Dude... well, first of all, a minor nit:
Here's what I see in my dictionary, for "church":
So... from Greek, yes. From ekklesia, no. But whatever. (EDIT: Actually, come to think of it, this matches what you were talking about, since they wrote "lord" with a lowercase "l".)
Now... on to this.
Wha-wha-WHA?!? How is "Politics is depraved because humans are depraved" a political statement? Just because it's "about politics" doesn't mean it's a political statement--at least the way I'm using the latter phrase.
Saying that Christ "makes a political point" seems (to me) to imply that Christ would have been happier with someone else in charge other than Caesar.
I think we may just be defining "taking a political stand" differently. I see it as taking a stand, to way over-simpify things, as to the left and right approaches to the issues, NOT as to whether or not politics as a whole (or politicians) can save us.
As you may or may not know, the word "church" is the english word derived from the Greek word ekklesia.
Here's what I see in my dictionary, for "church":
[Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Medieval Greek kūrikon, from Late Greek kūriakon (dōma), the Lord's (house), neuter of Greek kūriakos, of the lord, from kūrios, lord.]
So... from Greek, yes. From ekklesia, no. But whatever. (EDIT: Actually, come to think of it, this matches what you were talking about, since they wrote "lord" with a lowercase "l".)
Now... on to this.
So when Christ highjacks the language, He basically thumbs His nose at Ceasar and makes a definantly political point. No government will save humanity, only the Christ...
All this to say, stating that you believe in Christ as the Savior of humanity was seen and (I would argue) must continue to be seen as a political stand.
Wha-wha-WHA?!? How is "Politics is depraved because humans are depraved" a political statement? Just because it's "about politics" doesn't mean it's a political statement--at least the way I'm using the latter phrase.
Saying that Christ "makes a political point" seems (to me) to imply that Christ would have been happier with someone else in charge other than Caesar.
I think we may just be defining "taking a political stand" differently. I see it as taking a stand, to way over-simpify things, as to the left and right approaches to the issues, NOT as to whether or not politics as a whole (or politicians) can save us.

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