Chew the Fat

I cannot see any good thing that comes from a partnership with religion and state. I am still looking for an example of this kind of state control that is not totalitarian. In fact, religions states bear a long list of human rights atrocities.

The notion of Christian politics is interesting, and could been seen as a bit of an oxy-moron. Jesus was recognized as a revolutionary not because of his moral stance, but because he taught that issues were not a matter of religious action but of the heart.

According to Christianity, coercing the population to obey Christian laws will not make a nation closer to God because they will still not love God in their heart. A ‘Christian‘ nation does not mean that the population is Christian at all, it means they are forced to obey laws based upon the bible.

In fact one could argue that this does the very opposite of what Jesus intends. It places people under the burden of the old testament law, which according to Christianity humanity should be free from.

Forcing someone to obey the bible does not make them closer to God, and isn’t that the point of Christianity?

The only way for a legitimate Christian nation to exist, would be for it to happen organically, from the ground up, and that appears a very long way off.