Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Figure

My Father taught me a saying that he learned from his father. "Figures don't lie, but liars figure."

Polls are almost daily cited in media sources to make one point or another. Rarely to these polls reflect the truth. Questions are asked and the answers are twisted in a way to try to point to a conclusion the is simply untrue.

Today on the Time Magazine website I read an article about the movement in Colorado that is proposing a recognition of personhood for human embryos from the point of fertilization.

Toward the end of the article the author stated...

"Nationally, pro-choice sentiments appear to remain predominant. The Center for Reproductive Rights in October released a poll results indicating that a majority of voters don't support government interference with "medically necessary procedures prescribed by health care professionals."

Have you ever seen an abortion protester with a sign that said "We are opposed to "medically necessary procedures prescribed by health care professionals."

That is not the pro-life message. Pro-lifers are in favor of removing a bad appendix or a tumor if it is medically necessary.

We are very much against killing and unborn child because he complicates your life.

There is NEVER a time when it is "medically necessary" to destroy or dismember an unborn child.

Thou Shall Not Covet! Thou Shall Not Steal!

Most of us recognize these commandments as part of the ten laws that God wrote in stone and Moses presented to the nation of Israel.
With these commandments God firmly confirmed that the the right of personal property is a fundamental right that is to be protected by the government.

The government only has a few proper functions. A good government should protect the rights of it people with military, police, etc. The government also needs to provide shared infrastructure (roads, highways, bridges, etc) for the common good of it's citizens.
This is why we are to pay taxes... to support these just functions.

Jesus told us to help the poor, but Jesus never advocated forcibly taking money from one person and giving it to another. It was Robin Hood, not the Son of God, who advocated that immoral philosophy. When government takes even one dollar from one person simply to give it to another... it is stealing.

When we make a personal choice to give money to the poor, it is love in action, charity.
But when you steal someone else's money to “do good”, it is not charity, it is theft.

What motivates citizens to advocate for the government to take money from Peter to give it to Paul? What motivates them to believe that the wealthy should pay a higher percentage tax they they themselves should pay? Envy!

They covet what belongs to those better off financially and want some for themselves.
When people begin to depend on the money taken from others, they begin to believe that somehow this money is owed to them. It is common for welfare receivers to refer to their check as their “paycheck” as though they had actually earned it.

In any free nation, the rich will always be in the minority. In a democratic society where the less wealthy are in the majority, the temptation of the less wealthy majority will be to steal from the more wealthy minority... and they will if they can get away with it.

The coveting of what belongs to others easily moves to the theft of what belongs to others. The only additional ingredient needed is opportunity.

Politicians feed this covetousness by promising to give them stuff if only these people will vote for them. The politicians promise to give them money and prizes that don't belong to the politicians. They buy the votes with stolen money.

As a result the whole political system is driven by appealing to the sin nature of man, rather than the desire to govern justly.

It is bad enough that non-Christians support the Robin Hood philosophy of government, but today many Christians are also both advocating and voting for the same thing.
The “Faith Based Initiative” was offered to churches and other Christian ministries to tempt them to partake in the evil of stealing from others. Sadly, many of them thought it was a great idea.

Many Christians these days are displaying WWJD hats, shirts, jewelry and bumper stickers. They ask, “What would Jesus do?”, but they ask in ignorance because they've not taken the time to learn what Jesus actually did say and do.

Thou shall not covet and thou shall not steal were Jesus' commandments.
He thought these words were important enough to write them in stone!

A Bully Pulpit Needs A Preacher

President Teddy Roosevelt recognized what he called the "bully pulpit" of the presidency. The is one of the most significant powers that a President has. It gives the president a huge opportunity to persuade, to influence the hearts and minds of the people of this country.

Bill Clinton said "Abortion should be legal but rare." Yet, in eight years in the White House, he refused to use the bully pulpit to help save one life."

George W. Bush said "America is not ready yet. The hearts and minds need to be changed". Yet in his two terms in office he has refused to use the bully pulpit to persuade anyone not to have an abortion or persuade one doctor not to do an abortion or one legislator to write a constitutional amendment to protect life. He couldn't even persuade his own wife, his daughters or his mother to advocate protecting the unborn.

In the recent debate on Truthtalklive there was the question of which candidate would kill more kids. A better question would be... "Under 8 years of Hillary or Rudy, will either candidate save even one unborn baby?"

What almost every Democrat and Republican presidential candidate now has in common is the fact that they too will never use the bully pulpit to fight the fight for the unborn.

As sincere as Mike Huckabee may be in his position, as a governor his pro-life role has been mostly passive in his pro-life position...besides in almost every other position he's a liberal.

Alan Keyes in the ONLY candidate who will use the bully pulpit the fight the fight for the unborn as long as he has access to the pulpit.

If Rudy Giuliani gets into the White House as a Republican, the the pro-life wing of the Republican Party is dead and the influence the pro-lifers had on the Republican Party will be gone... maybe forever.

The reason why there has been a pro-life plank in the Republican platform is because up until recently many secular Republicans believe that it's been what's needed to get the support of the Christian right.
If they can get the vote support of the Christian right without having to be pro-life, they can then move to be an openly pro-choice party.

A bully pulpit is a terrible thing to waste. Let's vote to use it!

Romans 10:14

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

I Was Pro-life Before I Was Pro-choice... or Was It Pro-choice Before I Was Pro-life...?

So Mitt Romney is now saying he is Pro-life? Has he checked his notes to make sure? Not only is he now claiming to be pro-life, but he now says he has always been personally Pro-life! What does that even mean?

Who was that guy who looked and sounded like Romney who has been promoting the legalized murder of pre-born babies for years? Was this an alien life form inhabiting his body? I know that Dennis Kucinich claims to have had alien contact, but is this now also the claim of Romney? In 2002 he was clear on his pro-choice position... except his opponent in debate accused him of being multiple choice.

In October 2004 he re-affirmed this position in a debate with Ted Kennedy.

November 9, 2004 - The day of his claimed epiphany where he later claimed to have changed his mind and became pro-life. On Feb, 7, 2007 Washington Post reports Romney's abortion epiphany took place on Nov. 9, 2004 in a meeting with Harvard researcher Douglas Melvin concerning embryonic stem cell research... but Melvin says Romney is lying about their conversation.

On May 25, 2005 The Boston Globe wrote an article that Romney was hinting at a change in position.... and suggesting that a move in position was positioning himself for a 2008 Presidential run.

Two days later on May 27, 2005 this video catches him saying he supports no change in the status quo for abortions in MA.

On March 15, 2007 on Larry King, he discussed his new pro-choice state by state postion... claiming he has always been personally pro-life.

In August 2007 claimed being pro-choice state by state... he skillfully double talked to avoid being pinned down on the contradiction that he had recently claimed to support a pro-life amendment.

Romney says enough of the right pro-life sounding phrases to convince gullible Christians to vote for him, but he is careful not to totally scare away pro-aborts.
Mitt Romney is willing to say whatever he thinks he needs to say to get elected.

Should a good temple Morman lie? What would Joseph Smith say?

Oops, I forgot... he was a liar and a con man too!

John 8:32

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Please Lie To Me!

Even though the 2008 elections are still over a year away, the political wars have begun. In every war there are casualties. In the political wars, truth is almost always the first to fall.

In the Republican party most of the candidates seem more prepared for Halloween than the Presidency of the United States. Each one is wearing his “I'm the real conservative” costume, even though the costume is ill fitted at best, and tearing at the seems at worst.

Lying is common for politicians and we've come to expect it. Now it seems like we not only expect it, we let them get away with it and sometimes we actually desire it. The Christian pro-life right is especially guilty of this. Candidates who have supported legal abortion their entire careers need only say “I'm pro-life” and most of the Christians will just take his word for it. Never mind that the candidate has never done one thing to advocate the saving of even one innocent pre-born baby. Why are these Christians so easily swayed away from the truth?

Sometimes we are just naïve, wanting to give the guy the guy the benefit of the doubt, but often it is lack of effort to seek the truth. Some actually want to be lied to so that they can justify (to man) voting for a bad candidate who they think can win.

If we are going to vote, we must only vote responsibly, because we are responsible for our vote.

A naïve voter is not a responsible one... neither is a voter who won't seek or see the truth.

Matthew 10

16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Guilt Is Not Diluted By Numbers

We've been hearing about recent water shortages in the south as a result of drought conditions. We all understand that if you have a limited amount of water and a lot of people, the amount of water for each person is reduced.

Guilt, on the other hand is abundant in supply and can be shared without ever becoming diluted.
If one man murders another, the murder is 100% guilty. Yet if a mob of twenty murders a man, each one of twenty is 100% guilty of murder.

When planes were flown into the twin towers by Al Qaeda members, guilt was not limited to the terrorists on the plane, but was properly distributed to all members of Al Qaeda. This is true because all members of a terrorist group are part of the conspiracy to murder. Even a file clerk for Al Qaeda is 100% guilty of every murder committed by them.

According to the current polls, many pro-life Christians are saying they will support Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson. Giuliani has been an ardent supporter of abortion. He supported it with his own donations to Planned Parenthood. He supported it by advocating tax payer funding for abortions and for supporting even the the most grotesque partial birth abortions.
While claiming pro-life status, Romney and Thompson have both been against laws that would actually be against abortion.

When government officials advocate the freedom to murder the unborn, they are part of the conspiracy to murder the unborn.
They are 100% guilty of murder. Not just the murder of one, but the mass murder of millions.

If you say you are against abortion but are willing to endorse one of these candidates with your vote, you will have joined the conspiracy to murder and there will be plenty of guilt left for you.

You will be 100% guilty.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.