tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4188327536687948050..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Unless we believe it. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-387331181230068982020-05-09T12:12:36.823-05:002020-05-09T12:12:36.823-05:00"It is clear that much of our government and ...<i>"It is clear that much of our government and those outside the household of the faith consider church non-essential and worship merely an optional social gathering."</i> <br /><br />Sigh.... Again to clarify, <b>We the People ARE the government.</b> The U.S. Constitution notes in its Preamble that it was ordained and established by We the People to, among other things, secure the rights of life and liberty. The Bill of Rights recognizes (NOT bestows) those [<i>endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable</i>] rights of life and liberty.<br /><br />According to our Constitution, the elected and appointed (especially state and local) representatives in our <i>form of government</i> do not have the authority to arbitrarily change the Constitution on their own or to replace our Constitutionally-recognized <b>rights</b> with limited <i>permissions</i> during the ChiCom plandemic. These kakistocratic representatives do not have the authority to declare our First Amendment rights to be banned as "non-essential business."<br /><br />Not only should we use lawsuits to overturn such abuse of our rights, but we (particularly Christians) need to demand that subverters and betrayers of the Constitutionally-recognized rights of U.S. citizens be indicted and tried in courts of justice for such crimes.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-90168607313241598342020-05-09T07:39:55.398-05:002020-05-09T07:39:55.398-05:00I suppose there is some truth in your observations...I suppose there is some truth in your observations, however, I personally have not seen evidence that the government considers church non essential. I believe the social distancing rules are a temporary situation to avoid spreading the virus. If the government allowed stadiums and concerts to open, but kept churches closed, than we would have a strong case. Many political leaders who are Republicans are very religious people and support the churches, I believe fewer hard core Democrats are interested in the fate of the Christian churches, since this political party promotes abortion, same gender marriages, and state control. American Democrats would gladly undermine the church because some conservative ones are opposed to their values, Only a progressive worldly Christianity is acceptable to the Democrats.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com