I
am neither a registered Republican or Democrat. I have no personal stake in the
success of any political party. As a Christian and a minister of the Gospel my
goal is to see the values of Heaven adopted and lived out by as many people and
institutions as possible. Only then can we hope to be a happy nation, for as George
Washington declared in his First Inaugural Address,
The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be
expected on a nation that disregards
the external rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.
(Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 2nd Edition, 174).
Neither political party completely expresses
my values, but one party has turned so far away from the founding principles of
this nation and the values I hold, that I feel compelled to make the following statement.
The following are three reasons my faith will not allow me to vote for a
Democrat.
Reason #1
Their Disdain for
Bible-Believing Christians
When the new Speaker of the House,
Mike Johnson, described himself as a “Bible-believing Christian,” Democrats came unhinged. MSNBC host Jen Psaki called Johnson a "religious
fundamentalist" and mocked his faith. The Daily Beast compared Johnson to
the "Taliban and the mullahs in Iran." Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority
leader in the House, ripped into Johnson, calling him an “extreme, right-wing
idealogue.” Others referred to him as "dangerous" and a "threat
to democracy."
Not a single Democrat leader,
including Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, have distanced themselves from these atrocious
remarks by their colleagues. I must, therefore, assume that this is how they
feel about the millions of “Bible-believing Christians” in America, including
myself.
We probably should not be surprised for in 2019 the Democrat National Committee (DNC) unanimously passed a resolution embracing the “religiously unaffiliated,” which is a euphemism for those committed to secularism and atheism. The resolution also declared that neither Christianity nor any religion is necessary for morality and patriotism.
The resolution was backed by secularist groups like the Secular Coalition for America and the Freedom from Religion Foundation. These groups erroneously insist that America was founded as a secular nation and they regularly threaten lawsuits against the public display of crosses, Ten Commandment displays, and all other religious symbols. They also oppose prayer and Bible reading in the public schools, veteran cemeteries, and all public venues.
This hostile attitude was expressed by Democrat Congressman, Jerry Nadler, toward a Republican colleague who read from the Bible during a debate on the House floor. Nadler (D-NY), who was serving as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee at the time, sternly rebuked Greg Steube (R-FL), saying, “Mr. Steube, what any religious tradition describes as God's will is no concern of this Congress."
This antagonistic attitude toward the Bible and “Bible-believing Christians” is not only biased, it is un-American. For example, a ten-year study to determine where America’s founders got their ideas for the nation's founding principles and documents, found that they quoted the Bible far more than any other source (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 167-68).
When, therefore, George Washington insisted on taking the first presidential oath of office with his hand on a Bible, it was an expression of his deep respect for the Bible as a guide for national policy and morality. In a December 1982 article in Newsweek entitled “How the Bible Made America,” the authors wrote,
For centuries [the Bible]
has exerted an unrivaled influence on American culture, politics and social
life. Now historians are discovering that the Bible, perhaps even more than the
Constitution, is our founding document: the source of the powerful myth of the
United States as a special, sacred nation, a people called by God to establish
a model of society, a beacon to the world (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 7).
By demeaning “Bible-believing
Christians,” the Democrat party has distanced itself from America’s founding
generation and from millions of modern “Bible-believing Christians.” I cannot
vote for such a party.
Reason
#2
Their Flight from Reason and Common Sense
Our faith will often transcend reason,
but it will never violate or do damage to reason. Our Creator is a rational Being
and His creation can be understood by rigorous investigations based on reason
and common sense. This is the thinking that gave birth to modern science. When,
therefore, reason gives way to vibes and feelings, confusion and chaos are
bound to ensue, which is exactly what has happened.
We have, for example, heard Democrats
struggling to define a woman. They struggle because they have rejected reason
and common sense, and accepted the irrational idea that gender is a cultural and societal construct
rather than a biological reality. Now guided by vibes and emotion, they will allow
biological men to participate in women’s sports and are okay with men using
women’s restrooms and locker rooms. Because they have rejected reason and
common sense, they insist that men can have babies, and that a woman can become
a father. Is this not confusion of the worst sort!
The Democrat Party is also for
allowing children to choose their gender, and in many cases without parental
notification. They also defend irreversible sex-change surgeries for children
that remove the breasts of young girls and the genitalia of young boys who are
confused about their sexuality. They call it “gender-affirming care,” but it is
irrational child abuse of the worst sort.
The worldview behind this is “postmodernism,”
an atheistic way of thinking that denies that there is any such thing as
objective truth and reality. Modernism rejected religious dogma but emphasized
“reason” as the way to discover truth. The postmodernist has also rejected
reason for he/she claims there is no objective truth or reality to be
discovered.
For the postmodernist, truth is not something
to be discovered; it is something to be created. Postmodernism is, therefore,
very “I” or ego centered. I create my own personal reality and everyone
around me must adjust to accommodate my irrational choices. A male athlete
decides to identify as a woman and compete in women’s sports, and he expects the women, the school, and the world to bend and bow to his irrational
choice without question. Is this this not egoism of the worst sort!
This way of thinking is a blatant violation
of reason and common sense. It is in conflict with the natural order as created by
God. Such thinking, based on “vibes” and “feelings,” can only lead to societal
confusion, turmoil, and chaos. I cannot vote for a party that has chosen to go down such a dark and dangerous path.
Reason
#3
Their Contemptuous Attitude Toward Life in the Womb
Just a short
distance from where I live, a young woman gave birth to a baby in the bathroom
of an Applebee’s restaurant. She then threw it in the garbage and left.
According to a published report, the newborn’s lifeless body was found by
employees who were cleaning the bathroom about 30 minutes after the mother left
the restaurant.
How could someone be so callous and
inhumane about a new-born life? I do not know her situation, but perhaps she
had heard of the Democrats in the New York state legislature breaking into
cheers after passing a bill that allowed a mother to abort her baby right up to
the time of birth.
Perhaps she had also heard of former Governor
Ralph Northam of Virginia promoting his pro-abortion bill and saying that if a
baby survives an abortion, the infant will be made comfortable while the mother
and her doctor decide if the newborn baby should live or die.
Not a single
Democrat party leader spoke against these “death bills” that devalue human life. Their attitude is tragic but understandable, for if you reject both the Bible
and reason, then it is easy to see human beings as mere products of time and chance with
no real inherent value. That thing in the womb is just a clump of cells and
flesh to be discarded at the slightest whim or inconvenience.
On the other hand,
those who hold a Christian worldview see the baby in the womb as a life from
God—a real person. Erica, who was about to have an abortion, came to this
realization in a very stunning way. Having second thoughts about her abortion,
she begged the nurse to let her see her baby. She wrote,
As soon as I saw my
child on the ultrasound, I knew I couldn't do it. I saw the heart beating, and
he moved his little hands (almost like a wave). I think God intervened and sent
me a message that I was about to make the biggest mistake of my life.
That the hand of
our Creator is on our life from the moment of conception is vividly expressed
in Psalm 119:13-16, which reads,
For you created my inmost being; you knit
me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me
were written in your book before one of them came to be.
It is also interesting that Luke, who was a physician,
recorded the response of John the Baptist, who was six months along in his
mother’s womb, when he heard the announcement from Mary that she would also be
giving birth to a Child. He must have kicked for his mother,
Elizabeth, said to Mary, For indeed as
soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my
womb for joy (Luke 1:44).
Science has,
indeed, confirmed that after 11 weeks in the womb the baby has brainwaves and can
kick. He/she also squints, swallows, and sucks their thumb. They are sensitive
to heat, light, noise, and all body systems are working.
After 20 weeks in the womb, babies are capable
of experiencing pain and that capability for pain increases with each passing
day. Babies
in the womb experience excruciating pain during an abortion. They will seek to avoid
the abortionist tools and will emit a “silent scream” as their tiny bodies are
ripped apart.
According to
Brookings, 95% per cent of abortions are done for convenience and to end
unwanted pregnancies. Such a contempt for life in the womb should not be part
of a civilized society and will eventually lead to other forms of “legalized”
murder. I cannot vote for a party that has such a contemptuous view toward life.
In
Summary
On November 5 I
will be voting. I will not be voting according to party or personality. I will
be voting according to principles and policies expressed by the candidates and
their party platforms. As it now stands, my faith will not allow me to vote for
a Democrat.
Dr. Eddie Hyatt has over 50 years of ministerial experience and is the author of over 20 books. This article is derived from his books 1726: The Year that Defined America and Pilgrims and Patriots (Second Edition) and a book he published in 2016 entitled, 5 Reasons I Changed My Mind About Donald Trump. This article expresses his personal views and is not given to represent any organization with which he is associated.
