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RE: Christians and Politics - BigPapaKain - 01-28-2023 (01-28-2023, 03:52 AM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I was basically referencing politicians praying and then voting against the Bible. I guess you can pray to God without knowledge of the Bible. Like some people. What's that old saying? Being a Christian is believing the Bible. Being an Atheist is reading the Bible. RE: Christians and Politics - Nately120 - 01-28-2023 (01-28-2023, 03:40 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: What's that old saying? Being a Christian is believing the Bible. Being an Atheist is reading the Bible. What are you if you eat the bible? RE: Christians and Politics - BigPapaKain - 01-28-2023 (01-28-2023, 07:29 PM)Nately120 Wrote: What are you if you eat the bible? No longer hungry, but not particularly healthy. RE: Christians and Politics - Nately120 - 01-28-2023 (01-28-2023, 08:13 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: No longer hungry, but not particularly healthy. Constipatious 13; 24-7 RE: Christians and Politics - Dill - 01-29-2023 (01-28-2023, 01:36 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: I've found the best way to follow the teachings of Jesus is to take his teachings as a personal code in which I should behave and not as something that needs to be forced or even suggested to others. And I've found that if you are doing it right (trusting in God and treating those you meet with consideration and compassion) some folks will want to learn what you believe and why without you ever having to show a cross or quote a Bible verse. Well said from a guy who's been a model of considerate behavior and insightful posts for two decades (at least). RE: Christians and Politics - Arturo Bandini - 01-30-2023 The good thing about taxing the church is that suddenly all the crooks will do something else. RE: Christians and Politics - BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI - 02-07-2023 Hicks don't mix with politics- The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Apache Rose Peacock) RE: Christians and Politics - Dill - 02-09-2023 (01-23-2023, 06:39 AM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I have observed things in politics that make me uncomfortable. Jesus never joined any government or political party. I understand leading a group of people is difficult. Christians can't even agree among themselves yet alone get involved in politics. However, I have a civic duty to vote and honor our government regardless of who is in charge because God places the leaders there. It is hard to swallow government decisions against your beliefs and worse yet the Bible. I personally just wish everyone can get along with respect. The media likes to stir up trouble for ratings. Does God guide voters then? He is the one who really chooses our leaders? In Medieval, feudal Europe, the Catholic church (e.g., theological like Aquinas) argued that subjects of a lawful king had no right to rebel. Since God placed the leaders there, rebels would be rebelling against God himself. If the king burns your home and rapes your daughter, you just have to suck it up. Feudal lords were 100% behind this doctrine. Aquinas did allow people could depose someone they (not God) had placed in power; Democracy was an oddity in Medieval Europe though. It took a number of religious wars over bad leaders to finally get past this submission to secular authority. But I think it still lingers in some Christian denominations where leaders are believed to be chosen by God--a theme revived during Trump's presidency. RE: Christians and Politics - Dill - 02-09-2023 (01-25-2023, 09:08 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And the small ones are the ones that do things like soup kitchens, food pantry, emergency shelters for the homeless, and even some extremely affordable low income housing aimed towards poor working single parents. I very much agree with the first half of this. We don't "know" what religious groups are really like until we take a granular look at what they actually do. Lots of church groups ARE helping people--one just paid rent for one of my renters in December. Second bolded though--we need to be more cautious. Religious groups can be used and manipulated by politicians and and unscrupulous ministers, especially at the grass roots level. Think of the Abramov scandal, when Repub operatives in Mississippi were able to protect their clients gambling business from competition by organizing Christians in Alabama to prevent legal gambling there, in the name of God. Evangelicals seem especially vulnerable to this, in contrast to mainline "Godless" protestants. |