tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post8083914764203230051..comments2023-10-30T08:47:31.863-05:00Comments on The Rambling Prophet: A Vote for Romney: Disloyal to Jesus?Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-83692692051546889832007-06-26T07:52:00.000-05:002007-06-26T07:52:00.000-05:00Yeah, when the three of us are agreeing on somethi...Yeah, when the three of us are agreeing on something, there has got to be something wrong.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the vote of affirmation. And you hit on something that is becoming ingrained in the American psyche that if you do not vote then somehow you are not spiritual--or at least not an "American" Christian. Last year during the mid-terms and the marriage amendment Richard Land said that it was a sin not to vote. <BR/><BR/>"Thou shalt vote!" And vote often!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-66168901343858583822007-06-25T22:05:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:05:00.000-05:00Tony, Streak, and I agreeing on an issue right out...Tony, Streak, and I agreeing on an issue right out of the gate....what is this world coming to? ;)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, you already know I'm with you on this kind of stuff, Tony, but I can't resist adding my "amen" here publicly.<BR/><BR/>I would slightly edit the quote given here to say:<BR/><BR/>"[to think that voting or not voting for a particular candidate is a mark of someone's spiritual standing] would be potentially unwise, irresponsible and possible disloyal to our allegiance to Jesus Christ, Lord of lords and King of kings."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-38643228922665534552007-06-25T20:01:00.000-05:002007-06-25T20:01:00.000-05:00Oh yes--I would say it does have much in common wi...Oh yes--I would say it does have much in common with that post; why I blogged on both these little gems today. <BR/><BR/>Subversive element--yeah--sometimes I think that the Acts 17 passage about turning the world upside down has been almost raised to idol status (like the salt and light passage), that somehow through political maneuvering we can achieve moral reform (which is the purpose of the Gospel, right?) rather than letting the Gospel do its work of changing hearts.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-85645644173769772632007-06-25T16:28:00.000-05:002007-06-25T16:28:00.000-05:00This post has a lot in common with the Parsley pos...This post has a lot in common with the Parsley post, doesn't it? Christians militarizing their faith and position in culture. Instead of the shepherd pastor that you try to emulate, we have more of a "resistance cell" or subversive element idea. <BR/><BR/>And you are right. It is that kind of 24 view of the world that has turned Christians into somehow equating the Jesus of "turn the other cheek" into a torture enabler. <BR/><BR/>sigh.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-72687932939360973192007-06-25T15:59:00.000-05:002007-06-25T15:59:00.000-05:00I thought you and I might agree here.I don't refer...I thought you and I might agree here.<BR/><BR/>I don't referring to Bush as CiC either, I used Land's quote to show how Southern Baptists seem to be talking out of both sides of their mouths over Romney.<BR/><BR/>But, it seems that ALL people referring to Bush as CiC would add to the atmosphere of an almost Christian despotic state he has fashioned where torture is acceptable.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32640004.post-68442020555574903332007-06-25T15:44:00.000-05:002007-06-25T15:44:00.000-05:00Yeah, Tony, I really agree with you. This is the ...Yeah, Tony, I really agree with you. This is the world that Rove and Bush gave us where people conflated voting for Bush as some kind of act of reverence for Christ. Now they have no real way to disconnect from that secular religion. <BR/><BR/>One other note, btw, and this is becoming another of my pet peeves. Bush (or any President) is not <I>my</I> Commander in Chief. He/she is the CIC of the Armed Forces--a way of recognizing the civilian leadership of our military. I fear that people have blurred that line to where we have some kind of military head. We don't.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.com