Do you feel like you are judged by a higher power on how you vote on hot button issues?

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One of the reasons I am pro-choice is because I don't feel my Karma is affected by what another person does even though I am personally pro-life for myself. So I've always wondered if other people feel their salvation, Karma, or relationship with their god(dess) is dependent on part on how they vote or what political stances they take.

This isn't an "Amen" corner question so feel free to disagree with me.
I'm looking to understand the different points of view.
Folks I just have one request. Please if you can resist the temptation try not to thumb down others for their beliefs.

Be blessed everybody.
 
I believe in Lord Jesus Christ. But I am also pro-choice and for gay marriage....

I do think that the Lord pays attention to how we lead our lives and whether or not our beliefs line up with His own.

However, I think politics and religion (at least my own) are mutually exclusive. I believe that politics are rendering to Caesar, as it were....political views/life is secular only.

If I keep his commandments and lead my own life, I don't think I will be condemned to Hell for hoping that some women get to end one life to save their own or for letting two people have a legally authorized relationship.

In fact, I think that the pursuit as a Christian of hurting people who have or perform abortions or preventing gays from getting married is going to be seen as worse by my God.

What I mean is that God will deal with the immoral behavior of each individual. If we as a society try to punish people who do such things beyond reason, that God will hold us accountable for that as much as the sinner himself.
 
Nope. So long as I can look myself in the face and forgive myself I'm ok. Expecting forgiveness from others - including a 'higher power' - is passing the buck.
 
It's really each person's interpretation. I don't know of a religion that takes a clear definitive stance scripturally. I would personally never abort, but it has more to do with how I think Jesus would view my actions then it does any fear of damnation. I just don't want the Lord to be disappointed in the decisions that I make.
 
I feel like every person's life is like a stone cast into still water. It creates ripples. I try to be careful of the ripples I create because- like it or not- my actions affect more than just me. I want to leave my little corner of the world a better place when I go. I would feel this way whether I thought God existed or not. Consideration of my fellow man or woman- not fear of hell- guides my decision making.
 
I think when I was much younger, I was fed the typical scare of if you don't do what you're supposed to you could go to hell. Now that I realize I don't believe in that, I make decisions that I feel are right. I do think that religions in general tend to have one thing right in that we should try to treat each other with respect. So I can't say I abandoned all of it, but the rest of it I think is manipulated according to whatever the person who is preaching it wants people to believe.

In the end, no one really knows what happens, no matter how many books they read or how much they think they know. We don't know until it's lights out and if there is a "judgment day" of sorts, I won't be worried, because I will have done the best I could while on this dirtball called Earth and I won't spend the rest of my time on here worried that having my own thoughts will be the difference between damnation or coming back as a dung beetle.
 
I feel that no matter what your beliefs, there is a higher power at work. I don't feel that you are judged on your political views...more your actions.

Innately, we all know right from wrong, even in abusive environments, people know A) what they're doing is wrong B) the victim is being wronged.

They just choose to ignore that little voice in their head that tells them what they're doing is wrong.
 
Absolutely not. I vote on hot-button issues based on which position makes the most sense. It's more likely that social conservatives would answer this question in the affirmative; they tend to include religion into the debate more than anyone else.
 
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