I was amongst those in the pews this morning when I found something very curious. A list of people whom I should vote for.
This disgusts me to no end. I never have even voted in a primary, let alone felt that my church should be making these decisions for me. Even more alarming was the number of people that were looking over the list of the "clean" and asking each other why one candidate was better than the other. I talked this over with my husband, and he felt the same way.
What kind of gall is needed to assume that those of us in the pews aren't smart enough to vote our own conscience? What kind of big headed buffoon came up with this list in the first place? And why did our church even allow this kind of debauchery?
I take my religion very, very seriously. I am pro-life, I am anti-death penalty, and I believe that we should have God in our lives every day and in every way imaginable. But I won't sit here and be judged.
"Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" Genesis 18:25
Is it up to the Earthly men, to lead us as lambs to the slaughter? What, may I ask, are these mortals doing, using their positions of power over us? For example, I read over Mr. Daltons site almost every day, and the last post caught my eye. I was still furious from this mornings service, and so I read over the article written by this Kevin Tracy. On the "list", Tracy is one of the "unclean", and I wanted to find out why. After reading over the comment section, I now know what the problem is. Snyder, who I have met several times, seems to have some kind of problem with Tracy supporting a Senate candidate. As I said, I don't vote in primaries. Mostly because I don't want to get involved in such smarmy power grabs. And Snyder proved to me once again why I don't.
I will be voting in the primaries this year. And I will have the list of the "unclean", and whomever is on that list will receive my vote this year. At one point, after all, Jesus was on an "unclean" list, and was crucified for trying to lead us all towards the light.
Politics should be left outside of the church. I have always been a "bible thumping Republican", and have been happy to be so. But this sort of thing is not what is needed to stop the atheist intruders. I hope fellow Baptists follow my lead.
