tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post6432863001156189795..comments2023-09-03T10:27:50.770-05:00Comments on Personal Musings of Priestly Goth: Election Day ReflectionsCommunity of the Holy Trinityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327079170088324442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post-43967743719270153822010-11-03T10:17:58.277-05:002010-11-03T10:17:58.277-05:00Anonymous,
You are partly correct: In protest and ...Anonymous,<br />You are partly correct: In protest and objection to the conflations I mention here, I have chosen to renounce a privilege and right I have as a U.S. citizen, and to do so based on a witness to my fellow Christians that our citizenship is other than that of any nation.<br />I would though say that I have not given up on anything, especially not engagement with this world. I simply have chosen to engage this world in this instance by abstaining from voting and taking part in a system that has from its inception and continues to compromise the church's witness to Christ and the Gospel.<br /><br />I had intended to address that in this post but that would have made it longer than I wanted it to be and am planning a follow up post, possibly today that will hopefully further clarify this.Community of the Holy Trinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327079170088324442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post-52821790884819188882010-11-03T09:49:04.459-05:002010-11-03T09:49:04.459-05:00Taking only two quotes from your blog: "We ar...Taking only two quotes from your blog: "We are most truly good citizens of this world when we seek to have no other identity than that of Christ, and thus see ourselves as only truly citizens of the City of God." and " (who knew, I didn't but I haven't voted since 2002 so haven't been to a poling place in awhile)" I am left to believe that you have decided to be a Christian means you have given up on being an active US Citizen, who stays engaged with this world we live in. Is this correct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com