Christianity & Democracy

Christianity; Do I love my neighbor as myself? I’m not certain I do. Am I a real Christian? Do I practice Christianity? We say we are a “Christian nation” but what evidence do we have? Many people go to church and talk about Christianity. But are we a real Christian nation? Do we attempt to uphold the Ten Commandments? No, not our government nor our people. Do we love our neighbors as ourselves? I don’t believe we do.

Democracy; Do I wish my neighbor to be free? I’m not certain I always do. Do all men, in this country, wish their neighbors to be free? Absolutely not! Do all men, in this country, wish their neighbors to have equal rights? The answer is clearly NO.

Democracy; Do we maintain and defend all our neighbors civil and religious liberty? The answer once again is clearly NO, not in this country. Are we a real democracy? We are a Republic, at least on paper.

Do you see some hypocrisy here? We are a democratic Christian nation, which wants to convert every nation to Christianity and export our democracy to every nation on earth. Maybe we need to examine ourselves. Maybe we need to become Christians and build a democracy here. Maybe we need to take care of our neighbors.