Comments on: A morning out http://tldz.org/blog/archives/99 our family, our church Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:45:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: RW http://tldz.org/blog/archives/99/comment-page-1#comment-41 RW Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:58:03 +0000 http://tldz.org/blog/?p=99#comment-41 1) I wouldn't limit that to liberals. I know an outspoken conservative at work who assumes that everyone either agrees with him or doesn't agree with him and is flat out wrong. If he says something I disagree with, and I keep my mouth shut, he's convinced that I'm in complete agreement with him. If I say that I'm against his opinion, he simply restates his opinion in the hopes of persuading me. I don't in any way think this is a trait of one particular party. I think it's a general short-sightedness that says, "If you love Jesus, then you must also love Jesus's candidate..." God's candidate depends on which side you're on, I suppose. 2) I do think liberals tend to make political decisions through religious beliefs. They may feel more than conservatives do that our understanding of Christianity should influence our citizenship. Conservatives may believe in religion and believe in government and do not believe the two have to mix. 3) I must say that I personally would never relate a biblical passage to a modern day political battle. I agree that there's something unpleasant about that. For one thing, I'm not sure I can appreciate the vast difference in culture between then and now, so how could I equate the two? I'd have to relate it to personal experience, not something I read about in the media. 1) I wouldn’t limit that to liberals. I know an outspoken conservative at work who assumes that everyone either agrees with him or doesn’t agree with him and is flat out wrong. If he says something I disagree with, and I keep my mouth shut, he’s convinced that I’m in complete agreement with him. If I say that I’m against his opinion, he simply restates his opinion in the hopes of persuading me. I don’t in any way think this is a trait of one particular party. I think it’s a general short-sightedness that says, “If you love Jesus, then you must also love Jesus’s candidate…” God’s candidate depends on which side you’re on, I suppose.

2) I do think liberals tend to make political decisions through religious beliefs. They may feel more than conservatives do that our understanding of Christianity should influence our citizenship. Conservatives may believe in religion and believe in government and do not believe the two have to mix.

3) I must say that I personally would never relate a biblical passage to a modern day political battle. I agree that there’s something unpleasant about that. For one thing, I’m not sure I can appreciate the vast difference in culture between then and now, so how could I equate the two? I’d have to relate it to personal experience, not something I read about in the media.

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