One Body, Many Political Views ("How Would Jesus Vote?" Seminar)

IRD ^ | Oct 06 | Ralph Webb

[RichInOC]

Jesus, being the King of kings and Lord of lords, is a royalist. How He would vote is, therefore, not particularly relevant.

[boomop1]

DITTO that, He will not come back as a humble child.

[ConservativeMind]

Cizik observed, "The two political parties both have a blind spot … [t]he Republican Party's blind spot is race, and the Democratic Party's blind spot is abortion."

How about the Republicans' blind spot is immigration and the Democrats' blind spot is logic?

[LiteKeeper]

non-poverty programs as unrelated to the Christian's main calling

SOCIAL GOSPEL ALERT!

[ConservativeMind]

Those who are not in Christ are not held accountable in the same way before God. It is true all who don't profess Jesus will go to Hell, but while here on Earth, they are not required to follow Him.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Fauntroy lamented...He also spoke of the dangers of poverty.

I agree. We need to stop Mexico from exporting so much of it to the U.S.

[P-40]

t]he Republican Party's blind spot is race

All races are welcome in the Republican Party...just some races and ethnic groups prefer to believe that the Democrats actually give a damn about them outside of election time.

[Brilliant]

He would vote for Himself.

[Paladin2]

Who would Mo' vote for?

[xzins]

Cizik's comments made me think he either was ignorant of the Republican Party or that he was a democrat.

There is no way that the Republican Party's blind spot is race. It is the Republican Party that has advanced civil rights since the election of Abraham Lincoln.

The dems have promoted: slavery, jim crow, literacy tests, separate but equal, george wallace, kkk, welfare, and tokenism.

The Republicans have the most minorities in the most significant positions in the history of this nation.

[unspun]

"Even with the diverse views represented on the panel, all the panelists could agree on at least one thing: even while there would always be a diversity of opinions regarding how Jesus would vote, Christians should be knowledgeable of current issues and vote based upon that understanding."

Christians should make sure they know Christ. Then, learn about issues and events and vote based upon how the former Truth affects the latter truths.

[Unknown Pundit]

Christians should eschew forcing biblical morality on the wider population using the democratic process. Christianity is a choice, freely made by those who choose to follow Christ. To expect those that haven't made that same choice to live as if they have is unfair to the unsaved. The unsaved should not be forced to live as if they are saved, that is a sham morality.

To put it another way, Christians are supposed to lead the unsaved to the Path of Light (by living and preaching the Gospel), and not use the police powers of the state to force the unsaved onto that Path.

[gcruse]

Jesus would vote that you take all your money and give it to poor people. IOW Jesus would vote Democrat.

[TheCrusader]

"One Body, Many Political Views ("How Would Jesus Vote?" Seminar)"

Jesus wouldn't vote. He is the Almighty Lord, Creator of the universe, so what would He care about a human political party? Anyway, as corrupt as Washington D.C. is today, Jesus would probably send a tornado over that place before He'd vote for anyone there.

[joebuck]

"Jesus would vote that you take all your money and give it to poor people. IOW Jesus would vote Democrat."

Way off base. Voting Democrat would mean that Jesus would forcibly take all your money himself and redistribute it to poor people - something he never did although he could have.

[Dark Skies]

He is who He is...He is both Royal and Humble at the same time.

He is the The Servant King...and we must be servants to follow Him.

BTW, before I get any flames...what He serves (and we must also) is Righteousness and Holiness(which is Himself).

He said it all when He said...

Mat 22:37

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mat 22:38

This is the first and great commandment.

Mat 22:39

And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 22:40

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

[sgtbono2002]

I am not sure how Jesus would vote, but I am pretty sure he wouldnt vote for anyone who would kill one of his children by sucking its brains nor would he vote for any advocate of such a horrible operation.

[xzins]

send a tornado

I don't think you're gettin' into the spirit of the discussion, TC.

Just imagine the Lord walking into the polling booth and punching that chad: What criteria would he use?

[Unknown Pundit]

Voting Democrat would mean that Jesus would forcibly take all your money himself and redistribute it to poor people - something he never did although he could have.

While I certainly agree with you, you do realize that the welfare state was sold to voters as the "Christian thing to do" for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. Christians overwheliming supported these policies as they were debated and enacted. Many Chistians still do.