Where 'incrementalism' will get you

                      

All good Christians are republicans. Oh, we don't say this in sermons (mostly because we could lose our tax exempt status), but the idea is clear when we use our own ‘talking points’; the secret code about religion or pro-life, or what have you. Understand, I am not against voting or political involvement, but this year is beginning to illustrate something that I have said for several election cycles. I have been told time and again how we need to vote for the better of the two - to ‘hold my nose and pick’, After all we must make incremental gains. I have debated this point with a number of Christians and I will make my point again.
   Understand that at no time ever in history has a significant positive change come through an incremental evolution. Follow the history of any nation or empire, and there is de-evolution. When it gets to an unnacceptable low, someone wakes up and starts a revolution.
   What do we have now? Well it’s hard to say, because the final choice is not set in stone, but it appears to be Barack Obama vs. John McCain.  In the next few weeks, when this becomes obvious, we will be faced with a muddled mess. Neither candidate has a strong stance on the unborn, and it is the Democrat who has shown the greater respect for the institution of marriage.

   Incrementalism in politics works like this: a politician sees that ‘conservatives’ will vote for the more conservative of the two. He doesn’t have to achieve the ideal, only be better than the other guy. This man's stance becomes the new standard. In the next cycle the candidate will fall just a little short, but still better than the last guy.

   In November, Millions of Christians will go the booths and hold their nose, while convincing themselves that it is their 'civic duty' to choose the lesser of 'two evils', somehow ignoring the fact that the lesser of two evils is still evil.