Politics

[MahogonySnail]

I always find it ironic when Americans say that religion should be in their politics, considering they also commemorate the American Revolution which practically cut off themselves from the british whose head was not only the queen or king but the leader of the Church of England communion. Suppose the Revolution never happened, perhaps you may have a more religious government if you had never had the war of independence. Instead it became a democratic and Deist did it not? But that said, America is more Christian as a whole today than Britain.

 

[Groundhog]

I always find it ironic when Americans say that religion should be in their politics, considering they also commemorate the American Revolution which practically cut off themselves from the british whose head was not only the queen or king but the leader of the Church of England communion. Suppose the Revolution never happened, perhaps you may have a more religious government if you had never had the war of independence. Instead it became a democratic and Deist did it not? But that said, America is more Christian as a whole today than Britain.

Also, it's important to remember that for hundreds of years all "good" Christians were taught (and believed) that the monarch's authority was given by God. You were to submit to the King not only because the scriptures say to submit to authorities, but also because he supposedly acted on God's authority. Rebellion against the King was considered rebellion against God. And also the head of state was also head of the Church, in the case of England--and it's still the case there. It is Enlightenment philosophy that really brought down this belief, and sparked several revolutions, including the one in the United States.