So which Christian teachings should we base the US around Conservatives?

Question

Many of you keep saying that morality is based on religious beliefs so if that is true....which religion is the best one to legislate from?
Evangelical, Catholic, Church of Christ, Lutheran, Mormon, Amish, Seventh Day Adventist......which one? Or perhaps Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddist?

Haven't we seen through examlpes like Ireland, Iraq, Iran, The Crusades, The Holocaust, soooooo many other examples that basing government around religion is dangerous?

Radicals can be born from EVERY religion!

Answer 1

Good question. Morals are about as varied as there are people. Some say the ten commandments, but they can't agree on what they mean. Some say christs teachings, but everyone interprets them different. I say keep the superstition out of it and go with the constitution. You can have religion and freedom at the same time. The founders were geniuses.

Answer 2

We should base it around the one that most people claim to be, christian. The christian religion, whatever that is. There has never been a separation of church and state, why should it start now? Would it surprise people to know that hundreds of years ago England broke away from the Holy Roman Catholic Church and we now believe in a bible that was ordered written by a king, revised by a queen and re-written by another king, that's what we believe in, in general. Religious and government power together have been partners in oppressing people for as long as history is known. Freedom of religion also means the freedom to believe in none of the major religions. I think we should try being a little more spiritual and a lot less religious.

Answer 3

Ill give my opinions

Background... I would not put my beliefs behind Catholics because the have alot of unbiblical tradition and dont believe many part of the Bible.
Lutheran is very restricted in beliefs so keep an open mind.
Mormons believe in Gay marrage and multiple wives/husbands
and like the Catholics have an edited Bilble.Amish believe in no electric or modern things or collecting of items. Jewish dont believe in Christ they believe he was a false messiah but they still are Gods people.
Muslims believe in a crafty,wise, and brutally cruel God called Ala
and his prophet mahammed who wrote a book that contradicts its self hundreds of times. Hindu is the belief we rearcarate depending on our lives and Budda is a statue and was a man which differnet laws and beliefs.

It your opinion...I dont know any thing about Seventh day however but that's some good history.

America was originally founded on Christain beliefs as you can see in the constition. Our founding fathers were good Christan's.
But America has gone down hill since the year we took the Bible out of schools 50 years or so ago.When abortions increased and Gay marriage got popular and divorces went over 50% suicides and so on. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BELIEVED APART FROM GOD, A COUNTRY WILL FALL INTO CHAOS AND DISTORTER EVENTUALLY

So the teachings of the Bible are what we should base our government on.

Answer 4

Interestingly the basic common sense tenets of human kind is found in all religions. I know of none that advocate stealing another man's wife, advocates thievery, or murder. So basing laws on basic human decency and love are best and then specific religions are out of the picture. The founding fathers were wise men when they made it so there was no establishment of a state religion. The separation of church and state are not specifically in the Constitution but the inclusion of church and state are not either. Supreme courts, Congresses, and Executives have interpreted it as a complete separation of church and state.

You are right when you point to Northern Ireland, etc. it goes to show what happens when the two are combined. You could add Holy Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, Burning of witches in Salem as all having to do with combining church and state.

Answer 5

Sinners are born from EVERY religion too. Why just blame the Christians for all the wrong in the world concerning politics!? And whatever gave you the notion that anyone with the power to make decisions in our government based the decisions they make around religion? Anyway, it is God's word that is needed and God is not a religion. I can't believe this is even a logical topic for conversation! People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Now that's radical!

Answer 6

How did Ireland get in there? The struggle for Irish freedom has nothing whatsoever to do with religion.

Most (though not all) Catholics are Republicans, which means they would like to see a united 32 county Ireland. Most (though again, not all) Protestants are Loyalists, which means they want the Six Counties in the north to remain part of the UK.

Nobody is fighting over religion. The only reason you hear about Protestants and Catholics is because it's convenient shorthand for the American media to keep track of who is who.

One of the founders of Irish nationalism was a Protestant, Theobald Wolfe Tone.

EDIT: What's with the thumbs down? There's nothing inflammatory or subjective in my response. Facts are facts. I'm sorry if someone here has a problem with facts.
Tiocfaidh ar la!

Answer 7

CHRISTIANITY should be your FINAL stop.

The Crusades was the self-righteous Vatican leadership at the time playing God. Don't ever link that to true Christianity.

Radicals for Jesus Christ only spread the Gospel. They DO NOT force it "down your throats" like the liberals say. You can say NO to Jesus Christ (at the cost of your soul).

Radicals for Jesus DO NOT blow up busses and behead people. They fervently speak up for THE truth.

Answer 8

Um....;perhaps you may not have heard, but we (the United States) does not follow a specific religion. You appear to have us confused with someone else. We are free to choose and practice our own choice of religions. If you have to get your morals from book or from a government, you are in worse shape than you think.

Answer 9

The Ten Commandments are a good start. Even Roy Moore got that one right.

EDIT - Interestingly enough, the Ten Commandments are part of the physical structure of the US Supreme Court building. We'd do well to remember that.

Answer 10

Absoultely none. We have one moral compass, its called the Constitution of the United States of America.

Yes I am a conservative.