Can you believe these Christians; are they the ones voting these Republicans into office?

Question

Christians also believe the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God and that salvation comes through a process of repentance, or regret and turning away from one's former sins, and consciously giving one's life over to God -- a mystical act made possible by the substitutionary death of Jesus 2,000 years ago.

Now, here's the part causing all these problems. Christians believe that the Scriptures as laid down by the Hebrew patriarchs and recorded in the Old Testament -- and as reiterated largely intact in the New Testament -- constitute the objective and immutable standard by which morality, sexual or otherwise, should be measured. And they believe that sex, other than monogamous, heterosexual sex within the confines of holy matrimony, is immoral and sinful.

Answer 1

Let me first get the emphasis correct regarding salvation. Understand that salvation comes from one and only one action by us, that is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. This is the acceptance of a gift from God, of which we are totally unworthy. Repentance and turning away from sin is simply a natural reaction to our understanding of the devistating results of a sin filled life and the separation it causes from a Holy God. By definition a Holy God can not commune with a sinful being. We are not capable of living a sin free life, so it took a perfect being to take the sins of others upon Him and be sacrificed for it. Mr. Heroic Liberal you have some understanding of this but it appears that you have rejected Christ's gift.
It also is apparent that you are turned off by the political stands taken by many Christians. Even though I agree with the conservative philosophy of certain Christian "media stars", I am troubled greatly by their politicalization of the Gospel. We as Christians have every right that you do to participate in the political process but, we should do so as citizens of this land. I fear that intermingling the Gospel and politics has caused many to turn away from Christ, maybe you are one. I am sorry for that. I beg you to put aside your dislike of Christians and sincerely look at Christ and His message. Nothing else is really important, there will be no Republicans or Democrats, Conservatives or Liberals in Heaven, only those washed clean by Christ's sacrifice. My prayers are with you my liberal friend.

Answer 2

Actually, most of the standards you just mentioned came from the old testament in the Ten Commandments. Christ came into the picture 2,000 years ago, and do you have a problem with morality? Most of the basic laws we have in civilization today have be cultivated through the Judeo Christian viewpoint. Interesting, so you are saying it would be moral to have sex with anyone you wanted, have many fatherless kids and single moms living off society because they have trouble doing it on their own, and society could procreate and remain civil without some of these basic beliefs in morality?
Should I overgeneralize and assume you are left wing Democratic wacko Liberal? Or maybe some Democrats actually believe in morality too!

Answer 3

this is surely no longer the case with this president except the Republicans take maximum folk in November and that i'll tell you why. each and all the legislations handed with the aid of this Congress have left some exceedingly vast mysteries for company to handle. The well being care reform is a nightmare. It has already raised maximum medical well being coverage expenses with the aid of 10% and could purely bypass up. The have mandated that small company grant medical well being coverage for his or her workers. sure the government will help with 35% yet nevertheless there is sixty 5% further fee for each worker. The financial reform is likewise a secret for them to handle. additionally they have not any thought what their tax fee would be next year. in addition they ought to situation approximately cap and commerce becoming regulation which will upload extra cost. you spot, this administration has given company one impediment after the different. CEO's say there'll actually be no develop till after 2013. wager why? This administration has no longer purely slowed the upward thrust, they have nipped it in the bud. they have doomed us to the recession for the folk for yet another 3 years a minimum of.

Answer 4

Yes! Fundamentalism is taking over. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

These people don't even have to be in the majority to pull it off. If you look at the present political landscape, the religious right constitutes a tie-breaker (like in elections) that makes the difference between win or loss more often than not.

Answer 5

I don't believe that it is all Christians, that would be pigeon-holing them all into the idiot category and that is unfair. I believe those who do not wish to see beyond their own close minded, tunnel vision scenarios are the ones who continue to place these Republicans into office. These are the people who believe that the Republican party is the party of the people. They are the party of the people, just the "have and have mores" as George Bush would say.

Answer 6

I would like to think that Republicans can be held more synonymous with "conservatives" instead of with Christians. Those afraid of change, the conservatives, just seem to be able to identify themselves more with what Republicans stand for I suppose.

I do have to give you credit for actually having a debatable question however. It seems youre intelligent, something that is far lacking in Yahoo! Answers.

Answer 7

I'm christian but all republicans are not bad. I have yet to vote because I just got registered and not to long ago turned 18. But I assume I will usually vote Democrat. Anyway I plan on voting for a republican Governor who will be running for re-election in my state. He is doing a great job.

Answer 8

why don't you people actually read the Bible?

You CLEARLY pick and choose what you want to believe out of it... how many Conservatives are divorced? TENS OF THOUSANDS... and that's just as wrong as gay marriage... but OH THAT'S OK...

and have you ever READ the laws of the old testament that you proclaim? CLEARLY you have no idea...

you just do what you want to and pick out the parts that suit you... at least those that practice Islam aren't hypocrites about the religion...

Answer 9

So, what is your question? I don't get your point?

Do you think that Christians should check their consciences at the door, when they go to elect the officials that create and support the laws of the country?

Do you do that?

Or, do you just disagree with the Christian moral view, and wish that those who agree with it would just stay away from the polls entirely?

Please rephrase your question.

Answer 10

Well, you pretty much have it right. So what's the problem? Everthing sounds good to me. They're not out killing people, they have standards and morals and make goals to reach on the type of lifestyle they live, so what's the problem. Are they sounding too goody goody for you? And what makes you think that they're the wrong one's. What "IF" they are right? and they're doing the right thing when it comes to life? Even if they're wrong at least they've set standards and morals to their lives and nothing's going to happen to them after they die.