Is voting for Mitt out of fear of Obama winning the Christian thing to do?
Adam
2012/06/12 18:11:55
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It has been quiet common for the terms: anybody but Obama, if you don't vote for Mitt you are voting for Obama, not voting is a vote for Obama, ect; in order to try and force people to vote for Mitt Romney instead of voting for third party or not voting at all.
What this comes down to, is that anyone that falls for these type of arguments are voting for Mitt Romney out of fear for Obama winning. This is what I termed a fear vote. So the question is: is voting out of fear the Christian thing to do.
Well in order to answer that question we must look at some bible versus.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
1 John 4:8
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fearinvolves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
So clearly one must not make decisions based on the fear of man, but we are suppose to based on the fear of God. So no it is not the Christian thing to do to vote for Mitt out of fear of Obama. If you are a Christian and are going to vote for Mitt Romney should not be voting for him because you fear Obama, but because he is a reasonable person to vote for biblically. Now if you can resolve that he is a biblically acceptable candidate you have plenty of reason to vote for Mitt. But those of you out there trying to get people to vote for Mitt by the methods mentioned above you are using unChristian like tactics.
What this comes down to, is that anyone that falls for these type of arguments are voting for Mitt Romney out of fear for Obama winning. This is what I termed a fear vote. So the question is: is voting out of fear the Christian thing to do.
Well in order to answer that question we must look at some bible versus.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
1 John 4:8
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fearinvolves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
So clearly one must not make decisions based on the fear of man, but we are suppose to based on the fear of God. So no it is not the Christian thing to do to vote for Mitt out of fear of Obama. If you are a Christian and are going to vote for Mitt Romney should not be voting for him because you fear Obama, but because he is a reasonable person to vote for biblically. Now if you can resolve that he is a biblically acceptable candidate you have plenty of reason to vote for Mitt. But those of you out there trying to get people to vote for Mitt by the methods mentioned above you are using unChristian like tactics.
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keeper 2012/06/12 18:19:35
First they accuse blacks voting for Obama because of skin color... Now they want to vote for Mitt out of fear... fear of what? A black man getting re-elected? LMAO.
Now here comes all the racists claiming this is racist... yet they had no fear of labeling blacks as racists for not voting for a white man...
LMAO... I could go on forever on this tripe.
Obama wants me dead, either because he is a Moslem or because he listened to the Most Reverend Wright's 20 years of hate. Allah is a god, but not the God.
Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
So this is the problem I am having with this fear vote. We should not be voting against anyone but should be voting for someone.
He has all the experience and qualities we desperately need to begin the task of fiscal stability . It will take many, many years for us to reach fiscal sanity but he will be a step in the right direction.
I do not care why others vote for him nor will I judge their reasons for doing so - I hope they will just vote for him
BS you've claimed here - you've got to be kidding - you know nothing about him!
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