go hand in hand, are they not polar opposites due to the exclusion of minorities through sin
2007-05-13 00:32:13 · 15 answers · asked by mia 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
jesus m, your grammar is terrible
2007-05-13 00:41:36 · update #1
The social complexity native to Christianity means differentiation and thus inequality.
Translated, Christianity and all organized religions practice "free" wide-spread discrimination.
Christianity accepts forms of discrimination that political modernism condemns. Women priests are an obvious current example.
Discrimination is always wrong because to categorize and so limit the individual violates the right to absolute self-determination that is the essence of his dignity.
Political modernism demands that man define and so control the significance of all things.
That demand is basic, for example, to the current understanding of sex and gender, which treats customary stereotypes and even hature as unjust and oppressive and demands their abolition.
2007-05-13 00:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, sinning does not put them in the minority, but in the majority! So I'm sort of at a loss to know what you mean.
Democracy and Christianity have indeed gone hand in hand through most of the history of the United States, and many other countries as well. But that does not mean that non-Christians cannot make a democracy work, nor that democracy has any reason to exclude non-Christians.
We really do need to keep concepts of religion separate from concepts of politics. That is what the First Amendment is all about. It is important to remember that, while they may or may not be in a majority (personally, I think it is doubtful), this is NOT a Christian nation. Our First Amendment promises that.
P.S. I live in Missouri, which as I understand it, is attempting to call itself a "Christian state." Unconstitutional, start to finish.
2007-05-13 07:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At their core democracy & religion don't go hand in hand. Basically under democracy society does what the majority think. Under religion whatever God says should be done.
An example is euthanasia, even if a referendum was held and 70% of people agreed to allow it, those with strong religious beliefs would not accept it as they place religion above democracy.
2007-05-13 07:44:18 · answer #3 · answered by sftyk 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Democracy and christianity has nothing to do with each other. There are a lot of dictatorial regims with christion people and officials.
Democracy is grown up since the year 1700. Before that there were also christians.
To be christian means to follow Jesus and that means not judging others and to love everybody without ristrictions. If christioans want to live following their moral standards it is good. If other people have other moral standards it is also ok. There are only some small universal standards: not to kill, not to streal, not to lie,... In other words: MOT TO HARM OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. That is all.
2007-05-13 07:41:35 · answer #4 · answered by vital_moors 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A democracy is the inclusion of everyone, Christians and non christians alike, in a democratic government. Majority vote wins. Christians have the right to congregate and decide who they as a collective body want to vote for and what issues they want to stand for.
I question if the motivation behind your question is the desire to silence the christian point of view, perhaps so you can feel better about your point of view or because the minority is not able to get the votes needed to enact laws that are contrary to majority rule.
Can you honestly say this goes hand in hand with democracy?
Almighty God has already decided what is sin and what is not sin, neither you or I can change that.
2007-05-13 08:29:26 · answer #5 · answered by what? 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You completely lost me when you said "the exclusion of minorities through sin." Which minorities? Are you talking about homosexuals? If you are, most Christians are NOT against homosexuals having rights.
2007-05-13 08:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Democracy and Christianity have gone hand and hand for hundreds of years.
Strangesuzi, your bigotry is seen all over YAnswers.
-- an American Atheist
2007-05-13 07:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by tttplttttt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, I guess that I am in the unusual position of having to take the Christian side.
They do seem to go together in the results to me. The free countries tend to be the Christian ones. I can't say that I see why that is true, given my understanding of the Bible. But the results are on their side.
2007-05-13 07:42:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you ignorant Mia? Christianity refers to religion, religious belief as well as belief in God while democracy is a form of government in a country. Have you not gone to school ? However it is ok.
jtm
2007-05-13 07:39:49 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Jesus himself told his people to be seperate from the world and to trust in God. Religion should not be messing in politics.
Those religions that do are not true religions and have no favor with God or Jesus
2007-05-13 08:02:06 · answer #10 · answered by Adamantium 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋