Tim Keller's Abortion Theory Applied to Jews in Nazi Germany

Let's imagine that the arguments often made by left-leaning evangelicals who want to vote for pro-abortion candidates was applied to something other than the killing of babies. Instead, let's imagine it was applied to Jews in Nazi Germany. Let's say you have the option to vote for Nazis who want to push the killing of Jews forward or German candidates who are a mixed bag of apathetic to anti-Final Solution policy makers. 

In comes a pastor arguing that maybe the best way to cut down on the killing of Jews is actually by voting for the Nazis. After all, the Nazis have a plan to get people out of poverty, and poverty is the number 1 reason so many people are against the Jews. The Jews were blamed by many Germans for the economic depression of Germany. Maybe, as time goes on, and the Nazi economic policies lift the average German out of poverty, less and less Jews will be executed because hostilities will decrease. Maybe the road to what the Christians want, i.e., less unjust killing of the innocent, is the one that votes for Nazis instead of against them.

Now, let me say that this type of argument can only be made by someone who thinks manipulation via appeasement of the depraved is the means through which justice must be established. The question becomes whether the Bible supports this pastor's methods. In fact, it does not.

The Bible supports the absolute opposition of any unjust position. It explicitly decries any spilling of innocent blood as murder. It does not bargain with murderers. It does not appease people so that they are less murderous. It does not install them in office because they pass out free candy to the people who would otherwise murder the innocent. That is because the goal is not to have less murders. The goal is to exalt God in the midst of murderers, call them to repentance and punish them. 

The real problem with these types of arguments is that they would never be made about Nazis and Jews. That's because Jews are considered real people. The reason why Keller can argue that candidates who are going to fund and push for the availability of killing babies are viable candidates Christians can vote for is because, despite what leftist evangelicals often claim, they don't really see babies as people. 

This is why they get really upset when children are separated from their parents at the border but wouldn't frankly bat an eye if those same children had been executed in an abortion clinic a few years before. How about making an argument that we should vote for the Klan in order to cause these racists to feel less disenfranchised and maybe we'll get rid of their racism that way? How about arguing that we should install more pedophile priests into ministry because it's better to have them there distracted by ministry than out on the street picking up many more children if they had nothing better to do?

This is not how the Bible has us deal with evil. Evil is denounced by God's people. The evil men are removed from among us. Repentance and the gospel are preached to remove it permanently. 

So how does this relate to an election when you have two parties that are not necessarily Christian? You would vote for the party that will do less evil and allow more good to be done by the Church. You would vote against whatever party was killing less of the innocent and might even seek to eventually abolish the practice. Most of all, you would preach the gospel and call all to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, the One true King, since evil can only be permanently removed by Him.

In essence, this is an argument that I addressed with my very first post on this blog. The appeasement of evil in order to suppress evil only increases it. https://theologicalsushi.blogspot.com/2011/08/tale-of-two-arguments.html