Election 2004:
A Christian Post-Election Analysis

by William Einwechter
The Christian Statesman

The campaign and election of 2004 did nothing to reverse this downward trend into national polytheism, but rather emphasized it and affirmed it...

Sadly, a chief figure in the promotion of this polytheistic national religion has been none other than our president, George W. Bush, but he has certainly not been alone. Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all have joined hands to dishonor the King of kings and Lord of lords by reducing Him to a status in America inferior to that enjoyed by the idol-goddess Diana in Ephesus....

Some may counter by saying, "But look how much President Bush and other politicians referred to 'God' and 'religious values' in their speeches and literature in the 2004 campaign." There is no doubt that there are many references to "God" in contemporary political speech, but this is little more than an indication of American polytheism; it is not an indication of reverence for the one true God. If there was a desire to honor the one true God, He would be defined as "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" so as to distinguish Him from the gods of the Muslims, Jews, Mormons, Buddhists, Hindus, and New Agers. One thing is sure, the name of Jesus Christ is politically incorrect, and is not used by our political leaders except in demeaning or hostile ways. Furthermore, the idea of "religious values" is meaningless in and of itself. The issue is whose "religious values"; after all, jihad is one of the "religious values" of Islam....

Is conservatism Christian? Should Christians make the conservative agenda their agenda? The answer to such questions is clear to all who take the time to study conservatism and compare it to the Bible.

Political conservatism is not Christian. There may be elements in conservatism that reflect Christian principles, but the reason for such is due to the nature of conservatism as a political philosophy that seeks to conserve the wisdom of the past and apply it to the problems of today. The key elements of conservative politics are history, experience, convention, custom, and tradition. Since Christianity played such an important role in earlier Western history, the political conventions of the West have been influenced by it. But conservatism also incorporates the "wisdom" of pagan Greek philosophy, the political and social conventions of the pagan Roman empire, and the humanism and rationalism of the Enlightenment, to name only a few of its non-Christian elements. This strange brew is conservatism, and it is always changing. ...

No, as change is the nature of conservatism, the neo's have not hijacked it, they have only exceeded the speed limit for change set by the paleo's. The re-election of George W. Bush is a victory for neoconservatism. Bush rejects old-time conservatism for, as the president puts it, "compassionate conservatism;" which being translated means less Bible-based government, less constitutional government, larger government, more government social programs and spending, and using the military to invade other countries to spread democracy....

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