During the recent US presidential election campaign, former House Representative Ron Paul made a controversial statement: That the social conservative message was a "loser".
The comment alienated some that other less principled campaigners courted for votes. They courted in vain as the message in practice ended up a vote loser. But the point of principle is that he said it as a family man married for over 55 years; as a committed Christian; as a medical doctor having delivered over 4000 babies into the world; and as an uncompromising pro-life defender of the unborn.
Yet the statement was absolutely right, for one primary reason:
Looking to the state to clean up society is like giving it a bath in a sewer. Superficially, it looks like cleaning up, but in the end, the filth and stench are far worse.
Hitler was a social conservative. J. Edgar Hoover was a social conservative. The worst enemies of Jesus – the Pharisees – were hard core social conservatives. Yet many Christians have thought that to be a Christian meant to be a social conservative.
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i do agree with you to a point. i know our nation must be changed and transformed one heart at a time. this will only come by the only one who can truly transform and that's Jesus Christ. not a popular message but it's the only true message. morality can't be legislated, however we can support godly, conservative leaders. good leaders that have common sense and a love for our country and its history.
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