On voting for the lesser of evils...
Matt
I was the last caller to your show last night (or today 1/30/08). I had my radio off and couldn't hear so I don't know when I was cut off (or even if I hung up on you or vice versa -- either way, it's okay with me)
The point I wanted to make is this and I would like for you to discuss this on your show if possible:
It seems to me that all Americans (not just Christians) have an attitude of "settling" -- settling for the lesser of two evils, not voting for someone who represents our dearly held views because we are afraid of "wasting" our vote because the media has determined that certain candidates are "unelectable". I have a big problem with that because as Americans, we should never "settle". As Christians, we should certainly never "settle" or "compromise" or choose "the lesser of two evils"
God has created this country for a reason. He is a very purposeful God. What is the purpose of this country? and have we outlived our purpose? Is there anything we can do as a nation for the cause of Christ? I haven't googled for facts, but I wonder how much of foreign mission work is paid for by U.S. churches and denominations. What happens if we are unable to give that money or send those people because our country has been destroyed from within and our economy is on the ropes? What happens to the cause of Christ if we take all that God has given us (economic blessings and religious liberty and personal liberty) and let it go to waste because we are afraid of "wasting" our vote on a Godly but "unelectable" man.
Will we ever have to stand before God and give account of our vote like we expect to give account of our money and our time? It is a gift of God -- in the thousands of years of recorded history, very few people percentage wise have had the opportunity to control their government like we can -- and like any gift from God, He expects us to use it well. How well are we Christians using our vote? How well are our leaders using their influence? Are we passing up Godly principled men for "electable" men? What God do we serve? It only takes one man (or woman) to change a nation....Esther, Joseph, Moses. How much of a chance would CNN have given Moses? Is CNN the voice of God? Is MSNBC the voice of God? Is Fox News the voice of God? If not, why do we listen to them over our conscience and our heart and the Holy Spirit? Whose voice are we following? How are we exercising the "stewardship of our vote"
For such a time as this...God has placed SOMEONE on this earth. Let's ask Him who that someone is...let's not take the lesser of two evils. God isn't bound by poll results or even by Super Duper Tuesday results. God will raise up a leader for us if we ask Him to. It's not too late.
Thanks for "listening".
Laura
I was the last caller to your show last night (or today 1/30/08). I had my radio off and couldn't hear so I don't know when I was cut off (or even if I hung up on you or vice versa -- either way, it's okay with me)
The point I wanted to make is this and I would like for you to discuss this on your show if possible:
It seems to me that all Americans (not just Christians) have an attitude of "settling" -- settling for the lesser of two evils, not voting for someone who represents our dearly held views because we are afraid of "wasting" our vote because the media has determined that certain candidates are "unelectable". I have a big problem with that because as Americans, we should never "settle". As Christians, we should certainly never "settle" or "compromise" or choose "the lesser of two evils"
God has created this country for a reason. He is a very purposeful God. What is the purpose of this country? and have we outlived our purpose? Is there anything we can do as a nation for the cause of Christ? I haven't googled for facts, but I wonder how much of foreign mission work is paid for by U.S. churches and denominations. What happens if we are unable to give that money or send those people because our country has been destroyed from within and our economy is on the ropes? What happens to the cause of Christ if we take all that God has given us (economic blessings and religious liberty and personal liberty) and let it go to waste because we are afraid of "wasting" our vote on a Godly but "unelectable" man.
Will we ever have to stand before God and give account of our vote like we expect to give account of our money and our time? It is a gift of God -- in the thousands of years of recorded history, very few people percentage wise have had the opportunity to control their government like we can -- and like any gift from God, He expects us to use it well. How well are we Christians using our vote? How well are our leaders using their influence? Are we passing up Godly principled men for "electable" men? What God do we serve? It only takes one man (or woman) to change a nation....Esther, Joseph, Moses. How much of a chance would CNN have given Moses? Is CNN the voice of God? Is MSNBC the voice of God? Is Fox News the voice of God? If not, why do we listen to them over our conscience and our heart and the Holy Spirit? Whose voice are we following? How are we exercising the "stewardship of our vote"
For such a time as this...God has placed SOMEONE on this earth. Let's ask Him who that someone is...let's not take the lesser of two evils. God isn't bound by poll results or even by Super Duper Tuesday results. God will raise up a leader for us if we ask Him to. It's not too late.
Thanks for "listening".
Laura
Labels: Voting
posted by Matt Friedeman at
9:21 AM
4 Comments:
Good post, Laura. Good post!!
Our country is heading towards the same path France and Great Britain are. We send out missionaries and don't pay enough attention to this country. Before long, our missionaries will be coming back to the states and wondering what happened to the base? They will "retire" to the U.S. with more work than they ever had overseas. All the while with Islam becoming more and more prevalent. Like Laura says, there is an answer (2 Chron. 7:14).
This post is great. As an atheist I have often wondered why fundamentalist Christians won't support the one man or woman who reflects their Christian world view.
I don't know the answer but I suspect all the praise for Jesus on Sunday morning fades away by Sunday evening and Monday through Saturday are consumed with the cares of the job, paying the rent, keeping food on the table and family concerns and so forth. Who has the time or energy to go out and get “the Lord’s man” elected?
Another answer might be that the leaders at the top (Robertson, Dobson, etc.) understand that, not withstanding the crowds at the mega-churches, American Evangelicals are a tiny group and would only turn out 2-3% of the vote for any candidate.
Faced with getting a name on all 50 state ballots, raising the tens of millions to run and getting in on the debates, a Christian candidate would have an impossible political battle to make it to the White House.
If it were possible to raise the money, and get on the ballot, would the Evangelical community really want to lose what clout it has with a disastrous defeat anyway?
Add to that the fact that the vast majority of Americans see Laura's view as fringe extremism and any fundamentalist running for president is doomed to defeat.
We have had conservative leadership for the better part of the last 7 years. Conservatives do not really have much right to try and say that Hilliary or Obama will ruin this nation when they have not done that well themselves. It is pretty hard to think of one way we are better off now than before Bush. So, for all the people out there that want to act like the US will explode if Obama or Hilliary is President, how about being honest about the state Bush is leaving us in.
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