Is it right for Christians to legislate biblical morality for a nation?

Question

if you can could you support your answer biblically
thanks

Officials who vote for homosexual rights do so because that position is consistent with their own morality. Their vote imposes their conception of morality on everyone else, whether they agree or disagree.

Answer 1

According to atheists and other jokers, morality supposedly comes naturally. Try again.
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Answer 2

I don't think so. But see, the majority of the people in the majority of the states elect the candidate that believe that their religion's morality is God's commandment to all people (notice all people without exceptions). Therefore the elected candidate goes on to legislate,what he believes is God's commandment,to all the people he controls (which in the case of this nation is not limited to this nation) and says it is biblical morality and the basis of our nation. Then every christian identifies with him and never question if what he is doing is really biblical, but endorses it and have the rest of the nation feeling like christians legislate biblical morality for the nation!!! Now I hardly believe it is biblical morality to begin with. But the majority of the people chose it, and that's what makes a democracy.

Answer 3

'Biblical morality' is a very broad category that includes many of our present laws. If you mean ritual observations we all agree, I think, the answer is 'no.' So we can concluded all agree that the totality of Biblical morality should not be implemented. The degree of the remaining part is the issue.

If you mean sexual laws then the area gets a lot more gray. I'm not sure and I think it's a good question for serious exploration.

Answer 4

In a democracy or a democratic republic (like the United States) is it right and should be expected that the morality of the majority of the people who vote should show up in the laws of the nation.

This is why law:
- In the United States seems based on the Bible,
- In Israel seems base on the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament)
- In Islamic countries seems based on the Quran.

This is the way democracy works.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

Yes it is right. The nation was founded on Christianity and the founding fathers were constantly warning about what would happen if we break this foundation. In proverbs 14vs 34- Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Morality will bring reform. No one will know what is wrong from right without god. proverbs 21 vs 2 All man's ways seem right to him, but god weighs the heart. read all of proverbs and you will gain evidence and wisdom and understanding.

Answer 6

It depends on the motives and the reason, and the end accomplished by it. You can't legislate someone into Heaven: it is literally a person's God given right to reject him. On the other hand, the Bible has a lot of things that are very practical: for example, the prohibition against murder. Now, if a person looks at the Biblical law saying that we are to take one day in seven off, and looks around and sees all the heathens who work seven days a week, and says to himself, "I'm going to stop this heathenry!" and therefore sets out to make it illegal to work seven days a week, he's on pretty shaky ground. On the other hand, if a person sees the command to take a day off, and is told by his employer that if he takes a day off, he'll be fired, and then sets out to make it illegal to force someone to work seven days a week, I think they're on pretty solid footing morally.

Answer 7

I don't think so, but since I don't have the narrative ability to explain why, I'll plagarize from someone with whom I agree.

In his book "The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology," Doug Bandow argues that "virtue cannot exist without freedom, without the right to make moral choices."

In other words, moral choices are only possible in a social and political environment in which the state does *not* prevent people from making volitional decisions about how to live their lives and relate to other human beings. Coerced acts of conformity with "biblical morality," however virtuous we Christians may believe that morality to be, do not represent virtue. When the state prohibits or prevents people from having to make personal choices concerning things such as drug use, prostitution, pornography, or homosexuality, it interferes with the natural environment in which humans have the freedom and personal obligation of having to decide what path to follow in their lives. In other words, the state intrudes into matters that are properly affairs between them and God.

The Christian perspective should be one that recognizes that people, exercising the free will that he believes God endows in every human being, may choose to follow an unrighteous and unvirtuous path. Christians should not try to force others to be good, but instead live good and virtuous lives themselves, and through their example and witness, bring others *freely* to the path of righteousness. Otherwise, we are usurping a role that belongs only to God, whom we claim to love and obey.

(Apologies to Richard M. Ebeling and Doug Bandow. See reference for full text.)

Answer 8

It's not right for any religion to legislate morality for the whole of the nation. I'm sure people would not want Islam to do this for us. Or any of the many Pagan sects. (And yes, even Pagans had written laws... Code of Hammurabi was written before Moses was even born).

Answer 9

Biblical morality? Is that an oxymoron or something? No, the U.S. Constitution separates church from state. You cannot legislate religion (thank God). You cannot petition the Lord with prayer either (too bad).

Answer 10

Have Christians legislated biblical morality for a nation???


Please cite your reference and be specific.

Answer 11

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