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Re: Secular democracy [message #417948 is a reply to message #417834] Mon, 18 January 2010 08:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Now WITHOUT discussing if we personally believe in The Bible, God, or w/e... I will add a few things that I have picked up on.

The funny part of mainstream Christianity mixing with politics is... The Bible teaches against it. So if you claim to be a Christian, you should not be into politics as far as voting/campaigning/running for office. The idea that it teaches is "Pay Ceasar's things to Ceasar and God's things to God"... Which is commonly understood to mean, pay your taxes and follow the laws of the land as long as they do not contradict the laws God has given you.

Here in America if you can prove your conviction/beliefs well enough, they won't send you to war, even in the middle of a draft. Some think that is BS, well I am not discussing it in depth, just stating the fact. I would say this came with the freedom of religion part, which is supposed to be like half the reason America came to be.

Short summary timeline of how the Earth has been ruled, according to The Bible.

1. Earth was perfect, ruled by God
2. Earth lost perfection, Men ruled, some with God others without
3. Earth still not perfect, Men ruling all by themselves
4. Earth restored to perfection, God as ruler again

That is what The Bible says anyways, so we would be in step 3, step 4 is of course is in the future.

Remember all of this is NOT to start a debate about if The Bible is true or false. I just said all of this, because Christians believe in The Bible... but yet they still get into politics.

I agree that they should be seperate, but accept the fact that they can't at the moment.

[Updated on: Mon, 18 January 2010 08:04]

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