In our American politics, it saddens me to see many Christians on both side of the aisle apply bad theology and mistake their parties philosophical worldview for a Biblical one.
I came across this quote in a book about worldviews and I saw both party platforms in it.
First the Republican: “The humanist assumes that to be free is to do whatever one pleases. If a person’s reason is clear and their will is free, their only limitations are physical.”
I don’t think all Republicans are humanist, nor do I think all would agree with this. But the basic philosophical under pinnings of the platform are—work hard, set your mind to it, freedom is your right and you can achieve anything in this country. “Yes You Can!”
Next the Democrats: “The Marxist assumes just the opposite. People are in bondage, personally, intellectually, and morally to economic forces beyond their control. Freedom is simply participation in a new collective political consciousness and the inevitable historical process taking them to a classless utopia.”
Again, I don’t think all Democrats are Marxists, nor do I think all would agree with this. But, as with the Republican/humanist underpinning, so goes the democrat philosophical platform—we should share equally in our burdens as Americans. There’s nothing wrong with those who have more sharing a little extra with those who have less—it’s called being neighborly. Together we can bring the change we need. “Yes We Can!”
But the Biblical world view says neither. It says apart from Christ I can do nothing, but in Christ I can or we can do all things. We fail the mission of the church and our calling as ambassadors of a new kingdom when we as Christians forget this.
