Should politics be Godless?

Question

What is your political leaning?

Answer 1

politics is people...and every person has a concept about God, even those who deny His existence.

impossible concept.

gov't is also about morality. right vs wrong. good vs evil.

can't get God away from that, pal...no way.

Answer 2

As much as possible, yes.

While the "founding fathers" were 54% Episcopalian/Anglican, 18% Presbyterian and 17% Congregationalist, it was their intent that this country would embrace ALL religions and not set one above the other; especially where politics were concerned.

I would imagine it would be next to impossible to make our politics 100% "godless," but I'm sick and tired of various fundie groups clawing and scraping for control of the two major political parties.

It is entirely possible to have morals and be a law-abiding, contributing citizen without having any significant religious leanings.

Answer 3

Godless yes, moral-less no.
There is a huge difference.
One can still have morals without having religion, it isn't religion that created morals, it was society. Religion is only a tool to teach the human charactaristics that all people, regardless of cultural background, value.

Religion can be used to justify many evil acts that violate and oppress the people. It happened in Nazi Germany when Hitler portrayed the Jews as evil that they had to rid the world of.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that people who do not follow a certain religion cannot have morals, or that religious people are incapable of lacking them.

Iran is a good example why religion and politics should never mix. Christians think things will be different because their religion is different. Sorry to say, but when it comes to thirst for power, and hungar to control, and the desire to mass murder people based on their perception of evil, no one has topped religious extremists, of any religion.

I am the first person to speak up and defend Religious types against the verbal attacks of aethiests and cultists, of all kinds, but I draq the line, when it comes to situations where they want to tell me how to live.

If God should be in government, then I guess we should force the beliefs of the bible on the economy right?

A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.
Proverbs 28:22

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Matthew 19:23-24

Answer 4

Which God? And do I need a God to point me in the right political direction? I think politics and religion aren't always mutually exclusive, though I do believe on major issues, they should be. We are all guided by our own moral compass, sometimes that includes God. Even Jesus said 'render unto Caesar's what is Caesar's', however. The plain and simple fact is that, individually, we can't be separated from our faith. As a group, we must actually strive for an understanding and compassion for our brothers and sisters of many beliefs, which sometimes means that our own beliefs are not always the best for everyone.

For r1b1: churches DO lose their tax free status when they start politicking. just look at the church that held the illegal woman for over a year in 'sanctuary'. american churches aren't allowed to give sanctuary and the european churches won't take in a fugitive of the law, so it was a pure political move; and they paid dearly for it.

Answer 5

Yes. I extremely support this belief.

Because I am not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim, and therefore I do not want God(or Allah) in my politics, becuase it does not represent my political points of view. In fact, I think this is true for almost (if not already) half of Americans. They say 90% belives in Abrahamic religeons but you have to think to yourself, are all of those people really like so? How many times are Atheists baptised only because their parents forced them to when they where younger?

Also, America was established as a place to provide certain freedoms not available in the colonial era. One of them is religeon. We can't welcome all religeons and then vote/govern along religeous guidlines that may not apply to them.

Ethics and morals are great for governership, but they should be based on the voter's personal views, not their politician's religeon. God/Allah, Buddah, etc do not accurately represent my politics!

Answer 6

"Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. "

"The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and ingrafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man."

-- Thomas Jefferson

Answer 7

I think politics and politicians are about as "Godless" as it gets. Sure, they carry their Bibles and preach values and talk the talk, but they're probably the best example I can think of when it comes to something being completely lacking in God.

Answer 8

as far as the law is concerned? yes

but politians can have their own personal beliefs. just don't bring them to work.

I pride myself on keeping my personal/religious beliefs seperate from my political ones in all ways but one-
I think god would be angry if I broke my pledge (lied) to the ideals of democracy. I am empowered to keep my beliefs seperate by god.

I'm liberal

Answer 9

Yes. God should be discussed in Theology or Philosophy.. not in Politics.. that doesn't mean we can't be civil when he comes up on occasion.. just that people shouldn't make it a point to bring it up all the time.

Democrat.

Answer 10

Of course.

If preachers get involved in politics they should lose their tax free status and be considered a political party.

Answer 11

politics is a very very corrupt business and religion should get into it. preachers should stay in the church and politic ans should stay on the campaign trail.

Liberal Stonewall Democrat