I've stopped voting for people unless they do something completely unhinged. I'm voting for policies... not just what they say, what I think they will actually try/be able to accomplish and put in place.

Trump gives you a window into what he is going to do. For example, I'm not crazy about the tariffs idea as a wholesale solution, but I think a big part of that is just negotiating in public and taking a hardline position so he can extract more value when an actual deal is made.

As far as Christian values go, Trump's policies are more in line with those than Kamala's across the board. The Bible doesn't tell us we have to make our own lives awful to help migrants.

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Posted by tommy2tone1999

St. George, LA

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:35 pm to Bass Tiger

Jesus Christ is not running for President. All candidates in the running are, by their very nature, flawed human beings. By not voting, Christians are therefore allowing more votes to go to the greater of two evils.

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Posted by Prodigal Son

Member since May 2023

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Posted on 11/4/24 at 3:12 pm to FooManChoo

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I'll say from the outset that I get why so many Christians will vote for Trump and I'm extremely sympathetic as someone who voted for him twice before. Just a recent change of convictions is preventing me from doing it a third time but I'm not condemning anyone for voting for him

Fair enough, my friend. But you don’t have to endorse Trump to vote against the party of child sacrifice. That said, we both agree that God is sovereign over all creation; and that He alone builds up and tears down kingdoms for His own divine purpose. And that we are all (believers or not) His instruments through which He accomplishes his will.

It’s interesting… that the fraudulent (s)election of Biden, and the inescapable illumination of evil that followed, is what I believe to be most responsible for my own return to Christ (after a 30 year absence). Many others would say the same. I sometimes wonder, if Trump had won in 2020- would I have come back? Who knows. Whatever the outcome of this election, I have peace, knowing that God is in control, and He works all things to the good of those who love Him.