Posted by
Jeff Fitzmaurice on Monday, April 06, 2009 4:03:35 PM
"For Christians such as Moore -- and others better known, such as columnist Cal Thomas, a former vice president for the Moral Majority -- the heart of Christianity is in the home, not the halls of Congress or even the courts. And the route to a more-moral America is through good works -- service, prayer and education -- not political lobbying" (From Town Hall Columnist Kathleen Parker and her article "Christians at the Gate")
This has been the push of Liberals since the dawn of this country. The practice of Christianity should remain in the home. Churches should focus on the social needs and welfare of their communities and stay out of politics. This kind of thought has been rammed down our throat since the first pastor recruited for the militia at the onset of the Revolutionary War.
To say that Christians should stay out of politics is actually discriminating against tax paying citizens. All citizens of the this country have the right to speak their minds and to be active in public life as given by the first amendment:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Tell me Christians should stay at home and I'll provide a list of Founders who were devout Christians who thought their duty to family, neighbors and country, as well as the world, was to be aggressively active in all aspects of Government.
Let's start the list with George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams. Books have been written about the devout Christian lives of our Founders. To say Christians should stay at home and let the pagans run the country is contrary to the thoughts and practices of people like Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and others, including, but not limited to, Benjamin Rush.
When Christians enter back into politics, we will definitely have a civil war on our hands. This is because Christians have believed and followed the lies of the left for about 130 years that say things like Christians should stay at home, run their farms, and go on missions to Africa where Jesus is needed. Stay out of politics. Churches should preach peace, love, giving to the poor and stuff like that. Christians should leave the hard stuff to the more educated and able people.
Lies like that are what has caused this country to do the junk it has. Christians and Christian Wold View have all been forced into hiding and out of the political sphere.
Christians need to re-enter public life. They need to speak their mind based on a Biblical world view. They need to re-establish themselves as statesmen once again. Don't endorse flaky, weak, men and women. If there is no one to endorse, then take up the flag and run with it yourselves.