Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth . . . You are the light of the world . . . Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 5:13, 14, 16). Followers of Christ have a responsibility to preserve the Judeo-Christian fabric of our society and stem the tide of moral decay.
Attention: Calling Our Nation
10 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted in Constitution, religion
Christians have a responsibility to love God completely before all else and to love their neighbours as they love themselves. Politics are base and trivial compared to these requirements. Politics are about funding pothole filling.
Odd comment coming from a fellow who frequents political blogs. Do we love our neighbors by leaving them to the mercy of a tyrannical government? I doubt you would think so. Perhaps you intended sarcasm.
I do not “frequent” political blogs for religious reasons, Tom. As an attempting Christian, I do not feel required not to engage in secular discussions. But I do believe the issues and content of these two spheres to be largely distinct.
I’m a great devotee of Bonhoeffer. I can imagine (as he experienced) situations in which faith requires political action. I find the United States, however, to be an incredibly (and blessedly) benign place for people of faith, thanks to the wisdom of the Founders. People who regard the “system” here as tyrannical are either left-over hippies from the 1960s or folks who simply don’t get out much.
Christianity defines our purpose in life. Consider how Jesus put it.
If we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind, then we must strive to make everything we do revolve around God. That includes obeying His command to love our neighbor as we love our self. Since government is such an important part of neighbor’s lives, we must do our best to make certain what our government does meets the highest moral standards we can achieve. From whence should those moral standards come? Well, if you are a Christian, ….
Your comment kind of trailed off at the end there, Tom. Not sure where your were going with that.
So we engage in political discussion to improve our neighbour’s life? This all smacks of radical left-wing, socialist, Liberation theology to me. Well, to each his own, I suppose.
How odd! You don’t know from whence a Christian’s moral standards come from. Perhaps that is why you called yourself an “attempting Christian”. Otherwise, putting the term “attempting” in front of Christian is redundant. It is a struggle for any Christian to give up their pride and to put their full faith in the sacrifice Jesus made for us. It is not easy to admit to ourselves we belong to God and to live as the willing servant of God.
Anyway, since I said nothing to suggest a radical left-wing, socialist, Liberation theology, I suspect you are trying to bait me. I suppose you would like to cover up the silliness of your own statements. You may as well not bother. Even if you succeed, God would still know what you said, and His opinion is the only one that counts.