I read an interesting email this week that said, when we die and stand before God, he won't care whether we were Republican or Democrat. What he will care about is whether we chose to support him, including with our vote.
I thought about that a lot. Our nation has become so polarized. We are more interested in identifying with a party instead of with a faith. When Christianity first started, its revolutionary strength was that it was not bound by class or money or slave or master. It made everyone equal in the eyes of God and in the eyes of each other.
We should take that stance as voters. We are not Republican or Democrat. We are Christians. And we should vote in accord with our faith, not according to party.
In that spirit, I came across a great video that spoke to that exactly. It's short and really powerful.
Check it out.
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"We" aren't Christians, we are Americans. Is your recommendation to vote based on a religious set of beliefs (not personal morals or intelligence) not the epitome of a dictatorship? Please remember the beauty of this country is its eclecticism of faiths, races, genders, experiences, and opinions.
This is why there IS a vote instead of some Supreme Court of the Bible interpreting every government decision based off of a book with which people may or may not agree. Instead, there is a Constitution, the only established written word for which this country must comply.
Your view of voting with personal faith instead of political parties is certainly valid. But only if you recognize that your faith and Christianity is not the only benchmark for this country.
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Thank you for your feedback. As a Christian I can only speak to that. I never said every American is a Christian, but EVERY Christian is a member of the same Body of Christ, which makes us one. So "we" Christians are Christians first, above all other things.
Plus, I never said that Christianity should be the defacto religion or that it should supersede the laws and institutions of this country. All I said was that God doesn't care what party we belong to and I'm certain he won't excuse supporting people opposed to the basic tenets of his laws and your faith because they are Republican or Democrat.
God and faith transcend all of that. Faith requires belief. And if you really, really believe as a Catholic or Protestant or Lutheran or Jew or Muslim, whatever... if you truly are a believer in your faith, then you should follow and uphold your faith, above public scrutiny, above public pressure and certainly above public politics.
I'm a Christian, so I speak to that. No matter, if you are a true believer in your faith, it should precede all of your actions, in family, in work and in politics, including the voting booth.
How is faith related to politics, in your opinion? I think in One Nation Under "God", "God" can refer to faith as well as the unknown fundamentals of the earth, the self regulation of nature, and the force of connectivity between mankind and nature. It can mean any of that depending on the person.
And voting on Christianity is odd, if that means excluding personal morals, common sense and intelligence. Faith for Christianity seems to describe a very personal connection with God as well as spreading his message of believing in him. It doesn't sound like judgement of others to me, or judgement of politicians. I think people voted with rationality, fears, faiths, biases, intelligence and/or passion this time, and the mix of personal interests and opinions is what is exciting and special about this country. We listen to the majority of the people. Do you disagree?
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