Truth & the VP Debate

OK. I confess. I've been absent from my blog. I hope you will welcome me back, though.

I watched the Vice Presidential candidates, Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden, debate and I have a few comments to post here that I also posted on the Fox News website.

Let me begin with a vocabulary lesson. Assumptive language is a term that should be taught to the rest of the country. It is making statements that sound authoritative, but are not necessarily true. Satan speaks with authority, but Jesus says of him that "there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44). So, let us not be deceived by stereotypes, by name calling, by mockery, and other pejoratives that are prevalent on network TV. If you are a Christian, you should be concerned about truth. Jesus said about himself, "for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me" (John 18:37).

Both candidates spoke authoritatively, but only one spoke with integrity and that was Gov. Palin. I consider her to be the winner of this debate.

Sen. Biden lied when he stated that Sen. Obama did not say that he would meet with certain people without pre-condition. In fact, Sen. Biden had made this a key point when he was running against Sen. Obama. And this was not the only lie. He also accused Sen. McCain of voting against certain energy bills, etc.

Even if he did not mean to lie, his attack was disingenuous. We must understand that congressmen do not vote for every bill that has a nice name and a flowery ribbon tied to it. It may be that they reject a bill that has a very good purpose, but look closely why they might reject a bill. It could be that other things (entitlements, earmarks, "pork") have been added to the bill making the primary issue in the bill impalatable. For instance: Chicken soup is good for you, but if you add poison to it, the soup becomes impalatable.

Let us, therefore, be as "shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matt 10:16).
-End of the vocabulary and civic lessons for today.-

I love you. Do the right thing. Blessings. -AL