A Choice Between Satan and Beelzebub

WND ^ | 7/12/12 | Alan Keyes argues against 'fighting evil with evil' by voting for Romney

[Jim Robinson]

Recently I heard a friend of mine echo the sentiment former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker expressed in an interview with WND: “I would vote for the devil himself over Barack Obama.” People say this to make clear how deeply they abhor Obama and all his works. Sadly, for them and for America, their passionate hatred of Obama puts them exactly where the devil wants them to be. The Father of Lies chuckles with satisfaction. He gloats triumphantly at the fact that their hatred of his appearance in one form has maneuvered them into supporting his triumph in another.

I grieve deeply as I contemplate the fact that millions of Americans are letting themselves be caught in this diabolical snare. As I tried to point out in 2008, the lesser of evils is still evil. No matter how such an election turns out, people content to choose between Satan and Beelzebub have made clear their willingness to let things go to hell. Moreover, the nature of their choice is so clear to them that they practically boast of the passionate hatred that impels them to it. With this practical boast they become the willing, proud accomplices of the very evil they profess to hate.

I’m morally certain this is why Christ admonished his disciples to make striving for God’s perfection the standard for their actions, rather than their hatred of evil. He thought it better to fail reaching for this standard than succeed by abandoning one’s life to the devil’s dominion. He thought it better to fail in the world’s eyes while commending one’s spirit to God (as he does on the cross) than succeed by casting one’s lot with God’s adversary.

All this came to my mind this week as I read the excellent half-truths in David Limbaugh’s column

[Alex Murphy]

Logically, by withholding a vote for Romney, at least some of those who increase the disparity of votes in the direction of Obama out of a distaste for Romney are those who believe that a vote that shows how sincere they are but that ends up reelecting Obama is somehow morally less suspect than one that has a greater chance of throwing Obama out of office; that is, they are holding in higher regard their own feelings about what they believe could be a possible danger by Romney rather than stopping an immediate, ongoing assault by Obama. In this case, it's pretty obvious who is at least an unwitting (or witless) friend of Obama.

Hey, I'm no expert on run-on sentences, but that is a run-on sentence. A 114 word homage to Morris Alpert. "Whoa whoa whoa feelings".

[Alex Murphy]

Churchill still evaluated Hitler to be the greater threat and allied temporarily with Stalin to eliminate the imminent threat. You know history. You know this is fact. Churchill was courageous and made gut-wrenching moral decisions to save his nation. He was forced to ally with an evil Stalin because he had no goal but to save his nation. He made a deal with the devil.

Let me know when Churchill is running for US President. I'd be glad to vote for him.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle!!