I was reading Mark 3 and came across 24-25.
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
These verses were used to discredit the Pharisees who were telling Jesus healing on the Sabbath was sin and that He had to getting his power from Satan.
But, they have been purloined by many, ole’ Abe Lincoln among them.
Today our politics are divided, wrapped with vile accusations on both sides, inflamed with “Op Research” or fake news, on and on. Both sides have moved away from the center, in equal measures, see study by Pew a couple of years ago. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/12/7-things-to-know-about-polarization-in-america/.
We need a leader, or leaders from both sides to hit Washington upside the head with a wet cod. We have always disagreed about what to do about a problem, always will. My goodness, can’t we move towards one another a bit.
Go to Problem Solver Caucus, https://www.nolabels.org/blog/problem-solvers-caucus-calls-legislation-tackles-tax-reform-infrastructure-together/.
God Bless to all, and to our experiment in government, may it not fall, per the admonition from Ben Franklin.
| QUOTATION: | “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation—in the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention.
McHenry’s notes were first published in The American Historical Review, vol. 11, 1906, and the anecdote on p. 618 reads: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” When McHenry’s notes were included in The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand, vol. 3, appendix A, p. 85 (1911, reprinted 1934), a footnote stated that the date this anecdote was written is uncertain. |