The Truth About Politics & Religion

Digging4Truth · #1 10-10-2008, 08:35 AM

There is a consistent truth about politics & religion and that truth is this...

People see their own truth clearly and are often completely blind to others.

I see posts and hear conversations where someone makes a slam on anothers candidate or religion and the exact same thing could be said about their own and yet, while they see the error of their opponent with utmost clarity, any error on their own side seems hard or impossible to pick out.

This causes rifts that divide... true enough. But it also causes us to huddle behind artificial boundaries that hide us from more than just each other. They hide us from truth as well.

The Republicans aren't completely right.
The Democrats aren't completely right.

The Republicans aren't completely wrong.
The Democrats aren't completely wrong.

There are parts of both sides that are right and parts of both sides that are wrong. Somewhere in the middle is the main casualty of this game... the real truth.

We color what the opponents say with our biased shades and use our autistic...oops... I mean... artistic abilities to color them the evil that we feel the need to ensure they are colored.

This human tendency does ensure 2 things. A severe lack of progress and an inability to ever be one people united for one purpose.

Sister Alvear · #2 10-10-2008, 09:16 AM

history says the first christians did not vote...kinda sounds different from the politics and preachers today...

Ron · #3 10-10-2008, 11:22 AM

If Christ were here in the flesh today, he would be calling Dems/Republicans to repentance!

PS, AND OF COURSE--CANADIANS TOO!

Digging4Truth · #4 10-10-2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron

If Christ were here in the flesh today, he would be calling Dems/Republicans to repentance!

Yes sir...

I can be, from time to time, a highly politically motivated individual but I am beginning to wonder how much of that tendency Jesus would share were he walking the earth as he was back then.

I become less and less convinced that it is a God thing that drives me.

Please no one get me wrong... I am not calling this a sin or condemning anyone for their take...

just for me... personally... I am beginning to wonder if there aren't better areas for me to invest my energy.

All4one · #5 10-10-2008, 11:32 AM

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The Republicans aren't completely right.
The Democrats aren't completely right.

The Republicans aren't completely wrong.
The Democrats aren't completely wrong.

And if this equation holds up then ====

Pentecostals aren't completely wrong.
Baptists aren't completely wrong.

Pentecostals aren't completely right.
Baptist aren't completely right.

right?

Digging4Truth · #6 10-10-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by All4one

And if this equation holds up then ====

Pentecostals aren't completely wrong.
Baptists aren't completely wrong.

Pentecostals aren't completely right.
Baptist aren't completely right.

right?

Absolutely.

I had meant to carry that point over to what you have stated here.

It is when we ALL put down our "I'm right/You're wrong" predispositions that we all become open to nothing short of truth...

Nothing keeps us from discovering truth more than a mindset that we already possess it.

OnTheFritz · #7 10-10-2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

There is a consistent truth about politics & religion and that truth is this...

People see their own truth clearly and are often completely blind to others.

I see posts and hear conversations where someone makes a slam on anothers candidate or religion and the exact same thing could be said about their own and yet, while they see the error of their opponent with utmost clarity, any error on their own side seems hard or impossible to pick out.

This causes rifts that divide... true enough. But it also causes us to huddle behind artificial boundaries that hide us from more than just each other. They hide us from truth as well.

The Republicans aren't completely right.
The Democrats aren't completely right.

The Republicans aren't completely wrong.
The Democrats aren't completely wrong.

There are parts of both sides that are right and parts of both sides that are wrong. Somewhere in the middle is the main casualty of this game... the real truth.

We color what the opponents say with our biased shades and use our autistic...oops... I mean... artistic abilities to color them the evil that we feel the need to ensure they are colored.

This human tendency does ensure 2 things. A severe lack of progress and an inability to ever be one people united for one purpose.

Very good and timely post.