When in the real world they are gaining more and more political power and control, and the religious lobbies can litterally make or break political parties?
2007-03-27 13:18:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's classic behavior of a subversive cult. Try to avoid attention while you get as many members and gather as much power as possible.
2007-03-27 13:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christian do not say that their beliefs are 'outside' politics, infact it's the magority of non-bleivers that say that Christain faith should be kept out of politics. Yet if you go back in time and look at the polotics, it the people who have a faith who did the most good. William Booth helped Dr Bernardo introduce the lawthrough parliment that the age of concent should be 16 here in the UK, William Wilberforce helped in getting rid of the slave trade. There are many others who have also influenced laws throughout the world, for the good of fellow humans. But we must remember that not everyone will do things for the good of others and so must learn as much about what their beliefs are before acting on them.
2007-03-28 02:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by Joolz of Salopia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a terrible generalisation. That's like asking why are Jews greedy or why do black people have big buttocks, it's a generalisation, an assumption and a stereotype which is not universally true. Jews are not greedy, black people usually have normal sized buttocks and Christians do not claim that their beliefs and politics are separate.
In the UK religion has very little bearing on politics.
2007-03-27 13:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's nice to placate the majority of Americans who believe in the separation of church and state with empty platitudes about respecting different religions and spiritual belief.
When in reality they're getting into government with insane force:
"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
-Jerry Falwell, founder of Liberty University, the largest private college in Virginia with a museum exhibition calling dinosaur bones 3,000 years old! And he has a law school in the making for teaching Christians how to overturn governmental laws on abortion and other religious issues.
2007-03-27 13:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
first off, i've never heard any Christian insist their (that would be the proper term, not 'they're'...look it up) beliefs are outside politics...my faith is FAR more important than politics, but to totally divorce my faith from my political views would be impossible...if my faith had no influence over any other part of my life, it would be phony and worthless...now, when you talk about religious lobbies, keep in mind that Christians are just one-and not necessarily the most powerful one, either...i don't believe in a theocracy, believing that of all the bad forms of government there are, ours is about as good as they get, and i am committed (as a veteran) to the survival of this nation and the representative democracy we have in place...that being said, i believe there is a place and a role for all of us, regardless of what we believe or don't believe...
2007-03-27 13:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
maybe because they don't want to admit that they are very into politics and very political people. Those who insist do so because they are in total denial. (And Christians, notice that I said "those who" not "all of them". I am fully aware that not all of you do that.) Perhaps they do because if they admitted that their beliefs are intertwined with politics and not separate... just the very word "politics or political" may cast a negative connotation on them and their beliefs. When it is perfectly normal for them to be together,... because how can you have politics "without" beliefs of some kind? Beliefs are what sets the platforms to even "run" politics. How else will it run if beliefs are outside politics??? Maybe they don't want to be labelled as "those loud mouth lobbyists". They just want to be known simply as "people who stand up for their beliefs.... [in this case], in politics... in the political arena".... Hmm?
but (and this is to everyone) we must remember that NOT ALL Christians are like that.... just like not all nonbelievers (everyone else) are what is stereotyped in this world.
A person who comes to my mind very quickly is the Rev. Al Sharpton. A reverend, an activist, and political figure... always saying that he is not racist, yet making everything that happens to blacks (I don't know the proper term, so please forgive me for using this) a racial issue. He just stirs up a lot of hatred within me bringing the worst out of me. And only he does when I hear him on the news. He BRINGS politics INTO his church...
I can see how their beliefs are outside politics though... it's because they bring politics INTO their beliefs and churches... feeling that they are not being heard and feeling that they are not involved enough. And then... when they are finally on the frontsteps... they still 'feel' like they are not being heard... not 'realizing' that they 'have been' or 'are being' heard. Instinctively thing may be thinking that just at the mere utterance of the word "Christian"... then the doors shut or everyone out-tunes them... and they have to yell louder for what they want/believe.
Again not all preachers, not all Christians, not all churches... but many of them bring politics into their churches...
If only MLK, Jr. were alive today.... he was and still is a good model of religion and politics put together.... It's just too bad that he and his wife are not around to be the models for ALL of this.... for all humanity... all of us.
Because they both could have taught us so much, and we all could have learned so much from the two.... what to do and what NOT to do... when it comes to politics and religion.
But I can see why christians in general would insist that their beliefs are outside politics. At least the ones who insist it being outside.
I mean, think about it... let's say I'm a Christian (and I'm not)... I could see why I might easily say that my beliefs are outside politics. I wouldn't want to be referred to as a noisemaker... a loudmouther... It doesn't have the more positive connotation as "standing up for what I believe in"... they are many times misunderstood as "Christians who just want to make trouble for the secular world"... I think perhaps maybe it's because Christians for some reason just aren't seen in the same light as say gay people standing up for what they belief in the right to getting married instead of a civil union. You say, Christian or atheist... and things going flying... You say abortion... it comes with 'for' and 'against'... but not the attached hatred when you hear "atheist... doesn't believe in God"... and "Christian... believes in Jesus is the only way to Heaven, or your screwed"...
I'm just guessing why it is... my one cent. My hunch may be on the nail, but I could also be missing here.
2007-03-27 13:23:49 · answer #6 · answered by blueskies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
....remember it's God's Plan...Let us Pray...
2007-03-27 13:22:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never has been outside politics...
dR bad
2007-03-27 13:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean the muslims who follow islam they are the ones who think that they are above the law cos they are doing " gods work " to rid everyone else who does not follow their religion, if you ask me we should abolish religion altogether and politicians
2007-03-27 21:05:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
and yet they can't keep their noses out of it!
2007-03-27 21:59:04 · answer #10 · answered by Stef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋