The State and Religion

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?