Christians should not be involved in politics.

(Just re-posting my argument because the rebuttal was for round 3) Christian doctrine does not in any way demand that followers of the Christian faith not be involved in politics... There should be a variety of people involved in most political decisions, because the people making said decisions represent an entire population, not only certain groups. Think about the ramifications of pulling Christians from the house of representatives. There would be absolute chaos and uproar from billions of Christians from around the world. If you're saying that Christians shouldn't be politicians because of their faith, then I don't think that you have no religious nor social grounds. If there's anything a massive religious movement likes, it's power. Another issue is that of Christian interpretation. Individual Christians interpret the bible in different ways. According to Leviticus, Christians shouldn't eat anything from the sea unless it has fins and scales. Some Christians choose to accept this as fact, and don't eat shrimp (very very very few). Most choose to ignore this because, well, Christians like shrimp. Guess what? Christians also like politics. The interpretation of a bible verse by one person (besides the pope) means absolutely nothing. It is generally accepted that Christians can eat shrimp, ergo they eat shrimp. In a scientific test if there are 2000 test subjects and one is an outlier, the effects on that one person are discarded. Your idea that Christian doctrine says that Christians shouldn't be involved in politics is meaningless to the billions of people who interpret the bible differently. Would you post the verses that you are referring to? The validity of the bible, a book written over 2000 years ago that has been translated several times over the course of 20 centuries, is questionable at best. The verses that you posted did not satisfy me with the idea that Christian doctrine states clearly that Christians should not be involved in politics. Just because Jesus does not want to be involved nor his disciples, the verses shown do not say that all Christians should not be involved in politics. The phrase "Not of the world", is not to be over-interpreted as to mean "not involved in politics". Because Jesus will not accept a coin, this does not mean that he does not want Christians to be involved in politics. Remaining neutral on all political issues and affairs does not mean that all Christians should not be involved in politics. Neutral is a position, as are for or against. The idea of government authorities not being legitimate because only God has authority wouldn't have been written today. At the time of Jesus of Nazareth, most governments were totalitarian dictatorships (although it can be argued that God is a totalitarian dictator). Many people strongly opposed the political positions of the highest in power, such as Caesar. Would the same be said today about our governments in which the citizens have representation? Unless you're a libertarian, I don't think so. If the goal of Christian missionaries are to ultimately convert all people to Christianity, then there would be nobody involved in politics. There would be no organization of food, housing, water, supplies, etc. All would be Chaos. If everyone was Christian, which is what most Christians want, then how would the world function under the idea that Christians and politics shouldn't mix? Should we leave some people Jewish so that they will go to Hell, but at least our system won't collapse? I don't really see the upside of Christians not being involved in politics...