Do you think being Christian forces one to be a right-wing extremist?

Question

God gave all free will. He want us to chose him. Do you that by forcing Christian ideas into our government that is ideally what God would want. God wants us to help and love one other and not to judge, for he is the only judge, so by making restrictions and laws based on Christianity is that really allowing people free will?

Answer 1

Legislating morality never works. All that does is make sinners into criminals. Since we are all sinners, we all become criminals. Sounds Levitical, doesn't it?

Rather, the Christian approach is to love your neighbor as yourself.

I don't believe God aligns himself with any political faction.

Answer 2

Yes it is, free will that is as much free as imposed on us by non-Christians within the government. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, it is the duty and responsibility of every Christian to get involved, to vote, and to vote for leaders who promote Christian principles. God is most certainly in control, but that does not mean we should do nothing.

Answer 3

There are somethings that are simply right or wrong in their essence, their core. When Christians measure the moral absolutes given in the Bible, and we implement them in everyday life, those core conservative values play out.

For example, I oppose abortion because it deprives the unborn child the Constitutionally protected right to life. When a mother and doctor come together for an abortion, they are conspiring to deprive a human being of his or her Constitutionally protected right to life.

Then it becomes a struggle for truth and right in the voting booth, and in the Legislature, and in the courts. When courts decide that the Constitution does not provide certain things or does provide other rights, without laws being passed in the Legislatures, they cross from judging laws to writeing them.

This is not about free will. If you lived in a society where the only thing was free will, you do what is good for you and I do what is good for me. But what happens when my "good" and your "good" clash? On what are you to base the choice of what "good" means? And do not think that everyone defines good in the same way, because it is not a commonly defined concept.

The do not judge thing comes from Matthew 7:1
"Do not judge so that you will not be judged."

Quick, get out your Bible and open it to that chapter, and skip down to verses 15-20:
Matthew 7:15-20
15 "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 "You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 "So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 "So then, you will know them by their fruits."

Do you see that? Jesus says that we must examine the "fruit" of peoples lives, the product of their lifestyle. Judging means we condemn them in an eternal sense, examining their lifes means that we understand why people are the way they are.

Answer 4

God blessed the USA for being a christian country, yet the 911 attackes were like a "wake up" call, because america is starting to lose fiath in God. If we continue to reject God, more attacks will come..Same happened with Israel in the Bible. The constitution is based on christian principals of truth, justice, etc. America is a christian nation, whether people admit it or not. the values of the bible are good for everybody.

Answer 5

I certainly do not think that. I am a Christian and I lean very left on many issues.

Answer 6

I dont care who you are or what religious backround you come from but Honoring the 10 commandments (you dont have to do the God part) should stay

Answer 7

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mohandas Gandhi