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Romney Was Not the Problem

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by OldRegular, Nov 21, 2012.

  1. AresMan

    AresMan Active Member
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    If Christians voted their conscience, the major parties would have to stand up and take notice.
     
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    We need a candidate who will put the Constitution and its obvious original intent at the forefront and obsess with it. He or she should answer almost all questions with the article, section, or amendment that indicates if something would be within the enumerated power of the office to do; then, how that would fit in with Christian values.

    In the Presidential debates, this candidate would barrage the opponent with constant charges of Constitutionality and put him on the defense. It should not be about "My idea is better than yours," but rather "You did this, which expressly violates X in the Constitution; therefore, you are no longer fit for office" or "This proposal violates X in the Constitution. If you were allowed to carry this out, you would have committed perjury."

    Why is it that Jesus Himself said that it is better not to swear, and that those who do are obligated before God to carry out their oaths, yet Christians today give a blind eye to politicians saying or doing things that clearly violate the Constitution--which they swore on the Bible before God to uphold?! What is wrong with you people?! It should never be about "We have to keep this other guy out of office." It should be about your conscience, and particularly about your accountability in supporting the blatant violation of oaths before God by voting for someone, knowing that that person will not regard the document he or she swore to uphold.

    God does not bite His nails hoping that Christians will vote for the lesser of two evils. He is all powerful, and holds the heart of the king in His hands. No. He expects us to follow Him, not act like atheists by thinking that our fate lies in the materialism of the world and human outcomes.
     
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    Romney Was Not the Problem

    But he wasn't enough of the solution. So we re-elected the problem.
     
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    You are becoming a joke. And I will waste no more time with you.
     
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    Excellent.
     
  6. OldRegular

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    And just who would they vote for?
     
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    Either someone else on the ballot, or they would make their voices loud and known why they cannot vote for either of the two major candidates.
     
  8. OldRegular

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    If professing Christians voted as a block you might have a point but they don't! A lot of Christians voted for Carter and what did we get?

    There are several denominations who have endorsed abortion. Initially the Southern Baptist Convention endorsed abortion. I suspect Baptist hospitals perform abortions. Have heard the one in Columbia, SC does but have no definitive proof and it would do no good if I did have.

    There was certainly no one on the ballot this year that I could support. Although I have some libertarian beliefs a doctrine libertarian is borderline anarchist in my opinion.
     
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    Carter's first run was one of the very few times I have voted for a Democrat. When he ran for reelection in 1980, I voted for Reagan. At the time, in 1976, I was not even thinking about abortion. I felt the country needed a change at the time. He was from the South and to me, appeared conservative. He also was a Christian. As it turned out, it was not so much him being liberal that changed my mind, but his inability to lead and govern. The government was in total disarray between the high interest rates and the hostage crisis. I was not Baptist at the time, so that had nothing to do with it.
     
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    A lot of Southern Baptists voted for Carter. I was not one of them. Of course being both politically liberal and theologically liberal Carter has disavowed the Southern Baptists. The older he gets the further out he gets!
     
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    His ideas have indeed gotten stranger as the years have gone by. I heard him give a speech at the Democratic Convention some years back (not this one) that could have been a recording of George McGovern.
     
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    Older and wiser.
     
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    Is there any documented PROOF you have that the SBC endorsed or endorses abortion besides "Have HEARD . . ."

    "Have heard" is hearsay----religious gossip not fit for the hogpen
     
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    Actually there are questions about his mental well being. But I have expressed those same concerns about the Obama serfs!
     
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    Before making asinine statements that really are
    you should check the facts:

    Emphasis is mine.
     
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    But wait there is more:

    Emphasis is mine!
     
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    If you would read you would see that the "have heard" remark refers only to the Baptist hospital in Columbia, SC.
     
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    Coulter was right. Romney was not the problem. The problem is as it has been for a while: Christians who continue to forsake God in lieu of their own answers.

    Until there is repentance, this nation will continue on its path to destruction.
     
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    Yes, we all need to follow your opinion of the Gospel.
     
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