So engaged by the political ongoings here in Germany where recently laws are set which force the ISP to install filters due to child-pornography. So the internet community fears censorship etc. At least it’s the first time I really got into a topic of politics and hope I did my part in it for what I think is right. With this actual political activity of mine I was interested to read your point of view on politics.

At first I thought … wtf – George W. in your front yard and right wing republican – … both things which … say are stuff for a heated discussion if we’ll ever meet in real life. But during the whole article as you told how your position changed and I get calmer (like you when you read that book). At the end I think part of the conclusion you came to is an old one “the separation of church and state” and I would go a step further and say of religion and state in some way.

Not that politicians shouldn’t be religious or should make their decisions without thinking “wwjd”. But to advertise a party as a party for christians is the wrong thing. In all countries live people with different religions and at the point I see my party as the christian party I lower the interests of people with other believes to gain power/votes. With “love your neighbor” in the back of my head I don’t see any difference between christian neighbours and others so specially for politics it shouldn’t be a advertisement to be christian. It should be an advertisement to better the situation for as many people as possible.

As long as parties do advertising with their religious believes the best choice for the individual is as you say not to take the side of a special political group but to look at the actual problem and think which solution is the best regardless of which party the idea for that solution comes from.

So long

Muli

Thanks!

http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-tactics-of-failure-why-the-culture-war-makes-sense-to-spiritually-empty-evangelicals