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Obama: Post-Election Thoughts

13 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by cc_ in Government, Political

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abortion, Homosexuality, Obama

President Obama was re-elected on Tuesday. Tuesday night and on through the week Christians were decrying the Antichrist, or a few were anyway. It seems many of those who I see on Twitter anyway were rather bothered by this turn of events. This might relate to the fact that so many watch and trust Fox News to accurately report things such as polling data. But, that is another matter.

What will four more years of President Barack Obama mean? I’m no William Tapley, Pat Robertson, or even a lessor prophet, but I do see some possibilities.

Some of the voices in the Republican party are saying they have to distance themselves from the radical Christians who oppose all abortion and opposed to any form of homosexual marriage or civil union. Had the Republican party given up those stances it probably would have won Romney the election.

My hope is that seeing this Christians will realize that the Republican party is no more the party of God than the Democrat party. Instead, the Republican party is a political organization wrestling for control and is willing to go along with some Christian values if Christians are a big enough target demographic. While the Democrat party is openly anti-God, they had to vote three times whether to bring God back into their campaign, the Republican party is not much better, they are just less open about it.

My other hope relates to the “take back America” crowd and the dominionist cults. (NAR / IHOP, 2) I hope this election opens the eyes of these people to see that America is not a Christian nation, and that there is no Christian ideal to take the nation “back” to. America has a bloody history and is bloodier now than it was in the past. Maybe this election will lead people to realize that the Kingdom of God isn’t an earthly kingdom and doesn’t spread by worldly means. America compares more to Babylon than it does to Israel in the Old Testament, Christians don’t have a national identity, the Kingdom we are of is not of this world, and we are just sojourners passing through.

While I’m not in favor of a second term of President Obama, I do see some good that may come of it. (Not that I was really all that in favor of Romney for that matter.) Unfortunately, I also see that unless the Lord intervenes abortion will continue unabated (55 million as of January), gay marriage will continue to spread, and now it seems marijuana is on a path towards legalization. It might bring us some persecution as well.

I’d like to hear other’s thoughts on what the consequences of Obama’s re-election will be.

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No Christian candidate, what are we to do?

09 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by cc_ in Government, Political

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Black Liberation Theology, cults, LDS church, Lutheran Satire, Mormonism, Obama, Presidential Election, Romney

As November nears, and now that the Republican and Democrat national convention are over, the United States presidential election is in the minds of many. And, this election is a bit of a different animal from past elections.

Americans, Christian Americans especially, are facing a different situation this time around. Neither of the candidates are Christians. (Not that there haven’t been elections with no Christians before, some were nominal only at best.)

President Obama, the incumbant, claims he is Christian, though his beliefs seem universalist, and his values are far from those of Christians. Obama’s faith seems closer to that of black liberation theology that Jeremiah Wright taught him over the years he spent in that church, though, just as Wright said in 2008, Obama would have to distance himself from Wright and his teaching as it would hurt his chances in the election. Obama won’t state that his black liberation theology is different from Christianity, but it plays out in his speeches and legislation.

Governor Romney is a Mormon. Not only a Mormon, but a Mormon’s Mormon. He comes from a family that traces its roots back to founding of Mormonism, as his ancestry traveled with Brigham Young and possibly even Joseph Smith. Along with his family history, Romney’s taxes show a large amount of donations to the LDS church, and he was the leader of the LDS church in his state for some time. He is more Mormon than Paul was Pharisee. Continue reading »

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