1 John 2:17 “The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” (NIV)
Is it OK to mix Church and State?
In the US, we are 21 days till the election process takes place in the US. We have heard all the accusations, jabs, praises and scoffs for one lifetime. After all the comments we are now at the last stretch. One person will hopefully lead this powerful nation of out the economic mess that engulfs us.
But outside of the typical far reaching promises and plastic smiles, is politics of faith. There are the conservative and liberal religious groups that demand that their point of view be backed or the loss of their support. There are those who use their media forms (like radio, TV, Internet) just to push their views their one sided views. This isn’t only in the US but all around the world.
I don’t fear other’s opinions, but do worry about the effects of powerful closed minded people. I know that if one particular religious group manipulates a political group for their agenda then eventually intolerance will pop up.
It was asked as a question of Yahoo Answers, “Does Religion Cause Wars?” The chosen best answer came from user ‘BPK’ who is quoted saying that “it is the followers of different religions who are intolerant towards other religions enough to go to war. Wars are mostly political in nature.”
To play off of BPK’s answer, I am less worried about differences in other’s opinions versus powerful religious leaders who care more about the things of this world than saving souls for Christ.
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