Politics

This seems to be the year that everyone is discussing politics. Even my Generation X peers are starting to become interested in the political system we have managed to ignore for most of our lives. With my grandfather a left-wing Democrat and my father a right-wing Republican, politics have always had a lively debate around major elections, at Sunday lunches, and at family birthdays in between. Papa (what we call my grandfather) has been growing toward a Christian faith the last few years, but politics has defiantly been something which has hardened is heart against the Lord. He seems to think that all Christians are Republicans. I have been unsuccessfully trying to convince him that this is not true, but it is hard when he really doesn't know any Christians who aren't Republicans. I personally find both political parties dissatisfying, and the rhetoric I hear coming from the "Conservative Christian" rather nauseating. We have been discussing politics in Sunday school the last few weeks. Someone showed this video off of YouTube last week. I wasn't there so I just watched it today. Gregory Boyd, the author of The Myth of a Christian Nation, was able to articulate what I have been thinking for sometime. Please watch these videos and see what you think. It may not sit well with everyone but it sure is interesting!