The danger of mixing evangelicals and politics is that at the end of the day, its a referendum on Jesus when the Haggards of the Christian right bring Jesus into politics. My guess is Christ might love and forgive but would he activly campaign to support one party's candidate. In the end it causes a loss of credibility.
2006-11-04 23:13:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Michael, I would have to disagree with you. This nation was not founded on biblical principals other wise I would wonder whose bible you refer to.
Most of the Whig decendents were Protestants who stood opposed to a state religion based on their experience of the Engilsh Civil Wars of the 1640s and an opposition to the Stuarts wanting to estlabish the Catholic faith under a strong European style monarchy. If anything we have freedom FROM religion too.
2006-11-05 23:09:54 · update #1
Pastor Child is more an example of what I think of with respect to Christians.
2006-11-06 11:11:46 · update #2
Not all of us evangelicals are in the GOP's pocket. I switched my registration to the Democrats because of the GOP's disdain for Jesus' message of taking care of the poor, the hungry and the sick. It's impossible NOT to mix faith and politics, because if we don't vote our convictions, doesn't that make us hypocrites?
I'm an evangelical, pro-life Democrat and proud of it. I don't like the extreme positions of either party's leadership, but I hope that a lot of others like me can get together and annoy the leadership enough that they'll change.
Check out the blog entry I just posted about Ted Haggard.
2006-11-05 22:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We should make it a hate crime for any person who has as a tennant of their belief system, eternal damnation worship, spiritual terrorism of which...makes our world such a miserable place to live sometimes. See as defined eternal damnation is separation from God. But if God is everywhere, how then can God separate from anything? So this horsepucky has been kicked around for centuries and now it is mixing with weapons of mass destruction and anxiety. What a recipe for disaster! Is there any good reason to hang on to eternal damnation worship in a functional society today?
2006-11-05 07:19:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Anytime you try to legislate morality you will have problems.
When your social causes are dictated by religion there is a problem. Have you noticed the very people who claim there is no separation of church and state are the same ones who think the middle easterners are all crazy for having religion in their government.
2006-11-05 07:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by Perplexed 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No they shouldn't. They are the ones trying to protect your God given rights. We are the only country ever founded on biblical principals. They are also typically the ones who have better morals. There are the ones who have fallen by the wayside, but no one is infallible.
2006-11-05 07:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by Michael K 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's a great point. I'm for publicly auditing most of the major religious institutions we have in america, christian, muslim, great pumpkin, whathaveyou...I read that the baptists have basically established what amounts to a 'true believer' retirement program...kingdom of heaven, sure, but what about my 'golden years'? LOLOL
Anyway, I agree, I think a lot of these evangelical politician types need to go stuff it...
2006-11-05 07:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by gokart121 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I can't understand their support for the war although I have noticed that the Jehovah Witnesses seem to be against killing and I respect them for it.
2006-11-05 07:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Politics and religion of any sort should never mix. They represent a conflict of interest. Politician should do the best they can for all the people, no matter what race or creed. If they let their religion influence them they cannot do this. Unfortunately many do get influenced by their religion.
2006-11-05 07:18:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
religion should be involved, but to a limit.
right now it's trampling on too many people
that are not christian
2006-11-06 22:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by Ted Jordan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that's how you feel, I assume you are a segregationist.
Doesn't anyone remember Martin Luther King? We celebrate his birthday as a national holiday!
If you disagree about abortion and same-sex marriage, just discuss that.
2006-11-05 07:16:06 · answer #9 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, let's see. Evangelical extremists, yes probably. Christians, no. You probably do not realize that there are liberal and moderate Christians, We aren't all fire and brimstone running around telling everyone they are going to hell.
2006-11-05 08:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋