God also set up a model government. His government consisted of judges. Since one person could never decide all cases, God recognizes that for there to be order, there must be a system. It was an imperfect system with godly men, but men who had faults as all men do.
The ideal government does have a monarch who remains silent, but has left a "law book' with which to govern. This King reigns and it's his law which is supreme and it is interpreted by a "chief justice" with underling justices. The law book is the Bible and it's based on standards, obedience, rewards, punishments, judgments, but foremost: mercy, grace and love.
The United States does not have that system, but our Constitution is patterned after that. Divine Providence was the authior, fairness the inspiration and freedom to worship God a right. The entire concept of America is based on "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"and throwing off the yoke of bondage and unfair administration of justice. (U.S. Declaration of Independence).
Our founders feared political parties. What was written in the founding documents was a guide for good government and the Bill of Rights was the insure equity and fairness. It was disagreement over what those articles and rights mean, which caused political parties to be formed. (i.e., It's in the interpretation wherein partisan politics arrives coupled with who desires the power). Political parties are to gain power so those in the party do the controlling to meet their ends. Some in power care little for the goals, but having goals is nothing more than a means to gain power.
As such, political parties which are liberal with the Constitution have motives. Those are to gain power, but to use the power for change. Conservatives endeavor to be original in the meaning of the Constitution, and also seek power to keep it that way. The former believes the Constitution is a living document which can be interpreted "liberally" to extol fairness. Conservatives believe it's already fair and see liberals as undermining the fairness already inherent in our laws. One proposes a "stretch of the faith" and the other is a "defender of the faith"; the faith being our Constitution, which provides rules and freedoms.
God gave us laws. Mankind needs regulation for our own protection and for civility. Unabridged liberty is chaos.
Judges 17:6 "In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes."Because free men disobeyed God's Laws they needed a system to maintain order. Those of early times were libertarians. They had utmost freedom, but chaos resulted. The bondage of too much freedom is as bad as the enslavement of no freedom. Hence, libertarians are as dangerous as socialists!
Because men sought fairness with balanced scales of justice, they fought a revolution. Wealthy men sacrificed their wealth and lives so that the most could have a fair system. Our founder's concept of justice was the "right to life" and the ability to be free to enjoy it! That's what the war was all about, but they knew to protect life and happiness, which the corrupt would usurp, the people needed fair laws. The Constitution resulted, but in their wisdom "the people" saw opportunities for freedoms to be abridged. Hence, the Bill of Rights was added. Those were added to protect freedoms. "Liberals" at that time ensured those freedoms were there because the "conservatives" (federalists) wanted to maintain a simulance of a monarchy which had been the status quo and had worked for centuries.
As time went on the roles reversed. Liberals became those who favored more laws and regulations using the pretense of "fairness" to make change. Those who had been conservative saw that the laws already in place guaranteed freedom. They became protectors of the freedom and became more liberal. This occurred in my belief, with the Civil War. The Republican Party was founded on the concept of more laws to ensure freedom to minorities. They became liberals, but their new liberalism resulted in more laws. The Democrats who had been liberal with it's Jeffersonian principles became the keeper of the status quo.
As time went on, the roles changed again. Democrats became those favoring "social justice" which the Republicans owned, but their methods were different. Democrats sought to bring about change (liberalism) by using existing laws to make the change (conservatism). When they found that change is slow using the extant laws, the Democrats imposed more laws. Since the laws they instituted seemed to be to make the nation more fair, others had to suffer to make things more fair for some. It was at this time that the Democrats became Progressives. It started with Woodrow Wilson, accelerated with F.D. Roosevelt and became logarithmic with L.B. Johnson.
Republicans continued to dabble in liberal politics, Theodore Roosevelt being the epitome of Progressivism. With Richard Nixon, the Progressive wing of the Republican Party fairly well died out.
What remains of both parties is a 180-degree reverse. While Democrats enslave with liberal policies whose intent is to free, the Republicans protect freedom by holding to the Constitution. Both parties are geared toward freedom and fairness, but they look at the means through different lenses. This is where God comes into the picture!
To find out what people stand for, it's best to examine what they write about their beliefs. Both the Democrats and the Republicans have party "platforms". It's their belief statements and are the doctrines of each party.
Since America is a nation because of the "right to life" and it's associated freedoms, we must look for that in those platforms. Since I am a Christian, the "sanctity of life" corresponds with the "right to life" in our Constitution. There are other "rights", but since a war was fought to protect that right, that's the patriotic and right viewpoint. Also, it's in agreement with science, humanity and divinity.
Any sane person must admit that there are not three states of existence: life, inertness, and something else. There are two! We know that unborn babies are far from inert with all their developing systems, and as such the gestating fetus is a stage of human life. It's not a parasite nor inert matter. That's science.
Humanists say they believe in human justice. As such humanists without regard to God see mankind as the most valuable form of existence. Unless they contradict their own doctrine, to be humanitarian they must favor life for humanity. If there is a contradiction a true humanitarian will favor life. That's how humanity should respect their own!
As far as divinity is concerned, it's easier! God created life and he demanded it's protection. He issued a commandment to protect life, "Thou shalt not kill." and even dictated penalties for those who abort life:
Exodus 21:2 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. 23 And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,"
Because "life" is why we have a Constitution, the protection of life is the litmus test for what's right! As such, those who espouse abortion are wrong by science, by humanity and by divine authority. Not only that, but our own founders sought to protect life. We should first look at what the parties say about their own position on that fundamental right.
It's obscured with fair-sounding words, but the Democrat Platform favors abortion. Democrats defy God and recently sought to remove God from their platform. Only one usage of "God" remains in their platform.
On the other hand, the Republican Platform supports life. It seeks to protect living human beings from womb to a natural death. The key element of both platforms are on the issue of "life" but the positions of each on life are in opposition.
There are other issues of lesser importance, but to Christians and normal people throughout the ages, marriage is an institution consisting of one man and one woman. The Democrat Platform goes against God again, but the Republican Platform goes with God!
When people run for office and vote in primaries they most often register as a Democrat or Republican. When fair minded people say "I'm a Republican" they signify that they agree with the tenets of the party and those candidates who call themselves Republicans. The implication is that they are pro-life and pro-traditional marriage. If they register or vote as Democrats, they are proclaiming that they are pro-abortion and pro-same-sex marriage. To say otherwise is to deny who they are!
Those with principals will not vote for the party or the candidate of that party who support things contrary to their own views. That is at best stupidity, but probably a lack of discernment because they do not test all things with Holy Scripture!
But, you say "There are ungodly Republicans too!". True there are, but it's the philosophy which matters since both parties have some evil, we must look at which has the least evil. Socialism, the de facto dogma of Democrats is founded on evil. Marx considered Christians no more than weak gullible fools, pretty much the same as Obama has expressed and Clinton professes. To the former, we merely cling to our guns and religion and the latter, we are right wing extremists!
Why do Christians still vote Democrat? It's either because of tradition, herd mentality, ignorance or a lack of discernment. Testing with scripture cures all these!
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