The Left Hand of God

Anna Quindlan has written a very interesting article for Newsweek and MSNBC.com that talks about the relationship between politics and religion, and the supposed conservative stranglehold on religious piety. Here are a couple of quotes:

"The connection between politics and religion for me lies in the motto .... Actions, not words. Touch the sick, the poor, the children, the powerless, as Christ did, and never mind quoting Leviticus."

and

"I had long ago concluded that I had become a liberal largely through religion. Loving your neighbor as yourself, giving your cloak to the man who had none, blessed are the peacemakers: taken together, all of it seemed a clarion call to social justice and the obligation of individuals and institutions to help those who needed help. Jesus was the first radical rabble-rouser I'd ever read about in school, and the best."

It is an excellent article and I recommend a read:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4408614/
- posted by Jolard @ 5:14 PM