A lot of religious politicians also try and succeed in legislating moral issues when it should be left up to the state or individual if it not hurting anyone. Why do fundamentalists feel they have to carry on a tradition they have no idea in what it even means...
2007-02-15 13:55:45 · 17 answers · asked by jodi b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It's not tradition, it's called control.
2007-02-15 13:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Of all the religions I've studied, Christianity is the only one that has the need to prosilitize, that is, convert the masses. Christianity defines the only way to achieve a good afterlife is by accepting Jesus as the son of god, otherwise, you go to hell.
With these very specific rules, it is necessary for a Christian to continue to try to convert you until either you convert, they lose faith, or one of you dies.
As christianity spread away from the original bible belt, it would incorporate beleifs of the other religions in a given region in order to more easily convert the "heathens". There was no "official" bible, each church would have it's own collection of writings that were considered the instructions for christians.
Eventually, there was a consolidation. An official bible was created and the ordinary men who picked the writings formed the belief structure for Christianity. It's the same basic structure, but things like Judas writings were removed. Consider, if Judas did not betray Jesus, he would not have been crucified. Judas claim is that it was Jesus / Gods plan to have Judas point jesus out to the militia.
Christianity needs black and white. Heaven and hell. Good and Evil. How could Judas' evil action really be good? Many practices were also stopped.
With such a huge "investment" in defining a Christian, with the acceptance that no other religious belief is sufficient to go to Heaven, it easily becomes necessary to force the christian moral beliefs on everyone. During the last presidential election in the US, the fundamentalists were convinced the Republicans would put the bible and prayer back into the schools, give tax dollars to church schools and charities, make abortion illegal in all circumstances, and essentially do what the muslims are doing in the middle east - create a religious government.
While the repugs can't really deliver all that because of the constitution, they are trying to circumvent the constitiustion by creating a right wing conservative majority on the supreme court. With that majority, the constitution has no chance.
Now after all that, below are some of the portions of the bible that all those divine men left in the bible because they weren't bizzare.
2007-02-15 14:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First and foremost, i think there's a different between 'religious people' and 'spiritually people'.
mostly 'religious people' are those who just believe 'blindly' without any question and understanding, whenever they been question, they would just tell you not to question but just have faith (blind faith? it seen to me)
'spiritually people' are those who really spend time to study a particular religion which suite them, develop themselves through practicing the teaching, ask question when they are in doubts, even challenge the teaching when it don't make sense.
As to you question that why alot of religion politician try and succeedto legislating moral issue where it should be left to the state or individual, I not quite sure neither. may be they have their reason that not known to us, may they feel that it an urgency to do so...
And talking about morality, different people have different definition how ethical conduct should carry out, it is difficult to judge though.
however, all the above just my point of view which just two cents worth of.
2007-02-15 14:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by dora_chan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where would you like our politicians to legislate from then, if not from a morality standpoint?
You have to have some moral barometer from which to gage the issues! What better barometer than the Bible? What else is more solid than the Bible? You can't just let "everyone" throw their own "personal" opinions in there... that would be madness, if not total chaos! The Bible, at least, offers good, solid moral values from which to govern a people, city, state and/or federal government. There may be many different "religions", (which are all man-made, by the way), but there is only one Holy Bible!
2007-02-15 14:06:46 · answer #4 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am no rt aware of politicians legislating moral issues or their own religious viewpoints.
It is a small minority of religious zealots who try and impose their views on strangers. They do not bother me at all. I am secure with my own views. You should be too.
Why let it bother you?? Have fun
2007-02-15 14:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by jimmiv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every law we have "imposes" a moral belief on everyone else. Society has decided, based on the 10 commandments, that murder is wrong, stealing is wrong, etc. A law that tells someone that they can't steal from you is imposing a moral belief on that person. The reason that someone can't rape you is that our laws impose moral behaviour.
Think about that the next time you want to blab on about legislation concerining moral issues. Every single law we have is based upon moral assumptions.
2007-02-15 14:16:21 · answer #6 · answered by HolyLamb 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No sin is harmless. Legislation has the duty to make laws to prevent and punish sins in all citizens.
For example, abortion is sin. So the law must be made despite the protests of irresponsible, selfish, immature individuals.
2007-02-15 14:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
People always try to be superior to others.Money,mind and soul.Religious group as you refer to are obviously trying to establish their superiority to others.Fundamentalist and religious groups are however two different set of people.They do have an idea about their philosophy but others can think otherwise.
2007-02-15 14:03:41 · answer #8 · answered by kalabalu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked this question myself just a couple weeks ago, and the replies I got were they were doing the Lords work. And they are supposed to pretty much pray for all of us. If they want to score some points with me, I say come do my work, you can start by cleaning my car, then do my home.
2007-02-15 14:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think its kind of sad that people that are "religious" as you seem to call it,
get bashed for trying to instill propper morals and values into a system that has NONE, yet all the other politicians out there that are doing everythign they can against it, and doing things a million times worse are left alone.
2007-02-15 14:02:30 · answer #10 · answered by hung like chuck norris 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because conformity and obedience are demands issued in most organized religions, particularly in Christianity and Islam.
So people are TOLD they must worship so and so God.....
Its amazing to me how few Christians actually follow the teachings of Jesus (helping the poor, feeding the hungry). Some Christian groups are involved with helping the poor, but they are in the minority.
When any religious nut tells me I must follow their set of rules, I just tell them to f*ck off.
When they start to blindly quote passages from their holy book(s), such is proof they are incapable of independent thought.
Religious zealots are delusional people- ignore them, but if they get hostile and in your face, just knock their teeth out.
2007-02-15 14:02:10 · answer #11 · answered by OctopusGuy 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋