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Professor Jurgen Schonwetter, Columbia Bible College, retired, stated:
(Paraphrased): 'There are tears of joy and there are tears of sadness. Both can impair vision.'
Profound on perspective.
Profound on objectivity.
I have Christian and non-Christian friends of both sides of the political spectrum. I am a moderate conservative. I am not claiming a wishy-washy neutrality. Obviously, from reading my website it can be understood that I have some definitive and definite views.
My thoughts are that as biblical Christians:
The gospel is of far greater importance than politics. Notice the early New Testament Church was not very political, but was intensely gospel focused on the new heaven and new earth. Rome was not to be overthrown by revolution, but creation ultimately restored.
Loving those in Christ (Gospel of John, I John) takes priority over political disagreements in the Church.
Christians are to love their neighbour as they love self (Matthew 22, Mark 12). That includes those of other views, even if those views are in error.
Objectivity should take priority in politics as opposed to one almost always or always, siding with the left, right or centre, because that is what one usually does.
I.E. (That is) Because one was born on the 'green team' or grew into the 'green team' should not mean by default that one almost always, or always, supports the 'green team'. In prayer, seeking the objective truth, the 'purple team' might make more sense on some points, than, quite frankly, what a hasty evaluation from 'green team' members might conclude.
In prayer we should ask the Lord to avoid spiritual and political blindness.
Blackburn:
'Objectivism (ethics) Any view upholding the objective status of ethical commitment, in opposition to error theories, scepticism, and relativism. The central problem is finding the source of the required objectivity. (267).
Cambridge explains:
'Objectivism may be naturalist or non-naturalist. The naturalist objectivist believes that values, duties, or whatever are natural phenomena detectable by introspection, perception, or scientific inference. (244). This is connected to empiricism and empirical facts. (244).
BLACKBURN, SIMON (1996) Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
SPRIGGE, T.L.S (1996) 'Ethical Objectivism', The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
