Can you call yourself a Christian if you voted for Obama?

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Feb 27, 2007
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Because this is not about murder or homosexuality. It's about politics and political parties. No matter who is in government they can't stop your average teenager choosing not to use contraception , fall pregnant, and decide to have an abortion. But if it takes a "christian" or pseudo-Christian man as president to keeps your happy pants on, so be it. Just keep your head in the sand and ignore that the real issue has nothing to do with the government or what the president believes, , and everything to do with how you raise your own children.

Thank you Mahogony Snail!!!!! & amen!
 
Feb 27, 2007
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People who voted for Obama are most likely Christians even if they claim to be, although you may be right and some may have voted for him out of ignorance. My question then is will they also follow the anti christ? And will they still have ignorance as an excuse?
This identical questions could be written about ANY politician in ANY country. But it does make you think about how important it is to be well versed in Gods word and thorough in looking at your candidates before voting. In Canada I voted for stephen Harper because he represented the Christian conservative right... i did however base this conclusion on information given via christian programming & did not do my own research in this regard. If it turned out that he ended up being a pro-abortion gay rights activist I would in a way be responsible for this because of blindly following other conservative christians and relying on their assessment rather than looking for myself.
 
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#83
But Obama claim to be in the Church therefore we must stand up and say he does NOT represent us. As the scripture says expel that wicked person from among you.
I agree, that's exactly what we need to do.
 
Jan 8, 2009
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Im tired of debating with you Mahogany Snail and this is the last time I respond to your nonsense. In the other forum you tell people not to tithe, here you tell people that its ok to vote for someone who is against God and that it doesnt matter.

Actually I don't tell people not to tithe. Tithe as much as you like. I tell them to consider the real purpose of the tithe, be careful who you tithe to, and don't be held in bondage by legalistic religious churches who demand tithing as mandatory, defending their demand for a tithe (which is greed) with OT scriptures taken out of context and not even written for Christians but those under the Law of Moses.

It's not that voting for someone who is against God doesn't matter, it's that it won't matter. That is one man in a country of millions. Whether you like it or not gays are going to be having sex and women are going to be having abortions no matter who is the president. That's the reality, and whoever you vote for or didn't vote for is not going to change that. Neither does it indicate whether they are committed Christian or not.



You can defend sin and twist my words all you like but I still think that Christians should not vote for anyone who is so openly against God, period. Is it possible to vote for someone who is sinless, no, but I sure as heck wont vote for someone who is so clearly against God.
That's a contradiction. How can you vote for someone in who is openly against God and yet not sinless? By definition, ALL sinners are against God. So whoever you vote for is going to be against God. And just because you vote for someone who is against abortion and homosexuality doesn't make you any better than a Christian who didn't.


Of course there are other important issues as well. I never said there wasnt. I simply mentioned abortion and homosexuality because Obama is so proactive with both. While you say that the "gay and abortion debate is out dated, overused, unoriginal, and uninspiring", I guess our Lord didnt share your same viewpoint since he mentions these same two topics MANY times in the bible. It appears He thought these topics were a bit more important than you do.

If that is the case, then please show me in the bible where the Lord Jesus explicitly talked about homosexuality or abortion as you claim. If you can't quote any verses, my point is proven. Or you need to become more familiar with your bible.
 
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If that is the case, then please show me in the bible where the Lord Jesus explicitly talked about homosexuality or abortion as you claim. If you can't quote any verses, my point is proven. Or you need to become more familiar with your bible.
There are actually quite a few scriptures on homosexuality. There are also a few accounts of children being murdered. God considers children to be dearly.

ALL sinners are against God. So whoever you vote for is going to be against God.
This phrase is used so often as if to say that being accountable for hundreds of thousands of murdered babies is the same as rolling through a stop sign. Some sinners will have much more to answer for like Obama than someone else who DOESN'T stand so firmly against God. That's the point.
 
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eringobrea

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then please show me in the bible where the Lord Jesus explicitly talked about homosexuality
Lev 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

Lev 18:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

Gen 19:4-8 4 Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house. 5 They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!” 6 Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him. 7 He said, “No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!

P.S. I have articles too!
http://www.jimfeeney.org/againstgaymarriage.html
http://www.tencommandments.org/homosexual.html
http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/homosexual.htm

This is just a fraction.
 
Jan 8, 2009
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There are actually quite a few scriptures on homosexuality. There are also a few accounts of children being murdered. God considers children to be dearly.
Yes, and they'll be judged for it. But I don't believe God is going to judge any Christian for voting for Obama, they are simply voting in a man to do the job of president. If you think God is going to judge any Christian for voting for Obama because Obama supports those things, then perhaps you also believe God will judge christians for buying coffee from a gay coffee shop owner. But He might just judge Christians who judge others based upon who they voted for.

This phrase is used so often as if to say that being accountable for hundreds of thousands of murdered babies is the same as rolling through a stop sign. Some sinners will have much more to answer for like Obama than someone else who DOESN'T stand so firmly against God. That's the point.
So that's Obama's problem, not those who voted for him. Say you didn't vote Obama in. So what. He might go on to become a high flying lawyer standing up for gay rights or something in the legal system. You can't change that.
 
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eringobrea

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then perhaps you also believe God will judge christians for buying coffee from a gay coffee shop owner.
lol. I like that. That's a pretty good point. I guess in my mind, I couldn't possibly imagine voting for him KNOWING what I KNOW. I guess I need to realize that there are those that voted for him simply not knowing. But it's almost impossible not to. T.D. Jakes was heard saying that Obama was black, plain and simple. that's not good.
 
Jan 8, 2009
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Honestly if I was an American , I wouldn't have voted at all lol, certainly not Obama. We didn't even hear what Obama's views on abortion and gays was here in Australia, it was all about other things, like the economy. It seems American elections are quite different to here in Australia, mostly about who the candidates are like a popularity context, than what they actually stand for.
 
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Listen a person does not lose their salvation for voting for someone they think should be in office. Yes his views are wrong. But know this.. no matter how many votes we put out there for mccain, God still has control over who should be in control of our country. We don't.
 
Mar 26, 2009
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Listen a person does not lose their salvation for voting for someone they think should be in office. Yes his views are wrong. But know this.. no matter how many votes we put out there for mccain, God still has control over who should be in control of our country. We don't.
God doesn't have a vote, I'm afraid. I don't think he has official US citizenship.

All sarcasm aside, we all have free will and we all choose who we vote for, so in the end it's just us
 
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Geo_Rivero

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OK, this is just a question. What if Obama voted against abortions, saying they are not ok.

What as a body of Christ could we do to stop the women who will still have abortions. This would be something that we would have to do something about because these abortions will include hangers and unsafe home remedies. Dangerous both to the mother and child. It is more likely that the abortion will fail and the child will be born all messed up.

I just wonder instead focusing all of our attention on the Presidents willingness to propose and accept a middle ground between Pro-Choice and anti-abortionist. Could we not focus on prevention, teaching and mentoring both men and women on the things that will dramatically reduce abortion.

I am not for abortions, but I will not picket an abortion clinic or harrass the woman who have chosen this path. I will support them as they grieve and recover from this terrible thing they found necassary. Nor would I vote for a President that in Gods name condemns and judges people for this action that this nation still see's as legal.
 
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eringobrea

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Wait, that's compromise. The number of "hanger" abortions is not NEARLY as frequent as you think in a society where abortion is legal. Almost all of abortions happen b/c of the convenience of having one. and messed up babies? How many women are messed up after they realize what they've done? How many babies are born "messed up" after a failed abortion anyhow? How "messed up" is a partial birth abortion?
 
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eringobrea

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Illegal. I mean in a society where abortion is "illegal".
 
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Geo_Rivero

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I am not compramising with abortion, I would never ask or condone that a woman have an abortion or that a church condone for that matter. What I am saying is shouldn't we focus on trying to prevent the reason for aboortion. I will give you an example, I did some missions work after reading a book about children prostitution in Columbia (abortion there is illegal). And what I saw was heart breaking. The girls who lived on the street and sold themselves all went to underground abortion "clini
cs" and well there not all that underground they are barely inforced from what I saw. There in alleys and peoples homes. But the reallity is that it wasnt just the little girls but all kinds of women with many other reason.

And While I was in Iraq, women that were raped had abortions done illegally because if they would start to show. There family still has the right to kill them, I wish I would have stats for you but none of these "clinics" report anything since there illegal.

So the reason why I tell you what I have seen, is just to show you that these "hanger" abortions do happen and are more likely to cause more problems. I mean I agree that in Amreica alot of these abortions are done for convinience and I disagree with them.

But I would like to see more churches get involved with the prevention and after care of these women. Instead of condemning there actions in such an un kind way.
 
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godisdaman

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God doesn't have a vote, I'm afraid. I don't think he has official US citizenship.

All sarcasm aside, we all have free will and we all choose who we vote for, so in the end it's just us

Your right God doesn't have a vote....

but I do still believe we are living under God's plan and no we vote not him but i still believe he is letting everything fall into place to comeback and get us.

What a Glorious day that will be!

Victory in Jesus my saviour forever!