How has your political/world view changed since you became a Christian?

[blueorchidjd]

It just all makes sense when you truly become a true Christian, did I say true more than once, I truly apologize. FALSE. I'm not sorry.
Anywho...
I like what someone said in here about there being a great divide between the political parties and people trying to identify and fill in the chasm that creates the conflict and need for debate...
I also have observed that it seems our culture is so hungry for information instead of wisdom brought from the bible and their ears are itching like crazy, they go all out in these debates and end up forsaking real issues that need to be discussed, fixing the problem...and then what ends up happening is a random progressive comes on the scene and no one ends up paying attention to them because everyone else can't shut their traps and people are like "Hey, did you hear about so&so, how come we didn't elect them they sounded like a great candidate?" and then you figure out that the president they elected believes in aliens and is secretly a wizard or something.

But for me how my worldview changed, things are definitely less confusing...things aren't random chance. And the bible has really shown me that God has formulas for how he works things. It may not 'appear' right to our systems of thought or anything like that or our systems in general but God deals with us personally. It's like going to a restaurant in a small town and server sees you come in all the time and they know exactly what you want, down to the tee. And for the one that comes into the restaurant and is a stranger to the restaurant owner ... it's not going to be such a nice experience unless they pay up.
lol

 

[JesusChica1991]

This is a good question Jim. Very thought provoking. For me, it would have to be not so much a 180 but more of a building set based on ideas I already believed. I was the generic southern Christian who called herself a conservative Republican but college years allowed me to re-evaluate that based on the field I want to go into. I now look at the world as a broken place in need of a Savior...full of people who make poor choices. I make poor choices all the time. I now have the ability to empathize with the poor-choice makers. When I was younger, I would have looked at these people with judgment accusing them of not being a "true Christian". Am I condoning wrong things? No. But I am saying we all have the capability of making bad decisions and these decisions affect not only ourselves but other people around us. Being on here has taught me to re-think my judgmental attitude. A lot of people do the things they do because that is all that they know how to do and like me, were not taught to challenge others or think for themselves.

 

[Nautilus]

heh..lets have some fun

Personally I'm pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. Yeah I said it. Now why? Well we dont exactly live in a christian world. To try to force the world to conform to our vision of what we are called to just doesnt seem right to me. Would I ever push for someone to get an abortion or a gay marriage? No. But my faith is what determines the way the world works. So why do I support them? Well it's life, people can live it how they want. Im not the one they have to answer too. Plus with things like rape, incest or serious health risks I think abortion should at least be a viable option.

 

[Bride]

This is a wretched world, and I have nothing to do with politics of course, being that my citizenship is in Heaven with Christ, who has all things in perfect control hehe, nothing to be concerned about. As far as decisions to make concerning the issues brought up in the OP, I'd take each one as it came, if it came in my personal life. It isn't for me to decide for others, nor them to decide for me.

 

[Oncefallen]

Like some others here I was raised in a conservative (politically and doctrinally) Christian home and many of my political views mirror my upbringing. I am a registered Republican not because I like where the party has gone in recent years but because here in Colorado you must be affiliated with a party in order to vote in primary elections so it gives me an extra opportunity to have my voice heard.

That being said I actually lean more towards Libertarian in some areas such as strict Constitutional interpretation (the founding fathers intentionally made it difficult to amend the Constitution for a reason). I've spent a lot of time in my adult years reading through different documents written by the founding fathers which really clarify what their view of government was and believe me, what we have today here in the States sure isn't what they envisioned.

 

[Grace-Like-Rain]

I'm morally conservative. I do believe that we have a duty to vote for politicians who fight for the sanctity of life. I don't care how brilliant they are with finances, management, whatever. If they are morally depraved in their politics, I can't vote for them.

Genocide always starts by telling the masses that the victims aren't actually people.

 

[biscuit]

The lack of true Christians who spend more time in the secular world than with Jesus. Most Christians today are just hypocrites who are hiding behind the Bible. IMHO, 80% of so-called Christians are 'hypocrites.'

 

[Lynx]

Hmm... and how do I tell if I'm one of the hypocrites?

 

[Nautilus]

Hmm... and how do I tell if I'm one of the hypocrites?

Well thats easy if you arent in perfect synchronicity with biscuit's personal beliefs and values you are clearly a hypocrite. Thats how people with those opinions deal with life.

 

[Lynx]

Yeah but how do I know if I'm in sync? Now I'm worried...

 

[jeremyPJ]

My political views remain unchanged. I am still conservative/libertarian, I just feel stronger about it now, with all the silly things happening these days. Sometimes I can't even believe this is the same world we lived in in the 80's, much less earlier. This applies in the U.S. as well as the rest of the world.

Biscuit is right in that there are a percentage of hypocrites. Unfortunately in my life it seems to be some of the elders, they are so judgmental as to forget who is to be looked up to. Seems sometimes they spend more time looking down on the younger Christians (my age group included) than they do lifting us up in Christ. I have learned to set up my circumstances accordingly. I guess that's where I have changed with age the most. If I don't like the situation, I speak with a pastor. If necessary, I go to different meetings with different people, or different leaders. If I don't like it, I leave. Jesus was a humble man, I think they should be also.

 

[MissCris]

I was raised in a Christian, super conservative home. I listened to a lot of Dr. Laura and Rush Limbaugh on the radio during car rides. Politics and religion were discussed often in front of me and my siblings, and we were encouraged to ask questions and voice opinions from as early as I can remember.

This made my views very black and white for a long time- there was a definite right and definite wrong in every single situation and I was convinced that could be judged at a glance. Anything leaning towards "liberal" was wrong, bad; anything that coincided with what I'd been taught was right and good.

The stronger I become in my faith, the more I realize the way I was taught just doesn't work.

I'm still conservative in my views. I believe that life begins at conception. I believe we should have the right to buy and own guns. I believe in working for what you have, and not letting others support you your whole life.

I have learned, however, that not everything is as right or wrong (right or left?) as I was taught. So, politically speaking, I would say I'm still more on the conservative side, but not as far to the right as my family (many of whom are off the charts extreme in their views). I find that conservative views tend to line up with the Bible more often than not.