Final Inning

“Politicians use God for their own profane purposes”

So maybe it isn’t that religion has a negative effect on politics, maybe it’s that manipulative people, who work their way to the top, are wise enough to understand they can use God’s name to their advantage. Maybe religion is only bad when it is the hand of the wrong, or the intelligent people. But can we blame them? Is it their fault for exploiting the naïve? Or the naïve for taking God’s name for granted?

It is tough to say with the inherent nature of mankind whether enough people would actually desire to do only what is for the greater good of their people instead of becoming corrupt like so many leaders in our worlds short history have proven to do. Even if people start as innocent and heavenly souls, it is unclear whether or not a massive surge in the amount of power over other people they could possess would cause a change of heart.

As to the question of whether one can give their life to their country without religion, Sharpton nails it when he says it does take a belief in something bigger. Nothing specific, and maybe not God himself, but I do agree that it is hard to allow yourself to put your life in the hands of something bigger than you are physically, and not have a belief that something intangible is also there to support you mentally.