Should religion be removed from practical and political issues?

Question

As religion is based on ideology and blind faith should we ban the use of religion in political campaigning and decision making ?

Beliefs that may or not be true (and there can be no argument there - all religions demand blind faith) should not be used in issues where hard precise facts and judgments are required. Politicians are accountable to their electorate, nobody else.

Peace to all - that's circular reasoning. The point is, no matter how strongly you believe, religion demands faith without proof. You cannot use the "answerable to God" argument when God Himself is the subject of debate.

Answer 1

Yes, I think so. As a Christian, your first obligation is to obey God's commands. God must come first in the life of every believer. As the president of a country however, your number one obligation is to serve that nation. You have to put the interests of your country before anything else, even God. I see a conflict of interests there.
I am not sure it is possible to be a good politician and a good Christian at the same time.
I don't think Christians' judgement will be impaired by their faith but it will or should influence their decisions and that might not be in the best interest of the people.

Answer 2

I support all political policies or platforms that are based on true justice for all men. Being a Christian simply means that I am more sensitive to moral issues when they arise. This is because I have tried to form my conscience to be in tune with God's laws. I cannot separate which particular political issues are based on my religion, and which aren't. I am a whole person, who has been influenced by many things during my life-time. I am a citizen of my country, a person with basic human rights, and I am entitled to vote according to my experience and beliefs. Are you? I am a person with free will, and I must use my free will to do good, not evil.

Answer 3

I guess then you are suggesting that politicians should just be removed, since their campaign promises are nothing more than ideology and require blind faith to believe them.... and more often than not, these campaign statements are nothing more than statements that may, but most likely are NOT true. SO, why not stop trying to ban the use of religion in life and allow people to each have their own beliefs and not try to force everyone to conform to YOUR non-belief?

Answer 4

NO... over the many years of political etc. etc. ,religion has been forced out of the schools, faith based initiative's are threatened, laws have been passed that allow abortion,gay marriage, etc.

Without the Christian moral compass to keep this nation on some semblance of morality and justice, what will be our future?

as a basis for a political campaign it is inappropriate.....as a personal moral compass of the candidate that is a plus for common sense and justice in office...

Answer 5

Yes of course religion should be moved from politics insofar as there should not be one religion dictating the law but the common moral ground of the main faiths of a country should dictate the law. One should remember that religion is often about morality and so should the law be about morality so it is probably very difficult to separate the two and prevent one or the other from spilling into the other. It works that politics influences religion as well. For instance, the Christian bible says that women should subject themselves to their husbands and that women are the lesser sex. However, suggest this in modern Britain and you would have a pretty good chance of having a law suit brought against you so now the Christian church is letting women in on previously men-only territory to prevent discrimination charges.

Answer 6

Absolutely. Religion is a factor of faith and something very abstract depending entirely on personal beliefs and perceptions. Politics of course recognizes the identification and generalization of the needs of a society. When a society, esp such as the United States is composed of people of multifarious faiths, religion becomes a cause for strife and conflict. No one wants anyone else's beliefs to be shoved down their throats.

Answer 7

Religion is a political ideology. It is the age old method of controlling people with the idea of an invisible, all powerful supernatural deity to make policy for society as a whole.
In our Liberal Democratic Republic however, it has no place in making policy, otherwise it wouldn't be a Liberal Democratic Republic.
(Liberal in the true meaning of the word, not the media skewed version)

Answer 8

As an atheist I'm all for seeing a lessened role for religion in our society. But in reality removing it from practical and political issues is impossible. People's religious beliefs will inevitably affect their opinions on many subjects.

Answer 9

I do not think that religion should be used in political campaigning...we live in a very diverse nation. As for political decision making, a lot of relgions deal with morals and ethics. If a politician wants to make an ethical decision, and says that it came from a "night of prayer" then I think that's ok.

Answer 10

Religion can not be removed, whether Christian, Athiest, Muslim or anything else it is a intergral part of a person (or it is not a true faith). But to use it as a measuring stick or a go no go measure is not what this country is all about.

We live in a country where there is a from of religion (not from) and if a candidate touts his religion then people are free and obligated to respond.