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Close, but no cigar. Immunity (which power often provides, of course) corrupts. If one can be held responsible then being good is self interest and no concience (an item that many people lack) is required.

That is one huge plus for Christianity. A believer knows that sins will be punished and virtue rewarded....eventually.

That is one huge plus for Christianity. A believer knows that sins will be punished and virtue rewarded....eventually

Something I've noted on various threads that discuss Islam is that Moslems seem to think that they'll be justified before Allah by their actions, whereas in Christianity, faith alone justifies you. I wonder what the actual consensus among Moslem leaders/theologians is on the issue.

To an extent I agree.

Immunity is the bigger problem. This is exasperated by an uninformative media and an apathetic populace.

Second place goes to partisanship. Congressmen need to be their own men (or women as the case may be). Why should the perceived good of the party be put above the good of the nation? Why should Congressmen be punished for standing up for what they believe in?

Third is a weak disposition. Politicians should be willing to defend their actions and positions instead of hiding their votes (by voice vote or at night), spinning the negatives, rationalizing that the vote was the "lesser of two evils" (why didn't they take the initiative to write a GOOD one?) or just outright lying.

The problem is electing true believers. Most wouldn't want to sully themselves by the inherent bad associations. Then you have the pharisees who publicly feign belief yet prove to be no better or even worse than declared non-believers.

I guess I expect too much.