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You can bring your religion into politics, but you shouldn’t bring your politics into religion.
Only black racism..abortion..transgender children and gayness mix with politics.
"The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything..."
- Emile Cammaerts, The Laughing Prophet: The Seven Virtues and G.K. Chesterton
The spiritual drives the natural.
Either the Spirit of the Lord drives this nation or the spirit of antichrist. Depends on the spiritual state of the people and those in power.
Lately it’s been the spirt of antichrist (the engine of the Left) running the show.
To a Muslim, religion is their politics.
The two religions of peace.
When politics invades religion the way the LGBTQ movement became political and then invaded religion, then yes.
There will be no talk of politics at religious functions.
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But can there be talk of persecution at religious functions?
But, when one believes in Christ and claims abortion is a right from God, then politics is part of religion, because all we do, and all we have should be guided by our faith.
Thus, a good Pastor will guide his members to know which politician to vote for. If he does not, then he is not properly guiding his flock.
Thus my politics is as much of me as my faith, for I do nothing political that is not controlled by my faith. Thus God is always in control.
The term “Christian” means nothing today other than a loosely organized segment of society that may or may not have anything-including spiritual beliefs-in common.
So you don’t think it proper for a pastor to warn his members of the politicians who believe in things against God’s precepts like abortion and transgenderism for children yet they then want their vote?
You don’t think the church should guide them?
There shall be no discussion of politics or religion at parties or family functions.
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Well, just talk about the weather. OOPS Climate Change.
Or, that new resturant in town. OOPs unpaid migrant workers.
Or, I just got a new car. OOPs is it EV to save the planet.
Is any topic safe from morphing into politics in one step?
The better question to ask is “Can politics ever be separated from religion?” The short answer is “Never.”
I see that you still remember some days f your government school indoctrination. They are intertwined and inseparable.
ME: There will be no talk of politics at religious functions. (Quoting your article)
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But can there be talk of persecution at religious functions?
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YOU: So you don’t think it proper for a pastor to warn his members of the politicians who believe in things against God’s precepts like abortion and transgenderism for children yet they then want their vote?
You don’t think the church should guide them?
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ME again. I never said such a thing.
Imagine a religious function, say a Bible study, with the rule of ‘no politics’.
Then someone mentions some politican who made a law that sent a Christian to jail.
And someone says that is political discussion, and against that rule.
Or is it persecution, which seems very pertinant to discuss?
That’s all I said.
Now about ‘should the Church guide them?’ Define Church. A denomination with leaders, or the body of Believers?
Makes a difference.
You are correct.
Unfortunately, no.
WWJD? As far as we know, Jesus never said one word about politics. I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing it was because he knew that down through time, politics would be all over the map; occasionally good, mostly rotten, but certainly extremely varied, according to time and situation. He did warn us of the last days, but then, that encompasses every human condition, not just political. Down through the ages, Christians have lived through all kinds of evil political systems, which, of course, Jesus knew would happen. Knowing that, he still taught the two great commandments -— love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.
I don’t view abortion as a political issue. “Thou shalt not kill” is straight from the Bible, and doesn’t require a party affiliation. “Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek” is also clearly religious, not political. Religion is above politics, and I don’t believe in watering it down.
small historical whatever ..group a , by their text, believes that they have been told to vo forth, subdue the land and make it theirs.
group b by oral tradition, lives upon the earth, as it was given them to roam and take sustinence from, so why own it?
group a thinks group b is nuts.
group b feels pity for group a penning itself in.
group a attempts to purchase, or trade, land that group b roams. group b states it cannot release land, because it belongs to the gods.
group a, irate, flustered, sez puckit, invades the godland, annexes it to groupaland, wipes out group b, and celebrates with a land rush for settlers, while praising their deity.
meanwhile, news reaches a farther off and larger group c, who prepare for the time group a arrives.
politics? religion? you tell me.
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