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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
Since it is NOT clear that God wills us to do HIS work in politics, I think there ate less downsides to refraining.
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I would simply say that one must use discretion in invoking
God's name in politics. But the principles one seeks to establish through politics should be
God's principles. Otherwise, whose principles are you seeking to establish? Should one enter politics to establish Satan's principles?
The only alternative is to leave politics to the unbelievers. Do we think that's what God wants? C.S. Lewis made me clear on that. If we leave art to the unbelievers, then all art will express unbelief. If we leave literature to the unbelievers, then all literature will express unbelief. If we leave TV, movies and, yes, politics to the unbelievers, then... I'm sorry, but I just don't believe that's what God wants. God made us artists, writers, thinkers and leaders. Do we think he holds that the only valid expressions of those gifts express ungodliness?? That's a flat no, as far as I'm concerned.
That's the vision the LC held. We check out of the world and let it go to hell in a hand basket*, hoping the Lord comes back quickly and delivers us from all this distasteful inconvenience.
* Which reminds me of a favorite bumper sticker I once saw, which read: "Where are we going and what are we doing in this hand basket."