lizzie
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I have been reading various posts in this forum making statements that church leaders tell their congregations who to vote for. I have not been an active churchgoer for about 27 or so years, so I have no actual current evidence that this is not the case, but for the first half of my life, I was a regular church participant, and I never (ever) saw this to be the case.
If you are a church member, who attends on a somewhat regular basis, is it your experience that pastors and other clergy members actively try to persuade their congregations in how to vote or whom to vote for?
I have trouble believing that this is the case, and I don't believe the majority of religious service attendees are uninformed or ignorant enough to want or need a pastor to tell them who to vote for.
I'm counting on honesty in the thread, and hoping not to have this thread turned into a religious bashing, because I am not opposed to religion in the least. So please, keep this in consideration. I'm truly curious as to if churches are pushing politics these days.
If you have indeed seen politics from the pulpit, I would be interesetd in the denomination (if you don't mind divulging the information).
If you are a church member, who attends on a somewhat regular basis, is it your experience that pastors and other clergy members actively try to persuade their congregations in how to vote or whom to vote for?
I have trouble believing that this is the case, and I don't believe the majority of religious service attendees are uninformed or ignorant enough to want or need a pastor to tell them who to vote for.
I'm counting on honesty in the thread, and hoping not to have this thread turned into a religious bashing, because I am not opposed to religion in the least. So please, keep this in consideration. I'm truly curious as to if churches are pushing politics these days.
If you have indeed seen politics from the pulpit, I would be interesetd in the denomination (if you don't mind divulging the information).