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It will have to be a loooooooooong wall.

I'm glad for the exhortation out there. In some ways, as unappealing as both candidates are this year to plain sensibilities ( excepting some Amish ), perhaps this is the year to preach the message of abstention and be heard. It will be a much harder sell when a truly appealing candidate comes along...

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I do think the choice not to vote limits our stake in some things...particularly party politics and the results of elections... But on the other hand, I don't think voting is a necessary prerequisite to speaking up in the face of wrong or injustice. Jesus did not join with the various power movement...

Only a few hundred were active...if I recall, less than 1/3 ever posted more than one time.

We're at 109 now by the way!

I think the governments of this world are ordained to keep a relative peace (in a fallen world) and to met out a relative justice (in a carnal way)...until Christ's Kingdom of true peace and true justice prevails. In the mean time, we know where our citizenship truly lies. The good news of the Kingd...

You're right thebluffs...and that theology, like Mike implied, should help keep us out of the muck in the first place so that we actually have an intact witness when the time comes to act.

I agree with what Wayne says. Assimilation. Replacing one culture for another. It is probably a sign that their convictions as plain people had more to do with maintaining the relationships in their lives than the veracity of the principles themselves.

I've been around for a number of these elections...and I don't remember one with this much rancor, mudslinging, emotion...and yes, even hate. Frankly, it concerns me. Relational bridges are already burning...and the burning might continue literally after the election, because someone is going to loo...

Like many others here...I am a conscientious abstainer from voting for president for the following reasons: 1) As a person committed to non-resistance and non-violence as the way of Jesus, it is a moral conundrum for me to help select the commander in chief of the armed forces (or congress or sherif...