Posted on 04/13/2016 7:19:54 PM PDT by kaehurowing
I saw that at the time and was waiting for the cock to crow. The expression on the Methodist minister’s face who offered the amendment to put God back in the platform was priceless as he heard it shouted down. But then, he didn’t walk out either.
All it takes to be a believer, is a little more faith than no faith whatsoever in what Christ performed at the Cross.
After saving faith, nothing says the believer always stays in fellowship.
There are many believers who also will vote Democrat for any number of reasons.
Many have been influenced by their past familial relationships, historical environments, and perhaps direct association with some unbelievers who also happened to be conservatives.
It generally is the wrong question to ask, as it brings Christ down, rather than lifting Him up.
Hating the God of the Bible and his principles is the whole platform of the democrat party. Think about it. Everything they believe stems from this.
These days, it should be asked if one can be a Christian and a Republican.
Recommended reading:
Heaven On Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism
by Joshua Muravchik
http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-On-Earth-Rise-Socialism/dp/1893554783
The only place he gets it wrong is at the end of the book, in thinking that the fall of the USSR drove a stake through the heart of socialism.
The author was raised by communistic parents so he saw it from the inside.
Here is the description of the book at Amazon. It is clear that Marx’s intent was to replace [Christian] religion, because it detracted from the worship of his religion, Communism.
Socialism was man’s most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in “science.” Indeed, no religion ever spread so far so fast. Yet while socialism had established itself as a fact of life by the beginning of the 20th century, it did not create societies of abundance or give birth to “the New Man.” Each failure inspired new searches for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, Communism, Fascism, Third World socialism.
Maybe once upon a time but now? Decidedly no.
A very Christian man I have known for many years died a few days ago. I checked his voter registration on the state list, and he was a Democrat. Not sure why, as there is no way this man believed in the “Democratic creed”.
I would imagine if this elderly man had been asked about his Democratic registration, he could have said the Republicans had never offered him anything consistently; so he stayed Democrat. Or he might have said he stayed Democrat because they “help the poor”.
Ultimately, the fall of the USSR has meant very, very little. America is where the socialists have amassed power now. It may or may not have shocked Lenin and Khrushchev.
It all has failed of course, but the American people are convinced it can succeed with either Mrs. Bill or “The Bern”.
While that statement in itself may be true, if one votes for those who pass laws that contradict Godly principles, I doubt God is going to accept the premise that one doesn't share in the responsibility for those laws.
And if the American people fail to be convinced, we have an establishment occupying all three branches of government to shove it down our throats.
Absolutely not. My wife’s “best friend” is an ordained minister from one of those kooky “Christian” churches, and I’ve cornered her OFTEN on her hypocrisies. I even got her to think that maybe she ought not be a pastor.
Then they aren't Democrats. Democrats support the legalization of refusing responsibility for as many of your actions as possible. But then, Democrats are also unabashed hypocrites, so maybe they are Democrats on those grounds.
Dying is easy, and easy to promise.
Living is hard - and hard to promise.
Few people will live for another, when it gets right down to it. Very, very few.
What, exactly, is a political or religious bigot?
Someone who believe in their position?
Can't have that.
No
Depends on how you define "be."
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