The Stories We Kill and Die For: Religious and Political

I will explore the current difficulties Americans now have discussing politics without becoming enraged with one another. Many individuals no longer speak to others who differ in their political affiliations including good friends and even family members. The political scene is rife with threats and even acts of violence if people dare criticize the politics and leaders of differing political parties. I will suggest that the firewall between religion and politics has been breached in our current situation and that authoritarianism and totalitarianism are rapidly replacing the democratic ideal of respectful debate of the issues. Moral truths replace factual understanding of our problems and of each other. Vast numbers of citizens no longer seek leaders but instead seek those who would save them from the realization of their deepest fears, guilt and shame. Finally, I will suggest that each of us must be able to examine what problems we hope to solve by adopting political rhetoric and strategies that dehumanize and demonize our fellow citizens as well as by blindly following leaders who foment hatred and the dehumanizing of others.

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