Ultimately, politics has everything to
do with religion. I do
not mean it has anything to do with what particular church or
religious organization a politician or political group may be part
of. It is Statism to which I refer. This is the religion which the
majority of today's politicians actively promote, whether consciously
or no, and the religion which most of America's citizens buy into.
Succinctly put, what Statism means is
that the state is god. The State has supreme power and authority
over your life. The State is there to provide for you, protect you
and keep you safe. The State, ultimately, oversees your daily
business and has a role in your everyday life. The economy, social
issues, agriculture, business, the environment, medicine, education,
even churches and charities – all these, according to Statism, are,
to varying degrees, to be overseen and controlled by the State.
Statism is antithetical to the
presuppostion that man is created in the image of God. Its creed
doesn't allow space for the possibility that anyone besides itself
might possess the right to give anyone liberty. It doesn't recognize
the sanctity and preciousness of human life. It holds no regard for private property. Instead it claims the State holds power to seize
either of these things if that be what it so desires.
So it comes down, then, to a question
very religious in nature: are we going to worship the Creator as our
God, or are we going to worship the State as our god?
