Why It’s Difficult to Derive Political Affiliation from the Bible or Why I’m a “Political Agnostic”

Black, White and Gray: Why It’s Difficult to Derive Political Affiliation from the Bible or Why I’m a “Political Agnostic” Brad Wright.

With presidential elections coming up, we’ll hear a lot more about every aspect of politics, including its link to religion—especially Christianity.  I would like to step back and ask a very simple question: Is it possible to derive a distinct political position or affiliation from the tenets of the Bible?  My answer is “probably not.”

Trying to fit Christian beliefs into a specific political stance seems to be putting a square peg into a round hole—it just doesn’t fit.  There are two major problems in trying to translate Christian faith into politics. …

Brad and I are in a very similar place on this one.