Beware of politics...

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6.18.18


Matthew 15.
5 And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the [f]leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
What is the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

It is the belief that the way to properly improve the world is through religion and politics regardless of the lying that is necessary.  The Pharisees believed in the Resurrection and life after death.  The Sadducees did not.  They both tried to mix their religion and politics to gain a victory with power and money.  Jesus told his disciples to “watch out and beware”.  Why?  Because religious people whether they are from the “Left” or the “Right” will try to use improper “means” to reach supposedly proper “ends”.  The proper thing is that the "means" justify the "ends."

It is quite common to allow a variety of people types to come to large celebration.  Some will advise to allow all elements to participate.  The extremes participate and then they become the growing element of the party and soon take over the party and the party is ruined by this violent extreme group.  This has happened to high school parties and college parties and the extreme and drunk and drug part of the party ruins the party for everyone and the police must be called. 

Beware of the leaven of the ……

Peter Wehner,  a Republican thought leader was on one  of the news channels this morning explaining the difference between political “spin” and George Orwell, Animal Farm, “all people are equal, but some are equaler”, political black lies.  
 
He is sounding an alarm right now to the Republican party.

He also wrote:
"it is fair to say that there existed in the Republican Party repulsive elements, people who were attracted to racial and ethnic politics and moved by resentment and intolerance rather than a vision of the good. This group was larger than I ever imagined, and at important moments the Republican Party either overlooked them or played to them. Some may have been hoping to appeal to these elements while also containing and moderating them, to sand off the rough edges, to keep them within the coalition but not allow them to become dominant. But the opposite happened. The party guests took over the party."

Beware the leaven of …..

Larry Wishard
6.18.18

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