What is wrong with America?

Political Science 320 is an endless source of writing material it seems! Today we talked about many of the problems that America faces and here were some of them...

- A Congress/Executive Branch (almost Unitary Executive)/Government that is "totally corrupt"

- People biased against government corruption

- Uninformed people who don't participate in government

- A population that cares more on sex scandals than on power-grabbing scandals (Again, Unitary Executive, or perhaps the NSA wiretapping..take your pick!)

- A population with a complete me mentality, me me me me me me

...and those were just a few.

So, I'm thinking on all of this and I'm like, wow, America kinda sucks (by that I mean Americans). In fact, people kinda suck too. Now, I don't want to come off as a negative doomsayer...but I don't think that I'm wrong. Let's take a look at Romans 3:10-18, take a good looooong look at it. It is pretty scathing, no? Pretty, condemning and harsh. You know, the part where is says things like, (v. 13)"Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.", or the part where it says, (v. 15-17)"15 Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery mark their ways, 17 and the way of peace they do not know." Well, if this is a description of people without God, that is, without a relationship with Jesus Christ, and we know that "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:14), then should we be surprised at the condition of America? Now some would say, "Well, this is a Christian nation Uncle~Blogs!"; to this I would reply, "You know, I'm really not sure of that, that it is or is not a "Christian Nation" (A nation full of Christians) but I do know that the gate is narrow, as is the road, and few find it, even in America."

So if much is wrong with America, due to the people not knowing God through Christ, then what should be our response? Well, when America is doing bad, you usually see patriots act to help out, right? Then perhaps we need to be patriots....Heavenly patriots! Someone who is a patriot of the Kingdom of Heaven. Dictionary.com defines a patriot as: a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. Wow, pretty sweet! If I loved, supported and defended my country and its interests with devotion (profound dedication; consecration-also Dictionary.com) I'd bet I'd see some sweet change! Esp. when one considers our Leader as being Loving, Just, Merciful, Gracious, and All-Knowing (worth voting for I'd say) then that is a Leader I'd work for.

Now if I must make a critism of Christians then it is this: I think some Christians can be so caught up in our earthly government that they don't think enough of our Heavenly Government. Am I saying that Christians should be involved in politics? By no means! I am simply saying that God deserves (and commands) our worship, therefore coming first in our life and at times I think some Christians put too much emphasis on our earthly government over our Heavenly one. Am I singling anyone out? No, not personally, but decide for yourself if you are, and if this is right and if this is honoring to God.

What are your thoughts...?


P.S. The idea of the Unitary Executive, listed above as a problem, is the idea that the Executive Branch of the government is basically above the other two branches and that it can act above the law under certain circumstances....a problem for our Seperation of Powers and our Checks and Balances and a serious threat to Civil Liberties.