This morning I was alerted of a new video on YouTube. No, not Josh Groban singing TV themes from the Emmy’s (which was amazing!) but a new political attack. You can see the video above.
Every 4 years, religion and politics seem to collide. People slam Bush for being too “Christian,” failing to realize that President Clinton visited more churches while seeking reelection than Bush did in 2004. Obama gets blasted for being a Muslim, even though he attends attended Trinity United Church of Christ.
Politicians and political machines don’t seem to care a thing about religion or spirituality during non-election years, but when a key decision hangs in the balance, it’s all we seem to talk about.
What part should religion play in politics? Does it have a part? Does it really matter if Mitt Romney is a Mormon? Should we really care of Sarah Palin wants to teach Creationism in schools? Do we really need to look into the fact that Joe Biden is a Catholic?
Should religion play a part in politics? Should politics play a part in religion? Should we even pay attention?
(Btw, stating the obvious…what is up with that guy’s hair???)
Tags: Biden, Bush, Jeremiah Wright, McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, Religion, Trinity United Church of Christ
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Actually, Palin wanted equality in schools. Article here:http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html
unChristian does well in dealing with politics. Maybe Christians should stop aligning themselves continually with parties and begin running everything through Scripture and a Christian worldview.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
It sounds to me like religion comes back to the forefront for politicians during elections, because it’s the religious people who are still the majority in this nation. We may not all be living right, but the majority of Americans still have at least a loosely bound Christian worldview. We need to realize this, and make our votes count.
The only people that talk in the media are those who do not care about God, or the issues that would preserve what little godliness this country can claim. We cannot get discouraged about that, but instead realize that they bring up religion because they want our votes. They want our votes because we’re a large and important segment of society. Let that encourage us to do as Ryan says and approach politics from a scriptural standpoint, and allow God to be represented by the decisions made in our nations capital. How do we do that? VOTE!
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
AND BY THE WAY!
My biggest pet pieve is that we only seem to get spiritual about politics when it comes to electing presidents. If we had prayed half as hard and gotten out half as much to vote for the last set of congressional and senatorial elections, then we might not have had a legislative body who does nothing but screw up and blame the president like we do now. And if you don’t believe me, go research the boneheaded legislative moves made that led to this economic crisis we have. It has nothing to do with Bush, but everything to do with a democratic majority congress and senate allowing banks to lend 30 times as much money as they have available to liquidate. That’s just a small bit of information that I found after reading several articles on CNN.com by the way.
(I hope it’s ok for me to put my political views on this blog. If not I’m sorry, and you can edit it out.)