House Rep Scalise Shot

[Nitehawk013]

Originally Posted by Jito463

It's because Aquila doesn't believe in a God who provides. He doesn't believe that when we are hurt or in pain or in financial distress, that God can deliver us from it. All God requires is faith as a grain of mustard seed. Not the size of a mustard seed, but faith that - like the mustard seed - will grow to enormous proportions.

Aquila's faith in a God who provides is stagnant (maybe non-existent?), so he has to turn to the god of government to provide, instead. To him, they're the only source of help in our time of need.

He doesn't believe in the old woman, who gave the last of her oil and grain to the preacher instead of her son, and in return was provided with enough oil to pay off her debt and live securely for rest of her life. That's just a fable, not something that could happen today.

Oh, no!

We need big daddy goobermint to come in and save the day, like Mighty Mouse to the rescue.

I think Aquila's faith in the Gov is dangerous and misguided, but it appears to come from "church hurt". Again, the foolish imbalanced pendulum of many Christians. It swings wild for MANY, from the church can do no right to the church can do no wrong. I think Aquila finds himself on the "church can do no right" side currently and it appears he has a legit gripe even if that upsets many here.

Take a reality pill. Anyone in church for any number of years sees favoritism, mismanagement of funds, wastefulness, etc. That is reality. Many of our church leaders idolize the OT kings and they try to reign in their churches like them, including the nepotism that produces "royal bloodline" Pastorates and leadership generations. Within that mess you get men who control the money and do with it what they will, even if it makes no sense. We have all seen it. Some just play holier than thou and refuse to talk of it for fear of "touch not mine anointed". Aquila has a fair gripe if he was part of a church wasting money and not taking care of the saints.

Of course, he goes WAYYYYYY too far with his gripe and appears to have allowed it to consume him and his pendulum has swung from the church to the Gov which is an even bigger waste, an even bigger offender, an even bigger manipulator and shows even more bad judgment and favoritism.