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If the people who wrote these articles knew ANYTHING about the Word of God, they might actually be able to write a coherent article.

I’m an “evangelical Christian” in Alabama who will vote for Roy Moore. How can I do that? The answer is actually pretty simple.

1. Roy Moore has a long career in public office in Alabama. He has ran for, and won, two statewide elections. These charges have never been aired in any of his previous campaigns or controversies.

2. Deuteronomy 19:15 “A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.” Yes, I recognize this is Old Testament law. However, it sets a precedent of how God wanted government to operate. Under the Law of Moses, this was also governmental regulation, not just religious.

3. Jesus re-iterated this in Matthew 18:15-16 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.” Yes, Jesus stated this while he was still under the Law of Moses. He had not yet been put death and raised from the dead. The Old Covenant was still in effect.

4. In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, by inspiration he re-iterates and codifies under the New Covenant the same principle. 2Co 12:21 - 13:1 “I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced. This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.”

5. The significance of these passages? Evangelicals are to take reports of wrong doing with a slight grain of salt. Don’t believe every charge. Make sure it is confirmed, not just one person making a scurrilous charge.

6. Credibility. Do believe Roy Moore or do I believe the Washington Post and Gloria Allred more? I have absolutely no hesitation at all to say I believe Moore more than the WaPo or Allred.

7. In the end, Roy Moore may have committed the allegations charged to him. At this point, I don’t see any proof whatsoever.

8. At this point. There is a reason that a Statute of Limitations is put in place for most crimes. Memories fade. Witnesses move away or die. You don’t wait 38 years to bring forward a “he said, she said” charge.

9. Here in Alabama, we try to use common sense. And we don’t appreciate people from other parts of the country coming down here and chastising and belittling us for trying to use common sense.