We need a new Great Awakening to make politics less toxic (parties, state)

[tinytrump]

Religion has always been political/ that’s not the same as being moral or having values that reflect love, unity and peace among people. The so called pharasee syndrome is in full force in many churches now. I agree the youth / no longer naive - will sort this out in their time.

[Ralph_N_1962]

Originally Posted by That_One_Girl

I often wish we lived in separate areas with a clear divide so a division would be possible. Unfortunately, we're all intermixed. Sure there's red states and blue states but each state has a solid chunk of the population that's one way or the other.

It's sad we can't divide so we could each have things our way and not have to fight about it anymore.

There's never going to be a solution that works for everyone. Some people would have to decide to move or to stay and just deal with it. Not much different than the current situation really. But you would at least theoretically have an option.

[bawac34618]

Originally Posted by Avondalist

And who would these religious people be?

Evangelical Christians? Environmentalists? Intersectionality theorists?

Evangelical Christians. The Christian Right has destroyed our politics.

Seriously things would be so much better now if we weren’t still fighting about abortion and gay marriage.

[No_Recess]

It's a system void of any morality or logic in which the foundation of the paradigm is based on

A. The Social Contract and

B. Preordained violence (an extension of A)

And you want it less toxic?



You'd have better luck figuring out a way to go swimming without getting wet.

[tickyul]

Yeah, and you would have to throw-in blowing-up the internet.....that is where much nastiness
is coming from.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by tickyul

Yeah, and you would have to throw-in blowing-up the internet.....that is where much nastiness
is coming from.

So it's Al Gore's fault.

Team Red wins.

[Loveshiscountry]

Originally Posted by Avondalist

Politics has replaced religion in many people's lives. Religion was useful in that it allowed people to be tribal in a largely theoretical domain. Sure, there were always elements of theocracy, but in the US at least these weakened as a place became more diverse.

Politics, on the other hand, is very powerful in the here and now. And now it's infused with religious fervor. Yuck!

We need religion to make a comeback so that people put their negative energies there. Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Gaia, Sinatra... I don't care who you worship.

I just want the zealots out of public affairs.

We can start with teaching and enforcing rights of the individual. People need to wake up and get educated on what a right is.

[trobesmom]

Originally Posted by Enigma777

It will happen eventually anyhow. The younger generation is a lot less religious, and a lot more secular. The older religious crowd will die off and a new secular crowd will take over. Things change.

Can't happen quick enough, IMO.

[trobesmom]

Originally Posted by evilnewbie

Global warming religion is definitely too kooky... Didn't a group in UK protest half-naked about global warming? That is science? Seems more like religion...

Global warming is a scientific fact, not a religion.

[atltechdude]

Originally Posted by Avondalist

Did you understand my OP?

I want religion to be a memory hole of bad emotions, and I want people who think religiously to be attracted to religion and not politics.

I don’t think a large increase in religious fervor will lead to less religion in politics.