SERIES: Are You a Christian or a Democrat?
Some or perhaps many of you may not be Christian and that’s fine. I am. As a matter of fact I was born and raised in Church. I’m protestant (I know — Catholicism is the original and REAL church, as my Catholic friends like to remind me) but I’m also more familiar with Catholicism than many of my Catholic brothers and sisters.
That’s not a jab — I attended an all male Jesuit College Preparatory high school. I attended mass every week for four years, took mandatory classes in theology, and was taught by many Jesuit priests.
All that said, I’ve been eager to explore a theme for some time and thanks to many of you, who became paid subscribers, I’m able to devote more time to these sorts of more elaborate and focused endeavors.
As I observe what has become of the Democratic Party, it is indisputable that its platform is irreconcilable with Christianity. It’s always a challenge navigating politics and religion and we must do our best to straddle and balance the demands of this secular kingdom and the eternal one.
While no party (or man) is perfect, the Democratic Party exclusively champions policies and causes, which contradict Christian theology. Abortion, transgenderism, and gay marriage are just three of those cultural issues; issues, which Christianity views in one way and the Democratic Party in another.
This is the first of what will be many articles, written exclusively for those of you subscribed to my substack, on this subject. Are you a Christian or are you a Democrat?
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“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” Jesus responded when asked whether or not He believed it was lawful to pay taxes. In six words Jesus brilliantly recognized the distinction between the two Kingdoms — the Earthly and temporary and the Heavenly and eternal. The exchange highlights the most significant challenge every Christian faces: how do we balance a life lived amidst two often contradictory kingdoms?
While Jesus recognized that Christians have two obligations — one material and another eternal — it’s imperative that we also understand what Jesus was not saying. Jesus was not undermining His own authority, nor claiming that Christians were to substitute the authority of man for the Divine authority of God. But this is precisely how many Christians have chosen to approach life — supporting political policies and positions, which directly contradict the Divine and absolute laws of God.
The upshot is the watering down of Christianity, and even outright neutralization of its influence. For these Christians, when the Democratic Party champions a position that contradicts their faith, the Christian supports the Democratic Party and rejects God. This is called idolatry.
One such issue, of which I speak, is abortion. Despite the explicit and consistent teaching of Scripture, Christian tradition, and historical understanding that abortion is wrong, many Christians are adamant and even rabid supporters of abortion.
How do we know that abortion is in conflict with Christian faith? Because the abortion movement celebrates the murder of the unborn, while Scripture celebrates the creation of new life; the abortion movement views the unborn as a curse, while Scripture teaches us that the unborn are a blessing.
(As an aside, this has become a more personal issue for me over the past year. My wife and I had a miscarriage and then were blessed with a second pregnancy and our daughter was born just three weeks ago.)
The claim that the unborn are neither human, nor valuable is in direct conflict with God’s own view. The Apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians that it was “God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace..” Throughout Scripture, the unborn is celebrated as a human child, who already has a relationship with God.
"You knit me in my mother's womb,” David writes in Psalm 139. “You have been my guide since I was first formed…from my mother’s womb you are my God,” David writes in Psalm 22. Even in Genesis, Scripture tells us to “be fruitful and multiply.”
Christian writers have classified abortion as evil since the earliest days of Christianity and the Catholic Church. Modern technological achievements and scientific developments have only reinforced those very beliefs, which were at one time only based on scripture and intuition.
The secularists tie themselves in knots attempting to make arguments that would justify abortion — arguments all intended to prove that the unborn isn’t human, isn’t living, and isn’t valuable. If they admitted the unborn was alive, they’d be forced to acknowledge that abortion was murder; the taking of an innocent life.
Just when does life begin, if not at conception? I have a garden in my backyard. My wife and I planted a number of seeds. They’ve begun to sprout. They aren’t bearing fruit or vegetables and they only vaguely resemble the mature plants they’ll one day become, but is it dead, or not living, because it’s not fully mature? Of course it’s alive and if I were to rip it from the ground and discard it I would be proving that it was alive because I had to take action to prevent it from growing further.
It’s the same with the unborn child and abortion. That one must interrupt its growth and end its development is proof that it's alive. Whether the unborn is 1 week or 6 weeks or 12 weeks is irrelevant. The unborn is 1 week old before it’s 2 weeks old. It must be 12 weeks old before it can be thirteen weeks old. Each day the unborn grows and develops until birth.
Even after birth the development continues. Is it less tragic if an infant dies than a 12 year old? Why is it acceptable to abort at 6 weeks but not at 12?
When my wife had a miscarriage at 5 weeks it was devastating. But the abortion movement says having an abortion at 5 weeks is a Right.
The abortion movement is so radical that it seeks not only to legalize essentially all abortions but also to encourage them — even up until arbitrary ‘viability.’ Many even support infanticide. In this secular kingdom it’s one thing for those, who don’t know Christ, to argue in favor of early abortion out of a selfish desire to avoid personal responsibility, while still feeling remorse.
But the abortion movement seeks not only to evade personal responsibility for their own sexual behavior, but also to erase any feeling of remorse. But God tells us that life begins at conception and that He loves that child in the womb.
I could write (and have) thousands of words addressing abortion and tearing apart the countless sick and illogical arguments made by the death cult. But that’s not even necessary here. According to Christianity, abortion is wrong. Period.
The Democratic Party celebrates abortion and uses its political power to fight for the non existent right of women to kill their unborn children. This is antithetical to Christianity. You fundamentally cannot be a Christian and support this agenda.
And yet this issue is met with no resistance by Democrat voters, who also claim to be Christian. This is a primary example of a collision between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of man.
Christianity professes that life is sacred and begins at conception and the Democratic Party asserts that the unborn life is worthless and should be discarded without a second thought.
Rather than encourage responsible sexual behavior intended to prevent even a ‘need’ for an abortion, the Democratic Party discourages responsible sexual behavior and celebrates and encourages abortion — they want more abortions, not fewer and they don’t want any limits on when they can be ‘administered.’
So how is it that a Christian can support a political party, which champions that which Christianity condemns? How is it that the same Christian can even champion abortion himself or herself?
They can’t. You can’t be a Christian and support abortion, nor can you be a Christian and support the Democratic Party. The two identities cannot be reconciled.
It’s time we drive this message home. Are you a Christian or are you a Democrat?
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