09/08/2004: "Just shut up"

Is there any way Illinois and its Senate election can be sealed off from the rest of the nation? I would love to do just that, given the propensity of Alan Keyes to say things that are profoundly embarrassing to the rest of us:

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes declared Tuesday that Jesus, if he were able to vote in Illinois this year, would oppose Democrat Barack Obama because of votes Obama has cast in the state Senate against anti-abortion legislation.

"Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved," Keyes said.

Keyes is welcome to his opinions about how the merely human among us should vote given Obama's record. I wish he'd keep his efforts to enlist the Almighty on his side to his prayer cabinet.

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on Wednesday, September 8th, Joey W said

I've always been a bit negative about the "What Would Jesus Do" movement, since the folks who answer that question have a marked tendency to put their own words into Christ's mouth. In this case, the Senator has placed his *foot* in Jesus' mouth, and I sure wish he'd recant his remarks. We see through a glass darkly, and are unable to know all that our Lord and Saviour knows, so to proclaim "this is what Jesus would do" is, IMO, blasphemy.

(And no, I don't support abortion rights - but that isn't the only factor in making a voting decision. Questions of character and other policies must also be addressed, as well as the overall worthiness of other candidates.)

This kind of talk only gives the left-wingers ammunition to show that "conservatives" are invoking the name of God in vain. Let's leave God out of it - he can take care of himself, and we shouldn't be issuing statements in His name without true revelation. And I doubt that Keyes has been talking to buring bushes lately.....

on Wednesday, September 8th, Christopher said

I also am just a little put off by Mr. Keyes simplistic and vulgar statements. However, I am not sure what it means to "leave God out of it". Also, one has to admit the shear horror of abortion, Christianly speaking. It is not blasphemy to point to the clear Holy Tradition of Jewish and Christian witness against abortion. God most certainly is not "for" abortion, and is most certainly "for" ending it tomorrow, if we would only follow Him. Keyes does not need a burning bush for that, even a casual observer of Christianity knows abortion is wrong in it's, and if you are a believer, in God's eyes.

We have too few other serious Christian's willing to stand up against this Holocaust in a clear and robust way, and those that do are always going to be smeared by the thoroughly pagan press. All that said, I guess Mr. Keyes statements do not really bother me nearly as much as the three or so abortions that occurred as I was writing this...