How much has your religion, or lack thereof, affected your political affiliation?

Question

I was just curious, kinda taking a poll sort of thing to see how people's religious affiliations have affected their political stances or ideologies.

Answer 1

I consider myself a Christian first, an American second, a Republican third.

I vote Republican because I do not trust a big government or socialism.

I have seen Christians martyred the world over, and in our lifetime. I do not see anyone doing much about it.

Our Constitution is awesome in that it guarantees freedom of worship, among others. Republicans want to protect these freedoms, and Liberals would destroy them. And the fabric of the US right along with the freedoms.

Answer 2

I really can't answer this question any better than ruth did.

But, as for the comingling of my Church and my State, I value my religion and base my life upon it much more than I do my political beliefs.

My religious beliefs affect how I should act within my religion and amongst all humans, and my political beliefs influence how I should act within my country and amongst all humans, but in a much more superficial and practical way than the way my religion teaches me to act amongst other humans.

I believe that the more complex our society gets, the more inseparable church, state, and every other facet of humanity will be, as evidenced by the formation of groups that act in politics based solely on their religious convictions (most notably Pro-Lifers).

Answer 3

It's the person I know who acts outside his/her Church or religious organization and not merely within that would influence me to trust how he/she is worthy of serving the American People. Take Ted Haggard and those pedophile priests, and those crazy radical clerics, like al--Sadr and Bin Laden as America's best example to see that religious affiliation as cause to go along for party affiliation is deadly and is so wrong. There are far too many HYPOCRITES today using the religious cloak to sucker and to brainwash the most vulnerable, the unloved ready to seek faked love, the lonely and depressed, and the nincompoops of the world to follow them blindly. That's why people like Bin Laden, Al-Sadr, Charlie Manson, David Koresh. Jim Jones, Ted Haggard, the pedophile priests thrived... and often to the death, doom and detriment of their nincompoop followers! Oh not forgetting those Church pastors and ministers who lulled their followers into giving donations only to steal from the pool of funds! When will people stop making fools of themselves????

Answer 4

Because I'm not religious, I'm rational. Politics and religion do not mix. Government is reality. Religion is faith. Facts vs. make believe. So I could never be a part of the Republican party. The people who hawk faith for votes.

And want to teach creationism as science.

Answer 5

Not in the least.

To each their own.
There's always extremes at both ends of any ideology - I try very hard to stay somewhere in the middle.

Answer 6

Enormously. Believing in invisible sky fairies makes the rest of your conclusions deeply suspect.

Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."


3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Answer 7

My experience with "born-again Chrstians" has affected my view of those running with the support of the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, Pat Robertson, et al.

Other than that, not at all.

Is it true that everytime Bush says "God" in a speech, a stem cell gets its wings?

Answer 8

faith: Jainism i do no longer probable have lots of a political association, yet i think I join anarchist faculties of theory. My faith impacts my political ideals lots. i've got faith in non-violence, to illustrate. i do no longer think of faith has anyplace in government.

Answer 9

100 percentge

Answer 10

zero. Catholic libertarian who is pro choice. Religion has no place in politics, and vice versa