[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/28/2004 2:43:24 AM
Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It
was on 11 Sep 2001 when I discovered a terrible mistake. Bush
encouraged people to pray at their Church, Synagogue, and Mosque. When
he said that, my heart sank. He didn't learn the lesson.
When
Bush said the God of A, I, &J was the same as the god of Islam my
heart sank again and it never recovered. I cannot by good conscience
vote for this man. I cannot spit in God's face by allowing a godly man
of this caliber to remain in office. I do not want the presence of the
God of Avraham to leave my home.
Wasted
vote? It's a wasted vote IF I vote for EITHER of the two horned beasts
of the US political system. (However, everyone's vote is wasted because
the Electoral College is the one who truly decides... a point we all
seem to forget.)
I'm
a negative loser, Izzy? You are still my friend, but you hurt me. I am
not a negative thinker. I am one who hears clearly and is able to
listen from many different vantage points... not just the angle most
comfortable from my chair at home.
--
slade
My vote will be for Bush in spite of the inconsistency you point to,
brother slade. And I do agree with your concern. Obviously, I am not
voting my faith and you are -- and I am thinking that both have a
place in the political process. If I were selecting an Elder, Bush
would not be my choice. But I am selecting a President, of course,
and, for me, the rules are different. The President is one who
represents the people of this country -- all of them. Which man best
accomplishes that? And two words are important to me in that
question. "Best" and "accomplish." GW does have conviction. He
has been sorely criticized for his faith stance. In the first debate
with Gore and Nader, it was Bush who named Christ as the most
influential person in his life -- right there on TV, in front of God
and everyone. And his faith message is clearly seen (by me, at
least.) Paul said something once, that is one of the most profound
comments I have ever read and it is --- I become all things, to all
men so that by all means I might save some. Awesome. And I see that
idea in Bush's attempt at being a (Christian) President for all the
people. Who do I want as a commander and chief of the military and
one who has the power of life and death for my boys? Not a typical
Christian concern, I might add. My two youngest boys would be among
the first in line to fight if things got that bad --- so my vote is
extremely important to me. I don't look to Iraq as the major issue.
Nor do I care that much about President Bush's way of dealing with the
various gods of the people he governs. I care only about how he
governs in comparison to those who run against him. It is not a
religious decision -- it is a political one. I honestly see GW as
one who is trying to apply his faith to the opportunity he has to
govern. Right or wrong. I see him as one who is doing the best that
he can do. Kerry is very much the opposite -- without a political
conscience. The Constitutional Party candidate would not be able to
accomplish anything if he, in fact, won the election. Keep in mind,
that Bush is doing something I could not do. I could not be the
President because many of my views as a Christian would make it an
impossible task. In matters of faith, I personally, could make few
if any compromises and "compromise" is the bedrock of the political
decision making process.
If I voted my faith -- without compromise -- well, I can't think of
anyone I would vote for other than me and it would be wrong for me to
be President. So, it is not a religious decision.
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JohnJohn. Have you ever considered that the qualifications of the
elder are the same things that should be seen in every Christian man?
Elders are simply other Christians, not a race of supermen or a group
of men that are extra important to God. If Bush is
living the normal Christian life, he should have those qualities, and should be evaluated by
the qualities we see and the witness to God's grace that he is.
At least that's how I see it, but then I've been told that I am a
stupid loser, so maybe what I say shpold be taken with a grain of salt.
Terry
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