Many Christians (and apparently a lot of other people) still aren’t sure how to vote. This is not surprising, because in any vote, we make a decision about the future (in this case, what is best for Scotland’s future?), and we simply don’t know the future. This is not only true of a referendum, but also when electing government officials. We can’t know whether they will govern in righteousness or wickedness in future. An evil person elected one day may repent the next day, or a seemingly righteous person may be a fraud and govern horribly.
This is one reason (not the only one) Baptists have historically been hesitant to tell people how to vote. We may speak in principles and bring Scripture to bear on particular issues, but it is not the job of government to tell us what to believe and how to worship, and it is not the job of the church to decide who should rule. Telling people who to elect when you don’t have omniscience is dangerous — for instance, you might inadvertently advocate someone very evil, and leave people feeling you have betrayed them.
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