 Religious symbols or tokens have been
around for a long time. Catholics, Muslims, Jews and Evangelicals all
have them. Crucifixes, prayer rugs, menorahs, beads and the symbol of
the fish create strong emotional connections in the minds of each
group. However, if God’s people lose their experience with Him, a
symbol becomes shallow sentiment or merely a rallying point—a
token— replacing the real thing.
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 No reform can happen unless someone
makes an effort to change the status quo.
At the time of the American Revolution,
a contentious debate was going on about the form of government the
new nation should have. There were the federalists and the
anti-federalists. The two sides were sometimes brutal in the way they
spoke to, or about, each other.
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Political
correctness is quite a taskmaster. It often prevents us from getting to
the real truth. For example, in the recent presidential campaign here
in America, President Bush suggested that the struggle with terrorism
will be with us for a long time and that there is no way to eliminate
it all together; instead his administration's task would be to reduce
the threat of terrorism.
The media reacted negatively to
this moment of truth and punished him. President Bush dutifully
retreated to the less accurate and more unsupportable position of
eliminating terrorism all together. John Kerry had a similar
experience.
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