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I hope that Obama's first acts on taking office are to declare gay marriage totally, irrevocably legal and put RU-486 dispensers on every street corner. Payback for what evangelicals have done to the United States over the last 16 years. Thanks for the war and the financial crisis, hypocrites.

The church cannot afford to line up behind any party to such an extent that it has no credibility to challenge it when it does things which are clearly wrong or does not carry the right spirit. I believe the conservative church in America fell into this trap with the Republicans, neither however should the black church fall into to this situation with Obama.
There is a possibility that the conservative church overlooked some issues when the Bush administration led the nation which has the country reeling financially and even cause Bush to hide during the run up to elections.
The church is to be a prophetic institution to the nation and therefore must maintain its first allegiance to the kingdom of God.

Shame on us! The hypocrite is the one that calls himself a Christian, yet votes against Christian values because he believes that for some reason Barack Obama has more power to heal our economy than God, perhaps. God gave us a voter's guide, if you will, and instruction book, years ago. It is called the Holy Bible. It has his commandments and laws clearly laid out within its pages. we, as a nation, have taken that book and, by voting so liberally, have blatantly disobeyed it. What will God do now to his people who have in essence asked for another "king"? Oh, I am afraid he will give it to us! Regardless of whether or not you liked Obama, McCain, or your write-in John Doe, your obligation as a Christian was to vote according to God's will, not your own. Not enough of us did that, now we all have to pay!

Let's not kill radical Muslims that vow to destroy countries allowing freedom of religon. Let's instead kill American babies before they have a chance to defend themselves. Let's openly condone homosexual practice and demean the God-given institute of marriage. Let's not vote to restrict gambling, pornography or drugs because, after all, we don't do that stuff. In overlooking these things, we as Christians either live in fear of or hate our neighbors.

Yes, evangelicals will have to work with Barack Obama. It's a good thing liberal socialism makes the Christian walk easier (jk).

I love you Shannon but I hate your sin.

Wow, Shanon... putting all the blame on the Republicans. People really have forgotten that recession started with the Clinton administration.

Thanks for Somalia, Dems! Somalians have never forgotten the cruelty of war because the world now thinks that war is very partisan. Somebody also forgot that even JFK had a grudge with Cuba and Russia.

War is not partisan. Here I thought that in America, everybody is an American again after the election... that partisan politics is over.

Then we meet people like Shanon.

Here is what I hope will happen as a result of this election: Republicans would reject the religious right and go their own way.
As a card carrying member of the religious conservative movement I believe our attachment to a single party has been counter productive to the mission of winning people to Christ. Our job is not to reform culture, but to bring people to Christ, who in turn through their decision making, turn from their sinfull ways, and change the culture as a result. People acting according to the Spirit won't readily engage in sin, and as such the laws may permit godless behavior, few will engage in them. It's the whole paradox of prohibition. The more you try to prohibit bad behavior, the more it attracts people to engage in it.

What can the evangelical believer say about the Bush administration's accomplishments that glorified Christ? A war that claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people? A secretive administration that operated in deception? Or perhaps the absence of a leader who displayed the inability to think for himself. President Bush was all theory, lacking true christian conviction. Finally, the voice of sincere "christians" have been heard. It's time that our country realizes that you need more than talk, you need the walk.

I may be wasting my time giving a response to R. Minster, but I'll give it my take on things. There are no clear cut villains or heroes. Bush to most categories did not deliver that much. Neither should a president be expected to. Not everyone will be a Lincoln or an FDR. That kind of caliber of a person comes once in a lifetime. Nor a Reagen or an JFK in their ability to inspire. Who come along once in 20 years. Bush was an average guy. His stock will recover in 40 years.
Iraq was not just about Iraq. It's sad that we felt the need to cover up the real fact that we needed to have a significant presence in the region, in order to check Iran. If taken alone, Iraq was a near total failure. If on the other hand we can keep Iran from threatening it's neigbors long enough for regime change to happen, then the whole question of us going in will be gone.
Pro-life issues. Sad but true, Bush only managed to delay the inevitable blows to the sanctity of life issues. No significant reversals to Roe V. Wade and embrionic stem cell research have been made. My opinion on the embryonic stem cells is that you don't send an infant to do an adults job. Embryonic stem cells are moraly tainted, and there are now plenty of sources of clean stem cells like: skin, fat, umbilical cord blood, etc.
I wish Bush would have gone after the flat tax issue and not privatized soc sec. It would have been a lot more popular, and less scary for the older people who phoned their reps in large numbers.
In closing, if (and that's now a BIG IF) we can help the Iranians shake off the mullahs, the whole region would become more peaceful. And all the blood shed to this point will be considered a sacrifice worth taking. Unfortunately I am not nearly as optimistic today, as I was 5 years ago. I have long ago changed my mind on this war. Though, what alternative did we have? Give Saddam more weapons to kill his own people? Sanctions forever? Like that was working anyway. The only reason we now know how many people are being killed is because there is freedom of the press now.
So my grade on Bush is C-. If we manage to flip Iran from totalitarian regime then it goes up to B-.

I am amazed at how ignorant and naieve so called evangelicals are when it comes to the evil of our elected officials! when I hear people speak in favorable terms about the wickedness of mr. obama, who by the way is NOT a saved man. In any event he is nothing more than a usefull idiot for leftwing fundamentalism and its anti christian bigotry. This man is an habitual liar and incredibly deceitfull as would be the case with any political leader from of all places chicago! If that is harsh just think that the man who supposedely was this fervent community activist worked in chicago at a time where 6% of all black school children graduate college by the time they are 25 years of age is now the acclaimed saviour who will bring about all of these social reforms for the good of our nation? A man who has close associations with ayers, wright another unregenerate christian socialist who is also rascist not to mention farakahn and others who are the avowed enemies of the cross of Christ! Beware when all men speak well of you Jesus said and it is clear that no atheist or humanist and pornographer finds anything offensive in this fraud obama! The sub-human world of hip hop love him if that does not tell you anything then the case is hopeless! Satan has his man on the job and God in his righteouss indignation has place a man of corruption at the helm of this nation. Yes he will receive his orders by the george soros gang who are militantly against Christ the same as the real base of this marksist party that is now in charge and ready to take dominion over an utopian state of the kind of atheism that voiced itself in the bolshevik revolution. Why do you think this fairy tale like egotist has obtained so much support from the whole God hating world? Mr. obama has never once addressed the issue of religious persecution that presently exists within our government education system. First if he did clinton would have been the leftwing rep. and not obama. he uses christianity as a ploy to gain needed votes and then will sit by after he turns the supreme cout into the hands of antichrist. O foolish christians how long will you be deceived by this coward, liar and self loving manchurian candidate? for those of us you see through the deception must prepare for the greatest onslaught to be perpetrated upon the true church (tony campolo and his ilk exempted) in the history of America. The hitchens and dawkins and rue's of this world have been waiting for such a messiah and they now have him in barak obama!The gospel will be under seige with this administration if given the prospected 8 year vision they have set up through the stooge and cult like figure of obama. obama is an unaccomplished do nothing who has no record to speak of and who now has a position that is clearly above his "pay grade". Evasive, two faced, shallow, empty suit fraud who is the most celebrated idiot in human history. in obama we have clinton, carter and kerry incarnate and that translated in terms morality as HELL itself. On the day of judgement we will see this man and all of his cohorts standing before the judge of heaven and earth giving account for their wickedness along with multitudes who will cry Lor Lord did we not etc... obama is guilty of using the name of the Lord in vain and will one day suffer greatly for it. On the other hand it will be a time for the true people of God to be blessed in thst they will suffer persecution of his name sake so stand fast in the Lord. obama might freely give out govt. money to help women if they choose keep fruit of their adulterous actions wich means this will be another benefit that will go to blacks and hispanics more than anyone else. Fine but he still will provide govt money to those who will MURDER their children! And he is firm on that conviction which means he is a man of BLOOD what don't you understand mr. campolo? and fools like him for thst matter. The reason for this that professed christians like him are just as lost as the pretender from chicago! the evils this man supports and will ultimately bring about since he will have both houses and eventualy the supreme court are too numerous. Suffice it to say dear people of God be prepared to stand firm in the winds that will blow and be faithfull even unto death! My prayer is this may the Sovereign Lord of all the earth give us grace and help us to continue to be the instuments to save all those he has chosen in the lamb frommthe foundation of the earth. And may He be pleased to save this reprobate president and bring him to repentance which will mean his politcal carrer will last only four years and if not may he afflict him and all of host and spare our nation from all of the great schemes and evils this pawn will bring about by the will of the corrupt power brokers whose filthy lucre brought him into office in the first place. obama is also an economic illterate as well an an utter ignoramous concerning international politics. But I am sure his programmers are telling him what to say and what to think. Just like antichrist he is being groomed to not only deliver America from evil (i.e. christian influence) but the world as well. the obama CULT is truly global. May all of his duped idolaters most of whom are the scum of the earth be brought to hell by God's righteouss decree. AMEN