My friend - totally agreed. The folks wrapped up in their minds, in some fantasy that on earth you can escape evil, may or may not come to realize that being so stuck on the righteousness of your own thoughts that you would do harm by omission is Pride. I believe that’s considered a pretty serious sin.
Then again, the original meaning of ‘sin’ is not ‘you’re a bad and awful person’ ... it means, literally “to miss the mark,” as say, when a warrior on horseback shoots his arrow at a target and misses 6 inches to the left.
In our case, thought, this is not target practice. People’s lives will be deeply affected by the outcome of this election.
There is a saying that covers the reason they feel so self righteous. So I say to them “you’re right, dead right.” Dead being the key word.
There is however one valid reason for an intelligent person rationally and morally to not vote. If he stands by this reason, then he must believe something most are unwilling to entertain, and he could only believe this if he is capable of seeing mankind in a broader view. I don’t mean broader globally - I mean historically. I’ve yet to hear it, and I’ve yet to see anything rational or moral in the arguments of those on the I-Hate-Romney kick. If anyone thinks they are committed to this reason, I’d be interested in a direct response to that question. And if you do know the answer, then you are actually morally obligated to actively vote FOR Obama. God will support you if your reasoning is correct.
The EMT analogy is absolutely correct for those of us who will be voting for Romney.
To ignore the significance of the threat an economic crisis poses to a Free Republic, structurally, while not what I referred to above, is tantamount to being for forced abortion and health control rationing for young kids with leukemia. Communism needs a crisis in order for the people to invite it in.
You want a crisis? Then pee away your vote however you like. Abortion will not cause war. Health Control will not cause war. An economic crisis will, and it will instantly and radically change the structural nature of whatever freedom is left. It’s everything a well planned Marxist aims for. instability is his friend, crisis is his winning lottery ticket.
Whatever happens, We WILL be looking at a pro-abortion president. We WILL be looking at a president who advocated for health control. We MAY OR MAY NOT be looking at the kind of economic crisis that has always been the-thing-just-before-a-country-goes-to-war-against-its-own-people in countries led by charismatic combinations of deceitfulness and narcissism, self aggrandizement to the point of megalomania.
Let’s cut the silly juxtaposition of rationalizing in a fit of emotional infancy. If you are from a state such as Virginia or Ohio or another tipping point state, and you choose not to vote, or to vote something in a fit of rage rather than a well thought out strategy that benefits your countrymen, you may be the non-vote that tips the election. That’s true whether you’re a duck adept at getting scolded or not.
Anyway ... long way of saying ‘I agree with you wj ...’
I’m interested if any of the I-Will-Not-Cast-A-Vote-For-Mittens crew knows the moral reasoning, a reasoning God would support, and that can be supported by a coherent argument rather than disgust, for not voting for Romney ... and why it’s only logical conclusion is to also vote for Obama ...?
“Abortion will not cause war”
The root of the dispute is between those who believe that abortion is the greatest atrocity ever committed by western society and those who believe it to be a surgical procedure.
Why would we expect someone who doesn’t see abortion in the same way to understand why a prolifer cannot vote for Romney?
Why do you think we are in trouble fiscally? 50 million dead American citizens is the cause. What could we have done with these people who were instead aborted?
No, that's not the God we know.
Here are some reasons for not voting for Romney: gun grab, abortions, homosexual agenda, man made global warming, big government, government mandates, government health care, disparaging of conservatives, attempted to destroy solid conservatives, disparaging of the Tea Party, taxes, active democrat until he ran for governor, liar, flip flopper, equating his sons campaigning for him equal to military service........oh there’s more but you should get it by now.
Thank you for the kind words my FRiend. History has proven over and over again that Tyranny thrives on instability and chaos. Moreover, the people causing the chaos and instability end up being the Tyrants because they stabilize the situation by force. We have only seen a small portion of what Zero and the RATS have planned for us. Mittens isn’t as “principled” as we would like but I don’t think he is evil either. We will see real evil if Zero gets a second term.