Robert Jackson's American Art
  • AMERICA
    • " What a Moment it Was "
    • " A Christian Nation "
    • " The Crystal Night "
    • World War II
    • ABOUT
  • NOVELS
  • ESSAYS
    • Jackson on QUORA
    • From QUORA
  • POETRY
  • ART
    • CARTOONING
    • DRAWINGS
    • PAINTINGS
    • GRAPHICS
    • MURALS
    • PORTRAITS
    • WOODBURNINGS
    • Christian Art
    • Western Art
    • Philippine Islands
    • Gallery
  • BLOG
  • Websites
    • ROBERT JACKSON, Writer
    • LITERARY LEAVES
    • American Art Archive

WHILE CATHOLIC I RESPECT THESE LEADERS FROM OTHER FAITHS

3/18/2016

0 Comments

 
I wrote these comments after seeing the YouTube video at this link: David Jeremiah, Charismatics, Rabbi Anoint Donald Trump. You might view it first or after reading this short essay. It will open in a new window allowing viewing of both.

I disagree with the negative text comments introducing this video. I am Catholic but respect these religious leaders from other faith organizations. One can disagree with religious belief, but should not ridicule others beliefs.  One can with honor criticize the violent religions that assault others in this more enlightened era in which we now live.I disagree with the negative characterization of the original posting individual. I shared this to show that Trump and these people were relating with each other. They should be able, to some degree, to recognize disingenuousness coming from the candidate.

I believe he has some record of church. He is getting perhaps an unfair level of scrutiny and criticism on the point. We are, after all, not electing a religious leader.

What is actually happening, of course, is that many people of faith saw a chance at a presumably very Christian president and now see it possibly slipping away. Some, perhaps the stronger, are handling it reasonably well; the average, yet good folks, are forgetting their manners a bit; still others are throwing hissy-fits, coming unglued, throwing tantrums, and such. It just shows that being Christian does not mean perfection as all people are flawed (according to our own Christian beliefs).

The sad part is that many do not understand how the system works, has to work until someone figures out something better; and I'm not sure that is possible. They are willing to put the nation at risk for pettiness, pride, selfishness, their concept of being principled (not necessarily accurate), and ideologies that can never totally function in the real world full of diverse peoples. My gosh, the various Early American Colonies, based upon religious principles and containing citizens of the same faith background, could not always get along. For various reasons, none survive today.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    • Author of The Winding Thread which includes two interconnected historical series:  Sunny of the Old Southwest,    a very moving & dramatic historical fiction series that centers around the life of a Navajo woman living within white society and Magandang Pilipinas, set in the Philippines in 1897-1908 and tells of relationships between Filipinos and Americans.
    • Author also of a slightly dystopian novel concerning the struggles against socialism in America  The Mountains, the Rivers, and the Plains.

    Archives

    February 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    January 2017
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    October 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.