RE: [TruthTalk] Who to Vote for, and WHY?

[Hughes Jonathan]

Lets look at this Judith.   here is the main thrust of the article:   We believe that poverty - caring for the poor and vulnerable - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' budget and tax policies reward the rich or show compassion for poor families? Do their foreign policies include fair trade and debt cancellation for the poorest countries? (Matthew 25:35-40, Isaiah 10:1-2) We believe that the environment - caring for God's earth - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' policies protect the creation or serve corporate interests that damage it? (Genesis 2:15, Psalm 24:1) We believe that war - and our call to be peacemakers - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' policies pursue "wars of choice" or respect international law and cooperation in responding to real global threats? (Matthew 5:9) We believe that truth-telling is a religious issue. Do the candidates tell the truth in justifying war and in other foreign and domestic policies? (John 8:32) We believe that human rights - respecting the image of God in every person - is a religious issue. How do the candidates propose to change the attitudes and policies that led to the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners? (Genesis 1:27) We believe that our response to terrorism is a religious issue. Do the candidates adopt the dangerous language of righteous empire in the war on terrorism and confuse the roles of God, church, and nation? Do the candidates see evil only in our enemies but never in our own policies? (Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 8:12-13 ) We believe that a consistent ethic of human life is a religious issue. Do the candidates' positions on abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, weapons of mass destruction, HIV/AIDS-and other pandemics-and genocide around the world obey the biblical injunction to choose life? (Deuteronomy 30:19)   Demonstrate to me scripturaly that God does not care about the poor, the environment, peacemaking, truth-telling, human rights (respecting the image of God in every person - remember Izzy could care less about this), how one responds to calamity (terrorism) and abortion.  You may not like the scriptures sojo.net used.  You could find dozens more for each of these issues.  Which one do you think God doesn't care about?  How can you honestly call yourself a Bible believing Christian and disagree with the points above?  And you think I am out in left field....   Jonathan Hughes   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judith H Taylor Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Who to Vote for, and WHY?     So this is the list of scriptures you say are so well thought out Jonathan? I'm not a follower of either Falwell or Robertson but you are assuming they mean something they are not saying. I have heard Pat Robertson state in the past that no nation has God in their back pocket. Who are these sojo.net people?    One thing is certain, they don't know God and they are taking scripture out of it's setting and making it appear to say something that was never  intended by the author - which, in effect, sets themselves up as God's spokespersons while they ignore Romans 13 and other scriptures that show Government is instituted by God to keep anarchy from ruling and reigning.  Our Government wields the sword but is never supposed to take the place of God in this world as you and these people appear to conclude.    What? Do you think God is unable to take care of the environment but man can?  Also why do these people state that the "image of God" is in every man when the first man Adam lost it?   It reappeared in the second Adam and can be seen today only in those who conform to HIS image so the foundation for "human rights" below has some huge cracks in it.   We should love first God, then others along with ourselves because He first loved us and He will empower us in accomplishing this because of Christ. You and these Sojo.net people need to re evaluate your own platform or you will find yourself fighting against God rather than working for Him because He is not and has never been in the business of preserving a bunch of devils or in validating lies.    When all else fails, HIS WORD will be left standing - IN BALANCE AND IN CONTEXT.....   judyt   On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:37:48 -0400 "Jonathan Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:   This e-mail and any attachments contain confidential and privileged information. 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