Amen, Kindred!
I have always believed that a true conservative must also be a true Bible believers. That is the only way to honestly evaluate our situation.
To understand that God punishes a sinful nation would help all of realize and understand and accept that 0bama may actually be God’s representative to wield His sword of judgment upon America.
Sadly, according to Scripture, the rain falls upon the just and the unjust . . .
Every soul is an individual and without borders. God may destroy America and every mortal body in it but the souls will still be judged as individuals.
Thank you Pilgrim and may the good Lord bless and keep you and your safe in these evil days.
I've always felt that a true conservative uses the Bible to tell himself what to do, and not what others should do.
It does in general, yet the Scripture also make clear that God judges sin, and national sins bring national judgment (Jer. 18:8-10) - esp. after they have been warned.
And aside from special judgments, America's war against God is costing plenty in lives, souls and money.
Thus Presbyterian Preacher and political leader Ian Paisley, as he spoke before Parliament, warned:
"Those who want to destroy standards and lower safeguards can easily apply the label of morality to their principles, but when they advocate those principles, their real objective is to get rid of morality and religion. This nation has a soul and a conscience, but it has no eternity. Every person in this Chamber has a soul and a conscience and every person has eternity to face. We shall all give account of ourselves to almighty God at the end of the day, but nations are judged in time for their policies, their moralities, their violence, and their crimes.
What of the great nations of the past—the dominant nations that led the world, controlled destinies, and became the great empires? What of Babylon? What of Persia? What of the Greek kingdom? What of the Roman empire? What destroyed them? One has only to read the history books to realize the debris that they left because they gave themselves over to the very things that pervert society and take it down a road that has only ruin at its end. The House very well knows that there is no history book that does not record the ruin of nations because of their departure from morality, truth, and righteousness. Judgement will come in time, but it would be far better for us, as legislators, to try to avert such judgment coming upon the nation.”
(Presbyterian Preacher and political leader Ian Paisley, January, 1999, British House of Commons, on the debate to lower the age of consent for homosexual activity from 18 to 16)
You can't be a 'Bible believer' if you aren't first free to believe it. Being Conservative is about promoting that freedom. You can't freely accept Christ if you aren't first free. Christianity isn't true if it is by compulsion. Conservatism is about that freedom. Freedom of religion, freedom of life, freedom of liberty. That freedom gives us the ability to freely choose Christ. Without it, whatever faith we have is no better than old dusty tradition we follow because everyone else does.
Conservatism is about every INDIVIDUAL who believes in that freedom.