Tonight several Southern states held Republican primaries as the candidates continue to battle for delegates. At this point, it appears that Rick Santorum has won Mississippi and Alabama. My concern for the state of the US, my home country, is growing. While I live and have lived for thirty years in Canada, I have family in the US. Also as the closest neighbour to Canada, what happens in the US effects what happens here.
I am not conservative nor Republican, but I find myself strangely intrigued by the Republican race in an odd sort of way. What captures my attention the most is the use of religion in the campaign. Santorum, a conservative Catholic, is challenging everyone's faith. It appears that if someone says they are Christian but doesn't agree with him, then they are a lesser Christian. I didn't know there were degrees of Christianity. Liberal mainline Protestants are certainly in the lesser category. The Pope, in fact, supports this position. He announced a few years ago that Protestants are not Christian at all. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I happen to disagree with them both.
When I listen to Santorum talk about his faith and how it informs his politics, I cringe. No wonder the next generation has little use for or interest in organized religion. If religion, faith or anything Christian is like what Santorum is espousing, I don't want to be involved with any of it either.
Our spiritual lives should inform all of our life. Red flags start flying for me when the only way is one way. In Santorum's world pagans, Muslims, Jews, and Buddhists have nothing of value to offer a discussion about the future and direction of the US. What a loss for everyone!
I am not conservative nor Republican, but I find myself strangely intrigued by the Republican race in an odd sort of way. What captures my attention the most is the use of religion in the campaign. Santorum, a conservative Catholic, is challenging everyone's faith. It appears that if someone says they are Christian but doesn't agree with him, then they are a lesser Christian. I didn't know there were degrees of Christianity. Liberal mainline Protestants are certainly in the lesser category. The Pope, in fact, supports this position. He announced a few years ago that Protestants are not Christian at all. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I happen to disagree with them both.
When I listen to Santorum talk about his faith and how it informs his politics, I cringe. No wonder the next generation has little use for or interest in organized religion. If religion, faith or anything Christian is like what Santorum is espousing, I don't want to be involved with any of it either.
Our spiritual lives should inform all of our life. Red flags start flying for me when the only way is one way. In Santorum's world pagans, Muslims, Jews, and Buddhists have nothing of value to offer a discussion about the future and direction of the US. What a loss for everyone!
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