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Ohio Constitution Party, website
[George Bush is not true to Christian teachings.]
Why Christians Should Not Vote for Bush
By Dr. Patrick Johnston
[start]
Not every person who professes to be a Christian is one. Faith without works, without tangible deeds of obedience, is dead faith – it is the faith of devils (James 2:10-24). Jesus asks, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46) “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:16-20)
George W. Bush professes to be a Christian, goes to church, makes references to Bible verses, and says, “God bless America,” but so did Bill Clinton, so this alone cannot be sufficient to win our vote. Like Clinton, George Bush’s fruit was evident to all with eyes to see during his campaign against Gore. Many Christians were undoubtedly innocently ignorant of George W. Bush’s liberal tendencies and so easily susceptible to his conservative rhetoric, but far too many were willfully blind to his bad fruit.
Pragmatism took precedence over God’s Word and the principles of conservatism when conservatives the nation over supported and voted for the most electable candidate over the only blessable, anointable candidate, and as you will see in the course of this article, the roots of tyranny have deepened in America as a result.
The guilt for the daily encroachment on God-given rights to life, liberty, and property, under President Bush’s leadership, can be laid squarely at the foot of the professing church. If there was ever any doubt about the liberal sway of George W. Bush before his Presidency, that doubt should be well cleared up by now for all but only the willfully naïve.
Do I believe that sincere, well-meaning Christians can vote for George Bush and be right with God? Sure! I believe that a sincere, well-meaning Christian can vote for Howard Dean and be right with God! Unintended ignorance can destroy a nation, however, and God’s people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 6:4).
It is intentional, willful, or malicious ignorance in the absence of the fear of God that brings culpability (Proverbs 9), and of this I fear many professing Christians are guilty in their endorsement of George Bush in spite of the abundance of evidence of his bad fruit.
What is this “evil fruit” to which I refer? Precisely what is it about George W. Bush that I believe should preclude sincere Christians from voting for him?
I. George W. Bush on Abortion
[GWB is too liberal on abortion; appoints pro-abortion people]
I. George W. Bush on Sodomy
[GWB is too liberal on sodomy, appoints sodomites, etc.]
III. George W. Bush on Other Issues
There are many other reasons Christians should conscientiously object to voting for George W. Bush. Certainly, many of these acts are not necessarily sinful, but together they provide convincing proof that George W. Bush is not an authentic conservative.
• He demoralized Korean and Japanese Christians by bowing down at a pagan Shinto shrine in Japan.
• His public profession that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, contrary to the plain teaching of Scripture.
• His endorsement of Ramadan, a Muslim fast, at a White House celebration.
• His proposal to increase funding of the National Endowment for the Arts by 15 percent, the highest percentage increase in two decades. That's a total of 139 million dollars in 2005 to finance art, much of which is blasphemous. (Recall the taxpayer-financed painting of a crucifix in a jar of urine.)
• His support of increased Federal involvement in the education of children at the state and local level. Funding for government education has increased billions of dollars under President Bush.
• His support of Clinton’s 1995 “assault weapons ban” which outlawed a host of semi-automatic guns. The gun ban was due to expire in 2005, but according to Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan, "The president supports the current law (the Clinton gun ban), and he supports reauthorization of the current law."
• He approval of federally-financed experimentation on human embryos. [...]
• His dramatic increase in the size and spending of the federal government with a record deficit. With his $2.23 trillion budget, his administration will complete the biggest increase in government spending since the Lyndon Johnson’s "Great Society." The budget deficit predicted by the House Budget Office will hit a record $306 billion. Spending on government programs increased 22 % from 1999 to 2003.
[...]
• Not only did President Bush publicly condemn Judge Roy Moore’s actions, his chief political consultant Karl Rove spearheaded the attack against him. When Roy Moore was before Bill Pryor’s inquisition about to lose his job for his public stand for God, President Bush was in California campaigning for a pro-abortion, pro-sodomite Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• His expansion of government welfare programs to illegal aliens and his proposals to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, President Bush has demonstrated dangerous negligence in restoring security to our borders.
• His proposal to increase the budget and the power of the Internal Revenue Service: “Bush would give the IRS a 5.3 percent boost to $10.4 billion for the budget year that begins Oct. 1. That will include $133 million dollars for added audits of businesses and high-income taxpayers.”
[...]
• His endorsement and promotion of the globalist, sovereignty-threatening aims of the United Nations., He has continued the Clintonian policy of sending our soldiers to serve under U.N. commanders on U.N. missions.
• He signed into law a massive expansion of Medicare that, according to Ron Paul (R-Texas), resulted in "the single largest expansion of the federal welfare state since the Great Society programs of the 1960s."
[...]
• With the so-called Patriot Act and the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, his remedy for terrorism has been an ever-growing police state. These pieces of legislation read like KGB manuals of an all-powerful Leninist state – Janet Reno could only dream of serving under such a President!
The government can bug and search citizens and their private records without court oversight and without suspicion of a crime; they can lock you up indefinitely without a formal charge; they can deny you an attorney and a jury of your peers, etc. Our leaders have exploited a tragedy to retire as the servants of the citizens and attempt to usurp constitutional limitations to become our masters.
G.W. Bush is pro-abortion, pro-sodomite, he’s anti-gun, and he’s the biggest spender in American history. American conservatives have taken the bait at the expense of their cause and God’s glory.
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[In the rest of the essay, Johnston deals with the argument that GWB should get Christians' vote as the 'lesser of evils.' While this is sometimes the thing to do, according the one's moral code, there are times, like now, when simply voting for the more conservative of two liberals is unsconscionable, for the reasons already given (stands against the Bible, states, and individual rights). One has to vote according to conscience for a candidate with a Christian stand.]
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Ohio Constitution Party, website
[George Bush is not true to Christian teachings.]
Why Christians Should Not Vote for Bush
By Dr. Patrick Johnston
[start]
Not every person who professes to be a Christian is one. Faith without works, without tangible deeds of obedience, is dead faith – it is the faith of devils (James 2:10-24). Jesus asks, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46) “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:16-20)
George W. Bush professes to be a Christian, goes to church, makes references to Bible verses, and says, “God bless America,” but so did Bill Clinton, so this alone cannot be sufficient to win our vote. Like Clinton, George Bush’s fruit was evident to all with eyes to see during his campaign against Gore. Many Christians were undoubtedly innocently ignorant of George W. Bush’s liberal tendencies and so easily susceptible to his conservative rhetoric, but far too many were willfully blind to his bad fruit.
Pragmatism took precedence over God’s Word and the principles of conservatism when conservatives the nation over supported and voted for the most electable candidate over the only blessable, anointable candidate, and as you will see in the course of this article, the roots of tyranny have deepened in America as a result.
The guilt for the daily encroachment on God-given rights to life, liberty, and property, under President Bush’s leadership, can be laid squarely at the foot of the professing church. If there was ever any doubt about the liberal sway of George W. Bush before his Presidency, that doubt should be well cleared up by now for all but only the willfully naïve.
Do I believe that sincere, well-meaning Christians can vote for George Bush and be right with God? Sure! I believe that a sincere, well-meaning Christian can vote for Howard Dean and be right with God! Unintended ignorance can destroy a nation, however, and God’s people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 6:4).
It is intentional, willful, or malicious ignorance in the absence of the fear of God that brings culpability (Proverbs 9), and of this I fear many professing Christians are guilty in their endorsement of George Bush in spite of the abundance of evidence of his bad fruit.
What is this “evil fruit” to which I refer? Precisely what is it about George W. Bush that I believe should preclude sincere Christians from voting for him?
I. George W. Bush on Abortion
[GWB is too liberal on abortion; appoints pro-abortion people]
I. George W. Bush on Sodomy
[GWB is too liberal on sodomy, appoints sodomites, etc.]
III. George W. Bush on Other Issues
There are many other reasons Christians should conscientiously object to voting for George W. Bush. Certainly, many of these acts are not necessarily sinful, but together they provide convincing proof that George W. Bush is not an authentic conservative.
• He demoralized Korean and Japanese Christians by bowing down at a pagan Shinto shrine in Japan.
• His public profession that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, contrary to the plain teaching of Scripture.
• His endorsement of Ramadan, a Muslim fast, at a White House celebration.
• His proposal to increase funding of the National Endowment for the Arts by 15 percent, the highest percentage increase in two decades. That's a total of 139 million dollars in 2005 to finance art, much of which is blasphemous. (Recall the taxpayer-financed painting of a crucifix in a jar of urine.)
• His support of increased Federal involvement in the education of children at the state and local level. Funding for government education has increased billions of dollars under President Bush.
• His support of Clinton’s 1995 “assault weapons ban” which outlawed a host of semi-automatic guns. The gun ban was due to expire in 2005, but according to Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan, "The president supports the current law (the Clinton gun ban), and he supports reauthorization of the current law."
• He approval of federally-financed experimentation on human embryos. [...]
• His dramatic increase in the size and spending of the federal government with a record deficit. With his $2.23 trillion budget, his administration will complete the biggest increase in government spending since the Lyndon Johnson’s "Great Society." The budget deficit predicted by the House Budget Office will hit a record $306 billion. Spending on government programs increased 22 % from 1999 to 2003.
[...]
• Not only did President Bush publicly condemn Judge Roy Moore’s actions, his chief political consultant Karl Rove spearheaded the attack against him. When Roy Moore was before Bill Pryor’s inquisition about to lose his job for his public stand for God, President Bush was in California campaigning for a pro-abortion, pro-sodomite Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• His expansion of government welfare programs to illegal aliens and his proposals to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, President Bush has demonstrated dangerous negligence in restoring security to our borders.
• His proposal to increase the budget and the power of the Internal Revenue Service: “Bush would give the IRS a 5.3 percent boost to $10.4 billion for the budget year that begins Oct. 1. That will include $133 million dollars for added audits of businesses and high-income taxpayers.”
[...]
• His endorsement and promotion of the globalist, sovereignty-threatening aims of the United Nations., He has continued the Clintonian policy of sending our soldiers to serve under U.N. commanders on U.N. missions.
• He signed into law a massive expansion of Medicare that, according to Ron Paul (R-Texas), resulted in "the single largest expansion of the federal welfare state since the Great Society programs of the 1960s."
[...]
• With the so-called Patriot Act and the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, his remedy for terrorism has been an ever-growing police state. These pieces of legislation read like KGB manuals of an all-powerful Leninist state – Janet Reno could only dream of serving under such a President!
The government can bug and search citizens and their private records without court oversight and without suspicion of a crime; they can lock you up indefinitely without a formal charge; they can deny you an attorney and a jury of your peers, etc. Our leaders have exploited a tragedy to retire as the servants of the citizens and attempt to usurp constitutional limitations to become our masters.
G.W. Bush is pro-abortion, pro-sodomite, he’s anti-gun, and he’s the biggest spender in American history. American conservatives have taken the bait at the expense of their cause and God’s glory.
----
[In the rest of the essay, Johnston deals with the argument that GWB should get Christians' vote as the 'lesser of evils.' While this is sometimes the thing to do, according the one's moral code, there are times, like now, when simply voting for the more conservative of two liberals is unsconscionable, for the reasons already given (stands against the Bible, states, and individual rights). One has to vote according to conscience for a candidate with a Christian stand.]
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