Politics is and always has been about compromise. Not just in America, but throughout the world, throughout human civilization. If the Republicans keep sending people to Washington who refuse to compromise, our government will only decay further as both sides entrench themselves. Are you rooting for a civil war? I personally would like to preserve the union.
Mike,
As I said above, you need to be familiar with the Book of Proverbs to understand the reference to fools. It has little to do with whether someone could or could not support Mr. Romney. Many could not get past his idolatry, which is another entire discussion.
However, I would like you to think about you statement about compromise: IF as you say the Republicans have only sent people to Washington who won’t compromise, then where have all these compromises come from?
We now have $16 trillion in debt on the way to $20 trillion in short order JUST from the budget deficits. Would a proper compromise be to only let it rise to $18 trillion? If the Republicans agreed to that today, they would just be called obstructionists when the $18 trillion level was reached in a few years and the said that a deal was a deal.
John
You’re right. There was plenty of compromise in DC until the advent of the Tea Party (ultra-conservatives in the guise of the common man). Since then, and politicians being what they are, there has been very little compromise on the largest and most important issues.
Fears over federal debt have been blown way out of proportion, particular by the Tea Party set.
As someone who has been around for a while, you know that as well as I do.
And by the way, allusion to Proverbs or not, the effect is still the same.
Mike,
So, are you looking to Europe as your ‘hope’ that our kind of deficits are not a problem in the long term?
John