Monday; May 14

         Recently, I was reading about the 1824 United States presidential election in biography of a Henry Clay written by David and Jeanne Heidler.  As the Heidlers analyzed the politics of the day they made an interesting comment about the shenanigans of Thurlow Weed, a politician from New York.  According to the Heidlers “Weed intuitively knew that in politics the audacious lie is always the best one.”.  As I read this statement I couldn’t help but wonder if it had been written about modern politics, but I got to thinking about how far-reaching this statement can be in every aspects of our lives – especially spiritually.  When it comes to the disagreement between God-fearers and those who don’t believe in God, the debate is not waged by arguing the finer points of things like religion and science.  There is such a large gap between the two camps that one side or the other is telling an audacious lie.  Sure, we might be able to disagree about the nuances of moral or ethical standards, but when it comes to the major issue we are miles apart.  There is no minutia to be discussed when we get to the heart of the matter:  either there is or isn’t a Living God who either did or did not create the heavens and the earth! 
As you might expect I believe that there is a God who formed the earth and continues to be active and alive today.  I also believe that we should all be good neighbors and respect each other as human beings,  yet we must be able to define and defend our basic beliefs and accept the fact that there is a huge chasm that separates us.  In the end, one camp will be right and the other will be wrong.  We have to make a decision on which side we will plant our flag (and do so with conviction) because we are wagering our eternity.  How convinced are we about our belief in God?  If non-believers are correct, once we die we merely return to the mother earth ... but, if believers are correct, our eternal destiny is dependent upon where we place our faith. 
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