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Government welfare in the United States today is incredibly tragic. Superficially intended as a means to provide financial assistance to those in need, protect children and elderly, compensate for unemployment, and combat poverty, welfare programs have done nothing more than enslave millions of Americans to financial bondage, perpetuate generational poverty, promote entitlement, expectation and lack of accountability, and essentially destroy the nuclear family unit.

How should Christians vote? It is an important question with varying opinions across the political aisle, especially heading into a contentious presidential election less than 3-weeks away in the United States. At the moment, Republicans and Democrats could not be more polarized on almost every major issue, but surprisingly, many Christians support legislation which blatantly contradicts Biblical morality. Why?

How can a follower of Christ be intolerant if the post-modern definition of tolerance requires that all values, beliefs, lifestyles and truths are equal? Is the Bible somehow not a system of belief protected under the relative neutrality/impartiality banner of post-modern tolerance?

Cultural Marxism is a term often identified in socioeconomic academia which liberal pundits reject as a far-right conspiracy theory. The left-wing is quick to dismiss it as an intellectual debate which should remain in higher education and devoid of political forums, deeming it inapplicable to the working-class man or woman. However, nothing could be further from the truth.

The problem is radical social justice advocates are determined to hide the fact that what they really covet is equal outcomes, not simply equal opportunity, which elicits a victim mentality under the umbrella of unconscious bias and systemic racism.

In many ways, our culture has misdiagnosed systemic racism through the statistical manipulation of numbers, charts and graphs which appeal to emotional sensibilities and are strategically designed to illicit indignation (i.e. anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment). Unfortunately, many statistics used to support systemic racism are purposely selective and highly subjective to support biased narratives, often lacking complete anthropological and sociological perspective.

Police officers are imperfect human beings, who possess the ability to make mistakes despite their best efforts to maintain compliance unto governing authorities and behavioral integrity in their endeavors. However, considering the contentious environment where we reside, police officers are now falsely and unjustifiably portrayed through liberal media outlets as racist, abusive, discriminatory and untrustworthy.

There is a distinct difference between believing the slogan, "Black Lives Matter," and endorsing the organization, Black Lives Matter. However, our culture has rather easily convinced the majority of society through predominately liberal, social media platforms they are intertwined and one in the same. Therefore, let us be unequivocally clear from a Biblical perspective: THEY ARE NOT!