Does anyone believe that there can be a "Religious Left"?

Question

If the Religious right is based on anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, what would the Religious left be based on?

Answer 1

Let's see....

1. they would definitely be against the corporate greed, arrogancy, self righteousness, and lack of compassion for those less fortunate than themselves that the "religious wrong" practices and preaches.

2. They would speak against the hypocrisy that allows a proclaimed "born again" person to kill, lie, accept bribes, and in general sell out this country in the interest of corporate greed.

3. They would hate the sin, but love the sinner.

4. And above all, they would express compassion for the poor, fatherless and widows by ensuring basic access to health care and stop cutting basic human services (you know, all that stuff Jesus taught).

Answer 2

Liberalism has meshed with several religious movements. Examples below:
Liberal Christianity
Reform Judaism
Liberal Catholic Church
Unitarian
Universalist
Socialist Christianity
Cathars
Marcionites
Progressive Reconstructionist Movement
Emergent Christianity

Odd thing is, most of the groups above have claimed past Conservative theologians like Martin Luther King jr., John Wesley, and John Wycliffe. If you were to look at their writings and question which side each fit on, you'd say right of the center. Each have influenced me. Each of those 3 I mean. Especially MLK and JW.

Answer 3

Yes. It was a religious-left coalition (remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King?) that made civil rights for black people happen in the sixties.

Don't assume that a religious left would be a mirror image of the right. They may have different concerns, like poverty or war instead of pelvic politics. Or they could support same-sex marriage and abortion.

Answer 4

I consider myself one ... but we are few.

The big obstacle is that most people on the Left do not believe in God as He is, but in some touchy feely, encounter group, don't offend anyone at all type of diety.

Take gay marriage for example. Every religion on the planet is against homosexuality. It is self-driven arrogance to bring what God says is a sin into one of His tabernacles and ask Him to bless the union and the action. There are legitimate - and if you believe in the roots of what religion is - unmoveable laws against gay mariage. Does that mean I should insist gays shouldn't be together? No. But homosexuality and marriage simply don't mix, unless you're going to simply lie about what things mean. And this is what many who propose to be "the religious left" do: they reinvent the concept of what is God and what is religion so that it suits their needs.

God doesn't like this. Neither would you or anyone else. Who would like a group of people redefining what you are? Nobody.

So ... a true religious left would be based on a real and humble (i.e., I'm not going to make it up, I'm going to accept what God says about Himself) consideration of God. From there, many issues and areas exist where I differ from conservatives. I also differ with the corruption that is modern Liberalism as well. And, in closing, that would be a first principle of the religious left. You see, if you have a relationship with God at all, you value truth - a thing called absolute truth - so you therefore must detest things like Hillary's "vast right-wing conspiracy" comment (when she knew her husband was adulterer) or Rosie O'Donnell's hysterical attacks on gunowners while her own bodyguards carry guns for her protection - you detest the hypocracy and deceit which is so common today in modern liberalism (and of which there are too many examples to mention).

That's a start at it ...

Answer 5

Of course there's a religious left. I wouldn't say we're pro-gay, but we're not anti-gay. We're pro-people. We don't make the papers or television as often because we know that God didn't intend us to. We do good deeds without wanting credit. We don't do crazy things like picket funerals.

What would it be based on? The same Bible the "religious right" claim to have figured out.

I hate thinking of myself in policital terms, but man, Jesus said love your neighbor. He didn't use the word "except."

Answer 6

I think there already is a Religious Left. It's those who are religious but are distressed by those who wish to legislate their religion. The Religious Left would understand that is not the place of religion in this country and would respect all people equally, not just those of their chosen religion. They would have a grasp of the importance of separation of church and state.

Answer 7

In religion you can find anything, since %99.9 of it is man made: But if you want to go to heaven then Jesus is the only way. And, man's religion will be based on anything/everything under the sun, or even the sun...

Answer 8

Religion is Man-made. That already narrows down the intelligence and insight, doesn't it? Look into your heart. That's where the important answers are, not from religious fanatics.

Answer 9

Anyone can be religious. Do you mean can there be a Christian lift that is pro-abortion? I think that would be a contradiction in terms.

Answer 10

If you are refering to Chrisianity - The left is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Right-wing pseudo-Christians apparently think Christianity is defined as opposition to abortion, homosexuality and pre-marital sex – interestingly enough, three things Jesus never mentioned, were those.