On Nov 28, 8:41*am, David Hartung wrote:
Kurt_Lochner wrote:
What's become of the Republican Party? *Kow-towing to religious,
an evangelical figures, seems to violate the entire concept
of separation of church and state..

You keep your religion out my government, and keeping the
government out of your religion will follow along nicely..

You might be surprised to learn that I am in full agreement, although
for different reasons.

Without fail, every time the Church has gotten in bed with the
government, it has proven to be a spiritual disaster for the Church. The
church.

No where in the New Testament do we see any sign that the church was
politically active.

These tow reasons alone are enough for me to want the church to have
nothing to do with the government.

You will notice as our exchange went on, I put Dobson in a different
category from Robertson and Falwell.

- This is because Falwell and Robertson's organizations
- are set up as evangelistic, church groups. Their stated
- purpose is to proclaim the Gospel. Thus it is improper
- for them to be politically active.

So by "Being" Religious Persons-of-Faith : The Automatically
Lose Some of Their Basic Rights as American Citizens !
-re- T h i n k i n g . . . . .

- Dobson's group, on the other hand, seems to be designed as
- a political group who's members happen to be Christians, and
- who's purpose is to advance the moral values of the church.

The basic American {Human Individual and Collective} Right
to be involved in the Business {Art} of Politics and Be Party
of the Political Process as Equal with/to Every Other US
Citizen.

- Even though I might not always agree 100% with Dobson,
- I see his group as essentially a good thing.

Yes Americans {US Citizens} Exercising Their Rights
is a Good Thing for One and All of Us.

- Should they cross the line from advancing a moral code
- based upon the Scriptures,

D'Oh! - That is their Right as it is the Right of Each
and Every American {US Citizen} to Advance their
own Ideas as Part of the Political Process.
Rights For One -are- Rights For All = Equality.

- to advancing the idea that Christianity should become the
- national faith, then I will oppose them.

Yes - That Would Be A Bad Thing - Indeed [.]

In Europe and else where where there are many more
Political Parties : You can have the National Democrats;
Social Democrats; and Christian Democrats; plus
Conservatives; Labor {Unions}; Green; Progressive . . .
-and- That works well in a Parlamentry System
-but- We are basically a Two Party System and that
has a tendency for things to get Bi-Polar {Polarized}
between the limitations of just two Parties.