Guest Author - Cynthia Phillips

This past week I started and engaged in a religious debate on Facebook, all I can say is "Oh brother." Someone mentioned questioning things and man; this led me to think about questioning authority in the political arena. If one was to observe our behavior as a country as a whole, there is a lack of questioning authority for sure. The evidence we have is just look at the mess we have allowed, some examples are: Congress and the powers that be are running a muck, by allowing undeclared wars and our money is devaluing each day because of the Federal Reserve printing money out of thin air.

Either people will get annoyed or will praise you for questioning things. For those irritated by my questioning, allow me to ask you this--was it right for Hitler to brainwash those Germans thinking they were a superior race in the 1940s? Because they did not question him, about six million Jews died during the Holocaust. Also, many German Christians pledged blind allegiance to Hitler, and there were a few who did not.

It is a sad thing to see when Christians are blindly following corrupt political leaders. During George W. Bush's tenure, all he had to do was say he was a Christian and quote a few scriptures--hook, line and sinker. I know from personal experience, I had fallen for it twice, when I voted for Bush chanting "four more years!" And, what I find disturbing is pastors, preachers, ministers, etc. will misquote Romans 13 on obeying the government--did you know that Hitler loved Romans 13? Do you see my point? Do you think God approved of that? I am flabbergasted when Christians tell me that all we have to do is pray about our current situation, like it is just going to magically go away.

From what I have learned of Jesus, yes he did pray, but also he questioned authority and He even got angry at the injustice and the poor people that were taken advantage of. Jesus even used a whip and over turned tables in His anger. He spoke truth to those in power and it cost him His life. I think of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi who were persecuted for standing up to injustice and eventually were assassinated. I love this quote from Martin Luther King Jr., "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." If we fail to question those who are in power and who are supposedly looking out for our best interest, I would hate to see what our future holds as a sovereign nation...how long will we remain independent?