Or is ok since he's a liberal and not an open christian?
"Our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues or mosques; they should express themselves through our government," he said. "Because whether it's poverty or racism, the uninsured or the unemployed, war or peace, the challenges we face today are not simply technical problems in search of a 10-point plan. They are moral problems rooted in both societal difference and individual callousness – in the imperfections of man."
geez imperfections of man...seems he's turning to a 'Higher power" to look for those answers.
liberal hypocrites and God haters? will you still vote for Obuma despite his lack of qualifications and now his religious extremism? Or it's only bad if a christian candidate with an R in front of their name says those things?
2007-07-05 12:46:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
wow i guess to you liberals mentioned churches synagoges and mosques isn't equating morality with religion? LOL!! Oh you hypocrites will never learn will you?
2007-07-05 12:59:04 · update #1
No, of course moral values ought to influence government. One of the main functions of a government is to uphold justice. Justice is a moral value.
2007-07-05 12:58:21 · answer #1 · answered by rew11 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is a difference between values (morals) and religion.
humans naturally have a moral compass (well most of us do)
Not that I am an Obuma fan, but I think ethics and values belong in government, religion does not. He isn't saying we need religion, he is saying we need values and morals. most people get their values through their personal religious beliefs. All he is saying is that Government officials need some ethics/morals, to that I couldn't agree more!
2007-07-05 12:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your problem is that you assume that moral values equal religious belief. Yet all of the world's religions have santioned immoral actions at one time or another. It is possible to have strong moral beliefs without being a christian, muslim, jew, etc. So, yes a nation of laws needs to be based upon moral values. That does not require the involvement of church in the activities of the state. That would violate the Constitution.
2007-07-05 12:56:08 · answer #3 · answered by John W 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. The separation of Church and state was part of our founding documents as Americans. The sad decline of moral values in America stems from the simple fact that none of us are ever happy. Take that as you will. I am probably even talking about a few saved believers here who have never experienced the same hardships as other saved believers.
2016-05-19 02:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion does not have the exclusive hold on morals. Morals and religion really have very little in common. There were societal morals, ethics, and norms long before there was christianity, long before there was paganism, long before there was religion of any kind.
2007-07-05 14:42:06 · answer #5 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't frighten me, but I'm sure invoking God to help the poor, the uninsured, the unemployed, and for peace scares the hell out of the religious right!
2007-07-05 13:43:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Moral values and religion are not the same thing.. Sorry if you're ignorant and think you have to be religious to have morals..
2007-07-05 12:56:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
when is the last time the religious right waged a war on poverty?
2007-07-05 12:52:27 · answer #8 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nope because he's not endorsing a specific religion
2007-07-05 12:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋