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Add to FavoritesFaith is a committed heart. Come what may, the faithful person honors that commitment. Each act is an act of faith. Faith is absolute. Qualified faith is not faith at all, in my book, The Holy Bible. Faith does indeed run counter to Reason. Reason is a creation of mankind's minds. We come to know, though, after we have exhausted all our reasoning without a resolution; the Lord "provides a way". One doesn't reason himself to faith. Again, faith is a heart thing, not a mind thing.
But being faithful doesn't make one mindless. Indeed, it is the rock foundation on which one builds a basis for reasoning. My faith informs me that, regardless of my feelings or rationalizing, I must act with regard to the Word of the Lord. Faith gives us a standard by which we can measure individual actions, and our society's actions. Our vote is an act as a member of society. Duplicity is not a choice on Election Day. To say, "I believe thus" on an issue or candidate, but in the privacy of the election booth, cast an opposite ballot, shows faith is non-existent.
It is paradoxical that the same person who professes absolute faith in the electoral process, in the voice of the people as spoken Election Day; denies that personal faith should inform and guide my vote. Talking heads, political committees, citizens of other nations are all qualified to give me their advice, but I must not let my convictions affect my vote!
"Oh yes, I believe that is wrong, and I know that Candidate A will support it to the death; but do you think I should be a "One Issue Voter?"
Bear with me as I pose a question? Empaneled on a jury to decide your own fate; would you vote for the Death Penalty? Your Election Day vote carries the same weight. When votes are cast to elect candidates who support un-Constitutional, and/or immoral legislation; they add to our society's flight from security, which means each individual is less secure. Eugenicists, statists, and globalists increasingly dominate our government. America, with all her faults, has been from the start an exceptional nation. We are in the throes of a crisis more vitally important than any Economic problem. Shall our birth, death and the totality of our lives be decided by an overweening Government? We enter the Wonderland wherein the Queen may call,"Off with their heads!" History is filled with a list of nations who have accepted that scenario. Our votes are the only brake that can stop it happening here. By my faith, I will vote against this lemming-leap, and for keeping America exceptional.
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Think about it from your own point of view. How would you feel if someone were voting on something that would in some way oppress you or your faith or your way of life or anything you love or hold dear? How would you feel if someone else had the ability to vote to control your life like that, leaving you powerless? People shouldn't let their faith, or religion, get in the way of the thought process behind voting.
Take the fact that gay marriage still isn't legal in America...gay people still don't have the right to marry the same way straight people do, and why? Because religious jerks didn't want them to. Because people who believe the Bible is the only right thing in the world decided they were going to overpower and demean others choice to love and be loved.
So many people think theirs is the right faith, so they push it upon others, cram it down the throats of everyone until they are absolutely fed up with dealing with it.
There is supposed to be a separation between church and state...and for a very good reason.
Your religious views are not supposed to get in the way of your political views. You aren't supposed to vote for a person because of their faith, you aren't supposed to vote for a bill, or act, or proposition, or anything because of your religious or spiritual beliefs. That is just forcing your beliefs on others that may not agree with you.
This is the home of the free, we are supposed to all have equal rights...equal rights under the constitution that states that every man is created equal. Women have rights protected under the constitution...they had to work very hard to get the word 'men' to become an umbrella term for 'human'...they fought for their rights. Now their are other men and women out there that are fighting for that same right, and faith is getting in the way.
First of all, there are some things that shouldn't be up to a vote and whether or not anyone can get married is one of those things. It shouldn't be up to be whether or not you or your friends can get married. But since it is, people shouldn't let their faith or religion get in the way of making the right choice. There are men fighting to be considered 'men' under the constitution...all men are created equal...that doesn't mean anything anymore because of religion.
Children are no longer required to say the words 'one nation under God' when reciting the Pledge..they aren't even required to say the Pledge anymore. With all the political correctness this country is trying to push upon itself it sure isn't very politically correct most of the time.........because of religion. Most people in America are Christian..or Catholic. And that determines a lot of what goes on in our government.
Christian and Catholic people vote for Christian or Catholic presidents...not 'the other guy'. Religious people vote against others rights, because they don't agree with them or because the others aren't of the same religion. Religious people often, too often, let their faith get in the way of making a decision that could make the whole community happier, and therefore better.
Letting your faith sway your vote for something that has to do with our whole society creates unease within that society. It creates oppression and unhappiness. It causes sadness, hurt, injustice and a whole bunch of other negative things.
No, it isn't your 'right' under the Freedom of Religion blah blah blah to take your religious views into consideration when you vote. It isn't your right because you don't believe the same thing for people of other faiths or life styles. You do not believe they should have the same rights as you...so you try to vote their rights away.
That is the problem in the first place though...that you have the ability, and apparently the right...to vote other peoples rights away, causing them to live a life of misery that you wouldn't choose for yourself or your family; but that you have no problem forcing onto others you feel are lower than you for not believing the same things as you.
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