Paul Wilson (13 July 2004)
"religious bullying"


Odd we have free will yet we are bullying each other into doing our will concerning the election.  We are called to do good and follow truth and goodness yet are urging voting for the lesser or two evils. This is why america lost its way and this is why america will be judged. We don't vote our conscience we don't vote for the best person we vote for who can win and who is the better of two bad candidates. We don't vote as godly people we vote as worldly people consumed in the world's mantra of better to be on the winning team. That a person who is less evil is better than one who is more evil even when a non evil alternative is there. And of course the" he says he is christian so lets believe him rather than take time finding out whether he is or is just saying that. Political parties use that as there way to bully(you are a republican so you must vote republican) and now churches are using God to bully people into voting. People constantly attack people for pointing out where bush has done un-christian and done wrong but are we not to point out when one does wrong that they may repent and change?? Are we not to show a brother in Christ, or at least one who claims to be, where he has acted against the faith so that he may be brought back into the fold. Our founding fathers died that we might complain about what is wrong so it is made right. Now people who do that are chastised told if they don't like america to leave instead of complain. If they don't like bush tough he is better than kerry and if you are going to vote 3rd party just save the trouble and vote kerry. Dave Winecoff said "Believers who caste their vote for a minor party candidate to make a statement have lost sight of the fact that we are in the last days and  are, in my view, helping to speed up the rate of descent." I think he has forgotten that you can't not stop the tribulation from starting. It sounds like the believe that some how a vote for bush delays the tribulation. "The avalanche has already started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote". God is in control it will not start after it is suppose to and as to speeding up the rate of decent God will not allow anything to happen before it is supposed to. I am going to vote my conscience and when I go before God I can say I didn't settle for evil. I will have a clear conscience knowing I voted for who was best for the job not the less evil candidate or the one who would win even though he is not morally acceptable.
 
Paul