Most of us believers do not pray for the outcome. We pray that God would enable those who are in leadership positions to have wisdom - to make decisions based on truth - moral code - rather than on self-serving code. The outcome will be what it will be. It would be our hope that the God we know to love all would bestow a measure of wisdom on those who lead.
Since you have read "the greatest story ever told" enough times, did you pay attention to the stories of the Old Testament? One can see that in the story God influenced non-believers. Our prayers today are that He would again influence the minds of non-believing leaders and bring about a quietness that might lead to meaningful dialog among people. The division in this country, if not healed, will lead to its destruction.
Ever study the time before the Civil War? The 1840's and 1850's was time of huge division - Slavery being the rally point. Realistically, I contend it was more about the wealth growing in the North versus the existing wealth of the landowners in the South. Slavery became the rallying point around which the divisions could be entrenched. The outcome? I believe it still ranks as the bloodiest war Americans have fought but I could be wrong on that.
If we do not find a way to communicate and work through our differences, the entrenchment of sides will lead to armed conflict. Riots are a symptom... Unrest is a symptom... Look back to the times before major conflicts.. unrest is rampant.
Jack we do not ask God to end the strife, to set the outcome. We know as believers it is our responsibility to make the decisions and try to effect change. We implore our God to help us listen, to choose, and to use His Wisdom in working with all.
As to His omnipotence and His foreknowledge, yes, I believe he knows what will come. To blame him for what will come is to make a grievous error. He lets man be man. My belief is that as he watches man doing man's thing, He cries. I do not believe He intends for humanity to hate, to fight. It is man who has trouble with the idea of not fighting, not inflaming dialog and so on. Man wants to be right - to win. If each of us is honest, we can relate.
You also alluded that science is all wrong... that was curious to me given that you seem to be one who pursues scientific knowledge. Sure, science makes mistakes for what is science? Is it not the study of physical things to understand the truth of their inner workings? As tools progress and we learn more, can it not be seen that what was believed to be true with old tools will need to be re-defined in light of new tools and new discoveries? Science is a process. It is not static. Some discovered facts can be held as absolutes. Others are evolving as we are evolving.
Likewise, Math is a process - not static. As new ideas and approaches evolve, old ways have to be modified. Does this make these useless? For any given moment in time, the science and math known are the best guess. They are not the end. New ideas need to be explored and the results of those ideas need to be applied...
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Now, we are totally off subject here for this thread. So let's bring it back:
Trump/Biden - do either of them hold truth in their hands? I think not. Once again, the American people are faced with the decision to make an impossible choice. Once again, Americans will have to decide which they feel is able to lead through these times. I am convinced that the baggage Trump will be pulling behind him will indeed hurt his chances. He has not been a stellar leader. He does not like to work with others. He likes to be King. His ways are brutal to the established norm of the politics Washington style.
The other side blames him for all the wrongs as happens in any election where a crisis has occurred shortly before the election cycle. Biden just needs to sit by and not make any big mistakes... Trump has the problem of being the President. In Biden's career, I'm not remembering him making any big blunders... Mind, I don't recall him accomplishing anything either... My guess is he is being told, "Lay low. Let Trump did a hole so deep, he cannot get out of it." Seems to me that is what Trump is doing... digging the hole.
And to Don, yes, the Donald is loosing his constituency... little by little. They are looking at the madness of these times and asking themselves, "Is Donald the right one for these times?"
