Or a candidate?
2007-02-09 13:37:09 · 15 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
many Christians were asked to vote for Bush....look how great that turned out
2007-02-09 13:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually churches are not allowed to speak about political preferences. The IRS has something against that. A religious leader can talk about politics but not try to pursuade the congregation to vote one way or the other.
2007-02-09 13:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by VW 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Then they have violated the communist principal of 'seperation of church and state'. Never stated as such in our American articals.
Founding fathers saw the flaws of previous govt. constitutions and and decreed that the representative govt. shall not proclaim a faith of it's own. Rather a guidance of the principals "the faith". All men are created equal, endowed by their creator.
Religious leaders would and should endorse candidates and their philosophy. Problem is that the current, corrupt political system in whitch we live in now, threatens any evangelical organization, from speaking out against the current establishmented govt.. If they do exercise their "freedom of religion", they will be stripped of their tax exempt status.
2007-02-09 13:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If any religious leader asked his followers to vote for a candidate or party, I'd report his *** to the IRS to have his church's tax-free status revoked.
2007-02-09 13:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ours has not asked us to vote for any particular person or party. They asked us to research each candidate and vote as God leads us....
as for seperation of church and state... that is to keep the government out of our beliefs... NOT the beliefs out of the government. the government cannot tell us what we must believe (in the US anyway)
2007-02-09 13:44:36 · answer #5 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
solid question. From the historic attitude, the Republican get mutually has degraded from the Reagan years. i imagine that the Republican get mutually is splintered. actual republicans want to face up and expel those factions. in the adventure that they could't cope with that, then they want to form yet another get mutually. Ron Paul had the right theory at the same time as he ran as a Libertarian. It grow to be no longer because he didn't want the Republicans to win, it grow to be because he knew that they were splintered and not in any respect united. He ran as a Republican very last time to target to unite the get mutually, yet he failed because the factions were more beneficial divisive, and the different applicants except for Huckabee were hostile to him. i imagine it grow to be jealousy, because none of the different applicants ought to debate him one on one. he's now doing what he needs to do, even besides the undeniable fact that he continues to be a Republican, through amassing compatible persons. he continues to be gaining his base. no matter if he runs again or no longer, I see him both revamping the Republican get mutually or forming a sparkling one. i imagine issues receives interesting in the subsequent 4 years, provided we are nonetheless round.
2016-12-03 23:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Wiccan, I have no religious leader -- I'm a priestess in my own right, as is every other Wiccan. Even the priest/ess heading a coven wouldn't presume to dictate such a thing to his/her coven members. If they tried, they'd be thrown into the nearest convenient lake.
2007-02-09 13:42:08 · answer #7 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Respect his opinion, ask him why and still make up your own mind. The question is morals or social justice, every religion needs both, but no politician offers both!
2007-02-09 13:42:20 · answer #8 · answered by timmeresque 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If your leader do so, dont listen to him, use your the gift of freedom. If you claim to be a true disciple, follow his commandment, "Render to Cesar the things that ..........", then You will know the Truth, and the truth will set you free.
2007-02-09 13:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by theSeed 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Then I would question their right to non-profit status because religion needs to keep it's nose out of politics.
2007-02-09 13:50:22 · answer #10 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋