It’s such a precarious question: do we vote for the lesser of two evils that might still have some sensitivity to our concerns, or do we take our hands off the wheel completely and let the whole thing crash and burn? In North Korea, which used to be a stronghold of Protestant Christianity, there may only be a couple thousand secret Christians left in a nation of tens of millions of people. It really does matter if a communist takeover is allowed to happen, and it may matter for decades and decades, and generations of people who will never get the opportunity to enter freely into the worship of the true God in a church. So difficult to figure out what to do here.
I've been wary of political parties since I was in my 20s. I have friends who are active in political parties, but I can't personally sacrifice the convictional position I hold for the sake of winning an office or election.
The balance is so hard to find sometimes. We should use what influence we have to bring about virtuous change in the society, but we also don’t really align with any worldly political system. It’s a tough line to toe.
"However, the moral ambiguity of conservatives has allowed pro-abortion activists to make extreme cultural gains."
Abortion is popular because people want abortions. This didn't happen because of anything the GOP did, its inherent to the desires of the public. It would be the case if your ideal Christian Conservative were heading the GOP ticket instead of Trump.
At the end of the day your best bet it to make people want to have kids instead of want to abort them. And I mean that in the broadest sense, I don't consider "I never had an abortion because I got an IUD and never want kids" to be some kind of outcome Christians should root for. We could survive some abortions happening, we can't survive people not wanting to have kids at all.
The GOP is generally superior on this point, especially for middle class families and above. It could do a lot more though.
"They have already sacrificed financial stewardship"
The incremental deficits of the Biden/Harris administration were 3x Trumps. It's hard to imagine how you could view voting Harris as more fiscally responsible.
In my opinion, when leaders of our country do not express moral clarity, the barbarians influence the culture the way they see fit. Those leaders in our country who have historically opposed abortion have gone silent and people are being influenced by those who are yelling the loudest.
I do think the GOP is still more of a reasonable choice than Harris. I explicitly say that in the article. I have also written on the absolute moral insanity of the left (https://saintsandsociety.substack.com/p/secularism-is-dead-and-it-has-killed). As far as fiscal responsibility, Trump blew out the budget even in comparison to Biden. Regardless of who is worse fiscally, we can't say that the GOP is conserving fiscal responsibility.
I agree with your point about our culture of death and people not wanting to have children. It is a big problem that I have spoken about in the past and will in the future.
It’s such a precarious question: do we vote for the lesser of two evils that might still have some sensitivity to our concerns, or do we take our hands off the wheel completely and let the whole thing crash and burn? In North Korea, which used to be a stronghold of Protestant Christianity, there may only be a couple thousand secret Christians left in a nation of tens of millions of people. It really does matter if a communist takeover is allowed to happen, and it may matter for decades and decades, and generations of people who will never get the opportunity to enter freely into the worship of the true God in a church. So difficult to figure out what to do here.
I've been wary of political parties since I was in my 20s. I have friends who are active in political parties, but I can't personally sacrifice the convictional position I hold for the sake of winning an office or election.
The balance is so hard to find sometimes. We should use what influence we have to bring about virtuous change in the society, but we also don’t really align with any worldly political system. It’s a tough line to toe.
"However, the moral ambiguity of conservatives has allowed pro-abortion activists to make extreme cultural gains."
Abortion is popular because people want abortions. This didn't happen because of anything the GOP did, its inherent to the desires of the public. It would be the case if your ideal Christian Conservative were heading the GOP ticket instead of Trump.
At the end of the day your best bet it to make people want to have kids instead of want to abort them. And I mean that in the broadest sense, I don't consider "I never had an abortion because I got an IUD and never want kids" to be some kind of outcome Christians should root for. We could survive some abortions happening, we can't survive people not wanting to have kids at all.
The GOP is generally superior on this point, especially for middle class families and above. It could do a lot more though.
"They have already sacrificed financial stewardship"
The incremental deficits of the Biden/Harris administration were 3x Trumps. It's hard to imagine how you could view voting Harris as more fiscally responsible.
In my opinion, when leaders of our country do not express moral clarity, the barbarians influence the culture the way they see fit. Those leaders in our country who have historically opposed abortion have gone silent and people are being influenced by those who are yelling the loudest.
I do think the GOP is still more of a reasonable choice than Harris. I explicitly say that in the article. I have also written on the absolute moral insanity of the left (https://saintsandsociety.substack.com/p/secularism-is-dead-and-it-has-killed). As far as fiscal responsibility, Trump blew out the budget even in comparison to Biden. Regardless of who is worse fiscally, we can't say that the GOP is conserving fiscal responsibility.
I agree with your point about our culture of death and people not wanting to have children. It is a big problem that I have spoken about in the past and will in the future.