Just wait until Myth appoints Margaret Sanger's feminazi great grand daughter to SCOTUS and then Myth goes on autobabble as to how terribly disappointed he is in her SCOTUS voting record (this is not an actual person but is a good approximation of what appeals to Myth).
The candidates are Caligula and Diocletian. Caligula is known to be a rank lunatic and Diocletian is a pious pagan and Roman traditionalist (and total power freak who executes people for violating price control laws as well as for being Christians). Whom to choose? Whom to choose? How about neither? BTW, the pious megalomaniac Diocletian killed a hell of a lot more Christians before resigning in a huff because no matter how many he killed, the people would STILL not obey him. Constantine won the war of succession while still a pagan in the Battle at the Milvian Bridge and, converted by a vision of the Cross with the words In Hoc Signo Vinces (in this sign, you will conquer) made Christianity the religion of the Empire as Diocletian went off to Aquila to tend his roses.
Not Caligula. Not Diocletian. Not Obozo. Not Romney.
I dont know if your comparison to Caligula and Diocletian are really fair or relevant to the choice we have this election year, but if you see Romney as comparable to one of those guys then I wont belabor the point. As I’ve held previously, I’m not someone who is going to tell you how bad you are if you dont vote for Romney, we all have to sleep at night and if you cant vote for either in good conscience, I can respect that.
Constantine is an interesting comparison though. I wonder if when he came back and said that he had converted, if anyone scoffed and looked at his (accurate) history as a pagan, and said, no way. I dont believe it. And post conversion, he did some good things and some bad things. I am a Christian too, and I would hope that whoever you vote for, you will pray for whoever wins, be it Romney or Obama. The lesson of Constantine is that no one is beyond the power of God, and whoever wins, I will pray that God puts a “Daniel” in his ear to persuade him to do right. Remember that the Apostle Paul spent his life before conversion killing Christians.
The one thing I will absolutely disagree with you on though, is your statement that “No pro-lifer can vote for either of these “monsters” (Romney or Obama)”. Many pro-lifers, myself included, will vote for Romney. I can respect you speaking for yourself, and doubtless there are many others that would agree....but I can’t really let you speak for me. Men of good will can disagree, and just as I wont engage in the nonsense of saying that if you wont vote for Romney you are a “closet Obama supporter”, I equally can’t accept a blanket declaration that all true pro-lifers cant vote for either.
One of my favorite sayings is “our greatest hopes or worst fears are seldom realized”. This is how I think a Romney Administration would end up being. Would he end up being the 2nd coming of Ronald Reagan?... almost certainly not. But I also dont think he’d end up being the complete and total villian that some fear he will be either. But after its all over, I hope we all remember we’re all on the same and all want the same things...and most importantly, put our ultimate trust in the same place.