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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
To be clear, I am not saying Christians shouldn't get involved in politics at all. They should as good engaged citizens. But just not under a public banner of God's name, as if His mouthpiece on whatever issue you're discussing.
For example:
A Christian believer may believe, based on Scripture, that homosexuality is wrong. They may decide to engage in a political debate over a law regarding same sex marriage.
I don't take issue with a Christian being involved in that public debate, arguing based on the Constitution, social traditions or concerns of what might happen to American society.
I do take issue using God's name as part of the argument - as if presuming it is, in fact, God's will that a human government define marriage in a particular way.
Even if the Scripture is air-tight concerning God's feelings about homosexuality (and some Christians would argue it is not crystal clear - but I'm not getting into it and don't desire to), that isn't proof that God actually desires America to pass certain laws. Indeed, sometimes it's been God's will that human government's do BAD things (e.g. hardening Pharoah's heart).
Again, I see no issue for arguing for/against issues in public debate based on personal Christian convictions. Just don't bring God's name into it.
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I see this as an impossibility.
One cannot promote traditional marriage without invoking God and His word.
It is God who has defined marriage. That is why some Christians have brought their fight into the public arena. And I don't buy this argument that "what they do in the secrecy of their own bedroom is none of the government's business." I am definitely not a "bedroom Nazi," but I know that their agenda is not for liberty, but for capturing our next generation. (
The full extent of their political and social agenda cannot be completely known until one reads the account in Genesis 19.)
In this regard, it
is positive that her proponents do so in God's name, rather than in their own "preference." This highlights God's commands in His word, rather than their own personal conservative / liberal preferences, which ultimately directs the hearer to the afterlife and its judgment rather than contemporary social agendas.
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