Ok...I typically have snarky ideas and largely opinionated thoughts rolling around in my mind constantly, but I never post them on my blog.
What's gotten in to me lately?? Guess I'm feeling a little cheeky as of late.
Anyway, been thinking about politics lately....and religion. And how the two are tied.
And shouldn't be.
And how many pastors use the pulpit as a political stomping ground.
And how they shouldn't.
And how the religious right associates themselves with their proclaimed "good" political candidate.
Is there any such thing??
What a mess.
My thought: When the fundamentalists joined hands with politics, they didn't make politics any more religious. It was the other way around.
And that's all I have to say about that.
For today.
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Cheeky?? You've been watching too much Thomas.
Don't be silly.
I wouldn't want to get cross with you.
I agree. But it would be very hard, at least for myself, to have a pulpit or be speaking and not make jokes or comments about people whom I like or dislike. Wrong tho it may be. Same for any public figure or speaker, such as teachers. They do it all the time, and I am not even going to go into all the forcefed evolution in the system.
Tammi, I liked the post (or should I say the tease). You've got to let it all out one of these days.
Danny104, I think the line is crossed when a spiritual leader pushes his own preference rather than Biblical truth. That may be a very tempting line, but it should be a clear one.
Yes, I agree the two should not be intertwined, especially in the spiritual leader's case. I also think that it is a major turn-off to those in the crowd who are visiting.
Why is it that the "fundamentalist" are always shouting to anyone who will listen that this country and it's people need to submit to God's authority, but they are determined to use man's authority, government and the political process, to "push" the people to God? I can't help but feel that if Christians would just live the way we are called to live then people would follow... eliminating the need for the "push".
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