Part of me wants to do a little jig for joy that Obama is the man that is headed into the White House. Another part of me is waiting to see what will happen due to this epic event.
Of course, I am from north of the border and therefore don’t have the responsibilty to vote in the U.S. but I do have a very real interest in Global Politics, especially as it relates to Christianity. And Barack Obama winning the election is pleasing if it will help the Moral Majority and the Evangelical Right rethink their positions.
To be honest, I think that outside of his position on war, Mccain is probably closest to my set of moral values on some very key issues, but Obama… well let’s say that Obama treated people more like Jesus would. And I don’t think Jesus would make political promises that only pleased Christians. But then, Jesus did refuse the INFLUENCE of Kingship when they did want to Crown him. Maybe he didn’t believe Christians should be involved in politics.
OK, I am somewhat kidding… that would be reading way to much into that event. But seriously, God doesn’t seem to be dealing with us in a manner that enforces His morality on everyone. I mean, Jesus rejected the law when He refused to stone the prostitute that was brought before him. Shouldn’t He have been the first to support the Moral Majority and stoned her out of RIGHTEOUS indignation? Interesting that he was more focused on redemption than he was on rights, isn’t it?
Please don’t hang me when I muse about whether it is possible to be a “Christian Democracy” or whether a Christian political figure who promises that he will “ban abortion” and “reverse gay rights” is in fact promising a Dictatorship in principle.
I guess my questions go like this: do you believe in democracy as an ideal? If so, can you reject the people’s choice? after all, isn’t the idea of democracy that the people rule, not the figure head? Maybe I am making a case for Dictatorship, but honestly, if we believe it is our responsibility to make sure that the country upholds Christian Values, isn’t Dictatorship the natural conclusion?
I mean, I am aware and believe that IF we do believe in Democracy, we are responsible to vote for our values. But if I truly believe in Democracy, than the person who is more open minded to listen to all people, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Agnostics or any of the list of other beliefs that are represented in North America, would be the man that represents the value of democracy the best.
Maybe I am unduly influenced by my Anabaptist roots, but I must admit that their position of non-political involvement, claiming that as Christians “our kingdom is not of this world,” may after all be the right position. I must say that at the very least I have become a lot more sympathetic to that position over the last few years.
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