| | I have, for the most part, maintained a vow of silence regarding this year's political circus. There are plenty of people who have been perfectly willing to discuss how and why they will vote, and I've read/listened to what they have to say (or at least, as much as I could stomach). Some of them I agreed with, some of them not so much.
God knows there are a multitude of issues to look at when deciding how to vote, and different people will prioritize those issues in different ways. When talking about the issues, I have heard people discuss how Jesus would vote, and quote various scriptures to verify their point of view. However, what continues to run through my head is Matthew 22:34-40:
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?" Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." (NLT)
Today, my friend Tony Penny posted a link to a compelling blog that The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan has written. It's thought-provoking, it's well-written, and I couldn't dream of saying it any better than Mr. Sullivan has. And on various levels it makes me think about what Jesus considered to be the two most important commandments, and how that would inform his decisions if he were voting tomorrow... |
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