Comments on The Puritan's Sword: A Biblical Examination of Philosophical, Theological, and Political Trends: The Sarah Palin Nomination

I hear ya Tim, I like Jesse Ventura's proposal of ...

2008-09-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

I hear ya Tim, I like Jesse Ventura's proposal of a "None of the Above" option on the ballots. I mean for goodness sake the majority of the people don't even vote and I think it in part comes down to not having any real options. As for Bob Barr I almost dislike him more than the establishment candidates. I am a libertarian/constitutionalist so I like Chuck Baldwin, I also (in light of the economy) have appreciated Ralph Nadar's insight, either of those men in my mind are far more fit to govern than the options given to us.

I frankly am repulsed every time I see cars with Jesus stickers alongside a McCain 2008 sticker, I am just grieved over how the church has almost no prophetic voice in the political arena.

As for embryonic stem cell support, I find McCain's talk very contradictory with his actions. At the Rick Warren questionaire he stated that life begins "at conception". Well to have embryos you have a concieved human, yet McCain supports stem cell research.

As for us "falling behind in science" that is the constant fallacy used by scientists to justify every unconscienable practice such as mixing human and animal genes, cloning, and even the manufacturing of deadly virus'. So that is a rather poor justification for a practice that science has already rendered unnecessary.

(They already can "devolve" for lack of a better term adult stem cells to act just like embryonic ones, thus they can reverse say a stem cell taken from a placenta, "devolve" it and implant it in nervous tissue and it will grow into nerve cells).

All that said, there is no need to continue down this road, I know the propagandists say otherwise, but it's just false.

I look forward to reading your pro-life manifesto, you are right it is bigger than the unborn issues, and you are right neither party is pro-life. I maen come on a million dead Iraqis?! For what? And even more important where is the outcry from the church?

Honestly, I don't know what either Obama's or McCa...

2008-09-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

Honestly, I don't know what either Obama's or McCain's real strategy was in picking their running mates. Neither really are consistent with their "message" from the primaries.

Right-wing Christians would have voted for McCain almost no matter who he chose because they sure as hell weren't going to vote for Obama. (Leibermann might have been the exception, though I was pulling for that partnership.) Moderate Christians, like me, are now the swing voters. But I am still having trouble deciphering through the talk of both candidates, and I don't know enough about Palin to make a political decision. I'm seriously undecided about either two major candidates, Bob Barr, and staying home.

I have a long overdue "pro-life manifesto" blog post coming soon. I'm sick and tired of pro-life being limited to abortions and stem cells. It is so much more. It includes war, capital punishment, cancer and other medical research, and even the life of mothers. So in a lot of ways, neither major party has a pro-life platform.

In my opinion, the support of the stem-cell bill for use of embryos that were already scheduled for disposal is not against a pro-life agenda. It's a line in the sand that will keep the US way behind in medical research if continue to be restricted. Move to just creating embryos for research, then that would be a problem. But using embryos that will be destroyed for the possibility of saving lives sounds responsible.

Tim-lolI suppose that is all this election really ...

2008-09-24T21:01:00.000-07:00

Tim-lol

I suppose that is all this election really is good for, just entertainment and laughs. I guess I felt I needed to make clear the strategy behind the Palin pick as many Christian friends seem to really think this is genuine on McCain's part. Now they are in a mode of self delusion trying to convince themselves that McCain is pro life (even though he has voted for embryonic stem cell research), and they even try to rationalize continuing our invasion/aggression/occupation in Iraq.

My main point is that the Palin pick doesn't fix any of that, it just well to use the tired pun puts lipstick on the same old ugly neo-conservativism.

isn't this so much fun?

2008-09-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

isn't this so much fun?

Of course it was strategic! It's politics after a...

2008-09-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

Of course it was strategic! It's politics after all. It's the same reason Obama chose Biden, though I think that has backfired on him. Persaonlly, had he chosen Bayh or Kane, that would have sealed my vote for Obama. Instead, i'm just as undecided as before.

While you say that VPs don't do much, I think they do more than people realize, which is why Biden was the "smart" choice for Obama, and people are harping on Palin's "inexperience".

but to think it isn't anything but strategy is missing the point of the whole political process - which just proves how terrible it really is.

the greatest gift...

2008-09-15T01:51:00.000-07:00

the greatest gift...

Lisayou would be a better prez than a vp cause I k...

2008-09-07T14:47:00.000-07:00

Lisa

you would be a better prez than a vp cause I know you do a whole lot more for bobby than nothing! :)

I've also found it interesting how people have ana...

2008-09-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

I've also found it interesting how people have analyzed what his vp pick says about McCain. To me it says that he's a good strategist. I don't think he was trying to decide "who would be the best vp?" I think it was more like "who is most likely to win us the election?"