Why are right-wing Christians so much more vocal and politically active than left-wing Christians?
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Intrinsically, most right wing / conservatives can agree on an issue; while most left wing / liberals cannot.  When a right wing speaks, others join in.  When a left wing speaks, others stay away because of their different views.
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The Positive roles were too numerous to list here, every thing from faith based actions to the fall of the iron curtain. About the only negative ones were from the wackoes on the extreme ends of the bell curve. This current "war against terrorists" started in the twentieth century by a right-wing (as opposed to the left-wing atheists) bunch of religious fanatics that have trashed the Koran. At the same time, the "lefties" have trashed Christmas, Halloween, Easter, the sacrament of marriage,, etc. etc.
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They sound like a Christian to me.  I've never met one who follows the teachings of Christ. Intead they follow the politics of their "religion" usually to the compleat exclusion of the teachings of Christ.
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more than 80% of Democrats are Christians, about 97% of Republicans claim to be Christians, about 51% of all Christians vote Democrat
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I am a Christian Conservative and I vote Republican because they TELL THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT. Liberal Democrats LOVE TO LIE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT TELL THE TRUTH and that is why I do not vote Democrat unless the candidate comes from the city that I live in.
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I have money, and I am a Spiritual Democrat.\nMost Republicans and conservative born-again Christians like keeping a lower class citizenship, paying illegal immigrants to raise their children, clean their estates, and keep their gardens growing, so they can gather, hung-over on Sunday mornings, and pray for the poor they help.
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This is a GREAT question,(for me anyway)because it touches on two points that have been driving me crazy lately. The first is the intolerance some people display towards Christians. I have a hard time understanding how someone can call themselves a liberal and state that they stand for tolerance and understanding but then down people who are practicing Christians. It's a double standard and hypocritical to boot. Every issue in this country seems to gravitate to ridiculous extremes-there's never a sensible and practical middle ground. Though I believe firmly in seperation of church and state (which our forefathers took months to painstakingly state in the constitution, and with very good reason)I cannot think of one good reason why a child quietly saying grace over his school lunch should be so offensive to some that he should be expelled from school. It's not like he was standing on the tables preaching or anything. Just silently thanking God for the food he had that so many in the world are forced to do without. It's absolutely shameful. Such people are not liberals in any literal sense of the term, but rather small people with set ideas and closed minds-inflexible in their thinking and intolerant of other points of view. You don't like the term progressive regarding such people and neither do I. I call them "Left Wing Conservatives" because their thinking is just as rigid and inflexible as their right wing counterparts. They have an agenda, and they follow it thoughtlessly. \nI think this stems from an innate human need to feel superior and special in some way.  Many, many people find something that works for them and, out of this need, become convinced that their way is the ONLY way. Stupid, yes, arrogant, yes but that's how it seems to work.\nThat being said, let me lob one at the other extreme and say that I'm really tired of hearing certain elements of the Christian Right raving about how oppressed and persecuted the poor helpless Christians are. Let me explain something to you folks-Christianity is by far the majority religion in this country. It is also the richest and has the greatest representation in our government. The Christian Right has more politicians in their pocket than EVERY OTHER religious group in this country combined. People opposing you from passing legislation to impose your religious beliefs on others regardless of what their own beliefs may be does not constitute oppression. What they are doing is resisting YOUR attempts to oppress them.  Again, ridiculous extremes. When in all of history has the group with the largest numbers, the most power, and by far the most money been considered oppressed? It's crap! \nThe extremists on both sides are the problem.  They shout the loudest because that's the only way they can get people to listen to their idiocy. Neither side has a monopoly on intolerence and self righteousness. My solution: Take 1% out of the military budget and build a huge city on some piece of land that no one cares about-White Sands Arizona would be my vote, but other wastelands such as Detroit or Hoboken would work as well. Build a big wall around it and then move all the extremists from both sides in there where they can shout, stomp and do whatever else to each other all they want while the segment of the population with enough sense to pound sand gets on with the business of improving the country. It'll be a better world without 'em. But maybe that's just a little extreme....
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I don't think it is just poor people. I believe people let religion choose their political affiliation because religion goes to the deep areas of what people believe about right and wrong. And in many cases people fear they won't be able to go to heaven if they don't agree with their church. Unfortunately even though a particular political group may be overall bad for people economically they are more likely to agree with that group if they feel the group meets their moral needs and beliefs.
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You are restricting that just to Christians? I find many people "representing" different views doing the same.\n\nAlthough I am no big fan of Christianity you are asking a biased question
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MLK was an ordained minister... while some more conservative sects (I assume you mean the Christian Church) will point to biblical texts stating that there is no authority but which is ordained by God, there are multiple interpertations on that text. Most Christians would say that they are in favor of civil disobedience... especially because to some extent the early church was involved in civil disobedience just by worshipping (see: nero) and if you look at the lives of the martyrs they were as well, for example St. Valentine was preforming illegal wedding ceremonies I'm not sure as to the Vatican's stance, I know the society of friends advocates civil disobedience in the form of refusing to take part in war, the mainstream protestant denominations are as a whole silent and allow it to be addressed issue by issue (many who are arrested blocading abortion clinics were encouraged to do so by their pastors but the evangelical church was not so keen on the civil rights movement-- oops)
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Not all of us evangelicals are in the GOP's pocket. I switched my registration to the Democrats because of the GOP's disdain for Jesus' message of taking care of the poor, the hungry and the sick. It's impossible NOT to mix faith and politics, because if we don't vote our convictions, doesn't that make us hypocrites?\n\nI'm an evangelical, pro-life Democrat and proud of it. I don't like the extreme positions of either party's leadership, but I hope that a lot of others like me can get together and annoy the leadership enough that they'll change.\n\nCheck out the blog entry I just posted about Ted Haggard.
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There IS a cultural war going on between conservative Christians and secularists.  They (the Christian party, mostly Republican) want to put God into everything public!  They do not realize that the Church was given the task of evangelizing the world, NOT the government (State). And they are furious when they do not get their way!
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There is a lot of difference between claiming to be Christian and actually being one.  Many churches blessed the weapons of WWII Germans, while their brethren are doing the same thing here.
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If you read the Bible, the New Testament more precisely, and read the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes most accurately, you will find the Jesus spoke to the multitudes that today most definitely are issues that are being attended to by Liberals.  Jesus address helping the poor more than anyother subject in the Bible.  He usually talk about the rich as having a very hard time getting into heaven.  Now look at the conrvatives vs. the liberals...    The rich are associated usually with conservative and the poor and sinful are usually associated with the liberals.  There are millions of libral Christians in the United States, only the conservatives think they are religious though.  Somewhat like the Pharisees in the Bible.  Always taughting how good and holy they are and how sinful the liberals and Democrates are.  Well, Jesus hung out with those sinners and poor people.  The consevaTARDs are going to have a real shock when they get up to the pearly gates.  Most likely you are on the left-center of the American political  spectrum.
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There is indeed more than just republican and democrat. Although there isnt a "christian" political party there are parties that are highly based off of christian beleifs... youll just have to look for them.
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Liberal are all about bringing about a positive change in the world, as are true Christians. Religion and politics are like oil and water though, especially in a democracy that believes in equal rights for all and freedom of religion.
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Considering the number of Americans who are right-wing Christians, this should come as no surprise.