Questions to God about evil.

How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen,
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?

Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict the righteous;
therefore, justice comes out perverted.

Questions from the prophet Habakkuk.

Free will vs. God’s will this election.

This is primarily for Christians and Conservatives. Others are welcome to read it too, but I just wanted to give you a heads up.

One thing that I’ve struggled with is the election. Ultimately I believe God is in charge and whoever is elected He will guide and influence depending not on the man that is elected but according to the hearts of the voters when they voted. How did I come to this? Well, that’s what I’m about to try and explain. My struggle is how I should respond to the people voting for them.

As a Christian, I believe I should stand up against lies. In this case there seems to be a lot of lies and misunderstandings and so I’m writing this in hopes of revealing the truth and my struggle.

I’m not trying to tell you who to vote for. I just want to provide my thoughts on this and the info I have and you can decide what you want.

I won’t vote for Obama because I disagree with him on too many issues that I won’t give on. I currently have more respect for him than McCain however, since Obama doesn’t claim to be a conservative.

McCain however is a liberal claiming to be conservative and claiming to be Pro-Life and Pro-Family when he is not. Or at least his campaign and some sources are claiming these things. The only thing I think I agree on with him is his position on the war. But I won’t give in on the other two to vote for him.

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Here are some links to back this up.

McCain Opposes a Human Life Amendment and wants states to decide abortion, which means he’s pro-choice on murder on some level:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2008/Jun/03/where_they_stand__obama__mccain_on_the_issues.html

Cindy McCain doesn’t want Roe v. Wade overturned

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/cindy_mccain_wants_roe_in_plac.php

McCain’s pro-life convictions murky according to respected pro-life activist/blogger Jill Stanek:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64177

McCain bucks party platform, for federally-funding the destruction of human embryos depsite saying he believes life begins at conception:

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/as-president-jo.html

McCain sends RINO Arlen Specter out to defend him on destroying human embryos:

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=36356

Right after Sarah Palin tells Charlie Gibson “you don’t create life to destroy life” John McCain releases an ad touting how he favors destroying human embryos:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-launches-pro-stem-cells-ad-2008-09-12.html

McCain calls Constitutional Amendment protecting marriage “Un-Republican”:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/mccain.marriage/

McCain again opposes Marriage Amendment in 2006:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/06/same.sex.marriage/index.html

Homosexual activists believe they can work with McCain:

http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid61284.asp

Senior McCain advisor campaigns for Log Cabin (Gay) Republican endorsement, tells them “your day is going to come”:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091977807312715.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2008/09/05/video-top-mccain-aide-tells-gay-republicans-you-are-an-important-part-of-our-party/

links found on http://www.whoradio.com/pages/stevedeace.html?page=2

I had some links of my own, but these were conveniently located and these were enough.
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You see my issue is not Obama or his supporters. My issue is with McCain’s supporters. A lot of conservatives and Christians are supporting McCain, and some of the arguments are that McCain is Pro-Life and Pro-Family. But according to these links he is not, and if we vote for McCain, we seem to be voting for someone who doesn’t hold the same convictions as us.

I’ve talked and listened to a few people that think that with Palin as VP this makes voting for McCain ok. Maybe…

I don’t want to vote for McCain simply because he has Palin running with him. My biggest problem with this is she claims to hold the same positions I do, but she lacks the conviction to act on them. She borrows terms from McCain that she feels personally one way but will act on the policies set forth by McCain. How does someone believe one way and act another? This is split-minded if you ask me. I don’t want to vote for her either based on this.

Here’s the deal though. I’m only human. I don’t know what God has planned and I don’t know what is in each person’s heart. If you are convinced in the Spirit who you should vote for then do it. God used Nebuchadnezzar and ole’ Neb was an evil king. If God can use him then God can use one of these two. God also worked David in to replace Saul. Maybe McCain will win, then die and we’ll get what I consider a much more conservative person… ok I hope McCain doesn’t die, but still… Anyway, My job is only to post my thoughts and information to support my thoughts as best I can.

But why don’t more people consider a 3rd party candidate? I mean voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil. If we ought to stand for what is good shouldn’t we hold our ground and vote for someone who is better? Or write someone in.

I am planning to vote for a 3rd Party Candidate.

But do I vote thinking my guy will win? Won’t my vote be wasted? No and No. That won’t stop me from voting for the way I best see God leading me to. Because as I said before, this election depends on the hearts of the people voting more than the people running. If I can’t reconcile with God to vote for Obama and McCain as a just thing to do then I ought not to do it, no matter the consequences because the consequences are also in God’s hand.

I believe that God is sovereign and I believe that people have free will.

The best example I can think of to back this up is the story of Jonah.

Basically God tells Jonah to tell the people of Ninevah to repent and turn from their wicked ways or they will be destroyed.

It feels like to me when most people talk of God’s will that it is unchanging no matter the circumstance, that God must’ve planned it that way all along sort of thing. (Sometimes this may apply, but I don’t think always.)

Others think that we are running around on our own and all of these problems belong to us to work out on our own.

I think that these are two too extreme views. In the story of Jonah, God says to repent. Then says if they do, He will forgive them. If they don’t then He will destroy them.

And that’s it. We get the choice to seek God’s way or not, and I think God will do with us according to what we do in order to bring us back to Him.

So my thought is this, if we try to control the outcome of the election by voting for who we think is best, then God will deal with us accordingly. If we vote our best seeking God’s will then no matter who wins the election then God will use that man regardless of that man’s personal stance.

It would be great if the winner’s personal stance and convictions fell in line with God’s. Our government was setup to be run by God fearing people. In this case, we may get someone who is not God fearing and whoever gets in, may well serve their own needs … If we let them.

You see no matter who wins, they are our president. We should watch them like a hawk and put pressure on them to do what is right. McCain after all, did finally concede that he needs the Christians to win. He did that when he got Palin. Obama also seems to want our votes too. So our opinions and our views do hold some power of influence thru prayer, our voice, and petition.

I hope this makes sense. I started writing this a couple of weeks ago and recompiled it. If I missed something, got something wrong, or you got a question, please let me know.