What Am I?

At times I wonder which political party I should be belong to. It seems like Christian people vote Republican today because of basically 2 issues-abortion and gay marriages. They may be Christians, but I think they miss the broad points oft spoken by Jesus; of helping the poor, making peace, protecting God’s creation and of accepting any who come to the table. I will also openly say here that I am not a perfect Christian either; there is no such person alive on this planet unless Jesus Christ Himself has already returned. For those of you that don’t follow Christian theology, the concept of Christians not being perfect, but forgiven, sums it up pretty well. The issues we should consider today are:(which I got from another blog http://christiandemocrat.us/blog )
1. The Economy – The GOP will forever favor big business and leave the small business owner in the dust of donation less requests. Democrats will use inspired programs to chase the worthy dreams of energy independence, environmental concerns and needed infrastructure improvements all of which will create jobs.

2. Fiscal Responsibility – Democrats don’t run up deficits. Yes, taxes may be higher but the selfishness of leaving a ton of debt to our children’s children is unconscionable. Worse, deficits sell our country out to the rest of the world. How much of this deficit is because of the war in Iraq? Which brings me to my next point.

3. End the War in Iraq – kind of a no-brainer, and truth is we will likely have forces there for some time but both Democratic Party candidates vow to bring our troops home. We support our troops without question. We do not support this war. I still believe the president did not like about the weapons of mass destruction. He received bad intel and acted on it. He just needs to admit it.

4. Immigration – all current candidates favor some form of immigration solution. It is an issue only in how we build better borders and how we indoctrinate those that are here that we will allow to stay. Very simply, as Reagan realized, we can’t afford to round up and send home 11 million people. We just need to put a cork in the bottle. But the juice that has already been spilled, just clean it up a little.

This is just a start. I am going to continue to examine what I do believe in the next few postings. Who are the truer Christians? Is it the Republicans because of the stance on abortion and gay marriages or is it the Democrats on the positions of helping the poor, preserving the Earth, and social issues? I have a outline in mind and plan to expand it more. Stay tuned.