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September 20, 2008 - 12:57pm.
Faced with an option of a Republican party that is anti abortion and anti gay, but also suppresses minorities and minority opinion, abuses power, works to destroy the middle class and harbours aristocratic tendencies. And a Democratic party that is pro choice and pro gay, but supports minorities and minority opinion, are more disposed to respect the rule of law, favours a strong middle class and are more likely to propose humane policies; the Christian voter has a phyrric choice. The present presidential election is no different. Should he/she vote for his/her faith encouraging bad governance in the process or should he/she vote with his/her reason thereby promoting albeit indirectly policies that are detrimental to his faith? I have thought about this for a while but the answers are illusive as they come. Does anyone here have answers?
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I just hate it when people
Submitted by pollchecker on September 20, 2008 - 2:33pm.I just hate it when people lump all Christians together. Not all Christians are anti-choice. Not all Christians are anti-gay. Not all Christians don't believe in science.
In fact, it really is a small percentage of the overall group that are so extreme like Sarah Palin.
The problem is that thees neo-con religious folks vote in large percentages, much larger in fact than the Dem base does.
There is no dilemma for the
Submitted by Flapsaddle on September 20, 2008 - 8:22pm.There is no dilemma for the Christian voter any more than than their is a dilemma for any other voter. Just as the secular voter may choose to hold his nose, suppress his gag reflex and vote the lesser of two evils, so may the Christian voter. Or, just as the secular voter may choose to vote for a third party, an independent, or cast no vote at all, so can the Christian voter.
A dilemma exists only in the minds of those who subscribe to the fallacy that one must vote at all or that one must vote for a major-party candidate.
Paul's letter to the church at Rome addresses the relationship of the believer to political power.
Most sincerely,
T. J. Flapsaddle
I wonder if Sylvester's
Submitted by RichardKanePA on September 21, 2008 - 10:29pm.I wonder if Sylvester's postings was in response to my attempt to form Pro-lifers against Sarah Palin's extremism. However, I don't consider myself a Christian except in some vague sense of the word such as the way Mormons are considered Christian,
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/11312
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/09/20/communis...
RichardKanePA
Maybe that imaginary
Submitted by ekaton on September 21, 2008 - 10:42pm.Maybe that imaginary supernatural being in the sky that looks like your kindly old grandfather will save us all in the end.
-- Kent Shaw