steamer

Every time a Christian votes it is an admission of god’s inability to effect politics and government without the help of mortals. One would think that such fragrant* disbelief in god’s power is some sort of sin. In fact, god could very easily send the holy ghostie in to fiddle with the ballot boxes but these Christians seem to be accusing their holy spook of the evil of laziness.

If an all powerful god exists, then he does not need arrogant little mortals running around voting for him and he will affect politics and government on his own.

When you vote instead of praying, you overwhelmingly demonstrate that you believe your actions are more powerful than gods.

Obviously good Christians should pray for the elected officials, governments and their policies instead of voting. Or is the vote really more powerful than the prayer after all? Time to put your money where your mouths are if you ask me.

*Just noticed my mispelling, but its kind of funny how the word works anyway.

Splarnst

You can apply this to anything Christians do. They pray for God to sustain them, then they go to work, earn money, and buy things, for example.

steamer

True, but, although they imagine their god loves sufferring, dead and near-dead, starving Christians, I'd prefer that they weren't dropping off in the streets. I'm content that they merely demonstrate their convictions in a less messy way by simply not voting and letting their imagined god perform his imagined magic.

EthnAlln

In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses are forbidden to vote, and Leo IX forbade Catholics to vote in Italy (the newly formed Italian government had taken most of the Papal States out of his jurisdiction).

None of that is surprising. The earliest Christians lived in the Roman Empire, where nobody voted on what went on in the central government. Those who wished to participate in public life had to get an appointment through patronage. Christians more or less withdrew from this wicked world, except to proselytize.

steamer

That's a relief. Its good to see some Christians actually walking the talk.

Was that fatwa ever rescended?

Ah, the good old days.

steamer

That's a relief. Its good to see some Christians actually walking the talk.

Was that fatwa ever rescended?

Ah, the good old days.

general_koffi

If only.

Too many Christians believe it their prerogative to force their religion onto everyone living in the country.

Clivedurdle

I thought some Islamicists also say voting is against the willl of god.

Might be because voting is about thinking, choosing, deciding....

Tigers!

I like do both - that is I pray and I vote.
It's more pratical that bleating about how bad the government may be.

sharon45

Well for me voting and praying for change is about the same thing with about the same results.