Opening Shots!

As I relaunch my blog originally started over 10 years ago, I wanted to throw open the doors, so to speak, to discussion on any number of topics that are prevalent in our world today.  I'll be talking about a little of everything, from local, state, national, and world issues.  

My objective is to create a dialogue that will be informative, thought provoking, open, and often controversial.  

Changing the minds of people is hard to do and while that's not my goal, if I succeed in helping others to understand another prospective, the I will have done my part to end the lies, divisiveness, and mistrust that is pervasive in the dialogue we hear, read, and see in all forms of media.

I deal in facts. not alternative facts.  I deal in truth, not lies.  I deal in reality, not altered reality. 

If you want to join in and create a meaningful and factual dialogue, have at it.  If you plan to rant and rave, hurl insults, and ignore the rules of my blog, then expect to be ignored or blocked. 

I am Mighty Dan, so let's talk.

Evangelical Hypocrisy!

Somehow, sitting on both side of the fence must be painful.  In 2020, the local paper carried an article from an evangelical minister that condones the actions of Mr. Trump because he appointed conservative judges in the belief they will overturn Roe v Wade, and that building a wall would stop human trafficking.  Forget about all of the abominable things done by Mr. Trump.  Those don't matter to these people and their "flocks".  Mr. Trump lost the election, despite his claims, but his Supreme Court appointees managed to overturn settled law.

I, as a Christian, will never understand this hypocrisy in politics.  Praying for Mr. Trump while supporting his wrong headed policies is not christian.  It is enabled him to virtually destroy the office of the President and now three years after losing, he's still driving the GOP over the cliff.

How can you profess to be a Christian and believe the racist, misogynist rants of a deranged man?

As you might have guessed, I am pro-choice. I believe it is a woman's right to choose what happens to her body.  That doesn't make me a non-Christian.  I believe that Roe v Wade should never have been overturned, moreover I never thought it would until Mr. Trump appointed three ultra-conservative judges to the bench.

I could list all the reason why Mr. Trump is unfit to be President again, but it would take more words than I can afford to spend on someone who doesn't deserve it.

Evangelicals and Conservatives have every right to their opinion, but they must never be allowed to shove those opinions down anyone's throat, and that is what the extreme right is trying to do everyday.  When these people gets all their news and alternative facts from social media and Fox Entertainment, they are not interested in the truth, just the lies.

Changing laws will not stop abortion, just drive it underground as it was in the past, and building a wall will not stop human trafficking, just create more suffering for those being trafficked.

It is time to stop using religion and conservatism as a hammer to solve the world's problems when tolerance, compassion, compromise, understanding, sympathy, and love is the only solution.