Voting Day (Again) in Georgia

No. The reason is I like Walker for his work with the military (and his platform).

Believe what you want to believe. Vote for who you want to win.

Just stop making stuff up about me.

 

I have said exactly why I do not vote. So you have no excuse for your comments.

The explanation you are pointing to by me is that I praise God we have Christians in office but I am personally convicted not to vote because I believe I should abstain from secular politics as it is a worldly power.

If you knew that is my personal position then why did you post something entirely different?

 

No, that is not what I said.

I'm not talking about perfect vs imperfect.

I am saying that I believe the Early Church was correct (I believe their arguments against Roman opposition to Christianity by those like Celsus has merit).

Christians should vote or not vote as they deem right. They should not impose their views onto others.

 

I suspect you have trouble tolerating statements like that only because it was my view Reynolds was misrepresenting.

I suspect were a member to misrepresent you then you would be quick to call the post dishonest.

You two will never change my mind. Christians need to prayerfully follow their convictions when it comes to voting. They should not allow Christians on the alt right or alt left bully them to violate their conscious as that would be to sin.

 

What you said is false. Members can offer opinions about other members views, but members cannot define other members beliefs.

In other words, you do not have the right to post that I believe something that I do not believe. That is not an opinion.

Illustration - I can believe that your political views are wrong. That is fine. It is my opinion. But I have no right to say that you support abortion.

You intentionally (by your own admission) posted something that you knew was false (if you do know my position) on the forum.

And that is against the rules. You are not allowed to define the beliefs of others.

 

@Reynolds,

I see you have been busy editing your posts.

That is good. Now that you are walking your claims back, I'll follow suit.

 

We can always see originals.

You walked back the part I called you out on.

That was good of you, correcting yourself.

 

Sure you did. I had called secular politics "secular". You went back and edited your post to redefine "secular" as "perfect" to support your argument.

Ignoring that "secular" does not mean "perfect" (it means "of or relating to the worldly"), you were covering your tracks.

You just are not man enough to admit it. That is a Southern trait you apparently lack.

 

Doesn't matter. Christians should obey God regardless of the consequences. Kingdom work has to be done in Kingdom ways.

If a Christian is convicted to vote then he or she should vote. If convicted to abstain they should abstain.

No amount of rationalizing voting for a "lesser evil" should change anybody mind. They should obey God and let the chips fall where they may.

 

I thought you understood as I was very clear.

I abstain from voting because that is my conviction. I expect others vote because that is their conviction.

It is very telling that the only people here urging people to violate their convictions are Christian Republicans.

But your context was far from plain. I never in a million years would have thought you believed "secular" means "imperfect".

Georgia, eh?

 

That is simple. If it is prohibited by God in Scripture then our conviction does not matter.

The Early Church abstained from many things out of conscious. They did not vote (under the Riman Empire they could for specific offices), they refused to hold office, and they refused to serve in the military. They suffered for their convictions. But their reasons were godly.

Christians vote, hold offices and serve in the military. And their reasons should also be godly.

The larger question is why a Christian would believe any secular political party is the mi istry of Christ.

The GOP has not attributed its political victories to God. They take the credit (and tell us about it when their term is towards an end). And that is fine, they should take credit because they are a secular power.

As for me, I do not believe any political party is the Kingdom builders you make the GOP out to be. Scripture seems to indicate otherwise.

 

I'm just happy Stacey Abrams isn't governor.