Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
by bko on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:01PM
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> I will say, however, that Jesus himself did have some explicitly political teachings. Matthew 19:24 comes to mind
Sounds like there's something you got out of religion after all!
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
by pmiller2 on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:10PM
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No, I have never been religious. I did, however, read the entire Bible in high school for a literature class. Well, okay, except for all those pages of "this dude begat that dude, and so on...." I just mentally substituted "uh, yeah, Methuselah was old and Jesus was descended from King David and all those dudes."
That's not nearly as strange as it sounds, because one really does need to understand the Bible to really grasp the nuances of much of Western literature.
I have never personally known a clergy member to be particularly political, but we know that a large part of the US is politically driven by religious forces. Like it or not, church and state are not fully separated.
I guess what I'm saying is that none of what I've written here was particularly intended as advice to you in your position as a religious teacher of children. I will say, however, that Jesus himself did have some explicitly political teachings. Matthew 19:24 comes to mind:
> And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Do with this what you will.