(December 1, 2020 at 4:47 pm)Ranjr Wrote: If pastors confine their messages to those contained within their religious doctrines, politics wouldn't come up often. What we see in this video are political advocates posing as pastors. Forget the peace and love crap. That's how you make it big in religion.
Actually that's not true. Religion is inherently political. Jesus was an extremely political figure.
Any value or idea can be considered political. Want to help the poor? That's political. Think that God is going to destroy the world soon, so why worry about the environment? That's political. Believe in certain religious values? That's political. Black ministers leading the civil rights movement? That's very political.
I agree that charities shouldn't be partisan, or directly lobby the government. But it is impossible for a charity of any type to not be political.
Every statement is a political statement, in someone's mind.
