“Christians who boycott voting are opting out of civic responsibility and neighbor love. [Abstaining on Election Day is] more akin to Pontius Pilate washing his hands rather than John the Baptist taking on the powers-that-be, [...a form of utopianism] in which Christians find no candidate pure enough to be trusted. In any election, we are not voting for a mayor of the heavenly New Jerusalem; that office is occupied. We are entrusting a group of fallen sinners -- as we all are -- to lead us in navigating the common good.”
Russell D. Moore, dean Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on why some Christians are opting not to vote.
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