God and government

The role of government is to protect people's rights . Governments don't give rights. God gives rights and he has allowed governments as an agents that will protect the rights of the citizens. The government  is there as an overseer to hold accountable those people who break the law.
         Political process and governments are limited to this and so many other things. They can never create a perfect order.They cannot usher in any utopia. Many governments have taken away many basic rights of their people. The communist governments in China , North Korea and Cuba are good examples. Here Government decides what rights the people keep. There are no elections. There is no freedom of expression , freedom of dissent , freedom of worship. Any such move is eyes with suspision and the suspect is taken to a secret place to teach them the right way to think.The Islamic governments are no less in their violation of human rights.Every islamic government is based on Islamic law and enforcement of religious law on the people .Religion by it's very nature cannot be forced given or taken away. The supression of religious freedom for non muslims is important aspect of Islamic law. This can also be seen with Roman Catholic involvement and abuse of political power. But in contrast , in any non catholic Christian majority country, egUSA,UK,AUS you will see freedom of religion , freedom of speech , freedom of dissent recognized as basic human right. True religion can neither be forced in or out of a person. It's a relationship he has with God and he has no problem going to heaven if the governments chose to send him there.in India it is the non religious nature of the constituition which makes it possible for most if not all of india to enjoy religious freedom. Hinduism by nature is discriminative and would never have formed a basis for a constituition that was fair. Casteism of hinduism is a core social doctrine and any hindu society without caste would be unimaginable. Casteism denies that all human beings are born equal. It denies that they have equal rights. That is why the authors of the constituition abolished casteism as unlawful and granted equal rights to all indian citizens which was based on the british system which in turn was based on the british common law derived from the bible .So the India indirectly has benefitted from the biblical world view and wihout  the rights i have as of today , india would be one of the most unliveable societies on earth , courtesy the caste system and fatalism .

How can i vote?

How can i vote if i don't agree with any political party or their ideologies?
The common christian answer is vote for the lesser evil.One good thing is that they don't see any political party as fully correct.That's a fact.But should i still vote for the lesser 'evil'.Why support any evil? Once you know it's evil does it matter whether it is lesser or greater?

Which is more sinful ? To support the lesser or to abstain from voting?
I think to support the lesser evil is more sinful than abstaining from voting.I don't have a choice.I cannot and will not support any evil greater or lesser.

Caste and politics

The indian society is straitified by the caste system into many castes.There were also people without caste, the untouchables.After India gained independence in 1947,the caste system was abolished.That abolition remains only in the papers.That is because,hinduism the religion of the majority is caste based. Legislation could not remove this system from the hearts and minds of the masses of India.It still remains a very important aspect of Indian society.The mistreatment of the untouchables and lower caste by the uppercaste has decreased considerably but it still exits.
Politics in india, is not ideology based or policy based but caste based.Ideology and policy come second only to caste in most parts if not all.
Now political parties greedy for power,give tickets only to candidates who are from the majority caste in a particular constituency.That is first principle .In a particular constituency all the parties will field candidated from the majority caste only.Only now after the field is equalized does ideolgy and policy come into fray.
The pragmatism of the political parties is understandable.But in doing caste based politics,poltical parties are in everyway reinforcing caste system as as important component of Indian society.That is regrettable ,given the fact that caste was abolished by the constituition long ago.

The left ,the right and the center and the prolife issue in India

Unlike the US ,in India , the left is formed by the combination of Communst party of indai and Marxist communist party.The religious right is formed by the bharathiya janatha party and the moderate center stand is taken by the Indian national congress.
 Unlike in the US ,the right is not "Christian" or prolife.Neither is the left prolife.Neither is the center prolife.The few prolife voices in India are the Roman Catholic Church and the insignificant and negligible evangelicals and charismatics.

Will you  stand up for the unborn Child ?