Political Combinations...Democrat...Republican...The Worst...The Christian

Among the two major political parties, Democrat and Republican, there seems to be a general rule as follows:

REAL Democrats are fiscally and socially liberal...REAL Republicans are fiscally and socially conservative.

Moderate or independent voters tend to be in some kind of middle...Fiscally liberal and socially conservative or fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

From where I stand, I believe the WORST combination is not fully Democrat or fully Republican, but the Moderate: fiscally conservative/socially liberal.

Why? This seems to lead to the greatest oppression. The rich, fiscally conservative, tend to oppress the poor, as the Bible says. I've got money, why don't you. Likewise, the socially liberal tend to allow individuals to destroy themselves all in the name of freedom. Put them together and you get Marie Antoinette's, "Let them eat cake!"

I believe the CHRISTIAN political combination would be the Moderate: fiscally liberal/socially conservative. Whether rich or poor, the fiscally liberal tend to be more charitable. The greatest part of social services come from this point of view: charity. Socially conservative may err in this arena, but they tend to be of the mindset that we need to protect people, even if it is from themselves. Parents who care about their children will be like this. Parents who don't won't.

Those are my thoughts...What are yours?

"factual statements that are self-contradictory" Need I say more?

Hate the iniquity or the one working iniquity?

Psalm 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Psalm 11:5
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Don't put up with liars...If they confess, forgive them.

I will refer you to this article "Don't put up with liars"

This article shows, again, how important it is for your actions and words to be the same. Not that we don't fall, for our theology says as much, but that when we do, we confess and seek forgiveness. And, quickly.

I will insert one quote from the article that says it all:

"These three appear to have fallen prey to the oldest temptation in the world, to not be completely truthful about themselves. We should be able to understand that perfectly, even if we can't condone it, because we've all done the same. But in their case, the sin is worse because they are leaders, and they have a greater responsibility to the truth.

Big Daddy tells Brick how to deal with mendacity: "You've got to live with it. There's nothin' to live with but mendacity. Is there?"

No, evangelicals themselves and the public at large aren't going to put up with dishonesty in their leaders. Souders has faced his consequences. We'll see if Rekers and Caner will face theirs."

Sound familiar?

Another example from the political world should teach Christians something.

It DOES matter whether what you say is true or false!

See Richard Blumenthal

Either you were in Vietnam or you were not. To say that you were, more than once, when you were not is not to misspeak, it is a lie.

Either you grew up in Turkey or you did not.

Same thing.

And yet, Richard Blumenthal is addressing the issue more quickly than a Christian seminary president.