I don't know how many times I've said...

..."Why can't we all just get along?"

But where do we get with that?

Sure, all the Christians I know are heartfelt individuals who would probably drop anything they are doing just to lend a helping hand. It's the Christian "thing" to do, right?

No.

This question delves into the whole morality issue regarding a very fundamental issue at the root of the human psyche (among many others, such as war) and not intrinsically tied to a Christian (and any other major religious) ideology or monopoly on compassion. Human history has been dominated and pervaded by an ideology that claims supremacy over this very primal instinct.

It's a sad state, when for thousands of years, human beings have been told to adhere to a certain dogma in order to uphold said dogma. I hypothesize; that if any dogma had not been instituted upon the human race, then morality and compassion would still exist today.

Religious leaders throughout the ages have only perpetuated this dogma. Those who have been a touchstone upon which the religious minded have rallied around: Luther, Wesley, Muhammad and whoever else speaks in the name of a so-called "god"; have perpetuated a specific doctrine by which people should live their lives in accordance to a standard set forth within some form of scripture.

Human beings do not need, via scripture, to KNOW what is right and wrong. It's in our "blood" to actually know what may or may not be a better way of life to live. This does not need to be set in stone.If you be Christian then unshackle yourself from the hold upon which senators and publicans have upon you.

If ever a Jesus did exist then let loose the yoke that has bound you to political endeavors and go forth and wholly spread those teachings of compassion and betterment of humanity as you see it. Minister to the poor and the weak. Charity is a grass-roots endeavor and should never be relinquished to the politician, do not let him or her take the reigns of your morality in which they will put into law that which may or may not be in your best interest.

I am an atheist, yet I recognize and accept that religious ideology drives society at large. Christian morals need be a first hand and hands-on experience, not relegated to politicians and policy.