If we believe that God chooses our political leaders, then we believe that we are not inherently free, and if we are not inherently free, then we accept the rule of tyrants, foreign powers, and corrupt interests.
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But we are inherently free, created with the opportunity to choose good over evil, truth over falsehood, love over fear, and with the responsibility to ensure that, in this republic, our leaders honor this innate human quality.
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Wow so well put, Evan.
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Thank you, Victor.
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Believing that some deity controls everything takes away human responsibility which is the key to progress toward a more civilized world.
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It would otherwise completely ignore the story in the Garden of Eden. It wouldn't be "the woman made me do it" but "God made me do it" and the whole redemption, salvation, the Cross all would not have been necessary
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If we’re inherently free then there’s no requirement for organized religions.
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Yes, like... God gave the Donald thinning gray hair but.... he choose to have a shock of great golden hair. Freedom!
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Also... one should remember that this whole "God chooses the leader" is the same crap used to justify having kings. It goes back millennia all the way to Ancient Egypt but even the English used that justification once upon a time.
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IMO “Free Agency” is an under-rated, under-valued, and misunderstood concept in Christianity in general, and with Evangelicals, in particular. A lot of people assume life is playing out “as ordained” as opposed to life being an accumulation of choices from which we are to learn.
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Why Trump supporters vote? If they believe he’s the chosen one.
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Very well put. “One Nation Under Freedom” is our true legacy.
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