(August 11, 2012 at 6:05 pm)pgrimes15 Wrote:(August 11, 2012 at 3:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: First of all, welcome to the forums.
Secondly, religion has no business being involved in politics, and the fact that it is so influential is a pet-peeve of mine. Both politics and religion, however, allow bad people to exert control over others, so the fact that they mixed was probably inevitable.
Did you see what we did in the UK ? Gave the bishops and archbishops palaces to live in, established them as part of the fabric of the nation - the Queen is the head of the church - gave them fancy ermine robes and a seat in a very old and not very important government body, then put them all in a box under the stairs and forgot about them. They are trotted out at Xmas and Easter, or occasionally to whine about "moral decline" on a late night chat show that nobody is watching. Their position and status has become merely "ceremonial".
In the words of Alistair Campbell, Tony Blairs press officer, politicians in the UK "don't do God"
Regards
Grimesy
It became useful for the authorities just like your quote states.
