What you are saying is that unless one is deeply involved in the political aspects of a society nothing else done as a Christian is worthwhile for that society.
Oh gosh no. I wasn't implying that at all! Politics are but one of a citizens responsibilities!
There you are wrong sport. I played the all American, wore the uniform, did my "duty", but it amounted to nothing.
That is where you are wrong. the work that you do is very imortant! America is very much a part of God's plan too.
This is just another transient empire. The work done for the Kingdom is what will last.
You are being very cynical. The work that good people have been doing for two thousand years in the name of Christ have been of significant worth.
It is not as if we are just killing time until time kills us and then we go on to the real stuff. The work that we do right here right now, no matter how menial, is important.
And part of that job is politics.
And guess what~society is also a beneficiary of that Kingdom work.
Yes it is! Kingdom work extends into all aspects of what we do here.
So I won't vote in your elections, serve on your juries, wage your wars, but I will feed your hungry, clothe your naked, and pray with and comfort the mourning, share the gospel with the neighbors, give money to the missionaries in Haiti and at the Pregnancy Center.
This is all good. It is not alien from the political priocess either.
Sorry if that ain't enough; if that still makes me a spectator in the world in which we live, then that is the calling I have, give me a seat cushion.
Don't blame me for calling yourself a spectator. It was you yourself that compared yourself to the spectator.
I just picked up on the phrase that you were already using to describe what you are doing.
But political people such as yourselves believe that unless I'm actively campaigning for "God's Man" for office I'm "doing nothing so evil can triumph", which is simply incorrect.
I don't see anyone as "God's" man. Those who are looking for messiahs in political leaders will of course always be sorely disappointed.
There are no gods running for office here.
I've seen very little from politicians that gives me any hope. I've seen them use christians as chumps to get votes, then toss 'em aside to move toward their own agendas. I will not put my hopes in kings and chariots.
Democracy gives you a choice in such matters. To the extent that you take yourself out of the process, there will be no choice for you or your children. That is just how it goes.