[Notary Sojac]

Knowing that a majority of the general electorate (as well as perhaps a sizable number of Christians) are utilitarians in the privacy of the voting booth, and nevertheless spending significant time and effort on this ballot campaign, strikes me as at least "knowing futility" if not denial.

It sounds as if there are many more hearts that have to be won over at the retail level.

[Colofornian]

Knowing that a majority of the general electorate (as well as perhaps a sizable number of Christians) are utilitarians in the privacy of the voting booth, and nevertheless spending significant time and effort on this ballot campaign, strikes me as at least "knowing futility"...

Ah, now that's a better way of saying it...although you still added "if not denial."

Hey, if God told you that 1% of those on death row were innocent -- and if He was specific in naming names...and if you got a bunch of others to do everything they could to lobby, and cajole, and expose, and investigate, etc...anything to get those specific men off of death row -- and you failed -- how would you feel if somebody accused you of a great exercise in futility?

It sounds as if there are many more hearts that have to be won over at the retail level.

Good analogy.

Imagine if marketers only tried to sale their products with words...no images...no commercials...no billboards...no ads...except just words in commercials...billboards...printed pages.

Think they would sell as much?

Well, we're only about 20 years overdue in showing the reality of abortion -- real aborted babies...real pictures -- more than what's been done...in a couple of political races...or tracts...or a few not well circulated DVDs...or the truth squads that make the rounds on college campuses.