Now, let's get on the same page. It will surprise exactly none of you to know that I didn't vote for Obama. I'm an independent Libertarian who hates big government and that doesn't jive with Obama's ideas at all - but that doesn't mean that I hate the guy. I don't have a personal problem with Democrats, and I don't treat them like they are enemies. Can a believer honestly justify promoting such a personal hateful message.
This sort of attack against individuals through Christian iconography is disconcerting. Why is the Christian fish eating the President? That's horrifying. I can only imagine how I would feel if I saw a bumper sticker that showed Kali eating me while holding me in a large hot dog bun with her eight arms.
Those are utensils.
Come to think of, is there any religion that brings their deities into modern politics so casually as do Christians? Why don't I see pictures of Kali or Native American spirits attacking their political opponents on bumper stickers? Heck, even the Flying Spaghetti Monster isn't subject to such pedestrian activities as voting. Perhaps we should ask ourselves how respectful it is to consider the grandness of God and then to devalue that grandness by associating it with our own political agendas. Using Jesus as a weapon to attack your political enemies is a discredit to His glory.
If you're going to muck about in hateful and degrading political arguments then don't try to drag Jesus along with you. He told you to love people - and when you love people you always reflect Him.
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Those people would probably have a hard time with:
"Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men." - Titus 3:1-2
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"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves." - Romans 13:1-2
Way to go for quoting New Testament. "Governing authorities" in this case was ROME. Have a problem with the president's politics? Try living in the roman empire. If Paul says to respect the governing authorities, then it probably applies to our situation too.
If you didnt vote for Obama, I guess that means you voted for McCain. They are both big government people.
Anonymous, that's the sort of thing I don't care for. Petty political debates are a great waste of time.
Oh, I am sorry for wasting your time with politics. It definitely was not my intention to make an Obama/Christianity discussion political. My apology. :\
Anonymous, maybe you should read this post and my comment more carefully. I don't mind discussing politics, but petty mudslinging and condescending discussions are not something I appreciate. You have brought an insulting and negative tone to a conversation. Why would you do that? Do you think insulting people is constructive?
I actually did vote for Obama, Anonymous, mostly because I felt far less comfortable voting for McCain. This limiting of our choice to either one not great guy or another, I believe, highlights our desperate need for more than two parties to vote from. I am a proponent of a more than 2 (even more than 3) party system.
Still, the concept of Christians being sore losers in this bothers me greatly. In American society, it can be tough to balance the desire to be active in the nation's politics with the need to submit to the politicians in authority and recognize that God has placed them there. The idea that we vote our candidates in gives us an easy out from supporting and submitting to those authorities by us saying that we did not vote for "that guy". Christians forget then that God placed "that guy" in power.
I didn't vote for Obama either (admittedly I did vote for McCain, but was far from overjoyed he was the Republican nominee)
That said, I agree fully with Adam's point here. I may not like Obama's policies and have belief that they are foolish, but I am under an obligation to respect his title and submit myself to the federal government.
It drives me nuts when others treat Obama like a lot of people on the other side of the aisle treated the previous president.
It is especially maddening when people try to make ones politics a part of their religious dogma, as above.
I have no issue if ones religious beliefs help form ones politics views, but one should not base their religion on their politics.
- Jason Waldron
For most of the week, I've had my right contact lens in my left eye so what exactly is that symbol? (Ran out of the left lenses) So Maybe I'm wrong but I can see (fuzzily) a degree of humor in that bumper sticker.
I love that you brought up the FSM.
I kinda like your point. Combining Jesus with politics is dangerously close to dominionism.
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