Faith and Politics

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Peter Debelak

But "preach a policy"??? I don't see Biblical support for that. To be sure, I personally advocate for policies I think are good - but I don't presume it's the "Christian perspective" or the "Biblical view" - and I it would be silly of me to add as one of my arguments for that policy that "God says so."

I understand your "angst" here, but God's Great Household has folks moving in a myriad of directions. I doubt if all are inspired by the Spirit of God, but are allowed by God because they benefit mankind and seem to springboard off of the scripture, especially the Old Testament.

I remember as a young man getting involved with the anti-abortion movement in Cleveland. The ruling on Roe v. Wade just incensed many of us Catholics regarding the morality of our laws and country. I was not a real believer at the time, nor did I even know that, but I knew that the murder of the unborn was wrong, and somebody should say something about it. Our protests were designed to inform these "clinics" that they were not welcome in our town.

Yes, aron, our Lord was silent about the leader's immoral life. The Father led Him in this way. The Lord, however, was not silent about the hypocrisy of the Jewish leaders. The Baptist was not silent, but neither should we take that as license for us all to speak out against our leaders. The point is somebody needs to speak out or our next generation will be convinced by our silence that nothing was wrong in the first place.

Anyways, just a few undeveloped opinions about unrelated topics ...