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Originally posted by kach22i
All the good and deeply spiritual and religious people I know are pretty much against organized religion or at least corrupt big religion.
Maybe American's are waking up to the fact that politics and religion should respect each other's boundaries.
The Christian Coalition was/is a political entity, best we remember that.
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Absolutely; I could not agree more. When I was a young man I rather shocked the extended family (Irish Catholic) when I ran away screaming from the Catholic church. Most of them still do not understand that while I believe in God, I believe in Jesus Christ, I simply do not believe in the church. They see it as all being lumped together. Big organized churches and their politics are of man, not of God.
And, believe it or not, I actually agree with you too, Thom. The Christian Taliban has no place in this country or any other. I wish they would leave me alone, too. Faith is up to every individual. Their ceaseless browbeating will never change your mind, and it embarasses me. The information is out there if YOU want to go find it; their approach ensures you will never want to.
All of that said, the quietly faithfull, those with strong moral convictions, will not change. We will not cram our beliefs down your throats like the big attention-getting organizations or individuals will. We believe in living and letting live. But, and this is a big "but", we will never support many of the radical ideas espoused by the left. And we vote. A lot. So the left would be wise to understand this, that these organizations do not represent the quiet majority. We do not support them any more than you do. Just because they come and go does not mean that we do. While we will not get in your faces about it like these quasi-religious political types will, we cannot and will not support much of the left's agenda. That's the part the left just does not get. And, once again, we vote. Early and often.
