How far can we Scripturally go?

Karen · Sep 3, 2003

Originally posted by Clint Kritzer:
.......Likewise, I do not think that the clergy has any business involving itself in lobbying efforts.

I believe that it is the duty of individual citizens of a nation to protest, petition, and vote. I believe that is the duty of Christians to affect cultural morality, but not at a political level.........
I believe that if we as Christians can affect morality then there will be no need for abortion laws, drug laws, or any other such legislation. I believe it is the duty of the church to teach morality, it is not the duty of the state. I believe that it is the duty of the state to punish the wicked of the world, it is not the duty of the church.....

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Dear Clint,
You state things very well. You and I might disagree on some of the practical mechanics.

For example, in OK every March, Southern Baptists hold Rose Day at the capitol in OKC. Pastors and other concerned citizens go to meet with legislators and urge pro-life legislation.
I think that pastors and other Christian citizens can properly work for legislation that protects innocent life, for example.

I have done enough pro-life work to know that many people assume that because something is legal it is not immoral.
I favor the restriction of gambling through law, even though with Christian morality there would be no problem.

I do not think that separation of church and state means or should mean that Christians can have no influence. Or that any acknowledgement of God is an assault on religious freedom. I think that our laws do have their basis, and properly, in Judeo-Christian morality. How the state knows what to punish and what is wicked is from Judeo-Christian morality. I am not saying you personally disagree. But I am saying that many who use the same terms you do carry it WAY too far, to where Christians are just inside their church walls.

Karen

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