Divine Algebra Eventually Demands Balance

Rosh Hashanah is upon us, to be followed immediately by eight days of introspection, which are themselves followed by Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.

Funny, how our future as a nation is being determined at this time.

Aaron directed me to a video you might find interesting. It features a bit of Jewish Rosh Hashanah liturgy. The idea is this: God reviews mankind at this time. And He decides what kind of year each of us should have.

Is this a good time for America to receive an evaluation? We abort hundreds of thousands of babies each year. We are selling Israel, piece by piece, to a mob of murdering liars who couldn’t keep their promises even if they wanted to. We are trying to force young girls to be vaccinated for VD, on the assumption that they will have sex in high school. We have decided that self-adoration is a virtue, which is the precise opposite of the Bible’s take. We actually teach it in schools! We teach it to prison inmates, whose brainless, unconditional, doting self-love is what landed them in the klink to begin with!

There are a lot of good things to point to. Privately, American Christians (and some Jews) provide a great deal of support for Israel and Jewry, with no concessions required. Many millions of Americans have humble, faithful relationships with God, in a time when such relationships are social and financial liabilities. A lot of Americans are horrified by our popular culture and our political sins. Many Americans help the poor and support good ministries. Rosh Hashanah is a period of repentance–a week of tshuvah, or returning to God–and many Americans are fortunate enough to enter that period while actively engaged in repentance.

As for the world in general, I am not hopeful. Leftist sentiment the world over is increasingly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian, and we are seeing things which, if they are not warnings, certainly seem like warnings. Burma has a policy of eradicating Christianity, and about twenty Jews live there, and look what happened. Haiti mingles Catholicism and demon worship, and it was hit by three major storms this year, in a period of a few weeks. Kim Jong-Il the atheist Nuclear Nork is dying, and we have no idea what kind of nut will replace him. An anti-Semitic communist maniac controls Venezuela and is helping the Russians start a new Cold War. Financial markets all over the world are parked on the edge of a cliff. And no one seems to see it as a religious issue.

I feel like we’re being offered a choice, here in the US. On the one hand, maturity, experience, time-tested ideas, and faith in God. On the other, an MTV messiah with no experience, discredited 1960s ideas, a tendency to self-worship, a thin skin, proven hostility to Caucasians, and a crush on Karl Marx. I don’t say we have a perfect candidate, but it’s a clear choice: the wisdom and morality of the old, versus the empty flash and arrogant stupidity of the young.

In an instant message, I told Aaron, “Humanity is being weighed, I think. Obama is the blue pill.” If we can elect this dilettante after the socialist ideas of his economic advisers destroyed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we deserve whatever we get, because we are too stupid to know what to do with prosperity.

God is up there. He’s as real as you are. I know. He proves Himself to people all the time. And what we do matters. Some punishments and rewards are for the afterlife, but others are for the here and now. And when God is on your case, there is nobody who can help you.

Most Americans don’t save significant amounts of money. Thank you for the myth of Social Security, politicians. It freed us from the desire to prepare for hard times. If we are judged economically and people lose their jobs, look for bread lines to start forming in one month. Then look for hoboes, begging for food and sleeping in your yard. Expect to have to keep a loaded gun by your side.

Here’s what I think. If you believe, as I do, that our nation is in danger of judgment, try to avoid that judgment, in your own right. God doesn’t always paint with a broad brush. Some people are always spared.

We need a second bailout, and not the kind that comes from Man. That’s my opinion. Even if I’m wrong, correcting your own life is still the right choice, and you will be rewarded.