On the same day Quebec vigorously defended its law promoting state neutrality and secularism in government, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared religious values can and should frame how politicians act.
They are most certainly Canadian and it is thanks to our Christian values that recognize that all deserve forgiveness love and kindness that makes it possible.
This is something absent from pretty much all other faiths I know of.
Ive been reading your comments on this post. You seem to be coming from a good, well intentioned place. The main issue with Carney saying this that there should be a separation between government and religion. All are free to worship or not as they choose. One religion (regardless of what that religion is) guiding a government goes against this.
Well like I said earlier there is no separation of church and state in Canada, that’s a US thing. In Canada our parliament building is full of bible quotes etched into the stone, and the values you are portraying like “All are free to worship or not as they choose” is a Christian idea based on Jesus’s teachings to forgive love and be kind to all people, and if someone doesn’t want to hear the message to “shake off your feet and be on your way” (Matt 10:14). This is in stark contrast to other faiths like Islam and Judaism where non believers are discriminated against.
Fundamentally the government needs some kind of basis of morality, otherwise it turns into relativism soup, where people are allowed to rape and assault people because “it’s part of their religion/culture” like in Europe. By contrast in Canada the criminal code doesn’t care what religion/culture you are, if you commit a crime, it’s a crime, it’s not relative, it’s absolute, and it’s based on Christian ethics.
They are most certainly Canadian and it is thanks to our Christian values that recognize that all deserve forgiveness love and kindness that makes it possible.
This is something absent from pretty much all other faiths I know of.
Ive been reading your comments on this post. You seem to be coming from a good, well intentioned place. The main issue with Carney saying this that there should be a separation between government and religion. All are free to worship or not as they choose. One religion (regardless of what that religion is) guiding a government goes against this.
Well like I said earlier there is no separation of church and state in Canada, that’s a US thing. In Canada our parliament building is full of bible quotes etched into the stone, and the values you are portraying like “All are free to worship or not as they choose” is a Christian idea based on Jesus’s teachings to forgive love and be kind to all people, and if someone doesn’t want to hear the message to “shake off your feet and be on your way” (Matt 10:14). This is in stark contrast to other faiths like Islam and Judaism where non believers are discriminated against. Fundamentally the government needs some kind of basis of morality, otherwise it turns into relativism soup, where people are allowed to rape and assault people because “it’s part of their religion/culture” like in Europe. By contrast in Canada the criminal code doesn’t care what religion/culture you are, if you commit a crime, it’s a crime, it’s not relative, it’s absolute, and it’s based on Christian ethics.