I haven't read the Corsi book, but if the Contitutional Party endorses it, I may have to take a pass. The Constitution Party, based on their platform, doesn't appear to have read the Constitution.
Speaking for myself, I find it inappropriate to have different standards for Christians and non-Christians who are running for office.
In response to the question of whether it's inappropriate for a person to tell lies while running for office, it largely depends on how much the lie reflects on the candidate's professional life. My guideline is that something that would cause the candidate to fall below the ethical standards required of admissions to a state or federal bar would be (or should be) an automatic disqualification for office as well. Anything short of that is just one more flaw, maybe large or small, to add to the list when weighing competing candidates.
The reason I asked that question, is that a very close friend of mine (best man at my wedding, many years ago) told me that he thought it was not only fine, but required that a Christian would have to lie to be in as high a public office as President. This guy is a strong conservative Christian, and saw no problem with that. I was wondering if others do.
My personal opinion is that no one should knowingly lie but doubly so for someone who professes to follow the Truth.
I think I'm okay with people lying if it is reasonably the least of several evils, though being less evil doesn't make it not evil. (I'd still make a bad Kantian.)
I suppose the pertinent question is, what sorts of lies would be necessary to hold high office that Christians or anyone else would be required to tell? It seems like there is too wide a range of mendacious statements to be divided by one line between okay and not okay.
MIT, I have friends in the Army that because of the nature of what they do are not allowed to speak about a variety of things. They are not allowed to tell their families where they were or what they were doing. They often lie. It is not ideal for anyone and put a huge amount of stress on their marriages.
I dont think you should have to lie, but I also dont see anyway around it. There are just things we arent told for whatever reason and so the president or other leaders lie about.
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hm.. My first thought would be to not take the office that requires you to break your faith as a Christian.
I don't know that any office on earth could be worth that.
I know when I (in the last few years) noticed a prominent politician lie about something when asked a direct question, when proof was readily available, I immediately lost faith in them. Why is being in office worth that?
I don't consider military issues (where deception is required for other reasons) to be the same thing. Perhaps I should.
The Commander in Chief is often privy to the same information and bound by the same "law." I dont know enough about what goes on up there to say one way or another except to say that it is a sad statement we it seems most agree that our political leaders must lie to be in office.
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I haven't read the Corsi book, but if the Contitutional Party endorses it, I may have to take a pass. The Constitution Party, based on their platform, doesn't appear to have read the Constitution.
Maybe it's like LaHaye and Jenkins' "literal" reading of Revelation.
Streak, how do I email you directly
Email Streak at streaksblog at gmail dot com
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This Corsi also reported on World Net Daily that:
'Group tied to al-Qaida backs McCain (March 02, 2008)
'McCain fortuned traced to organized crime' (Feb. 26, 2008)
Messy business.
On another note, asking the community here.. Do you think a Christian running for public office should not tell lies?
Speaking for myself, I find it inappropriate to have different standards for Christians and non-Christians who are running for office.
In response to the question of whether it's inappropriate for a person to tell lies while running for office, it largely depends on how much the lie reflects on the candidate's professional life. My guideline is that something that would cause the candidate to fall below the ethical standards required of admissions to a state or federal bar would be (or should be) an automatic disqualification for office as well. Anything short of that is just one more flaw, maybe large or small, to add to the list when weighing competing candidates.
The reason I asked that question, is that a very close friend of mine (best man at my wedding, many years ago) told me that he thought it was not only fine, but required that a Christian would have to lie to be in as high a public office as President. This guy is a strong conservative Christian, and saw no problem with that. I was wondering if others do.
My personal opinion is that no one should knowingly lie but doubly so for someone who professes to follow the Truth.
I think I'm okay with people lying if it is reasonably the least of several evils, though being less evil doesn't make it not evil. (I'd still make a bad Kantian.)
I suppose the pertinent question is, what sorts of lies would be necessary to hold high office that Christians or anyone else would be required to tell? It seems like there is too wide a range of mendacious statements to be divided by one line between okay and not okay.
MIT, I have friends in the Army that because of the nature of what they do are not allowed to speak about a variety of things. They are not allowed to tell their families where they were or what they were doing. They often lie. It is not ideal for anyone and put a huge amount of stress on their marriages.
I dont think you should have to lie, but I also dont see anyway around it. There are just things we arent told for whatever reason and so the president or other leaders lie about.
Not right, but I have no solution
This is Monk-in-Training posting under my gmail acct.
hm.. My first thought would be to not take the office that requires you to break your faith as a Christian.
I don't know that any office on earth could be worth that.
I know when I (in the last few years) noticed a prominent politician lie about something when asked a direct question, when proof was readily available, I immediately lost faith in them. Why is being in office worth that?
I don't consider military issues (where deception is required for other reasons) to be the same thing. Perhaps I should.
The Commander in Chief is often privy to the same information and bound by the same "law." I dont know enough about what goes on up there to say one way or another except to say that it is a sad statement we it seems most agree that our political leaders must lie to be in office.
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