Let me be clear from the start that I do not think that anyone should take advice from Pope Frances on who to vote for in the upcoming U.S. presidential election … not Catholics, not Protestants, not atheists, not Buddhists, not Moslems, not anybody! However, recently Pope Frances did say something that is worth noting on this subject when he commented that Catholic Americans should choose between the “lesser of two evils.”
I was reminded of what Pope Frances had to say about this issue when I read an article on Townhall by Mark Lewis entitled “Vote America.”
He begins, “I have been reading that there is a fear, among Republicans and conservatives, that a lot of religious/Christian people are going to sit out this election simply because they cannot abide Donald Trump’s morals. They certainly won’t support Democrats, but they can’t vote for Trump. As a Christian, I can understand it, but I also have some problems with it.
“My first major concern is…good grief, people, look at the alternative. Granted that Mr. Trump is not the reincarnation of Jesus, but the Democrats—all of them, not just Harris and Walz—are just pure evil.
“Nobody who claims to be a Christian and who truly understands the Left and the Democratic Party today could ever vote for a Democrat. It would be the height of hypocrisy. To claim that “Jesus is my Lord” (which a true Christian must), and then vote for a party that believes in murdering babies, transgenderism, same-sex marriage, and other homosexual perversions, the mutilation of children, the theft and destruction of honest people’s property—no Christian could vote for anybody who propagates those anti-Christian, godless positions.”
At this point you may feel that this is a bit over the top, however, the author, Mark Lewis, continues:
“I do personally believe that Mr. Trump, for all his faults—and we all have them, including every faithful Christian—is a far, far better person than Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I don’t think Trump is “evil”; he may have some wicked bones in his body, but “evil”? No, I don’t see that. But I do consider Harris and Walz, and every Democratic politician, evil people. Indeed, it’s a matter of degree; in one sense, morally, every election is a selection among the ‘lesser of evils.’ But, if we honor that rule this time, Trump is far superior to Harris and Walz.”
For those who disagree with Mark Lewis’s, and in fact, my assessment of the Democratic Party, remember that the present Democrat politicians today are not of the same genre as JFK was.
To avoid being misunderstood, let me be clear … I do not think that every individual who identifies as a Democrat is an evil person, but rather it is the Democratic Party that is evil.
10/30/24