All told, I think the ultimate tribute to God, in any form, is to maximize individual freedom –- and not to obstruct that freedom for others. The thing that puzzles me about moralistic government is that if you force everyone in the country to act a certain way morally, there ceases to be free will. Then nobody is truly benevolent at all, just pawns of the state. If I’m forced to act in a Christian manner by threat of law, am I really a Christian? Seems like this is quite detrimental to the Church. And to be honest, I’m just as afraid of fiscal liberals as I am of social conservatives in this regard. If the government hijacks my income to redistribute it into some form of pork designed to help the less fortunate, especially when it doesn’t go toward its intended purpose anyway, not only are they stealing from me, but they’re preventing me from being charitable. It’s destructive for all parties.
Granted, I differ from ACLU-libertarians who claim God should be totally undetectable in the public forum -- and atheism didn’t do the Soviet Union any favors. But let’s not be so sanctimonious in our governance and let’s be wary of the Mike Huckabees and the Hillary Clintons of the world. And more importantly, let’s not give up on ourselves as individuals.
Kittens & Sunshine
That's it. Exactly. I am going to be shouting this from the hilltops whenever I meet someone who thinks a making the U.S.A. a Good Christian Nation (as opposed to what we want, which is a Good Nation) is a good idea.Labels: God, politics, religion |
