Politics and Religion go hand in hand.........Do you agree?

Question

If you disagree with this statement, please make your argument by specifying what part of the world doesn't have such affiliation, so I can move there.....

"I never told my religion, nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged others' religions by their lives, for it is from our lives and not our words that our religions must be read."

"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man."

"The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible."

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”

“It is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist.”

Written by Thomas Jefferson, 3rd American President. who was athiest.

"Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; and I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together" Letter to Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822
Written by James Madison, 4th American President, Athiest

JOHN ADAMS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ULYSSES S. GRANT, GEORGE WASHINGTON, THEODORE ROOSEVELT .... ALL atheist presidents. All other presidents were some from of Christianity. We've NEVER had a President under any other faith ALL but Atheists have made some speech in the past speaking of the church and God, and you tell me that there is no GOD in GOVT?

Answer 1

Well, communism used to be atheistic, all of that 'opiate of the masses' bit, you could try a communist country.

Have fun!

Answer 2

I totally disagree! Religion is about your moral and spiritual charactor and has no exceptions.EX. War is murder any way you look at it. Executions are murder anyway you look at it. So is abortion. any kind under any circumstances. The 10 camandments gives no exceptions. The pope gives no exceptions.
However,politics is the very opposite,they have war and justify it!
the differences in just this iare completely opposite.
EXECUTIONS-we justify it by saying "the eye for a eye" thing. The religious version is "Vegence is mine sayith the Lord"
we tend to leave that out in Politics.
Politics ignores "thou shall not KIll" and justifys why and when they do! Religion shows no justification.

Answer 3

No I dont agree......Both are opposite poles of this world..
and I will tell u why......
POLITICS is all about deception,decieving others and looking for ones own beneifits...and thats not specified to any single nation,this is definately a global phenomena...POLITICIANS use politics to decieve others and get into power...Thats the way it is
while RELIGION is exactly opposite.......its all about spritualism, discrimination between right and wrong and taking care of benefits of ones own and others as well..
Infact if any leader merges these 2,then,i can bet u,u are bound to get more destruction and anylation because that person will utilize the words of religion to decieve others and gain his own political benefits

Answer 4

as long as religion is a factor for identificatiion, there cant be any country where politics and religion go hand in hand. for example some days back my friend was coming from vietnam to india. he was bringing some knives as souvenier. when the police in the airport saw the knives, they asked him ofr his passport .he is born in ahmedabad, so they thought that his muslim and searched him all over.they did not want to allow him to catch the flight, till they found out that he is actually hindu.
they let him to catch the flight, because they thought that only muslims can be terrorists.

Answer 5

The grudge for the shortcoming of Zoroastrian Persia, forced abululua to homicide Hazrat Omar (ra), and Ibn Muljem to homicide Hazrat Ali (ra), and Ibn thi Aljawshan to take the organic head of Hazrat Alhussein (ra). The above fact is misguided. My question for you is: "Why became Ali's caliphate no longer often happening by using Mawiya. Why did conflict Siffin happened between Ali & Mawiya? No persians here. the form of Karbala happened simply by fact Hussain became asked for bayt on Yazid's hand. that became in no way obtainable and so Hussain opted for Jihad.

Answer 6

The US is supposed to have separation of church and state. That was the case until the current idiots got into office. Hopefully, once Bush is gone we will regain our freedoms and our sanity.

Answer 7

I can't agree or disagree with an oversimplification.

But in the U.S., our laws have always been partly influenced by moral convictions learned from religious doctrine.

Answer 8

I agree. Simply because they are both extremely sensitive subjects and they can both turn best friends into worst enemies.

Answer 9

Yes! Always

Answer 10

although they do i think both of them are connected i think they were created in a hope that they would cancel one another out...