It’s a Religion
When we accept the idea that political force is logical, we have missed an important point.
There are two basic ways to govern a nation. One way is top-down and the other is bottom-up. The top-down approach involves an elite individual or group playing God. This is a religious activity and bypasses any need for discussions or debates. The bottom-up approach begins with the idea that humans are not God or gods.
This does not remove religion from politics, because this is not possible to do. Everyone is religious but not everyone believes in a god apart from themselves. What does seem to happen, when the bottom-up approach is used, is that religious behavior remains for the most part controlled and civil. In other words, it promotes the responsible application of certain spiritual values having to do with how we humans should treat one another.
So the assertion that religion must be removed from politics all together is disingenuous.
One side wants to play God and remove the other side’s ability to invoke God’s aid and wisdom. This autocratic side believes (with religious fervor) that those who believe in God are Neanderthals unable to appreciate science (global warming, critical race theory, the importance of vax mandates, etc). They believe most people are not sophisticated enough to appreciate the rainbow variety of genders. Those who believe in codes of conduct and rules of law are considered by their intellectual superiors as being too stuck in an Ozzie and Harriet traditional past. They are not believers in the same future as does this elite minority whose stated goal is to “fundamentally transform society.”
From a worldly perspective it doesn’t look good, because this elite minority appear to control all the levers of power.
From God’s perspective it’s a very different matter.
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalms 2 (ESV)
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