Civil Commotion

‘Conviction for sin’ is, basically, self-loathing, and that’s what you should be aiming for:

To be convicted is to feel the sheer loathsomeness of sin. This happens when we’ve seen God’s beauty, His purity and holiness, and when we recognize that sin cannot dwell with Him (Psalm 5:4). When Isaiah stood in the presence of God, he was immediately overwhelmed by his own sinfulness: “Woe to me! . . . I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips . . . and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty” (Isaiah 6:5).

If you don’t know how putrid and loathsome you are, you don’t know how wonderful god is.

Have a nice day, don’t forget to tithe, and never forget: Y’all are no damn good.

It was 71-years ago today that Russian troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, and the Associated Press has published video from that day to YouTube.

Not for the squeamish.

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men

Mike Huckabee, whose campaign effectively ended when he scurried into that ridiculous group photo with Kim Davis, has just issued a campaign video that, honestly, actually exceeds Donald Trump for weird behavior.

It would do no harm to remember, by the way, that the primaries haven’t actually begun; the past several months have been just warm-up. Now that it’s serious, I think Trump is going to sustain a history-making ass-kicking. Yes, there really are a lot of stupid people who love the idea of a Trump presidency, or who just want to stick a finger in the eye of ‘the establishment,’ but they are nowhere near a majority of Americans or even a majority of those whose sympathies lie with the Republicans. This latest stunt, the petulance over Megyn Kelly, is the beginning of the end.

Never ever go long against the common sense and decency of the American people.

Who are prominent Southern Baptist pastors Jerry Falwell, Jr., and Robert Jeffress endorsing in the presidential campaign? The blowhard who …

• Says Carly Fiorina is too ugly to be president

• Can’t share a microphone with Megyn Kelly

• Falsely claimed to have seen Muslims in New York City celebrating the 9/11 attacks

• Called John McCain a loser for being taken prisoner in Vietnam

• Owns and operates casinos

• Still believes Barack Obama is not an American citizen

• Is also supported by well-known nitwit Sarah Palin

• Is Politifacts Liar of the Year

• Has gone bankrupt 4-times, leaving people who trusted him empty-handed and keeping piles of money for himself

• Wants to prohibit Muslims from entering the United States

• Claims he will make Mexico pay for a wall that keeps its citizens out of the United States

There is one good thing about the utter disintegration of the Republican Party into cartoony madness: Nobody with a functioning mind can fail to understand that this is the truth about the Evangelical Right and its intelligence and character.