You have to bare in mind also that some states are set up crazy anyway. Even before they re-drew the maps at times there are two Republicans running against each other or in some cases there may be districts where Democrats are running but no Republicans are running against them. Then there are districts where the majority are Democrat and Democrats are voting for Republicans so their trying to make it so they cant. This is why it's difficult to get Texans to tell you if they voted D or R because they vote for whoever is running in their counties,districts ect. so you may have no option but to vote for opposing party candidates. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/04/texas-gop-republican-party-closed-primary-elections/
Only half the United States government votes on bible standards.
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You have to bare in mind also that some states are set up crazy anyway. Even before they re-drew the maps at times there are two Republicans running against each other or in some cases there may be districts where Democrats are running but no Republicans are running against them. Then there are districts where the majority are Democrat and Democrats are voting for Republicans so their trying to make it so they cant. This is why it's difficult to get Texans to tell you if they voted D or R because they vote for whoever is running in their counties,districts ect. so you may have no option but to vote for opposing party candidates. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/04/texas-gop-republican-party-closed-primary-elections/
This may explain what I'm meaning a little better? And yes I have probably voted for D's and R's without my knowledge because on the voter forms Judges,Mayors,Sheriffs ect. do not tell you if they are D's or R's. https://progresstexas.org/blog/elephant-room-crossover-voting
in the new testament, Jesus teaches to obey those in authority. but if an elected person is promoting sin then we have the right to implement the proper decision. taxes are much too high, we are forced to pay for things we don't want like ads, we have to repay taxes we already paid, etc. imagine what Jesus would say to the u.s. government about how they are running it. Joshua 24:15 is to look to for advice. ".... but as for me & my house, we will choose the Lord"!
no, I have heard from voters. not voters like you, or the rest here, but people who were mailed a ballot and went, 'whelp, I guess I have to fill this out again. often they will look at the pamphlet that comes with it, but not always.
for ttrumps election, a greater majority probably did, because of dislikineg how things were going, etc
I am old, but I'm new in town. My recollection of the last half-century of my adulthood is like this: We thought for a while that the godly thing to do was spend other people's money on social equalizing gestures. Then we seemed to get miffed that able people were depending (banking, even, with pun intended) on that source of income without using the help to support themselves, as more money was taken from our hard-earned paychecks to pay for others not to have to work. We took care of the poor single moms, and what marriage there had been among poorer folks was reduced because the government wasn't helping married families like they were helping single families. And we didn't find that all that mom-time made for stable families. Most of us didn't realize that our good intention was actually worsening the outcome, or that kids need a full-time obligated provider male in the family in order to keep the families more stable, so more social structure began to deteriorate. We added abortion to prevent back alley maulings of the victims of unintended pregnancies, but the numbers continued to climb to the point we made it easy and (almost) guilt-less to end any pregnancy. We were murdering babies of the same age we were trying to save in NICUs around the country. I'm not sure why we had so many abortions, since we made birth control free in most cases, then we added free STD treatment, useful for those who didn't want to vet their cohorts or pick partners that respected monogamy. Somehow we just didn't get the results intended.
We probably overlooked a not-preached on aspect of the social traits for which God finally gave up on societies, which was their mishandling of their vulnerable, in particular their children. Sacrificing our children was always a bad plan and it's turned us into a nation about the equivalent of most of what the old testament was written about, who caused their children to "pass through the fire" and if not that, they prostituted them for religious sex rituals, both males and females.
It's concerning how closely the USA resembles those people now and it appears even the Bible thumpers don't recognize it. I don't think we'll have any heart-felt repentance by erecting large signs saying we're all going to hell, or by maintaining that part of the US is more stupid than another. I'm not being opinionated here, just sharing what I remember seeing. Whew, at this point it looks to me like it's everywhere, in all of us, and we don't recognize how pervasive the deception is. Rest assured I realize I'll be right here with the rest when it all comes down, and hopefully you'll find me holding and helping the best way I can to the end, but deep down I feel sure we are bringing on a lot of our problems by not paying attention to what God told us would make things work in a society, which was, among other things, to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Eternal (in His ways, not in our ways).
I can see why some people vote pro-life. It certainly is a basic issue. Justice in all aspects is hanging in the balance when you think about allowing our own selves to abuse our defenseless, our very children. I can also see why folks pick other foundations that they feel will stabilize our society, like free trade or other economic themes. It's hard to find broad agreement on what will work.
it's a long post, but thanks for reading to the end. I'm not argumentative, was just sharing thoughts, and I always welcome comments. It's what YOU think and do that makes this world better or worse, so I'm all for hearing what you think - and for knowing THAT you think. Best to you.
We probably overlooked a not-preached on aspect of the social traits for which God finally gave up on societies, which was their mishandling of their vulnerable, in particular their children. Sacrificing our children was always a bad plan and it's turned us into a nation about the equivalent of most of what the old testament was written about, who caused their children to "pass through the fire" and if not that, they prostituted them for religious sex rituals, both males and females.
It's concerning how closely the USA resembles those people now and it appears even the Bible thumpers don't recognize it. I don't think we'll have any heart-felt repentance by erecting large signs saying we're all going to hell, or by maintaining that part of the US is more stupid than another. I'm not being opinionated here, just sharing what I remember seeing. Whew, at this point it looks to me like it's everywhere, in all of us, and we don't recognize how pervasive the deception is. Rest assured I realize I'll be right here with the rest when it all comes down, and hopefully you'll find me holding and helping the best way I can to the end, but deep down I feel sure we are bringing on a lot of our problems by not paying attention to what God told us would make things work in a society, which was, among other things, to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Eternal (in His ways, not in our ways).
I can see why some people vote pro-life. It certainly is a basic issue. Justice in all aspects is hanging in the balance when you think about allowing our own selves to abuse our defenseless, our very children. I can also see why folks pick other foundations that they feel will stabilize our society, like free trade or other economic themes. It's hard to find broad agreement on what will work.
it's a long post, but thanks for reading to the end. I'm not argumentative, was just sharing thoughts, and I always welcome comments. It's what YOU think and do that makes this world better or worse, so I'm all for hearing what you think - and for knowing THAT you think. Best to you.
Republicans will typically at least attempt to masquerade their shenanigans with bible-sounding stuff; and on occasion they vote and pass laws in accordance with righteous government and free-market economics. But they are also slow to take a stand, and quick to compromise.
The big-business republicans love to tout themselves as "capitalists"; but they are really monopolizers and enemies of free-market economics. Once they and government start pouring money into each other it's basically the same as communism.
The Neocon is so fixated on military dominance and hegemony they will compromise on most other things as long as the military industrial complex gets its cut... and lately what I will call the "Soft-power" complex- false benevolence used to accomplish the logistics of strategic objectives that lead to more military operations and spending.
Then you have the ethnonationalists; they only end up fanning the flames of the radical left.
If you think of the Democrat party as a dumpster full of hazardous waste, the Republican party is still a dumpster; but it's like a dumpster that a homeless person could eat out of, and not immediately die.
The big-business republicans love to tout themselves as "capitalists"; but they are really monopolizers and enemies of free-market economics. Once they and government start pouring money into each other it's basically the same as communism.
The Neocon is so fixated on military dominance and hegemony they will compromise on most other things as long as the military industrial complex gets its cut... and lately what I will call the "Soft-power" complex- false benevolence used to accomplish the logistics of strategic objectives that lead to more military operations and spending.
Then you have the ethnonationalists; they only end up fanning the flames of the radical left.
If you think of the Democrat party as a dumpster full of hazardous waste, the Republican party is still a dumpster; but it's like a dumpster that a homeless person could eat out of, and not immediately die.
