As the sitting President expresses his view -- implicitly and even explicitly -- that he will not accept the results of an election that does not keep him in office, and will, in fact, do anything to remain in office, a Biblical tale comes to mind.
You can find it in the First Book of Kings, 3:16-28.
Briefly, two women in the same household have babies a few days apart. One is healthy but the other one dies. There is some confusion as to which baby belongs to which mother. So the women go before wise King Solomon to resolve the dispute.
King Solomon instructs the mothers to cut the living baby in half and divide it between them. One mother remains silent but the other mother cries out: "NO! Do not kill the baby! Give it to the other woman!"
King Solomon immediately orders the baby to be given, alive, to the woman who protested the killing, saying that this woman, who would rather lose her baby than see it be slain, had to be the real mother.
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This story comes to mind as I watch the two candidates for the Presidency of the United States approach this highly contested election!
