Religion and politics

[jay_apex]

I was having a conversation with a friend today. His name is left out to protect him.

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[grissaostdrauka]

for the record, i agree with Him almost 100%. and no, he did not in any way indicate that he would support a theocracy, pseudo-autocratic, fascist, or otherwise

[jay_apex]

if every political candidate actually tried to appease the whole nation, there would be no political parties, there would be no complex system of far-left versus far-right versus straight-down-the middle. the field would be a little diverse, yes, but only because of the candidates' perceptions of the needs, wants, and rights of the people, and not their actual views.

And there's something wrong with that? I'm not seeing what is bad here, other than a candidate might spread himself a bit thin trying to please everyone.

[grissaostdrauka]

i didnt say there was necessarily anything wrong with that. however, a large part of our political system, candidates running against candidates and people voting for them, relies on the candidates having separate views, i.e. beliefs. if every candidate did try to actually please everyone, all we would have to base our votes on is who we think is smarter...and i'm not saying that's bad either, except that it would give us a much smaller variety of choices.

[semperar]

You make claim that our laws against rape, murder and theft are derivitive of christian belief.

Is that why, in Asia, India, and Africa, rape, theft, and murder are permissable?

As far as I knew, they are not.