politiks and the arena. May 16, 2008
- So there have been a ton of Canadian folk interested in what our politcal views are, and who we are going to vote for, and asking what we think about all of this stuff. Honestly, I have to say that after having lived my whole life in the states, and even more than that, in the south, I have been hesitant to say what I think. Here is why.
- There are those who claim to be evangelical christians who vehemently disagree with my point of view, and my opinion. I will say to them, this issue is not between me and you, its is between you and God.
- First of all, in my opion, abortion is a “sanctity of life” issue, and that you can’t be against abortion and yet in action be unwilling to take in unwed mothers, or adopting needy children.
AND I think that you can’t be against abortion and FOR capital punishment and going to war, it’s a complete double standard.
- Lastly, I the “American” media, and all media for that matter, but especially “American” media lies. I don’t want people to say that I am not an evangelical christian because I think this way, or because good ole’ W is not and has never been my homeboy.
- I won’t say that my “eyes” have been opened by living in a different country, but I will say that I finally realized that it is ok for me to have an opinion that is so vastly different from those whom I love, and love me, and that by the grace of God we can agree to lovingly disagree
- Also, capitalism isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it does lead to fairly huge rift between the rich and the poor, which is basically an issue stemming back to the Old Testament and are the UNITES STATES going to be a country that is intentionally going have a caste system in place?
BRING ON THE FREE HEALTHCARE!!!!
here are a couple of quotes which say it all MUCH better than I ever will
- “politics are too specific an idol for some people” Derek Webb in Relevant Magazine March/April 08
- “I really don’t understand the notion of a pro-capitalist, pro-death penalty, pro-war Christian. To me, that just seems like a vegetarian who eats a burger.” Moby in Relevant Magazine March/April 08
- “The way that moral issues have been co-opted by a political party for nothing else but to develop an constituency whose votes they depend on is really dangerous. I feel like it is nearly impossible to walk a party line-especially in a two party system- AND FOLLOW JESUS.” Derek Webb in Relevant Magazine March/April 08





