And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, It’s been nearly two years. It is high time that Therump’s people stop using Hillary to excuse their continued support of the current scoundrel-in-chief. Hillary isn’t president. She’s history. He is the present. He is the Emperor President. Today, I simply provide a healthy dose of reality and truth. There is simply no mistaking Caligula for what he is. He is, as I have written recently, an infidel. Of course, by naming the man, “Caligula,” I have been saying just this since his shameful election in 2016. If “infidel” seems too strong, please consider the following. In teaching his people, King Benjamin warned, “And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them” (Mosiah 4.29). Be honest now. How many sins can you name that he has not committed? I am not joking when I say that, however many varieties of sin there are, Caligula has, as far as I can tell, sampled nearly every one of them. Many of them are part of his regular, everyday diet of sin. Identifying them isn’t even sport. They are obvious for all to see. It is simply impossible for any honest, thinking person—to say nothing of “Christian”— to think and conclude otherwise. However obvious it is, still his people remain loyal. I have opined before that this has more to do with his people than him. Their loyalty is not really to him but to themselves. The insecurity of his people, though perhaps miniscule compared to the legion of insecurities of the man, nevertheless make it impossible for them to confess their damnable blunder in electing him. To turn away from him is to condemn themselves and call into question their “inspiration and discernment.” Anyway, while the ways to sin are, as Benjamin declares, innumerably divers, we are provided with a kind of “short list” of sins. Perhaps his people have heard of it. It’s called the Ten Commandments. I thought it might be instructive to place Caligula’s attitudes and actions up against the “Ten Commandment Standard” and see how he fairs. You will excuse me if, while examining this unexamined life, I have a little fun with the examination along the way. Otherwise, I might just be brought to tears and dragged into deep depression and despair, for it is difficult to see any light at the end of this dark tunnel our society has willingly and willfully entered. So, in Biblical order: 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. You tell me. Is God numero uno in Caligula’s life? Nothing could be clearer than that Caligula comes first in Caligula’s mind. Like his namesake, Emperor Caligula is, in his mind, God. Consistent with the narcissism that possesses him—I was going to say, “the narcissism from which he suffers,” but, whatever his sickness costs the rest of us, his narcissism causes him no personal discomfort—it is clear that Therump, loving and putting himself above all others, thinks of nothing and no one but himself, thus evincing a breach of this first commandment. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them…. It the gold and silver and marble palaces—known in Caligula’s world as towers, hotels, casinos, and resorts—do not have the substance of an idol, then no idol has ever made an appearance on planet earth. He clearly worships at the false idol of wealth, power, prestige—the lusts of the flesh. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain…. To be honest, this saying probably has little to do with vulgar language. Good thing too. Otherwise, Therump would have to be called the master of taking the name of the Lord in vain. Really, now, has any American politician, let alone one who has inhabited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, ever publicly exhibited a fouler mouth than this man? But, more to the point of the command, has any president ever surrounded himself with and encouraged more sycophant propaganda from “Christian” clergymen; clergymen who blasphemously proclaim him to be one of God’s chosen vessels? Now THAT’S taking the name of the Lord in vain. With GUSTO! 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Well, what do you think? Seen him at church lately? Ever? Seen him living the spirit of the command by acting in ways that demolish oppression (see Deuteronomy 5.12-15)? But, I have been assured many times by many a golf enthusiast that spending a relaxing Sunday morning out in nature following a little white ball is a form of rest, relaxation, and spiritual renewal. So, if the man even knows a thing called “the Sabbath” exists, I guess he observes a kind of sabbath, though not one that can be called “the Lord’s.” 5. Honour thy father and thy mother… Well, by golly, look at that! It seems that Caligula actually does this one very well. He faithfully imitates his father’s racist bigotry and contempt for the vulnerable. 6. Thou shalt not kill. This one is a bit tricky. He is no more or less guilty in using the nation’s vaunted and over-hyped military to kill many, many innocents than his Democratic predecessor. But people are dying as the result of his policies. Thus, his ill-begotten policies are killing people. They will, no doubt, continue to do so at an accelerating rate. That said, I am not aware of his having used his own bare hands to kill anyone or use his own money to buy a hitman. But, just to be safe… we should probably take his boast seriously and so keep him off 5th Ave street corners. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Oh come on! Anyone can make a mistake… a couple of dozen times by his own count and “confession” on several broadcasts of Bro. Stern’s radio show. Sometimes he’s paid for the pleasure beforehand, sometimes he’s purchased his partner’s silence afterwards. And he will not have us under any delusion that he regrets or repents of his multitudinous whoremongering. Oh no. It is to be boasted of. Why, Caligula can’t even think of anything he has done wrong for which he has need to repent! What name do we give to that sin of blind ignorance, I wonder? 8. Thou shalt not steal How many lawsuits has this notoriously dishonest and unethical man settled with business associates—at least those who resisted his godfather like threats—whom he swindled? Oh, and the jury is still out on whether his Russian mobster buddies helped him steal the election. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Oh my. Where do we even begin? But to be fair, those against whom he has falsely spoken can hardly be called neighbors. I mean Barack Obama was from Kenia, for crying out loud… more jihadist than neighbor, that. Seriously, though, who has ever unleashed more falsehoods about others than this liar-in-chief? 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. Well, he reminded us on his wild ride with Billy Bush that he covets more than asses. In fact, Caligula covets just about anything that is his neighbor’s. If you don’t believe me, just read his book—actually, don’t read it. The avarice that is evident on every page will have you wanting to take a shower. So, there you have it. He is, as he would have us think of him, nearly perfect. He is a near perfect 9 for 10. He is almost perfect at breaking the Lord’s most basic standard of thought, word, and action. Just saying. Of course, the man hasn’t tried to get an abortion or marry another man, so I guess he must be ok… not!. And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have thy people committed, that we should be condemned of God or judged of this man? And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain” (Mosiah 12.13-14).
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