MaxPC wrote:Agreed. I find it interesting that one says he is non-partisan and yet says that he will vote for Obama or vote for Hillary and then proceed to flood the forum with Democrat platform propaganda.
Actually, I think Democrats and Republicans each encourage partisanship, I'm campaigning against it. Until the last election, precisely half of the presidents I had voted for were Republicans. And on this topic, I'm campaigning for the principle that a president should be investigated when serious questions are raised - the same way, regardless of the party of the president. To me, the partisans are the ones saying that Trump should already be considered guilty (Democratic partisans) or must not be investigated (Republican partisans) even before the investigation is completed, without access to most of the relevant information.
If you ever see me calling for people to be loyal to a party or candidate or suggesting that someone should be treated differently because of their political affiliation, please do call me on that.
MaxPC wrote:I agree with Gary: it's not the way of the Kingdom for followers of Jesus and it's an excellent example of Matthew 6:24 (ESV)
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
... or man.
Actually, that's precisely the issue for me. As Christians, we can still be so strongly wed to political views that it's difficult to discuss things across partisan lines. And MN skews pretty far to the right. From where I sit, what I am doing here is generally challenging loyalty to the political right, not promoting loyalty to the political left. And for what it's worth, I get flack from the political left for doing the same thing there.
I think there are people who will not vote but are very devoted to a particular political wing.
Is it biblical? Is it Christlike? Is it loving? Is it true? How can I find out?