Religious Thoughts on Minuteman Experiences
This weekend I attended the opening ceremonies for the Minutemen month-long April operations. I was very pleased to be able to say the opening prayer, which can be found in the political section of my blog.
One thing that I noticed (once again) was that the dedication of the Minutemen goes so far beyond protesting and letter-writing. Many Minutemen have run for office across the nation, and we even had a fly-by of two Minuteman airplanes, dubbed "The Minuteman Air Force." One of the planes even had "MM AZ" painted across the bottom of the wings. These people, who donate their lives, money and equipment to the cause, are backed and supported by the rest of the Minuteman leadership and volunteers with action, not just words. It was an amazing thing to see.
I then got to thinking about the state of things in the religious arena. The latest attack on Christians comes in the form of a "Hate-Crimes" bill that would make it a federal felony to speak out against homosexual lifestyles. This would mean that a pastor who is preaching The Bible to his congregation could get fines and jail time, as well as lose many of his personal rights.
Why is the church not motivated enough to organize a specific attempt to get good freedom-loving Christian men and women into power? Why are we allowing our hands to be tied by "political correctness" instead of battling it with everything we have? Why is the church so absent in politics?
Don't get me wrong, I don't think anyone, Christians included, should violate the Constitution to force people to do what we would want them to do. I believe in free-will, I believe in freedom, and I believe that this country should be religiously free. The freedom that was put in place by the Founding Fathers was based on the Bible, and I believe that a violation of that freedom is sinful. But we stand by silently while those freedoms are raped just because "Christians shouldn't be involved in politics," or because ignorant people believe that "Separation of Church and State" means that personal religious convictions don't have a place in government (unless those convictions are liberal), or we are simply too cowardly to stand up to political correctness.
The church, as a whole, absolutely needs to wake up and see the direction the world is heading. We live in a unique country where we as Christians can actually be in power, yet we just are not willing to even try. What could be more sinful for the church? The church has the funding, the people, the infrastructure, and the backing by the people of this country to be a tool for God and for freedom, but we just simply don't do it. We even have Christians in office, yet there is very little organizational support from the church. "We should be ashamed" just doesn't cut it. In fact, I would go as far as saying that whatever happens to this country is OUR FAULT because we have ignored this opportunity. It's time to change that. Because if we don't change it now, the Bible is soon going to be a "Hate Crime" in and of itself.
One thing that I noticed (once again) was that the dedication of the Minutemen goes so far beyond protesting and letter-writing. Many Minutemen have run for office across the nation, and we even had a fly-by of two Minuteman airplanes, dubbed "The Minuteman Air Force." One of the planes even had "MM AZ" painted across the bottom of the wings. These people, who donate their lives, money and equipment to the cause, are backed and supported by the rest of the Minuteman leadership and volunteers with action, not just words. It was an amazing thing to see.
I then got to thinking about the state of things in the religious arena. The latest attack on Christians comes in the form of a "Hate-Crimes" bill that would make it a federal felony to speak out against homosexual lifestyles. This would mean that a pastor who is preaching The Bible to his congregation could get fines and jail time, as well as lose many of his personal rights.
Why is the church not motivated enough to organize a specific attempt to get good freedom-loving Christian men and women into power? Why are we allowing our hands to be tied by "political correctness" instead of battling it with everything we have? Why is the church so absent in politics?
Don't get me wrong, I don't think anyone, Christians included, should violate the Constitution to force people to do what we would want them to do. I believe in free-will, I believe in freedom, and I believe that this country should be religiously free. The freedom that was put in place by the Founding Fathers was based on the Bible, and I believe that a violation of that freedom is sinful. But we stand by silently while those freedoms are raped just because "Christians shouldn't be involved in politics," or because ignorant people believe that "Separation of Church and State" means that personal religious convictions don't have a place in government (unless those convictions are liberal), or we are simply too cowardly to stand up to political correctness.
The church, as a whole, absolutely needs to wake up and see the direction the world is heading. We live in a unique country where we as Christians can actually be in power, yet we just are not willing to even try. What could be more sinful for the church? The church has the funding, the people, the infrastructure, and the backing by the people of this country to be a tool for God and for freedom, but we just simply don't do it. We even have Christians in office, yet there is very little organizational support from the church. "We should be ashamed" just doesn't cut it. In fact, I would go as far as saying that whatever happens to this country is OUR FAULT because we have ignored this opportunity. It's time to change that. Because if we don't change it now, the Bible is soon going to be a "Hate Crime" in and of itself.
posted by Calan at 16:34
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