Went to a Pentecostal church service with my boyfriend, for one of his classes, and found politics and religion coinciding into a social movement. His interest in this subject actually sparked my interest in this group and is why I chose to focus on the Evangelical movement for my case study.
Found the service to be FULL of interesting behaviors and attitudes especially towards the government. Including what sounding like a good bit of distrust with the new President Elect, and a HUGE lack of faith in his ability to lead this country. Also as with many/most Americans a great amount of fear about the economic future of this nation. Throughout his sermon the pastor was discussing the root of "problems" and how to "solve" them.
The pastor mentioned Obama and his perceived in ability to follow the "rules" of problem solving as laid out by this church. The pastor also alluded to another political issue very very briefly...abortion or teen pregnancy. In accordance to there emphasis on family he said, "if you are man enough to make the baby, you better be man enough to take the baby". This provided for a VERY awkward moment for my boyfriend and I seeing as we were the ONLY two people there who were unmarried.
Overall this was an eye opening experience for a number of reasons, it was very interesting to see how religion not only infiltrates state, but state infiltrates religion.
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