AboutMrs. Priscilla Lyons Expertise I have time for you. The Bible has been my guiding light for most of the 56 years of my life. My missionary parents in Brazil kindled a love for God`s Word by their example and their love for truth. The Lord has blessed my husband and me with responsible, independent children who love and serve the Lord and are our best friends. I would enjoy discussing any subject or problem from a Biblical perspective. I know the dangers of government entitlement mentality, the dangers of homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, gun restrictions, pacifism and environmental extremism.
Experience My husband and I are active in local Republican politics and I've served on a Right to Life PAC.
Can you explain to me why a Republican is forced to apologize for stating that the "Democrats demonize Christians", yet when the head of the Democratic party states that Republicans are a bunch of "Right Wing Bible Believing Christians", he is applauded by most of the Democrats. Is it considered a terrible sin among the liberals for a person to believe in the Bible? Certainly being ”Right Wing' does not make them Christians and being ‘Left Wing' does not necessarily make Democrats non Christian; so their “sin” must be ”in being a Christian who believes in the Bible”.
I have no problem in accepting the fact that most Democratic leaders do not accept the Bible as the “Word of God”, and that most are probably “secular humanists”, rather than Christians. This seems to be evidenced by their strong support of abortion, in spite of the fact that the Bible is firmly against the shedding of innocent blood (What is more innocent than the blood of an unborn child?); and their support of homosexuality and lesbianism, which are condemned in both the Old and New testaments.
If the Democratic leadership truly supports these issues and it appears obvious that most do, they have to believe that Moses lied or was not inspired by God; that Paul, who wrote most of the New Testament, also must have lied and not been inspired by the Holy Spirit as he indicated; and that Peter, who stated that Paul's writings were scriptural also had to have lied, or have been ignorant of God's commands. If these assumptions are true, why would any good Democrat want to pretend to be a Christian, unless it is to try to gain Christian votes?
This is not to imply that Republicans are sinless, or that Democrats are sinners. The Bible (which obviously many of both parties do not accept) clearly states that all have sinned. One cannot help but wonder, however, why these Democrats do not have the courage to admit that they are not in favor of Christian principles, but tend to prefer Secular Humanists or other non Christian beliefs. Note that they are always very careful to never condemn a Moslem, a Hindu, and other non Christians for their beliefs, but as indicated by the current dispute, they always feel free and appear overly anxious to condemn any Christian who holds to Biblical teachings.
Answer It was good to hear from you. It seems totally irrational for people who call themselves Christians to want to be Democrats, but in our area, families have considered themselves Democrat for generations, so it's hard for them to face reality about abortion and homosexuality.
I just hope that news of the Democrats putting down Christians will filter down to the local level and change people's voting habits. That has pretty much happened in rural areas, but the big cities are still depending on socialistic handouts, despite the moral depravity involved.
We must keep shining God's light in the dark places, even if we don't succeed in making a difference.
