Theocentric Musings

  We have long benefited from freedom of religion, in fact freedom of many things as Christians in this country.   When the church then goes above and beyond to take away, or oppress freedoms from other peoples they are really treading on a slippery slope from being sons to being dictators.   From Christlikeness to darkness.   Christ provides freedom. Even freedom to make foolish choices, as well as a freedom from foolish choices.   Darkness provides oppression. Darkness forces it's way into your choices, and imprisons you to them.   We cannot take attributes of darkness and cover them in sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows, and then call it good.   That's not the gospel, it is not the way of Jesus, and it never was.

Why haven't I gotten involved in the Hobby Lobby debacle? Well, I support their position, but at the same time it's hard for me to overlook how dogged they are pursuing this but that same determination isn't used in who they do business with. This has been the roadblock for me since this all began, I just have remained silent about it, maybe I shouldn't have. What I mean is that they have inves ted a great amount of money, with their purchasing of the products they sell, into the economy of a country with shoddy religious freedom records, employee safety records, and which forces abortion on it's citizens. The same things they are so vocally against to the point of expending even more money in a legal battle, money they have by selling these products, and reinvested back into purchasing more of them. I wish they would put the same dogged determination into purchasing products from better sources, or invest money into manufacturing in the United States. In short, ...