Left, Right, Left, Right

They say that religion and politics don't mix. It seems to me that they are completely intertwined. One's religion shapes one's worldview. It affects every area of your life including your views in the political arena. There really seems to be no escaping that fact. I don't know that I agree with Kevin McCullough completely in his assessment of the Right and Left, but he is certainly on to something. "The primary difference between the Left and the Right is their view of God. To the Right, God is someone who is outside of humanity, uncontrollable by human effort, beyond them, sovereign over them. Whether we are talking about observant Jews, Orthodox, Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants, charismatics, or evangelical Christians,to people on the right, God is an authority in their lives, who guides their actions, calls them to repentance, and seeks to mold them into better people, with greater integrity, who ultimately impact their world. To the Left, God is someone who might not exist. Or if he does, he is relatively uninvolved or uninterested and certainly unauthoritative in today's world. He might be controlled by human intent. He may even be able to be squelched altogether. But generally speaking, his is unwanted, unneeded, or needed on the terms of what the person desires, no what true omnipotence would logically require." K. McCullough, No He Can't Think about the people you know on the Right and the Left. Think about their religious views. Can you see that those views shape how they vote, the issues they deem important, and their idea of the American dream? I sure can.