Caesar

"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and render unto God that which is God's."

Now that the election is finally over (praise God!), and those of you who have been frothing at the mouth with politcal zealotry for the last several months can finally relax and think rationally again, I have something I would like to point out:

First, to those of you who are religious, specifically the Christians.  What on Earth is wrong with you?  Christ is King no matter who is elected President of the United States of America.  The United States are not the Kingdom on Earth, nor do we have a divine mandate or miraculous nature as such.  We are just another country, just another empire, one doomed to rise, and eventually fall.  And yet you have wasted untold energy, hours of time, millions of dollars, and most importantly, your own hearts and selves on this election.  I don't even particularly care which candidate you suppported, all of you, every one, have given more of your selves to Caesar than to God, and it is your self which is most emphatically God's.  Time for some soul-searching folks.  All of your fear and your frenzy has not gotten you what you wanted.  Had you spent that energy in evangelization, imagine what you could have accomplished.

To those of you who are not religious, again, I don't much care which candidate you voted for, I just want you to look at the numbers of this election.  Quite literally billions of dollars were spent on this, a large chunk of which were spent on ads which I do believe had all of us, regardless of our political proclivities, ready to smash our televisions in at least a month before the election even arrived.  And a lot of which came from major corporations and "super-PACs" who were supporting both candidates, because hey, it's not like they were all that different.  Easier to win when both guys are in your pocket.  Look at the amount of time and energy and work that went into maintaining a fever pitch of partisan attacks on both candidates, and look at how much you invested yourself into it.  Was it worth it?  I doubt it.

To all of you, religious and secuar alike, imagine a world where all that time, money, and energy were spent on actually doing good.  Things we can all agree on, like feeding the hungry or caring for the homeless.  Next election, why not try something better?  Instead of spending money on corrupt politicians, investing all of your self in a party or a person who are only going to screw you over in the end anyway, and becoming a zombie like zealot devoid of any opinion of your own, donate to a food pantry, or spend a few hours volunteering at a shelter.  Do good.  Make a few friends while you're at it, even.  Our country's problems are not going to be solved by others for us, we need to get out there and be better people.  That will go a long way towards making this a better place.