[Mr. Know It All]

I believe that God is going to choose our leaders for us and that we are going to assent to God's will in that choice by voting appropriately.

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...I voted for was Jimmy Carter.

May God forgive me for that one.

Why wouldn't He? Didn't you say that God chose Jimmy Carter? ;-) Personally, I believe that God doesn't get involved in human politics. That's why we much act on our own faith and values and vote accordingly — if God's plan is not put in place on this Earth, it's our fault, not His. That said, I have no problem with Romney due to his Morman faith (full disclosure, I am Catholic).

(More full disclosure, I wasn't old enough to vote for or against Carter, so I'm not judging you!)

[P-Marlowe]

Didn't you say that God chose Jimmy Carter?

Indeed he did. Undoubtedly he was not happy with the USA at that point. It appears that he cursed us with Carter so that we would repent and vote for Reagan.

Personally, I believe that God doesn't get involved in human politics.

Then I guess you either 1) have not read the Bible, or 2) don't believe the Bible. That's not unusual.

That's why we much act on our own faith and values and vote accordingly — if God's plan is not put in place on this Earth, it's our fault, not His.

I sense you are a Deist. I also sense that you believe that God does not know the future, that he has no control over his own plans, and that he is as surprised by current events as we are. That, IMO, is pretty a frightening theological worldview. If God is not intervening is politics and controlling the destiny of the earth, then quite frankly it would appear that we are doomed.

full disclosure, I am Catholic

Is this verse in the Catholic bible?

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. (Proverbs 21:1 KJV)

God is in control.

Thank God.

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