Southern evangelicals, however, resisted the infusion of religion into politics, and fearful of northern evangelical attempts to equate the Kingdom of God with the Republican Party, lent their support to the Confederacy, following the perception of Republican impositions upon the Southern states. In short,religious language and imagery, as adopted by the nation’s political parties, contributed significantly to the coming of the Civil War.
Was America’s use of religious images to justify our military response different in kind from Al Qaeda’s invoking of jihad? Is the link between organized religion and war historically as well as theoretically inevitable?
Still, the popular press, particularly since 9/11, has discovered that not only realpolitik, economics, or dictators but organized religion can play a major role in war close observers of America’s response to 9/11 would have you notice the phrase "GOD BLESS AMERICA " like we have God on our side .
Religion ,conservatives ,war
2007-04-01 07:06:43 · 9 answers · asked by trouble maker 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes. And freedom of speech gives you the right to say this.
The US is the most socially progressive nation in history! When will US Liberals recognize this?
No other nation has our freedoms, pal. Our freedoms came from the religion you are bashing.
2007-04-01 07:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by Shrink 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yeah, those fanatics. But How come wars seems to show up on the demo's watch as well. WW I was a Democratic Prez Wilson deal. The WW II was a Democratic New Deal with Prez Roosevelt. Korea came with Truman. A demo . Vietnam was encourage by the Kennedy's, as was Bay of Pigs, and the nuclear showdown with the Blockade of Cuba. An all Democratic initiative. Johnson went to Vietnam with 500,000 boomers and Nixon withdrew them. An arch Republican Nixon withdrew them, I know, he withdrew me. Clinton did the Bosnia thing, and if not for the brilliant Wesley Clark we'd be screwed but good. Clinton wasn't he a democrat. Bush One did a number on Iraq, and set the tone of the armistance. Bush Two wouldn't let the treaty violations slide and is now doing Iraq in such a way as to lure every Arab worth killing into the box. If Iraqies die, well, what else do they have to do? So how do we correlate the religious to these wars. The religious have a great sense of "we vs them". They seem to support our troops whereever they are sent. Unlike the democratic left, which can start em, and has trouble finishing them. Their consortum of flaks, liberals, peace at any cost, and old hippies just has trouble with the necessary work of wars. The conservates do not have this trouble. They are very serious about this stuff and will hate you forever if you make fun of them. Being very liberal and very religious doesn't seem to fit in the same box, but very conservative and very religious will fit. Praise the Lord, pass the ammo. is not the battle cry of the liberal. Hardened, heavily armed liberals are relatively rare. Go figure ta
2007-04-01 14:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is it a religious war?
I am an atheist. I really detest the thought that we are morally right based on our religious beliefs (dogma)And that we can kill un-holy people because they don't agree. It contradicts peace, and love.
Christians are suposed to be followers of Christ-he said turn the other cheek-You know if we did that after 9/11 the entire world would be behind us 100%. But we didn't, and now we are hated around the world.
I want no part of God Bless America if it is a relgious war. There is no blessing in that idology.
2007-04-01 14:18:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we are willing to pay critical study of every nation whose government realistically fight to give their citizens freedom to worship - by not allowing any religious organizations to push their weight around and thrive with political motives - we'd find that those citizens given freedom of worship are less inclined to create choas and separation in their countries.
I wish TV stations stop letting Gingrich speak out. A man who can't even let his wife die in peace - gee wheez, he even had the nerve to fool around with a staff member and divorce his wife while she was dying!!! - has little Christian morals to criticize others! Such creatures, like Gringrich, are mere hypocrites! I guess only macho men and cheap women would listen to him and call him a true Christian!
People of faith should be seen by their own acts and the way they live their own lives, not by their words and their loud mouths.
2007-04-01 16:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by United_Peace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of religion is just that. Your right to worship the way you like.
Freedom of religion is also the fact that you cannot impose your religion on me, as is so often tried.
God bless.
2007-04-01 14:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by Tokoloshimani 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of Religion means that the government cannot force a single religion on the people, that is all it means. It does not mean that socialists and atheists get to destroy the constitution.
God bless you, my friend.
2007-04-01 14:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sure is
Take the NeoCon pastor Ted Haggard. He just loves gay meth sex. Sure the Bible frowns on men claiming to be servants of God doing such things; but in Ted's delusional world Bush loves him and that is all that matters.
2007-04-01 14:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
youve confused freedom of religion to the application process of the democratic party so the answer would unfortunatley be no.
2007-04-01 14:11:04 · answer #8 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
christians from the religious rights are just as bad as the radical muslims we are fighting against.
and god is not on anyone's side. gos is against killing and thats what happens in war.
2007-04-01 14:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋