Volf, in the introduction his book, A Public Faith, asks some questions such as, should religion stay out of politics or should religion brings its vision of what it means to have a good life into politics? (x). My position is yes, religion should bring its vision of what it means to have a good life into politics, but not totalitarianism; instead pluralism in all societies.
Actually, in the USA people are blessed to freely exercise their religion, but not impose it to others, according to the constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
In “X” community where Christians or not Christians are living in the same area, they need to talk and come up with ideas, then have agreements of how to live in order to have what they could call “a good life.” Humans are meant to live in group, in a society. In any community, one is surrounded by neighbors. When one is relating to neighbors, for the Christians, the Greatest commandment comes into play “..love God …and love your neighbor as yourself” (Mat 22:37-39). My question, does a person really want to love “all kind of neighbors”? In our human condition, the sincere answer is not. A person can’t do it based on human inspiration, but as …show more content…
A person needs to speaks up about injustice policies in a society, and it is logic a person will act out of his/her values. Values mostly comes from religion. To make a voice strong, as Christians, it is better to speak out as community, as a church. By looking a future with hope (death and resurrection of Jesus), the church could judge the society, and its mission could be free to human being and become part of the history by co-creating with the Lord a new
Actually, in the USA people are blessed to freely exercise their religion, but not impose it to others, according to the constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
In “X” community where Christians or not Christians are living in the same area, they need to talk and come up with ideas, then have agreements of how to live in order to have what they could call “a good life.” Humans are meant to live in group, in a society. In any community, one is surrounded by neighbors. When one is relating to neighbors, for the Christians, the Greatest commandment comes into play “..love God …and love your neighbor as yourself” (Mat 22:37-39). My question, does a person really want to love “all kind of neighbors”? In our human condition, the sincere answer is not. A person can’t do it based on human inspiration, but as …show more content…
A person needs to speaks up about injustice policies in a society, and it is logic a person will act out of his/her values. Values mostly comes from religion. To make a voice strong, as Christians, it is better to speak out as community, as a church. By looking a future with hope (death and resurrection of Jesus), the church could judge the society, and its mission could be free to human being and become part of the history by co-creating with the Lord a new