As I’ve said many times, I want more on TV news about rescuing baby ducks, more scenes of people interacting and being kind to animals. But at the same time I admit to the oddity of such a thing is the fact more people seem to respond to the kindness shown animals than to children. Now why is that? I have my opinion, including my thoughts there are monsters among us in human guise preying on women and children, but it is grounded in philosophical speculation and theological theory and I have written books about this. Normal people with a normal kindly disposition toward animals are appalled and outraged by a football player fighting dogs, but let’s see at least the same degree of outrage toward the monsters preying on children.

Suffice it to say the scenes of baby ducks being rescued and restored to momma duck catches more viewer attention than stories about children. The Aflac Duck, for example, was a stroke of advertising genius; and many prefer commercials that have interaction between people and animals. But even as I write of this, there is no denying the attraction of evil that sells more newspapers than rescuing baby ducks or being kind to children.

While some politicians profess to believe in God, their actions seem most often to give the lie to any professions of faith. But I suppose the MSM thinks it is a subject the present crop of WH contenders needs to be grilled about; not that anyone expects an honest answer to the question, it just seems like the thing to do for those in the media. However, when it comes to Hollywood the most honesty is reflected by those in the business admitting more of them believe in the Devil than in God. If you ask whether they believe in God the answers are generally “Yes, No,” or the agnostic position of “I don’t know if there is a God, there may or may not be.” But when you ask about the Devil, the answer is generally in the affirmative. The cynical may respond this is only reasonable since most of Hollywood, as with politicians, appears to be sold out to the Devil.

My position has been that unlike politicians and tyrants, good people do not want power and authority over others; good people do not seek fame and fortune for the sake of narcissism. On this basis, it does seem the Devil makes the better offer to many people that have looked about the world and the mess and decided it is, after all, more sensible to believe in the Devil than in God.

Whatever one’s opinion about the matter, no one can legitimately deny the wicked seem to prosper while honesty seems to be for chumps; and perhaps the MSM fixation on celebrity makes its own contribution to this. Who really gets more press, the Dudley Doright’s or the sinners? As Walt Kelly pointed out, there is nothing plain about sin, it is fancy. And people are far more interested in the things that sell papers, which are fancy sin, destruction, the macabre, not the boy and girl scouts. Hollywood certainly understands this, as did Tom Lehrer when it comes to “Smut.”

In my opinion, honest people are quick to admit of the various temptations surrounding, but unlike the dishonest and hypocrites do not easily give in to temptation; they choose to resist, and in doing so try to fulfill what the Bible distinguishes between the children of God and the children of the Devil. And given the record of evil and abuse it is admittedly far easier to believe in a Devil that delights in rewarding the wicked, delights in the torture and murder of children than a benevolent deity intervening on their behalf.

Like any discussion of the supernatural it is all in the area of speculation. It is when people make claims based only on beliefs we find trouble. Bush claims God was on his side in going to war, but I’m far more inclined to believing the Devil made him do it. But I continue to believe good people will do good and bad people will do bad; that the Golden Rule separates between the two. And good or bad their works, not their words, declare the truth.

For example, I want the present crop of presidential contenders to answer real questions about the welfare of children, not lip-service. Questions about the war, about healthcare, all questions should be subservient to the question of what is to be done for the children of America and their future. And I mean the children of America first! Not those of other nations! Just as America cannot be trusted to do what is right for other nations if it does not do what is right here first, neither can an America be trusted that professes a concern for children in other parts of the world while children in America suffer! And a socialist America, an open borders America, a “Press one for English” America cannot do what is best for our own children.

But no amount of optimism can discount the fact, as proven throughout history, the wicked prosper. How would politicians and despots survive otherwise? And whatever the beliefs, few would disagree America is now in such a firm grasp of wickedness on the part of our leadership I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel.

It may be God has his “elect,” and perhaps this makes him deaf to the cries of tortured and murdered children. There may be guardian angels, but they seem highly selective about who they guard. Still, I believe only because it seems easier for me to believe than not. I want to believe because I find comfort in believing. Nevertheless, the legitimate questions remain. And I believe honest people struggle with these questions.