We make this argument ceaselessly with out brother FReepers, but the usual suspects keep dunning us with their preternatural ability to see the future, and how awful it will be if we do not shave off a bit more of our soul by holding our nose for Romney.
I suppose there is no choice but to try and make choices based on predicted consequences, but the problem we are having in this conversation is recognizing that moral relativism has its consequences too, and they are really worse than any one very bad person can produce on his own.
We give Obama too much credit. Unlike Romney, he is not a god (Well, neither is Romney, but don’t let him know we know). Obama, like everyone else, must live in the universe God created. There are rules, and there are consequences to breaking those rules. They may be relied upon. Obama cannot undo those rules and in the end, if we are faithful to the real Rule Maker, we will come out ahead.
Therefore, nothing we do needs to be based on looking only at a certain subset of some very short-term consequences. We must look not only at the next four years but the next forty, and beyond. And there is eternity to consider too. What is the price of a human soul? If Satan offered Christ all the kingdoms of the earth, and he turned it down to avoid a compromise with evil, how are we better than our master? We must do as Jesus did. We must resist the temptation to gain power, even for good purposes, by making unholy alliances, and we must trust God to handle the consequences that flow from obeying Him.
Thank you.
At this point in time, Obama and Romney are perceived as the candidates of the two largest political parties in the nation.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this isn’t over until the balloon drops at the conventions. A lot can happen between now and then.