I, the one and only misterlevittown, am or are a political and social conservative. I am also a christian. I gave my life to Jesus waaay back on June 14th of 1989 in the parking lot of Calvary Chapel Phila…… wait a second. That’s a story for another time.
Despite being a christian who is a social and political conservative I do have friends who are….. dare I say it?… DEMOCRATS!!!!!
Really.
While walking away from my office with one of my dumocrat.. I mean democrat friends I thought I would beat him about the heart and mind. It was fun too.
“Fred, what’s more important voting your values or your political party?” Fred is a christian too. I could feel him emotionally running into a bridge abutment. God, it was great.
I asked him that if Obama or Clinton had political views that could be shown not to line up with christian principles would you still vote for them because they’re democrats? His response was a classic non-answer answer.
“I can’t vote for McCain!” “I did’nt ask you about McCain.”
I posited the scenario to him that let’s say the democratic presidential nominee had positions on the top ten issues that went directly against biblical principles would you vote for that candidate? I hit Fred with this question multiple times.
His evasiveness was telling.
“So Fred, if you vote for a candidate you know goes against your values aren’t you telling God that His values aren’t as important as your political affiliation?”
He never really gave me an answer to that question.
Let me state some things I think are really basic ideas to all everyday citizen-types and politicians:
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We, as believers, need to stand up for righteousness in politics. By this I mean that more than policies should be our focus. How about the idea of taking care of the People’s Business instead of “now that I’m here how do I make sure I stay here?”
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”Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” should mean something. But, how can those words have meaning when we, as a nation, still kill the unborn innocent? Where is their life? Where is there liberty? What kind of happiness are they achieving after the abortion?
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When politicians of either major party claim a christian faith shouldn’t that fact carry over to their campaigning? Something is wrong with this picture when candidates start trashing their opponent who just so happens to have a christian faith as well. Don’t these people realize that someday they will be walking the streets of Heaven together?
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Shouldn’t your faith influence you when it comes to your job? Or should we divorce our faith from our work just like it was portrayed in “The Godfather”. Hey! I’m a good catholic even though I kill people for a non-existent criminal organization.
- After saying all the above can we all agree that Jesus is so much bigger than political parties. Please.
This is not to say that the one and only misterlevittown is perfect. I ain’t.
A passing thought: why is it alright for democratic presidential candidates to speak at churches but when republicans speak at churc… when was the last time you heard of a republican candidate speaking at a church? Don’t forget the false charge that evangelical republicans want to create a theocracy.
It seems to me that it’s a good idea to just let Jesus be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Works for me.
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