“Christians who don’t get involved in politics — especially at an obviously critical juncture in a nation’s existence — are like that patient confident that God will save the country with or without their involvement. That conclusion is certainly true, but are we not called to be engaged in all aspects of life? Why would politics be out of bounds?” - CPost
Also: Podcast Interview 124: Should Pastors Be Political? (David de Bruyn) - P&D
Discussion
NewOther reasons
There are other reasons to not vote in a particular election. Nobody to vote for is one of them. We will never get better candidates by voting for extremely bad ones. We might also never get better candidates by not voting, but I sleep better knowing: I never voted for that guy.
Also there are many other ways to participate in the betterment of society besides politics. There are even ways to participate politically besides casting a vote for a severely inadequate candidate who might be a microgram less evil, on balance, than the other severely inadequate candidate.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
Newamen
Amen. Time for Christians to get off the republican plantation.