My favorite infidel, Leo at The Neural Gourmet, dropped me a line about a research survey that Erin Cassese is doing at SUNY Stony Brook. The topic is on religion and politics.
This survey is about attitudes towards religion and politics. Some people think that this country is becoming too secular. They want to see more people in government who share their values. Other people think that religious groups have too much influence in politics. They would rather keep religion and politics separate. We are very interested in your thoughts on this matter. What do you think about religion and politics in the U.S.?
Drop by Leo's site, as referenced above, and use his links to fill in the survey. He has a great site, an open and agile mind, and I think that he has the potential to make a strong Christian someday. Some of the greatest Christians who ever lived were former infidels.
As a late teenager, I took on the task at investigating whether Christianity was the right path to follow. I don't regret that one bit. An unexamined faith is no faith at all. Hinduism was easy to discard. Buddhism was attractive in some respects except that many branches of it teach people to ignore pain as something that is unreal. Islam has so many problems that I quickly decided it wasn't the right path. Agnosticism is a cop-out and I had already seen too much to choose atheism. It all boiled down to Judaism and Christianity. I did my research, decided that Jesus Christ was really who he said he was, and have never turned back since.
Go on over to Leo's site and let your voice be heard.
Sheesh! This argumant goes back to the First Century, “Can Christians be good citizens”?
P.S. People who are too pure to vote remind me of those who don't want anything to do with churches that have sinners & hypocrites. “Hey Pal, we found you a Perfect Church! Unfortunately they won't take you..”
I don't think the issue is whether Christians think themselves “too pure” to vote but whether Christians can be trusted to hold public office. Look at the criticism Bush has garnered for saying that he prayed for guidance before initiating the war in Iraq.
What it boils down to is that liberals don't believe that Christians are fit for office.
My blog offers my insight to this topic both directly and indirectly and will hopefully provide for enjoyable reading and prove to be food for thought. http://unpublishednews.blogspot.com/