Christian Theologian Decries Church's Political Affiliations

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/theologian-russell-moore-message-christians-105532758.html

[PADA: Yep, the Church should not hitch its wagon to dubious mundane political leaders. Same thing for Krishna devotees, some of whom have got all bent out of shape over USA politics (and they send me links to various essays on this topic). To connect the religion to various political agendas is distorting the original message of the religion, and is causing people to reject the religion -- which they are seeing more as a political vehicle -- than a path to God. 

This is alienating people AWAY from the religion. 

Evidently, this is causing more -- especially younger folks -- to list themselves as "atheists" in surveys in "The Bible Belt." The Church has to be careful what it supports, and ISKCON also needs to be careful what it supports, including bogus political agendas -- and bogus gurus. This guy is right, the message of Jesus should not be hi-jacked by political hacks. Goody! 

And furthermore, this writer thinks the recent insurrection raid on the Capital was also connected to distorted teachings from various religious leaders. And this is making the religion look just a little bit -- fanatical if not dangerous -- never mind full of false prophets. About the same as ISKCON, people saw that the religion was being overtaken by criminal actions, and the original purpose was being hi-jacked. 

Ditto process. In sum, when God and / or His purpose and agenda are misrepresented, then this can create a wave of people rejecting God and His original message. That will cause more deteriorating conditions in the society. In the name of saving people from the Devil, they will become the best recruiters for the Devil. This is also described in the Vedas, in Kali Yuga there will be a giant out cropping of false religious teachers, and they will lead the society downhill and not uplift the citizens. We should not become part of that process.   

ys pd]