(82) S3E15 One Issue Voting: A Response to Scott Klusendorf
This episode is a response to Scott Klusendorf's interview on Wretched Radio. The interview is focused on Klusendorf arguing that Christians should be one-issue voters. I attempt to point out nine major problems I have with Klusendorf's arguments. Since Klusendorf's argumentation seems representative of most conservative Christian voters, I think addressing his interview is important prior to the upcoming election.
General Notes:
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Referenced Sources:
- Wretched Radio Interview with Scott Klusendorf: https://wretched.org/10-19-2020/
- Jeffress Quote: https://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/megachurch-pastor-robert-jeffress-would-vote-for-trump-over-jesus-the-bible-calls-for-a-strongman/
“You know, I was debating an evangelical professor on NPR, and this professor said, ‘Pastor, don’t you want a candidate who embodies the teaching of Jesus and would govern this country according to the principles found in the Sermon on the Mount?’” Jeffress said. “I said, ‘Heck no.’ I would run from that candidate as far as possible, because the Sermon on the Mount was not given as a governing principle for this nation.”
- SBC decision on abortion (using an archived link, as they have recently taken down the original): https://web.archive.org/web/20200427232149/http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/13/resolution-on-abortion
- SBC Resolution on Moral Character of Public Officials: https://www.sbc.net/resource-library/resolutions/resolution-on-moral-character-of-public-officials/?fbclid=IwAR2P4IvzERIZi2SXycSnQavYY5neip_FO91QsgGfvWpkDf_Ok7oBj9KszlU
- Ray Comfort's "180" Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2KsU_dhwI
- Phil Vischer's abortion video: https://youtu.be/RvWD7ykNjCc
Other Pertinent Episodes:
- (7) Rebuttal: Nonviolence is Evil in its Refusal to do Good: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/rebuttal-evil-in-refusing-to-do-good
- (12) Romans 13 [Part 1]: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/rebuttal-romans-13
- (13) Romans 13 (Part 2): https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/rebuttal-romans-13-part-2
- (24) Consequentialism Episode 1: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-heart-of-compromise
- (26) Against the Lesser of Two Evils: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-problems-with-the-lesser-of-two-evils-ethic
- (33) The Moral Conundrum of Ectopic Pregnancies: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-moral-conundrum-of-ectopic-pregnancies
- (36) Abstention from Political Idolatry: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/se2-abstention-from-political-idolatry
- (37) Consequentialism: The Moral Conundrum of Voting for an Evil: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-moral-conundrum-of-voting-for-an-evil
- (50) Abortion Episode 1: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/43-the-case-against-abortion-the-foundational-question
- (59) A Closer Look at Ectopic Pregnancies: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/51-rebuttal-ectopic-pregnancies
- (61) The Influence of Race on Evangelicalism's Anti-Abortion Position: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/61-se9-the-racist-origin-of-evangelicalisms-anti-abortion-position
- (62) More Racism: Racial Disparity and the Demographics of Abortion: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/more-racism-racial-disparity-and-the-demographics-of-abortion
- (63) Killing Nazis vs. Killing Abortionists: The Illogic of Violence: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/63-killing-nazis-vs-killing-abortionists-the-illogic-of-violence
- (77) SE11: Day of Peace - Abortion and the Modern Compromise: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/77-se10-day-of-peace-even-for-the-most-vulnerable
Other Pertinent Sources:
- Scott Klusendorf's Site: https://prolifetraining.com/
- Textbook on abortion which discusses the double effect: https://www.academia.edu/44337492/Level_3_NCEA_Textbook_on_Abortion?source=swp_share
- Philip Does
- Laverne Miller
- Jesse Killion
