Mercy And Democracy

Democracy is defined as "government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." [1]

Mercy is defined as "compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence." [2]

This blogger wonders if those who thinks that democracy is the greatest form of government ever question God Who is not elected?  Does God listen to the wishes of the majority?  Or is God, Creator of all, a merciless tyrant Who can condemn souls to Hell for an eternity, or is God a benevolent dictator Who can forgive and grant souls an eternity in Heaven?

In a democracy, people from different factions want to have their way; they want to have power; they do not love their enemies; they want to restrict their enemies' freedom of choice; they want to take away their enemies' Free Will given by God.  In a tyranny, the same applies.  This is permitted by God Who gave to every person Free Will.

It is those who will the gift of Free Will back to God and who do God's will who are the children of God.

Even those who crave power, who are liars and hypocrites and who kill directly and indirectly, who create suffering for many are also children of God.  Whether they would be forgiven is for God to decide.

There is only one Judge, one Ruler and He is God Almighty.  The democrats and the tyrants (as if there even is a difference between them) of the world find it difficult to accept that anyone is greater and more powerful than them.  They are envious; they want absolute control; they do not tolerate differences in opinion.  What little love that is in their hearts is completely overshadowed by an overabundance of pride.  If they can destroy Heaven and God, they would most likely do so.  Perhaps democrats and tyrants have already started by becoming secular, and the theocrats are continuing to politicize a supreme being.

Even Bergoglio has politicized Catholicism by emphasizing differences among different factions rather than uniting them under the One God by leading them to the Father through unconditional love.

This is a merciless world with relatively few exceptions.  The political mercy that is shown is symbolic.  It is all talk and no action.  There is no real plan for those who are homeless, who live in poverty, who are drug-addicted and who are violent.  These societal problems can be solved when everybody sees a future, is able to afford a home, pay for health care and for other necessities for themselves and their loved ones and is to be able to live comfortably, when in other words poverty is eradicated for good.

Chirst said, "The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me." [3]  Both these predictions have come true.  The first part focuses on the poor.  The poor will always be around not because poverty is an inevitability.  It is because people are selfish and do not act together to eliminate poverty which people can do easily.  The second part focuses on Christ Himself.  Christ is always around but that seems to contradict what the words on their face indicate.  If one reads carefully these words: "but YOU will not always have me" means that people will not always have Christ on their minds and in their hearts.

If poverty is wiped out and everyone has Christ on their minds and in their hearts, then mercy replaces democracies, tyrannies and theocracies, then there is only one Ruler and one Judge Who is God.  The world will then be a place of peace.


[1] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/democracy
[2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mercy?s=t
[3] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A11&version=NIV, quoted without reference.