Can "Christianity" Cloud Your Judgement?

Mike Huckabee, former Republican presidential hopeful, displayed exceptionally bad judgement as the governor of Arkasnsas.  I'm referring specifically to his pardonning and commutation of sentencing for more than 1,000 convicted criminals in the state of Arkansas during his term as governor.  Many of them are violent criminals.  Two of them have killed 5 people since their release.

He is a Baptist Preacher.  Nothing wrong with that.  But when the head of state allows his personal views on mercy to interfere with his responsibility to safeguard the citizens of his state, there's a huge problem.  It shows a fundamental lack of consideration for the citizens of the state and a fundamental misunderstanding of Christian teachings.

Jesus taught many things.  Among them he said that we should forgive others who harm us if we would be forgiven by God.  It is essential for heads of state to understand that this injunction is delivered on a personal and individual level.  There is no mandate that society as a whole be forgiving.  In fact, with respect to the law, Jesus taught that we should render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's; and unto God that which is God's.  That is to say that when we are acting in a secular role, we must adhere to the secular "rules of the game". 

He also accused the leaders of Jewish society of continually ingnoring the rights of the widows and the fatherless in favor of the leaders' own personal agendas.  He condemned this in no uncertain terms, declaring that anyone who offended these "little ones", as he called them, would be better off having a mill stone hung around their necks and being drowned in the sea, than to face God's wrath at the judgement day.

Societal justice must be meted out without consideration of personal feelings.  Artistic portrayals of Justice personified consistently depict her blindfolded.  She hears only the facts and cannot look upon either party sympathetically.  Society must take the side of the innocent.

During the trial of Jesus, the leaders of the Jews requested that Barabas, a convicted murderer, receive clemency and that Jesus, who was innocent of any crimes, be crucified.  Mike Huckabee certainly followed the Jewish leaders' example in granting "mercy" to violent criminals and failing to respect the rights of the innocent. 

Mike Huckabee's pardons and clemencies were neither wise nor Christian.  They show him for what he is, a kind-hearted person with very bad judgement.  He is not qualified to be the head of any state, let alone the United States of America.

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