You have the right to believe what you want, keep it to yourself.
2007-08-16 13:28:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Napoleon once said, "Religion protects the rich from being massacred by the poor."
2007-08-16 14:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Who Else? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't like religion getting into politics. However, I do believe that morality should play a large part in politics. Expecially, with the elected officials. What I am most tired of is seeing high ranking goverment people committing crimes. That has nothing to do with religion. I want the people of the US to have morals. Everybody.
2007-08-16 22:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By Christian definition of worshipping false God's atheism is a religion. That's 1/3 of the world, at least, which feels atheism is a religion. Is it? I thinks so, so how can you ever take religion from government.
Not to mention the western world was built around a blending of Mosaic and Roman law which have become so intertwined as to be inseperable.
One question I have for you is why my morals and beliefs can't be used to guide my political ideas while your views can? That sounds a lot like selective reasoning. A true Christian believes that faith and life are intertwined, religion isn't meant to be a coat you put on every Sunday, it is meant to be the gudiing factor in your life.
And to an earlier poster, Napoleon also said religion is neccessary for a state to survive.
2007-08-16 22:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Our entire government is based on judeo-christian values.
Nowhere in the Constitution is there a separation of church and state.
Get over it.
Gypsy:
Pick up a book and read it. It will explain everything. The judeo-christian values are indeed what the founding fathers based our government and laws upon. That is a fact and it is verifiable. Within that, you are free to believe in or not believe in whatever you want. I do not push anything I believe on anyone else, not do I ask anyone to stop believing in whatever they believe in. If I see or hear something I find offensive, I just stop looking at it or listening to it. I do not throw a fit and demand that it be stopped or removed. If an elected official has religious beliefs then so what? Obviously that must be alright otherwise he/she wouldn't have been elected.
Another option is just moving out of the country.
2007-08-16 20:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jax Cop 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Actually, I'm tired of Politics getting into religion.
2007-08-16 20:46:21 · answer #5 · answered by thealligator414 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
i think that to be a complete person and one who votes with there morals is the way to be, and i am definitely not a religious man but most problems happen when people try to separate the two .
so why i don't mind it entering into the picture , i do get tired of people who put there whole belief into a book and put common seance to the side
2007-08-16 21:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is tell me you are not interested if I ask you if you would like to attend Church with me and I will leave you alone. That is as far as I go with "" pushing " my religion on you. In return, you rally with me to bring back my " Christmas " tree, and let me post the 10 commandments where ever I want. If you don't like it, don't read it. It makes me feel good and does not a thing to hurt you and i don't ask that you put them in your home. If you want to call it a Holiday tree, fine. You can wish me happy holidays and I will wish you Merry Christmas. 80% of us beleive in God and I am tired to watching the 20% get their way. If that keeps up you will see religion get into politics as we beleivers take our rights back.
2007-08-16 20:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by grumpyoldman 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The left love religion in politics...just as long as it's Islam.
2007-08-16 22:41:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
And since environmental wacoism is really a religion (based on faith (which is a consensus) and not fact) lets get it out of politics while we are at it.
2007-08-16 20:38:51 · answer #9 · answered by netjr 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Religious groups have the right to try to influence politics, whether that is through voting, lobbying, or actually running for office, and they do not have to empty their minds of their religious beliefs while doing so.
2007-08-16 20:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by personguydudeman 1 · 6⤊ 1⤋