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Date Posted: 07:49:23 12/09/05 Fri
Author: Chuck in ND
Subject: It's a fine line
In reply to: Deborah 's message, "Since you don't read my posts at The Fringe ..." on 00:07:28 12/09/05 Fri

There are ways a church may overstep the bounds, but I find nothing wrong with churches advocating for X from a moral, doctrinal perspective. We have become a society of compartmentalizing--a neat little box for family, another little box for church, seperate boxes for politics, community, work, etc.

But the reality is all these parts of our lives are a tangled web. What we believe (and are taught) at church spills over into the family, what we do in our family spills over into work and community, what happens in the political arena touches all the other areas of our life. It is a mistake to think we can draw bright, impassable lines between all facets of our being.

The fact is that the church (the generic word, meaning a credo, faith, set of beliefs and the vehicle that transmits and instills these) exists to help us bring moral judgement to all facets of our life. It teaches us how to be better parents/children, how to be better employees and it SHOULD teach us how to respond to the political world.

So often it's difficult to see where the moral thread is in a political issue. i.e. Does public school policy have a moral impact in general society? Do "no smoking" bans have a moral impact? Many may not see the moral impact. But if there is an impact, it would be appropriate for the church to (at the very minimum) point it out and even--yes--advocate for action or response, based on the beliefs of those members.

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Fine line v. blurred line, or crossing the line -- Deborah, 01:00:56 12/10/05 Sat
- The part of your post -- Chuck in ND, 06:16:59 12/10/05 Sat
Here's to... -- Deborah, 01:28:27 12/10/05 Sat