HL, shock, you COMPLETELY misunderstood me. In the past I have said to you that I don't question your faith, you forgot that? Allow me a couple more coffees and when I am awake I will give it a second try.
HL, shock, you COMPLETELY misunderstood me. In the past I have said to you that I don't question your faith, you forgot that? Allow me a couple more coffees and when I am awake I will give it a second try. .... Second try, if the faith you have, and from what you have written you had more than me, if it never reaches and settles in your feelings (and by your own admission that never happened), then things get difficult on the long run. I would not be a Christian without it, that I have learned. I know God loves me and that keeps me going. I have written it down, because I never want to forget and can lean on it when doubt rears its ugly head.
Dani makes good points, as is pretty common When religion becomes intertwined with politics it's remarkable what kind of contradiction and doublethink is required, when the politics gets tribal past a certain point. The simple reality is that some Christians vote Republican and some Christians vote Democrat. Some Christians vote for other parties. Some - horror - Christians live in different countries and vote accordingly. Casting a vote according to Scriptural principles isn't as simple as looking for the candidate who has an (R) or a (D) next to their name, nor is it even as simple as looking for the candidate with "Christian" in their party description. It's invariably an act of compromise. Some might vote Republican even though they feel uneasy at a perception of ill-treatment of immigrants and minorities. Some might vote Democrat despite being uneasy at the left's typically very liberal stance towards things like homosexuality and abortion. Until Jesus Christ shows up and presents himself as a candidate, the best we can do is elect sinful humans who join with other sinful humans to form an imperfect party. And, frankly, if Jesus Christ were to present himself as a candidate elements of both the left and the right would probably complain he wasn't taking a very Christ-like stance on their pet topics. The way some people who call themselves Christians on both sides of the political spectrum act you'd think that either Donald Trump was the antichrist and Hillary Clinton the Messiah, or the reverse. And along the way the "divide and conquer" game continues to divide us, with the chances of seeking the best solution rather than the Republican solution or the Democrat solution ever dwindling.