Barbarians in Chicago?

Acts 28:3 "And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god."

Paul, the soldiers and the other prisoners were saved from the sunken ship without a loss of life. They were rescued to Melita, which was occupied by barbarians, who by the way, treated them with kindness!  Barbarians aren't necessarily murderers, but are uncivilized primitive people. As such their view of God was the lenses of nature. They were as little children.

Sometimes, it's easier to convince children of truth than it is the most mature and educated because time and society have instilled unto them wrong ideas which are difficult to overcome. On the other hand, child-like people can be easily misled or even misunderstand truth because they have not the background to reason things out. It's easy to see the fickleness of the barbarians in the passages above because one minute Paul was 'a murderer" and the next minute "a god". Their minds easily switched gears as new evidence emerged. They were ripe for being deceived, but they too were ripe for becoming Christians.  We don't know which they did, but Paul was accepted, but it was not his desire that he be recognized for what God did.

 Ephesians 4:14 "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;"

Paul wasn't being "cunning and crafty", but others could easily be. The barbarians were just like the ship which had just sunk and from which Paul and company escaped. They were tossed "to and fro" just as the ship had been by the forces of nature. In this case, the storm could be doctrine and "newbies" are gullible. They fail to test what they hear!

You see there was enough "evidence" because a snake, by coincidence bit Paul to condemn him, but when there was no harm he was venerated. That's child-like and even superstitious reasoning, and without civil knowledge people are molded easily. Controlling people know how to control people without discernment! Barbarians have a herd mentality. They go to be fed with no evidence of food just as cattle do!

This brings me to comment on modern times. Let's look at what happened last night in Chicago. Let's look at what happened in Ferguson. Let's look at the appeal of socialism by Barney Sanders.

The masses are barbarians. Not that they are uncivilized although some act as if they are. There's just something missing; it's a mature thought process. Because some don't care for Donald Trump they make accusations. For instance he's called a "racist" although he's never shown racism. He's called "dangerous" even though he has never endangered anyone. These mantras, and that's all they are, jeopardizes the context of those words because simple minded people so easily label others. The liberal M.O. is to name-call when they have no valid arguments to make.

The barbarians called Paul "a murderer" with  no evidence that he ever murdered. (They had no idea that he had killed people before he was converted). Simple minds do simple things! They name-call and label! Compare this to those who disrupted Ferguson. They were barbarians! Even greater than name-calling was their destruction of their own property.  This is the behavior of barbarians.

Look at Chicago last evening. Those who profess "freedom of speech" did all they could to stop free speech! Along with that was hate-filled name-calling and accusations on signs. Paul was called "a murderer" when he actually saved all those lives by the power of God, and Trump is called "a racist" because he believes that America must enforce the laws which their own government instituted!  You see the name-calling trivializes the term "racist" because it's misapplied. When the true racist comes along, the term will no longer have an impact.

Chicago last night had a bunch of haters who claimed to hate the hater. Trump never hated them, but they hated him because they disagreed with what he said. It seems that those in Chicago were childlike in their thinking, having not the ability for some to even know what it was they were hating! For others they were barbarians. They showed it by their name-calling and attitudes. I've even had Christians tell me that "Trump is a monster!" Why so? Because he brought forth ideas to which this Christian opposed!

By now you're thinking, "This guy is a Trump supporter." I voted for Ted Cruz. I like him the best. At the start I cared little for Trump because I knew little about where he is right now. Paul had been a murderer, but he changed. The Barbarians didn't know that, so they called him a murderer. People can change. Trump was never "a monster", but maybe worse, at one time he was pro-abortion. I believe those people are the "monsters"! Now he's pro-life. The monster has been tamed and Trump survived the snake's bite. The more these hate-filled barbarians in Chicago and elsewhere show therir barbarism, the more Trump's candidacy makes sense. The rule of law has become servile to the barbarians. Political correctness has replaced truth. Civilization has been lost to barbarism!

Before a mob assembles, they must ask, "What organization is running the show and what are their motives?" They must never follow the pack for the sake of being part of the pack. Discerning people would ask "Who organized this?" before they participated. What if it was the KKK, they would be following people who were using them for propaganda. In the case of Chicago, they were being manipulated by Hillary's supporters, moveon.org for the benefit of socialism, a deceitful group with an agenda! Last night these protesters were the ones bitten by the snake. The snake worked his bite through George Soros's organization it appears and he has the fangs of Marx.

Marx emerged from his fire in hell and bit them all. Socialism is "hate". Their doctrine is full of hate. Their desire is to destroy civilization and rule with iron-fist control. Their objective is to destroy capitalism which made us great, the unity of families, the sacredness of marriage, the sanctity of life, the wealthy who provide the initiative to make the nation prosper and all the while create class warfare and the war between the sexes. It's socialism and their snakes who are the monstesr from the fire. It's evil socialists like Hillary and Bernie who divide to conquer. You see those barbarians on the street were led out there by deception. They were as little children who could be swayed to and fro and controlled by a monster from the fiery pits of hell.

Paul's story was about "good". He was showing god's miracles, yet the child-like barbarians didn't understand. They weren't discerning because of their ignorance. One minute Paul is a murderer, the next he's a god. Those are the minds of simple people and those in Chicago, even the educated college elite have already been remolded by the very teachers in their universities abetted by the deceptive media. They are as gullible little children. They are barbarians by nature and fascists in reality. That's not just a name, but they repress those with whom they disagree.