Comments on: Church and State… http://themoderatevoice.com/11317/church-and-state/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nicrivera http://themoderatevoice.com/11317/church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-57842 nicrivera Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:59:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/2008-elections/church-and-state/#comment-57842 Using religion to push a particular political ideology--whether liberal or conservative--is a bad idea (IMHO). There's a difference between living one's own life in accordance with Jesus's teachings versus advocating that the government force others to live their lives in accordance with Jesus's teachings. Jesus praised some things as being good and condemned other things as being evil, but he never advocated that his followers lobby their government to enact laws forcing others to follow Jesus's beliefs. If Edwards believes that we, as a country, aren't doing enough to live up to Jesus's teachings, he's more than welcome to this belief. But if he's using religion to push a fiscally progressive agenda, that's really no different than conservatives using religion to push a socially conservative agenda. Using religion to push a particular political ideology–whether liberal or conservative–is a bad idea (IMHO).

There’s a difference between living one’s own life in accordance with Jesus’s teachings versus advocating that the government force others to live their lives in accordance with Jesus’s teachings. Jesus praised some things as being good and condemned other things as being evil, but he never advocated that his followers lobby their government to enact laws forcing others to follow Jesus’s beliefs.

If Edwards believes that we, as a country, aren’t doing enough to live up to Jesus’s teachings, he’s more than welcome to this belief. But if he’s using religion to push a fiscally progressive agenda, that’s really no different than conservatives using religion to push a socially conservative agenda.

]]> By: carpeicthus http://themoderatevoice.com/11317/church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-57736 carpeicthus Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:42:33 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/2008-elections/church-and-state/#comment-57736 Duh, everyone knows that Jesus favored the rich, loved the mixing of politics and money and religion, and had no compassion at all for the underclass. This "New Testament" is liberal propaganda to cover up the TRUTH! Duh, everyone knows that Jesus favored the rich, loved the mixing of politics and money and religion, and had no compassion at all for the underclass. This “New Testament” is liberal propaganda to cover up the TRUTH!

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