re Christians and Politics

Toledo OH

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Your post is a good one. My only fault would be it fails to account that as in politics, religions have many views on ALL social matters, and hence within the religions themselves differing interpretations of what is permissible or forbidden for a believer to remain within the will of God. Some denominations believe that believers should have no engagement in any political activities. Others believe it appropriate to be involved, even to have careers in both. I am assuming you are coming from the evangelical point of view. But you must realize that not all Christians believe our number one responsibility to God is to evangelize. Many believe that Christ's just before death expressed a "new commandment" that we love one another, which is our primary call to service (an exhaustive life's work indeed for anyone who has tried to do it!) John 13:34. I am not Catholic, but protestant. I think I most admire the monastics, however. Franciscan monks go into the deepest, inner cities, get their hands dirty working with drug addicts, prostitutes, the homeless, never evangelizing, never making any judgments or demands, just being of service for whatever is needed. Carmelite Nuns who were nurses volunteered in hospitals in 1984 when a new virus that no one knew the cause or how it was spread, only the life expectancy after being diagnosed was on average, 90 excruciating days. At what they believed could have been risk of them catching the virus themselves, when the medical community shunned them, they worked with the early AIDS victims, primarily homosexuals and IV drug abusers. Now those my friend, are examples in my eyes of true Christian charity and humility. One man's opinion only.