God is on Our Side, But Which God



One of the best articles I've read about Christianity and politics appears on the right wing site, Christian Post. 

 President Lincoln wondered out loud how it could be that two sets of people read the same Bible and killed each other. Each side was certain God was supporting them against the other.

There is a lot of ink spilled today with Democrats talking to each other about engaging people of faith plus Republican talking about how Democrats have no faith. Recently the Democratic National Committee hired a former United Church of Christ minister to be a "faith outreach" point man for the  party. Ironically, the UCC was the denomination of President Obama when he was first elected.

Obama came into office thinking he could talk religion and identify with religious people. His denomination, the UCC, was broadly skewered by conservative Christians, however, and he resigned from his church and has never joined another.

The Democratic National Committee will learn it is a waste of money to pay someone to meet with conservative religious people. Such folks, at least their leaders, are so certain the UCC is evil they will have little use for Democrats. The wall is up and it is high.

The reason there is little agreement is simple. When gods are invisible they can represent any of thousands of ideas. There is no filter through which religious ideas must pass to be considered legitimate. Religion is like the Old West, lots of people walking around firing from the hip and hitting almost nothing.

Each one claims, however, to be the best shooter in the entire country.

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  1. little helperAugust 17, 2019 at 8:22 PM

    Beware of entangling alliances; between church and state. Both sides loose.

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  2. little helperAugust 17, 2019 at 9:37 PM

    Can you print that, or does it challenge your sensitivities?

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