We are all familiar with the phrase "What Would Jesus Do?"
We've all seen the abbreviation and the wristbands and the t-shirts...all of which somebody made money off of, by the way, but I digress.
The question implies that before making any decision in our lives we should ask ourselves what Jesus Christ would do in the same situation, and then do the same ourselves. This may work in a lot of different scenarios but there is one decision that I would love to consult Jesus on before November 8th...
The 2016 Presidential Election.
Now I know that the Religious Right would tell us that we have to vote for the Republican based on traditional platform issues such as marriage rights and abortion. But that pill is a little harder to swallow this year, isn't it?
So we come back to the original question: What Would Jesus Do?
Would Jesus vote for a man who objectifies women and who has the reputation of a former slum lord? A man who routinely uses loopholes in our tax code to avoid paying people for work they've done on one of his businesses?
It's hard to answer "yes" to that isn't it?
But what about the other side of the coin? Rarely has this generation seen a more polarizing politician than Hillary Clinton. Let's face it, people either love her or hate her. There seems to be no in between. And let's not pretend that she hasn't also benefited and profited from legal loopholes. No one in the country is charging more to give corporate speeches and many believe she was in Wall Street's back pocket during her time in the Senate.
And let's not even mention Benghazi. (There has been plenty written about that, though I feel the need to point out that my book was supposed to be historical fiction...but that's a topic for another day.)
So once again we have to ask ourselves: What Would Jesus Do?
Well after much contemplation I have come to the following conclusion.
The Gospel of John 11:35
"Jesus wept."
Well, I think that about says it all.
