The Role of Religion in Politics
However, I feel strongly that religion should not be intertwined with politics. Wasn’t that the major underlying principal for our founding fathers? Have we forgotten why they came to this land and broke away from Great Britain in the first place? Even Barry Goldwater, the father of modern day conservatism and the person that made it “OK” to be a conservative told John Dean: “Goddamn it, John, the Republicans are selling their soul to win elections.” He went on to tell Dean…..
Mark my word; if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, he said, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. The government won’t work without it. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them1.
Goldwater told this to Dean in the mid-1990s, well before the ascent of Bush and Chaney. His words were very perceptive and now those so-called “Christians” are in power in the United States and promoting their brand of Christianity and wielding power throughout the world to the detriment of everyone.
Come back America, …….come back! All we have to do is look at other places where that has happened to see what is in store for the U.S. if it continues here: Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and Iraq to name a few. Is that what we want for America? I don’t think so!
1 John Dean, Conservatives WITHOUT Conscience, page xxxiv-xxxv.
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