Real Life Real Faith April/May 2015 | Page 6

But we also can’t support political representatives (from either party), or activist judges who have ulterior motives, an agenda, and possess a skewed view of history and governance, and allow them to adjudicate, to legislate, and to enforce laws against that which has already been lawfully established.

In conclusion, most of today’s Republicans and Democrats are in favor of expanding the size, scope and the budget of Government. This expansion is an affront to individual liberty. But the illusion of some substantive difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is nothing more than the first above-mentioned analogy: whose side gets to drive the car to the movie theater. That is why I believe that the left vs. right argument is a farce. But we have to see through these distractions and see the weight of what our political candidates and our neighbors support, and why. A lot is at stake, and we need to put the childish games away, and start making some informed, adult decisions. It's time to vote based upon principles, not based upon party loyalty, race, gender, ethnicity, locale, etc.

The Republicans pose as the party of Christianity, and the Democrats pose as the party of the voiceless, the poor, and the downtrodden. These are generally gimmicks used to pull at people’s heartstrings with .

Will you join me in scrutinizing politicians, issues, and platforms beyond the surface and act with a Holy Spirit-led, Christian political filter?

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