This type of discussion drives me crazy, especially within the confines of Christ's church of believers.
Jesus tells us:
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matt. 28: 18-20
Here is the addendum we've created for that passage in the last 100 years:
"Fear communism more than God. It is the evilest thing ever created. Fear it more than Satan; it is much more powerful. Instead of praying, 'lead us not into temptation,' we need to ask God to lead us not into communism.
We cannot trust God anymore to do what is right and good. Therefore, we must fight for our freedoms above all else, even more than we fight for lost souls. After all, we may have to give up the rights to our guns, our cars, and our nice homes. And we're just too proud to let that happen. After all, we are AMERICANS!!
Furthermore, the US constitution reigns supreme over God's Word. It's good to read the Bible, but all is lost if our constitution falls prey to liberal ideologies. We will never recover our liberties, and at that point, we all may as well curl up and die.
So, it is time to fight back! We must become obsessed to the point of disregarding the will of God concerning the following:
Science: We must be suspicious of it always. After all, it is NOT a gift from God but an abomination of leftist liberals.
Education: All is already lost there. We may as well give up. Just keep doing nothing and continue complaining about it, especially since it feels good to rail about everything. Besides, why would anyone want to be a teacher? It doesn't pay anything. Instead, keep telling your children to become engineers and executives to impress your friends at church.
Religion. Above all, keep being religious. It looks good and can set a good example for all those atheist, democrat, liberal freaks. If we just keep dressing up and going to church every week, they will see what great Christians we are, and we can stick our fingers deeper into the eyes of those dirty communists.
Pastors: We must lead from the pulpit! We cannot let socialist ideals eclipse our own. After all, being an American is Godly. All others, leave your souls at the door. Therefore every sermon must contain a long-winded rant about how socialism is worse than going to hell. Forget all that discipleship stuff. This means war!
Above all, pretend to do the aforementioned in the name of love."