It pretty much sums up the attitudes on both sides of the aisle when it comes to politics. We get in this mindset where "They" are the enemy and we should do anything in our power to stop the evil agenda of "THEM."
This becomes a major issue when we start to compromise our morals in order to battle THEM... We saw this in 2016 and we saw this again in Alabama...
Let's be clear: I am a conservative. I hold conservative values and I want to see conservative policies in place. So far, almost every fiscal policy Trump has enacted has been something that I applaud... That doesn't mean he was the right person for the job...
I think of the Israelites in the book of 1 Samuel when they demanded a king to lead them.
1 Samuel 8:7
The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them."
God was clear that demanding a king to fight their battles was a rejection of Him.
In 2016, when I watched many Christians flocking to Donald Trump during the primary, I was reminded of this. They said things like "He's the strongest candidate! We need to stop Hillary at all costs!" He was never the strongest candidate, and Hillary had actually colluded with the media to promote that notion because she thought he was the weakest candidate... We learned this from her leaked emails... That said, many conservatives, including a TON of professed Christians bought this reasoning.
The problem was that there were other candidates at this point who were not so morally abhorrent, but people were so convinced that they needed a king to take down Hillary, that they sold out to a creep in order to do it.
Once he was nominated, I have more sympathy for Trump voters. Neither Trump nor Hillary had a moral bone in their bodies. I personally couldn't bring myself to vote for either, so I ended up voting 3rd party.
Similarly, in this special election for Senate, Roy Moore was the conservative candidate. When stories from his past came up -- allegations that included pedophilia--, I saw churches and pastors lining up to support him rather than call for him to step out of the race... Why? Probably because they felt their political party would be in a weak position if they brought in a new candidate... Once again, churches and pastors were supporting a political figure for purely political reasons over their moral convictions... Once again, I'm reminded of the people of Israel demanding a king...
I'm not going to pretend to know the right answers here. It's tough when you have a moral dilemma on both sides. I can't say it was wrong to vote for Trump over Hillary or Roy Moore over Doug Jones... You may have had legitimate moral reasoning for that such as Pro-Life beliefs. I will say that if you value your political agenda over morality, you have become an idolater. Christians who stood next to Trump during the primaries praising him and cheering that he was going to be their king who would take down Hillary, you were just like the Israelites demanding a king that could take on the other nations. You suppressed your morality and nominated a man who is completely amoral.
Again, I'm not going to say voting X way is good or bad. Honestly, there isn't a single politician I believe is godly at this point, but I think we should really take a good look at ourselves when we're supporting candidates or voting... Are we making an idol of our political beliefs? Are ideas like capitalism and democracy now on the same level as God's law in our minds? I'm not saying anything negative about these concepts. I personally see capitalism as a fantastic economic system, but it isn't the hope for mankind. I think our Democratic Republic is a fantastic form of government, but we weren't called to spread the Gospel of Democracy... If your reasoning for suppressing your morals for an election is because you are afraid that our democracy or our capitalism is at stake, you might be right, but those social structures do NOT supersede morality...
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