The Election

The current election cycle has prompted me to end my blogging hiatus.  I recently e-mailed an essay on “Presidential Character” to a number of people. (For those interested, that essay can be read here.)  One of the recipients of my e-mail responded to me, which led to a brief e-mail exchange within the space of a couple of hours.

I’ll share our e-mails with you (leaving out some details which might identify the other gentleman). I believe many things are at stake in this upcoming presidential election. No doubt, future generations will someday look back on this moment as a watershed—for better or for worse—in our nation’s history.

The first response I received from this particular gentleman to the essay I sent out was the following:

Bro. Philip,

I have been a loyal Democrat for 47 years.  Your email does not sway me to switch horses.

My response to his response was . . .

Bro. _____,

Knowing you (what little I do know), there are 2 possibilities regarding your e-mail:

1.        You’re joking. (If so, I’ll chuckle with you.)

2.        You’re serious. (If so, I’m appalled.)

Sincerely,

Philip

His response to my response to his response was . . .

I don't believe in divorce. McCain is divorced. I don't subscribe to adultery. McCain is an adulterer. Sorry to rattle you but I am serious.

My response to his response to my response to his response to the essay I e-mailed him was . . .

Bro. _____,

I don’t believe in adultery and divorce, either. In fact, I don’t believe in sin at all—but that doesn’t keep me, or you, or anyone else from sinning.

I believe McCain is remorseful over those sins of adultery and divorce, as evidenced by his reply to Pastor Rick Warren regarding his greatest moral failure (“My greatest moral failing, and I have been a very imperfect person, is the failure of my first marriage. It’s my greatest moral failure.”).  Besides that point, however, instead of simply dwelling on what he did a number of years ago, we need to focus on him and Obama now.  One of them—unless God has decreed otherwise—will be our next president.

I do know that I prefer McCain (even though he wasn’t my first choice by a long stretch) over Obama for a few basic reasons:

1.        Obama unashamedly defends and promotes the murder of babies.  Notice the words of Proverbs 6:17-19 (emphasis mine): “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”  I can think of no human beings more innocent than unborn babies.  God hates (the Bible’s, not my, choice of words) abortion and abortionists—and those who defend this bloody, barbaric practice in the name of “choice” (certainly not the baby’s “choice”).

2.        Obama sat for 20 years under the “preaching” of Jeremiah Wright (who also performed his wedding ceremony and baptized his children).  We have all heard of his insane rage and hatred of this country as he desired God to “damn America.”

3.        Obama is married to a woman who has proclaimed that “for the first time in [her] adult life [she is] proud of [her] country.”  The only thing, therefore, she is proud of about the USA is that her husband is running for president.

4.        He is the friend of unrepentant (key word) terrorists who fought our own country in the 1960’s in bombing and other kinds of attacks.

5.        He is a socialist who promotes class envy and the redistribution of wealth.

6.        I could go on but I have other things to do.  Furthermore, if those 5 reasons aren’t convincing, none will be.

No doubt this won’t change the mind of someone who is unswervingly loyal to a party, but I did feel the need to respond.  That’s all I’ll say in this exchange.

Sincerely,

Philip

He did not respond to my response to his response to my response to his response to the essay I e-mailed him.

Comments

[Don Heinz]

Phil:

Greetings from the South. This is a very good summation of where I also think Hussein Obama stands. Although McCain is not my first choice either, it is apparent in this election that there really seems to be tremendous blindness to the facts on many people's parts. It reminds me of the antichrist deception of 2 Th. 2. I know some will consider that conspiratorial goobledygook, but it's in the Bible isn't it?

[Donald]

Really we have only two choices: McCain or Obama. We can either choose the more qualified candidate (hoping to get the better man), or we could pick the less qualified candidate (motivating us to pray more). In 1 Timothy 2, the Bible tells us to pray for kings, and for all that are in authority and to pray everywhere. With that, I will leave you to ponder your vote.

With my tongue firmly in my cheek,
Donald

[Jason Kenney]

The drought is over, you’re posting again!
I appreciate your comments and thoughts. We must vote our conscience and our conscience must be guided by biblical principles. Unfortunately there are so many that seem void of conscience and ignorant of the Bible. Regardless of the results on November 4th we know that God will have overseen the outcome. The Church has endured her fair share of much crueler, wretched, immoral, and godless leaders throughout history, and in spite of it the Gospel has always flourished!