http://www.jonparksblog.com/2006/05/26/when-my-people/ Looking for God in the Ordinary Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:32:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.jonparksblog.com/2006/05/26/when-my-people/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Anonymous Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:00 +0000 http://notesfromjon.the-parks-family.net/2006/05/26/when-my-people/#comment-14 WOW! For the past year, my co-workers and I have been having a debate, "Does God want America or does He want the individual's within American - or any country?" It dismays me how often the answer is America - as if God somehow cares more for America, and be default, Americans than any other people. That because it was "founded for God" nevermind at enormous expense to the native people already living here, we are somehow consecrated and special. I don't really need a President that can quote scripture, never mind that he replaces the word Jesus with the word America and that we all know that you-know-who can quote scripture. I want a President that will live it, with compassion and love for all human beings. WOW! For the past year, my co-workers and I have been having a debate, “Does God want America or does He want the individual’s within American – or any country?” It dismays me how often the answer is America – as if God somehow cares more for America, and be default, Americans than any other people. That because it was “founded for God” nevermind at enormous expense to the native people already living here, we are somehow consecrated and special. I don’t really need a President that can quote scripture, never mind that he replaces the word Jesus with the word America and that we all know that you-know-who can quote scripture. I want a President that will live it, with compassion and love for all human beings.

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