I have made my position on this election abundantly clear (at least for those willing to accept it): I cannot in good conscience vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
I find both of them completely unacceptable, and I am neither wise enough nor prescient enough to know which one would be worse for the country, though each would be bad in different ways. I believe that they are a reflection of American decadence and perhaps a sign of God’s judgment on us. We need to repent as a church, and as a nation.
I believe that to support either one is to participate at some level in their evil (and to some degree to be changed by it). While some believe that voting for “the lesser of two evils” is acceptable in this case, I do not. I believe the church’s moral witness is harmed by supporting either candidate, win or lose–although I know that people of good will can disagree on this. I plan to vote for a competent, morally acceptable third-party candidate–two minimal qualifications that both Clinton and Trump lack.
Since I believe that Trump and Clinton are both unfit for the presidency, my advice to the church is to get its house in order and to prepare for the difficult days ahead, for the good of Christians and non-Christians alike. That will be much harder if we have been morally compromised by either Trump or Clinton.
Of course, I will pray for the winner, and for the country, as I pray right now. Perhaps he or she will pleasantly surprise me. After all, God is in control.
I apologize to any I have offended or treated with less than Christian charity, and I forgive any who may have done the same to me. I may disagree with you about politics, but that is no excuse for rudeness on my part. We will have to come back together after November 8, so we might as well start now.
From what I can tell, minds are pretty much made up, and I weary of all the arguing. Consequently, this will be my last post on Trump or Clinton until after the election.
Go in peace.
