Why can't we keep Religion out of Politics?

Question

When you consider Ted Haggard had such an influential say in the past six years makes you shudder... right?

Bob the BUILDER of the WALL guy..... Race and sex are tangibles... Religion is for the weak minded and is a set of mumbo jumbo.

Answer 1

Because God is not in some little box that you can stick in the corner. And neither are political ideologies.

They both define who we are and what we believe. And they are both welcome in this place called America.

And Ted Haggerd has nothing to do with this question.

EDIT: And I think atheism is a religion. And if I can tolerate you, you can tolerate me. It's called freedom of religion. And you have no right to try to take my freedom away.

Answer 2

Religion is the stabilizing factor in many lives. Religion is THE reason the USA has the kind of government that it does and the reason it is free and prosperous.
The religious countries are the ones from western Europe, while a few of the non-religious would be Russia, China, Burma, Zimbabwe. See where I am going with this?
Ted Haggard WAS a religious leader, not a government leader. His problems are being addressed in a Christian, loving manner, where his fellow Christians are trying to help him recover. What could be better than that?
On the other hand you have people that claim to be Christians, but violate just as many of the standards of Christianity as Haggard, such as Kerry, Obama, and Kennedy. In my opinion, they are far worse than Haggard. Haggard was/is sick/ill/suffering, while the trio I mentioned are representing themselves as Christians solely for the possibility of getting a few more votes.

Answer 3

Because politics are entwined in philosophy. Philosophy is entwined in religion. Even the absence of religion is philosophical. There can be no politics without one or the other. My advice is to be respectful of other people's philosophies and religions and use forensic arts credibly. Be patient and confident. Don't underestimate the power of religion or philosophy, especially in a free-thinking republic. And don't under value the philosophies of billions that have survived the test of time.Despite the debate of origin, they nevertheless have shaped our history and our nation and may be worthy of continued support and consideration.

Answer 4

It should be. On a side note and in rebuttal to you other statement "Religion is for the weak minded and is a set of mumbo jumbo."

As my somewhat nearsighted physics professor of mine was fond of saying "You have two choices with that assumption, you can either Prove it, or retract your hypothesis"

So lets see the analytical proof...

Answer 5

Cause God told Bush to run and Bush told the people that God told him to run and so people voted for him because God told Bush that he should run.

And thats all right because the people who founded this country were not running away from that kind of stuff at all. (That was sarcasm)

Its all fine and good now because the president is a "Christian" (in general, Christians do not believe in war). But since its okay for him to do it, what happens when another religion wants to run on the same premise. "Jehovah told me to run", "Yaweh told me to run" "Buddah told me to run" and OMG lets all be scared -- "Allah told me to run". How would anyone in this country be able to deny those people the right to say those things since America elected a man based on his saying those very things?

Religious freedom is part of what sets us apart from many other countries and makes us great. We used to be able to prove that people with different religious, political and lifestyle beliefs could live peaceably together in the same place. No longer true.

And Jesus did believe in separation of church and state, that is BLANTANTLY obvious in the bible.. What He did NOT believe in is persecution, separatism and violence..

Answer 6

Because Martin Luther King ruined it all for everyone.

Read the Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

(sarcasm)

Answer 7

I am not an atheist...I don't hate, or disbelieve in God. But I have to agree. Religion has NO PLACE in politics. My reason, primarily, is that there are far too many takes on Christianity...as is evident on this forum. People use the bible to their advantage, quoting scripture that fits their argument. They don't, however, use the 'good book' in its entirety. Take "Thou Shalt Not Kill". People use that commandment as a justification for pro-life...yet the same people are supportive of capital punishment.

Religion is far to open to bias...and has no place in a forum like politics...where right and wrong must be absolutes...

Answer 8

Because we have the Constitution, which prohibits the government from caving into bigots like you who want to regulate belief.

Also, race and sex are easy to SEE. Just because your mind cannot grasp the weight of Faith, does not mean it has no meaning or value.

Answer 9

And in those days there shall come forth a BLA blah blah blah blah. Got me man, it seems the weak minded always fall for shalt and forth over COMMAN SENSE. These 'the bible say" should be lined up and shot in the head or a-ss, I'm not sure because I don't really know what it is they think with.

Answer 10

Who exactly did Ted Haggard influence? And he did step down from his NON-Governmental post.

Answer 11

You can't expect someone who is religious to leave their religious bias at the door when it comes to politics. Sometimes policy and religion's domains collide (like abortion) and people are going to act on their beliefs. We have freedom of religion, so there's nothing wrong. The only thing you can't do is merge government and politics completely.