2007-12-10 06:35:15 · 12 answers · asked by Izabel 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religious people are taught to obey authority. They are trained to not question basis tenets in their religious belief. They are also told their morality comes directly from some god and the ultimate evil is going against what that god supposedly said.
This makes it very easy for politicians to use such issues as abortion, euthanasia, religious expression in government, school vouchers for religious schools, and "Faith based initiatives" to gain the religious vote as a bloc. It also makes those people more susceptible to blind nationalism. You'll find the same group pushing for laws against flag burning and "pre-emptive war" against anybody that the fear mongering government tells them to be afraid of.
2007-12-10 06:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Zoroastrianism could be a tremendously exciting subject be counted. Its an historic Persian faith that had a brilliant effect on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It replaced into between the 1st religions that somewhat contained a reliable vs evil style of subject matter in its ideals. the three Magi that supposedly observed the megastar to discover Jesus as a new child could certainly have been Zoroastrians. The Magi have been monks interior the Zoroastrian faith. They have been reliable believers in astrology, (that's possibly why they could have observed a megastar). The extraordinary element is, when you consider that Zoroastrians did not worship Jehovah, why could they have been so fascinated interior the delivery of Jesus? Its a question the bible never truly addresses.
2016-10-02 08:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by te 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion affects voting by creating strong pre-conceived notions about life.
2007-12-10 06:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should probably find better sources than random people on Yahoo Answers. Have you looked through the Pew Forum for data? They have a lot of interesting information. Also, religioustolerance.org is a good site.
2007-12-10 06:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It causes me not to vote. Voting for the less of two evils does no good. We need good candidates for President. Trouble is, there are none.
2007-12-10 06:42:08 · answer #5 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that pesonally, my religious views affect my vote when it comes to life issues. This, however, does not simply come from my religion. I don't think you have to have religion to know that abortion, euthenasia, and the death penalty are wrong.
2007-12-10 06:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by Tasha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It affects me negatively.
I will always vote against the candidates who sound the most fundamentalist, since as far as I can see, fundamentalism is just Naziism with revivals.
2007-12-10 06:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by Acorn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the church tells their congregations what to vote, and they vote
the catholic church puts together a voters pamphlet for its members so they know how to vote at the polls
most church goers dont pay any attention to the actual politics, just who the church has chosen for them
2007-12-10 06:38:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have some ideas, but, they might not be true--------just my own notions. I think you need to look difference references up on the NET. Answers here are bound to be prejudice.
2007-12-10 06:47:40 · answer #9 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We end up with idiots like Bush and Clinton in office.
2007-12-10 06:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋