Vote Jesus for Grand Poobah
Tabitha Hale, the blogging Bonnie to my Clyde, had an interesting post aboot the role of Christianity in politics. Admittedly, religious and/or social issues are near the bottom of my conservative priorities. I was raised Catholic, and while I find a lot of the vitriol the Left directs towards anyone who believes in Jesus to be offensive, I’ve always been more of an “I know God’s there, He knows I care” cat to where I keep my relationship with God to myself.
She did offer some interesting points that, with the exception of one troll, sparked a lot of thoughtful comments:
I don’t know that anyone would make the claim that we are a Christian nation anymore. We are most definitely not a theocracy. I do not believe the answer to this is electing officials who will try to serve as spiritual leaders…
The widespread attitude towards Christians in government is that we are all right wing nut jobs. Anyone who is open about their faith in Jesus is a lunatic who wants to force religion down the throats of the entire country…In this current political climate, it is entirely to our detriment to force a Christian “agenda”. It will do much more harm than good…
That said, I also think that Christians should be active in leading our country. It is critical that we have Godly men and women in office – people praying for our government from the inside and providing guidance. The difference between an official who forces “Christian” laws into action an official who prays and makes decisions in response to God is critical…
UPDATE: Are we running out of things to poll on?
