My Life, The Contradiction

President Obama speaks of maintaining our, whoever our is, "fundamental values" when dealing with the AIG fiasco/scandal, yet when it comes to the repeal on the use of new embryonic stem cell lines, he say that we have "liberated" science...and I thought it was LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And even if happiness means money, it is supposed to be in third place, behind life and liberty. But what do I know?

While on Obama, here's the quote made while campaigning and trying to appear moderate," While abortion is a sensitive and often divisive issue, no matter what our views, we are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make." Then after his glorious election, came The Mexico City Policy which increases abortions worldwide. Then the Prevention Act, which would FORCE hospitals receiving federal money to perform abortions. Then The Stem Cell research repeal, which saddens me too much to type today. Even though his initial words are deceptive, yet revealing of an agenda, they still remain a contradiction to those who trusted him.

Peter Singer of Princeton University openly advocates infanticide, euthanasia, and 4th quarter abortions, which is aborting an already born child up to the age of 28 days old. Singer also is a major believer in animal rights, saying that humans should be removed from the top of the species list; and that most animals should have more rights than humans, due to evolutionary processes.

Richard Dawkins, one of the most renowned atheists, believes that there is a god and calls himself a "cultural christian".

Women's libbers who support "any female running for office" so that equality may be reached and justice achieved, then turn and crucify Sarah Palin for her religious views.

We see contradictions in people's words and actions everywhere we look. Seldom do we see people back up their words with their actions. We are often disappointed and outraged at the insincerity and apathetic apologies of those in our government and on the news channels. We like our neighbors and most of those around us, but we know when push comes to shove, that talk is cheap and trust is difficult to place where contradictions occur.

Many of us blame those around us for this state of distrust and contradictions. Most of us are quick to fault others for not backing up their words with their actions. But how many of us look at ourselves and our own actions, then use the same scale of judgement on ourselves as we do others?

It is easy to criticise legislators, celebrities, and neighbors. But how often do we breed contradictions in our own lives?

How often do we tell our children that they are the most important thing in our life, then we tell them to go find something else to do while we watch the ballgame or work on a business account for work? How often do we tell people that we love them and appreciate all that they have done for us, yet we place them way down on the list of our priorities? How many times do we tell someone, "Let's do lunch", only to find that years have passed and friendships have decayed?

We desire nicer things in life, but we don't tend to what is already in our possession. We hope for greener yards without planting grass seed. We want a higher position at work, but less responsibility and effort. Many of us desire for our children to live better than we do, yet we save only a few pennies to help them do so.

We want things one way, then we vote for things to go the other way.

Most importantly, as Christians, we are to imitate Christ. But the only imitations we have is our wives fur and jewelry. We claim Jesus to be Lord, but we follow our own desires and give in to our own personal thoughts and philosophies. We follow God when we need or want something and keep the Holy Spirit in a "break in case of emergency only" type of glass box.

We don't walk the walk, but we talk the talk. And as we try to look around us, we realize that our heads are in the sand. And we wonder why so few come by the way of the Cross anymore.