ph of 7.
i've grown weary of this banter on neutrality.
looking at this issue from merely the human perspective is fool's gold at best, life-threatening at worse. i'd also like to mention it's annoying and insulting when comments are made with the sole motive of inciting one to anger and frustration.
so i thought i might just address what neutrality is, and is not.
christian neutrality simply indicates the stance of NON-INVOLVEMENT that christians take in matters of worldly political affairs. getting involved in politics would include things such as: voting, registering with a political party, party-motivated rallies, etc, all of which christians in support of God's kingdom would avoid.
now, its been said that having an opinion on matters that take place in the world of politics invalidate one's neutrality. this is simply not the case. imagine that you're a politician in belgium during the early 1970's during pol pot's reign of terror in cambodia. as a flemish politician you have nothing to do with Cambodia's politics or any of its parties. mentioning that you disagree with, or even hate, the fact that hundreds of thousands of Cambodians are being slaughted still doesn't affiliate you in any way with the Cambodian government or its opposition.
in like manner, when a person who is in full support of God's kingdom and working actively to support its interests look at a dispicable situation in the earth and make mention of their displeasure, this doesn't mean they are now biased toward one party or government. as ambassadors of the Christ (2Cor 5:20) they are free to comment on the worldly political affairs that concern them. again, they would not take steps to further or hinder a certain party's agenda insomuch as their agendas did not conflict with God's laws.
take for instance the response of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world to Hitler's persecution of German witnesses during the 1930's and 40's. letters were written demanding he cease persecuting witnesses for their neutral stance; lawsuits were filed. the awake even published detailed diagrams of concentration camps at the time and detailed what was happening inside of them. were christians somehow less neutral in speaking out against the nazi government? far from it.
likewise today we recognize that we're living in satan's system of things - the governments of the world being under his influence. christians, anyone for that matter concerned with basic decency, cannot help but look at the world today and be disappointed with the results that mankind's course, independent of Jehovah's direction, has produced. making mention of displeasure in Satan's system isn't a sign of no longer being neutral - rather it's a sign of sanity and great concern for the times we live in.
this is for you, gimp.
p.s. i don't care if i misspelled something.
el competition ya'll: DOS.
me in a pretty dress begging for your autograph to the first person to deliver me the name of the politician, king, or chief, who has solved mankind's problems. all of them.
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Glad to see someone else noted that.
It's not one particular party that someone is mad at...it's the entire world and the lies and the contradictions everywhere you look.
I refuse to get stuck in the mud this late in the game, so to speak.
winner: gimp with his homeless black racist photo.
Ew you're one of those hovas.
(this annoying and insulting statement was made to cause anger and frustration)
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