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The government is not your God
Fox News ^ | 24 Dec 2021 | Carol Roth

Posted on 12/24/2021 10:45:08 AM PST by Rummyfan

Politics is a bad religion.

People may argue about the purpose of religion. For some it is a moral code—a set of principles that provides guideposts to living a virtuous life and that helps man to win the fight against his own human nature. For others, it creates a sense of purpose or belonging to a community.

Of course, wherever there is a religion that people follow and a related deity to worship, there are sure to be bad actors that try to exploit others’ faith. Any religion has to balance that potential for downside against its upside.

Now, I am a person of faith, and while I can’t tell you exactly where you can find God, I am willing to stake a large bet that God is not in Washington, D.C.

Politics has come to encompass both the veneration and exploitation that happens in religion. Politics has all of the bad aspects of what can go wrong with worship, following and faith, with absolutely none of the good.

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A wretched hive of scum and villainy.... No, God is not in Washington, D.C.
1 posted on 12/24/2021 10:45:08 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Government has taken over charity. People look to government for security.


2 posted on 12/24/2021 10:51:09 AM PST by alternatives?
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Government IS God to the majority in the deep blue areas. And they will defend their God with every fiber of their existence.


3 posted on 12/24/2021 10:51:56 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Cultural separation and divorce. Not partisan politics.)
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The government is not your God
***The same could be said of republican statists as it can be towards libtards.


4 posted on 12/24/2021 10:52:06 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: RKBA Democrat

I agree, to the atheist left the government is their god.


5 posted on 12/24/2021 10:59:16 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

All these years lived on earth. And they have grown none at all.


6 posted on 12/24/2021 11:02:38 AM PST by FreeperCell
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To: Rummyfan
"The government is not your God"

This is rich coming from the traitors at FoxNews. Enjoy your communism Fox. You asked for it, you got it, Toyota.

7 posted on 12/24/2021 11:02:45 AM PST by precisionshootist
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"A wretched hive of scum and villainy.."

One of the many great lines from the original!

8 posted on 12/24/2021 11:04:52 AM PST by precisionshootist
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yes, politics has become a religion.

but not a religion forthe masses,but for those who seek power and control of the masses, at any cost.


9 posted on 12/24/2021 11:11:48 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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“Politics is a bad religion.“

It TRULY is. People on both sides have turned it into their personal religion, unfortunately..

Government IS the god of an AWFUL lot of Americans; again - on both sides.

And THAT is why this country is in such a shape of disrepair and decline.


10 posted on 12/24/2021 11:15:53 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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Fake god.
Like everything on the left.
Fake care
Fake elections
Fake news
Fake vaccine
Fake President


11 posted on 12/24/2021 11:16:08 AM PST by Leep (Freedom: "What's the big deal" -joe biden)
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leftard loonism is an eclectic mixture of nihilistic subjectivism and worship of big giverment


12 posted on 12/24/2021 1:35:06 PM PST by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: alternatives?

And yet, Americans still give to charity like no other people on earth.


13 posted on 12/24/2021 3:51:32 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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