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Ironically, you deny human agency in choosing a president but use a great deal of human agency to vilify those who oppose Trump. You are spending a lot of energy denigrating the presidency of Biden, who according to your perspective must have been duly ordained by God.If God wants trump in the White House again ----nothing will stop it -----![]()
God is no more responsible for the election of Trump or any other presidents than God is responsible for the occurrence of cancer, school shootings, or natural disasters. Every event, including the election of a president, is the result of many factors rather than just one, whether divine or human.
To assume the divine election of presidents encourages passivity and obedience and suggests that God has already decided the outcome so why bother to get involved, except ironically to increase our power or wealth! Like the literal doctrine of the second coming, the divine ordination of rulers robs us of agency, when we need it most.
“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.” This has to be seen in light of the whole library of scripture, including the critiques of governments by the prophets and the critique of Roman rulers found throughout Revelation.
Theologically, the divine ordination of rulers is often identified in practice with the status quo, authoritarianism, persecution of opponents, and absolution of any evil committed by political leaders. It places the present and future in God’s hands entirely, discouraging prophetic critique, political challenge, and higher aspirations toward a “more perfect” union.
The multi-factorial approach to divine-human relationships encourages, in contrast, acceptance of diverse positions, political challenge, and give and take between differing parties, based on the realities of human limitation and the diversity in how persons respond to God’s call. A multi-factorial approach to divine-human relationships and causation is more conducive to tolerance and democracy than the coercive, deterministic, authoritarian vision of God.
I am content knowing that God has not chosen the next president or predecessor. This means that I can work with God to seek a more perfect union, advocate for public policies that reflect my understanding of God’s vision in a pluralistic society, and recognize even as advocate for particular candidates and policies that I “see in mirror dimly” and, accordingly, must not conflate my vision with God’s but always aspire for more wisdom, compassion, and insight.
OH DEAR !---Same old stuff ----you really need to get a new line ---this one is very old ---you like to
Repeat --Repeat and Repeat---same old things --
She wouldn't need to repeat it over and over, if you could simply answer her simple, straightforward question.
Ironically, you deny human agency in choosing a president but use a great deal of human agency to vilify those who oppose Trump. You are spending a lot of energy denigrating the presidency of Biden, who according to your perspective must have been duly ordained by God.
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“Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”
In The End of the Innocence (referring to Reagan at the time). So even then, there was a recognition that the President was basically an elected monarch in some respects. And from things I have read, that was kind of the intent, the executive power of a monarch but balanced by the other two branches and with some limits. That's where the whole power to pardon came from, which was a traditional right of European monarchs.They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
He always has, IIRC. He can't declare war without Congress but once a war is declared, using nukes is an executive and military, not legislative, decision. And, of course, the Iraq and Afghan campaigns were never declared as wars so who knows how far that carries even absent this decision?Does a president now have complete control of the nuclear button, without consulting with his elected officials?
And shooting people at the borders? (Geesh my mind is working on a deranged level.)Back in the eighties, Don Henley included the lines:
In The End of the Innocence (referring to Reagan at the time). So even then, there was a recognition that the President was basically an elected monarch in some respects. And from things I have read, that was kind of the intent, the executive power of a monarch but balanced by the other two branches and with some limits. That's where the whole power to pardon came from, which was a traditional right of European monarchs.
He always has, IIRC. He can't declare war without Congress but once a war is declared, using nukes is an executive and military, not legislative, decision. And, of course, the Iraq and Afghan campaigns were never declared as wars so who knows how far that carries even absent this decision?
Nothing, or technically should be nothing, to do with the President. Homeland Security should have governing legislation that defines the border guards' powers but not sure how that looks in practice. If they are considered law enforcement, then they likely have the authority to use force but with similar limits to police.And shooting people at the borders? (Geesh my mind is working on a deranged level.)
Hope so.Nothing, or technically should be nothing, to do with the President. Homeland Security should have governing legislation that defines the border guards' powers but not sure how that looks in practice. If they are considered law enforcement, then they likely have the authority to use force but with similar limits to police.