In politics faith has become a euphemism for Religion. Recently, the “faith based initiatives” or “faith-based organizations” have been in the news. It is being reported that Barak Obama, the Democratic presumptive nominee, is supporting government efforts to provide assistance to religious organizations that do some kind of “public service.”
Make no mistake. Faith in the world of politics means religion.
It is not just the politicians. The religious in general, mindful of the negativity associated with religions, use the euphemism — FAITH.
It is not OK for a politician to say, “I am religious.” In the West, that evokes questions and raises concerns. Not a good move for the political savvy. Disassociating faith from religion is marvelous PR coup. Now politicians have no hesitation in affirming “I have faith.” Unlike its ugly twin religion, faith is considered a positive quality!
That applies not just to politicians but to all people in the Western hemisphere. Faith euphemistically has acquired respectability overnight — respectability that religion lost because of its abysmal track record over centuries.
“Faith” today is the acceptable modern day terminology for religion. Religion free people do not subscribe to this false respectability because the context cannot be overlooked. Spin it whatever way, the bottom line is it is impossible to have faith without a corresponding religious context. Thus when a politician, for example, proudly says “I have faith,” he is inextricably affiliated to a religious denomination.
EXPOSING Rev. "PASTOR" ERNEST O'NEILL 