If you mix religion and politics, don't they both become tainted?

Question

God is love, I'm quite sure I didn't say anything that weird...

Answer 1

yes, they dont choose between right and wrong anymore and they let teir religion choose for them, even if it means hurting some one else..

Answer 2

Yes, its true. When you mix politics and religion there is a vulnerability that things might get tainted.

However, these aren't the only two things that taint politics when they get put together.

Money and politics, for example, is way worse. Think of how many politicians have gone to prison over bribery, and how the average person is cheated out of getting a fair shake in Washington because there are wealthy donors and interest groups that are stopping progress.

However, even religious people have a right to vote and participate in the democratic process - equality under the law. Everyone is guarenteed an equal voice, even if their beliefs are strange to other people. That's how it is supposed to work in America.

Anyway, just some food for thought!

Answer 3

Yes. But if you mix politics with politics, you've still got plenty of taint. Same with religion and religion.
It's sort of like mixing Red Taint with Blue Taint and getting Purple taint.

Answer 4

Yes. I'm surprised christians do it. Christ said render unto caesar's that which is caesar['s which I interpret as an explicit endorsement of keeping the two separate. They can do good though - but only on specific issues,like catholics opposing Hitler's euthanasia program ( protests all over Germany - in 1939!) or the Buddhist monk's protest rallies in Myanmar. But by and large the distinction between ideology and theology should be observed.

Answer 5

It would be difficult to taint politics more than it already is.

But religion suffers when the faithful decide they must win in the public elections.

I am not anti-religious, but I am anti-theocracy. The only way that a religion can maintain its prophetic/critical stance is from outside of politics. Whenever it enters the political arena, it becomes soiled by the mud slinging inherent in the process.

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Answer 6

Yes, but another thing could happen too; the truth, beauty and goodness in each could actually improve both...but that isn't what I see in the world as it is now because human beings are still as selfish and imperfect as ever - particularly those who go about life through politics and those who impose their politics on their religion - not as much vice versa, though, because the truth of the Spirit is love, patience, unselfishness, kindness, being of service to each other unselfishly, temperance, goodness, forbearance, steadfastness, honesty, integrity, and so on... politics on the other hand... ahem. :)

Answer 7

You cant do both. Its either oen or the other. It says in Matthew no man can serve two masters. You will love one and despise the other. Or you will hate one and love the other.

Answer 8

God is in religion and he is in politics.Yet man still tainted it!

Answer 9

I'm not sure God knows what halloween is but I'm not holding it against him. I'm a very understanding person.

Answer 10

both are tainted to begin with.

thats like mixing grey and grey,

if white stands for purity, and black stands for taint.

lol. they just stay tainted. (grey)

Answer 11

Yup, but what politician or theist isn't tainted?