Originally posted by josephw
I agree with that as it is practiced at ground level. When an individual enters into politics as a representative of the people that voted him or her into office they hold the power of that office to enact into law the will of the people for whom they represent.
Ideally. But human nature being what it is all to often those that seek political office have ...[text shortened]... l demise of all that's good and right for the sake of the few and what they think freedom means.
Recorded human history is abysmal in terms of man's inhumanity to man.
It shows that mankind is not designed to rule over his fellow man. It also reminds me of how God set up the nation of Israel with just a few judges to keep the peace and no king.
Of course, the people of Israel had to give in to peer pressure and wanted to be like all the other nations and demanded a king. God then warned them but they would not relent, so he gave them what they demanded. This led to a spiral downward for the nation of Israel until they had completely lost their nation and wound up as slaves elsewhere.
It shows that the Bible is right regarding the corruption of the nature of mankind and the eventual demise of our current systems.
Of course, those not of faith put all their hope in government and ignore recorded history and try to sell us on the notion that it will work this time. They then try to claim that the nature of man is just fine and point to ancient man that is not recorded in history as being peace loving and later corrupted by whatever they think is wrong with the world today.
Luckily for them, none of it is recorded.
I suppose everyone demands hope of some kind.