Will you vote for a candidate strictly based on their christianity? Would you vote for a non-christian under any circumstance? Do you vote for whomever your pastor tells you too? How do you choose?
2007-01-22 11:54:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dude LLAW: It looks better on me.
2007-01-22 12:03:10 · update #1
We all know pastors are not supposed to tell congregations how to vote, but there's plenty of video of the ones who do, and there are many.
2007-01-22 12:05:30 · update #2
Well, this last mid-term election, the polls showed they voted 70% Republican.
Thank goodness enough change overs from the Republicans, and the Democrats coming out in full force ---that we really showed them what for.
2007-01-22 11:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and...
1. No, I don't vote for or against a candidate because they are Christian.
2. Yes, I would vote for a non-Christian.
3. My pastor doesn't tell our congregation how to vote. (As he shouldn't!)
4. I choose based on issues and which candidate's view/agenda is most in line with mine.
2007-01-22 11:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by Apple21 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Will you vote for a candidate strictly based on their christianity? NO
Would you vote for a non-christian under any circumstance? under some YES
Do you vote for whomever your pastor tells you too? My pastor doesn't tell me or suggest to me who to vote for, does your? the media?
How do you choose? There currently isn't an election so I choose to wait and see. and you?
2007-01-22 12:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by stephan s 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The pastor is prevented by the IRS regulations to tell people how to vote.
Here's how I answered a similar question earlier:
Their values must align with mine to a significant degree.
If there was an agnostic who was a pro-life, advocated limited government, lower taxes conservative candidate versus a supposedly "Christian" pro-abortion, big government, tax and spend liberal candidate, I would vote the agnostic.
2007-01-22 11:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never vote simply as my pastor says. My Lord gave me a brain and expects me to use it.
I would vote for a non-christian and do not vote solely based on belief. I look for someone whose stated belief or faith matches what they do, how they act, what THEY support and vote for.
2007-01-22 11:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by treehse65 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My "religion" has nothing to do with voting.
Faith and discernment determine my votes.
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Will you vote for a candidate strictly based on their christianity?
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Bush isn't based on Christianity, he's based on Jesus. If that's what you're implying.
"When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Chrsit as Savior, it changes the heart and changes your life and that's what happened to me."
-President Bush.
The media hates him, and thus, many (too many) Americans hate him. Don't you get that?
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Would you vote for a non-christian under any circumstance?
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If the "Christian" was a hypocrite, of course. :D
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Do you vote for whomever your pastor tells you too?
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Pastors aren't allowed to recommend people to vote for certain candidates. The state enjoys holding that freedom from them. :)
Even if they could, my vote would be based only on my own discernment.
2007-01-22 12:02:07 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I won't vote for a candidate that is pro choice, pro gay rights under any circumstances. If you're gonna say your a Christian, then don't be a wussy and compromise your values to appeal to a "larger" audience. If you believe in something, stand up for it. I would never vote for a non Christian either. Being a Christian is who I am. For me its easy to vote, if they are willing to compromise their values to get elected, how can I trust them with my safety?
2007-01-22 12:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
confident, to three degree. I care concerning the thought gadget of the candidate because of the fact it could profoundly impact his/her character. this is not correct which religious association - Catholic, Mormon, Baptist, Presbyterian, and so on. - that's no longer a controversy. regrettably interior the U. S. many human beings declare to belong to this or that church yet their lives do no longer mirror a similar values. So i check out what they are announcing they suspect and evaluate it to how they stay from on a daily basis. a number of them needless to say are crammed with beans whilst they declare to be Christian. some are trustworthy. the only with the utmost integrity gets my vote. could I vote for a individual of yet another faith - Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist? very no longer particularly.... What i believe approximately Jesus Christ is the main needed concern approximately me. it could be difficult to have a frontrunner who did no longer renowned him.
2016-11-01 00:58:53 · answer #8 · answered by quinteros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vote based on their policies.
PS - Pastors cannot endorse candidates from their pulpit or the church loses tax exempt status.
2007-01-22 11:58:47 · answer #9 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a bishop said during election time that voting for john kerry was a sin because he didn't have a standing on abortion issue, my mom voted for bush, look what happened then
2007-01-22 11:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋