If you're wondering what that stands for, then you're probably not alone. I took a t-shirt wrote those letters on it 10 years ago when I was serving as youth minister at our church. At the time, the WWJD craze was just getting off the ground, and I was "cutting edge" and ahead of my time. We had a mid-term election going on in Illinois (and everywhere else, but I don't care about anywhere else), and I was encouraging my youth group kids to consider "Who Would Jesus Vote For?"
Our senior minister, Bill Campbell, threatens every four years to preach a sermon entitled, "Was Jesus a Democrat or a Republican?" I'm sure it's been done somewhere else, but he's never had the guts to do it here. (I'm really just trying to goad him into doing it because I LOVE controversy when it doesn't involve me!)
Voting is a pretty big issue in the Church. I have a friend, Don Sanders, who has written a great article on the subject. I think everyone should read it. You can find it on his blog, "Quantum Discipleship". Don't be fooled by the blog title, he's not as smart as he thinks he is. Anyway, you can link directly to his article, "Checklist for Voting," by clicking here.
I'll be honest with you: I am going to vote for the person who most represents what I think is important in government. I want to vote for the person who will let me keep my guns to hunt and protect myself, who will try and shrink government and get the feds out of my pockets, who will do what is right and just in areas of morality (abortion, welfare, etc.), and who is not a Socialist or a Communist. Now, I'm not sure anyone will ever live up to all of those, but I'm going to pick the one who meets those criteria the most. But that's just me.
I am one of those right-wing, gun-toting, whack-job conservatives who believes that you don't vote for someone (or NOT vote) because of their age, their gender, their race, or their religion (unless they claim their religion to be "Satanist" or "Nudist" or something truly weird). You should vote for a candidate for any office based upon their ability to carry out the job they want in the best way possible which represents what you, as a voter, want done. Do you want to raise taxes, have the government take over every aspect of your life, take your guns away, and basically tell you what to do? Fine. Vote for Obama. Do you want to raise taxes, have the government take over almost every aspect of your life, let you keep your guns and strongly suggest what you should do? Then vote for McCain. Do you want to have a better choice next time around (if the Lord should tarry)? Then you'd better start praying now.
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I'm glad to see that you're getting your political information from a reliable source.
You should check out an interesting article by Ben Witherington about Obama. I'm not saying I'm voting for him, just that it's interesting.
http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-muslim-not-chance.html
That address didn't come up all the way. Just go to benwitherington.blogspot.com and look for the Obama article on the right.
I have no problems with Obama's religious views. In fact, I probably agree with him more than disagree when it comes to how his faith intersects with government policy. That's never been my problem.
My problem with him is entirely political. He has been the most liberal member of the Senate (by voting record) in the few years he has been in office. That means he has a more liberal voting record than the self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders (no relation, I'm sure) of Vermont.
When it comes to religion, Obama's politics stink. I disagree with his stand on sex-ed, government involvement in handing our contraceptives, parental rights, abortion, and almost every family issue that there is. I don't care if he's black , white, or green; I don't care if he's a Christian, a Muslim, or a Buddhist; I don't care if he's a man, a woman or whatever else there is: He's just not the guy I want as POTUS.
With possibly two seats on the Supreme Court up for appointment in the next 4 years, I'm clutching my guns and my Bible even closer than I have in the past. . . .
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