The Christian Right, Jesus, and the Mormons... How the 2012 Election Was Won

It's funny that half a week into Obama's second term there are still right wing enthusiasts who can't deal with the state of affairs. Since he won several of these devoted republicans have again chosen party over country and have made some extreme declarations. They are moving to Canada, the world is going to come to an end, Christians who voted for Obama are imbiciles, and it would take more than a blog to cover the racist epithets. Unfortunate really, since there are a million contradictions in the thought.

Doctrinally speaking, Christians were right on in voting for Obama. Since so many religious leaders were telling their congregations to vote for the other candidate because he was "righteous" they were on the wrong side of kingdom thinking. This is because the New Testament of the Bible attributes righteousness to accepting Jesus Christ as savior and believing He died for you to save you from sin. Good living begins at that point and cannot be attained any other way. He is quoted in John 14:6 as having said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no man comes to the Father except by me." While President Obama has continually confessed this as his own belief, by and large the Christian right has rejected him. Instead, they endorsed someone of Mormon faith. This was quite uncharacteristic for this group. Prior to the election they were declaring from the rooftops that Mormons needed to get saved and turn from the wickedness of their religion which purports that they can achieve god status by living a certain way here on earth. All of a sudden the religious right were saying he's the righteous one. The Christian's not really a Christian and you need to go with the other guy. Instead of honestly admitting that they just believed the republicans were right about the politics they flip-flopped and began to proclaim that Mormonism is a religion that practices righteous living and therefore every Christian should vote for one. Were they thinking about building God's kingdom or considering their own attitudes, beliefs, and tendencies? I'm not sure we'll ever know, but this strategy backfired miserably and their candidate lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. 

In the end it would seem the way politics has been working for the past few decades, where politicians could run without having a platform, but having a religious world view, is changing. We live in Babylon, plain and simple. The people want to know what you will do to make it work, not make their personal decisions for them. If you say you want smaller government, that smaller governing body shouldn't be able to tell it's people anything about how they raise their children, how they use their bodies, or what types of relationships they can or cannot have.What does Jesus do? Let everyone choose. In the same way the American government should have ways and means to build a future for the people, by the people without their rhetoric being the precipice upon which they build a campaign and then go to Washington and raise hell. If the right wants to win over the people, they need to get a plan that doesn't include simply saying what the other guys are doing wrong. Tell us what you will do that is right, that is good for all of us, and in everyone's best interest.