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I belive (religously) that the population of the earth should be reduced by roughly 1000 times. If I were to become president, and I formulate all my decisions starting with the question, "How will this reduce the population of the eart?", how good of a president would I be? Pretty crappy?
Religion is good beans so long as one uses it responsibly. Opening the good book every time a decision needs to be made isn't just irresponsible, it's a theocracy. We don't live in a theocracy (or at elast we aren't supposed to). The idea is that the state is run by those that have the best interest of all people in mind, and that one of the best interests of the people is to have free religion. While Christianity (all religions, really) come with a set of nifty morals, the broader consideration should always be made. Imagine that you are a Muslim in a country rules by Christians who only rule in favor of Christianity. Imagine that you are a Christian in a country rulsed by Muslims that base all decisions on Islam. The fact that religion is so varied alone should make it obvious that decision making on a federal scale is absurd. WWJD should not be a t-shirt the President should wear, or a philosophy he should follow (though it'd be better than what he's doing now...I doubt Jesus would have invaded Iraq).
What wouldn't Jesus do?
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