Is a vote for one party ‘less christian’ than a vote for another?
Posted in Main on May 5th, 2010 by fLaMePr0oFMany christians vote according to a vary narrow set of perceived ‘Christian’ issues and don’t consider others which are just as, if not more important… [Matt 7:15-20, Jas 2:18]
God’s measure of leaders, governments and societies is this: how do they treat widows, orphans, and the alien in the land? (Basically the vulnerable and oppressed), the Tories and Labour have fallen down badly by these measures, particularly the last one…
It could be argued that Nick Clegg is not ‘less Christian’ just less hypocritical than the other two by stating his personal beliefs with uncharacteristic conviction and sincerity rather than trying to pander to ‘faith voters’.
Let George W Bush stand as a warning to us, he undoubtedly won millions of votes based on his ‘christian’ testimony and conservative ’stance’ on issues like abortion, however, the truth is that while the outcome of those elections, either way, was never going to make any significant difference to the number of abortions in America, Bush’s military stance DID directly result in many hundreds of thousands of additional deaths, national infrastructures raped and destroyed, and many trillions of dollars lining the pockets of some of the most evil people to walk God’s earth (arms traders). At least his voters can comfort themselves with the knowledge that they voted for the candidate that was personally against abortion…
Also, Consider Xerxese; while he wasn’t a ‘man of God’ he was still God’s man…
As Christians go to the polls tomorrow they’d do well to ask God to deliver them from skewed perspectives or beliefs and priorities that they’ve accepted and never questioned or examined, because the one thing you can just about guarantee about the members of any established religion, (Thank God for His grace!), is that they’ll have strained their fair share of gnats, and swallowed a few camels along the way.
So, Is a vote for one party ‘less christian’ than a vote for another? Almost certainly, but the real question might be, which is which?