It went something like this: What happens if you are nearly 100% successful in converting everyone in America? At the next election, the “two” remaining non-converts will elect one or the other as the next president and he may turn out to be the next Hitler.
I don't always like the options of who I have to choose between when voting so I do find myself sometimes voting for the lesser of two evils - a practice your statement rejects.
With all due respect to you both as a Christian and American, I think that view is shortsighted.
Voting for the lesser of two evils is voting for the person who will “actively undermine biblical morality in our culture”, THE LEAST. That way we have a smaller hole to climb out of at the next election.
Take the last election for example. (Not implying anything about McCain with regards to this thread). A lot people sat out because they didn't like McCain.
Obama won. The biggest lasting impact is likely to be the two Supreme Court Justices he named to the court. I don't have a clue who McCain would have nominated, but I can't imagine them being worse with regards to our “biblical morality.”
So we had two liberals retire to be replaced by bigger liberals. A lost opportunity at the least to have two moderates or maybe even conservatives replace them if McCain had won.
Sitting out does have consequences! I think we really do need to focus on who will do the least damage to our biblical morals as opposed to letting the worse guy win because neither guy measured up the way we would have liked.
See my previous post for a more complete answer.
I understand your logic, and urge you to vote according to your conscience.
My perspective is that when the GOP is in power they circle the wagons and start shooting inward. They seem to be much more effective when they are not in power, sad to say, and promote gridlock — which is not a bad thing considering the direction the movement is going.
As far as my view being shortsighted, you are entitled to your opinion. I prefer to think of preserving integrity as the only tenable “long-term” view, understanding that the Judge of the universe will ultimately sort all things out for His own glory.
PS - I understand your Supreme Court justice argument as well. That can be tricky, as in the case of O’ Connor (Reagan) and Roberts (”W” Bush), the latter of which gave us universal health care through some of the most twisted logic available.
Sad to say, many of our justices in America are not governed by the law today — they feel they ARE the law.
PPS - Even more important than voting right is living right.
If more Americans were living right we would not be voting for the lesser of two evils. Truly conservative, moral, small government people would be filling offices at every level of our land, and we would be hard pressed to choose between the greater of two goods with our vote.
But I suppose one could argue that human government itself is the lesser of two evils, and sinful humanity must be restrained, which puts the whole argument on a new footing.
So, while we figure this voting thing out, let’s just live right — before and after the polls.