Which religious dude do you most prefer the politics of?

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Please show me where Jesus advocated anything "liberal."

Matthew 19:21, Luke 3:10-11, John 4:4-26, really not that hard man.

Jesus didn't really advocate anything political, a lot of people at that time wanted Him to but he didn't.

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Jesus did not have a politics so much as an anti-politics, in that he questioned the general political assumptions and institutions of his day, setting up an alternate idea of community but not an alternate political program.  I think something similar could be said of Buddha, though I know less about him.

[ingemann]

Yes to call Jesus apolitical seems weird, while his words can be interpreted in many different ways, it's rather clear that he taught a religious and political message which was quite different from the Judæan mainstream. He de facto spoke against revolt against Rome, the power of the temple and the priests, against the Jewish taboos and for "racial/ethnic/tribal" equality. That was very much political statements.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I think something similar could be said of Buddha, though I know less about him.

It could, although Buddha advanced this idea more through example than through openly addressing any of the particular issues of his time. It's worth noting however that the polity of the early Buddhist sangha bore some resemblance to that of Buddha's homeland, the Shakya Republic.

[°Leprechaun]

I will not be voting in this poll.
I have a problem with any religion or religious person getting involved in politics.
Religion should be about something else.

None of these three were political.

If people want to advance a political cause they can do it without using religion as a tool.

If it is wrong for the state to advance a religious agenda, then it is equally wrong
for a religion or a religious leader to advance a political agenda.
What about Church and State separation?

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Yeshua (Jesus) Libertarians can take things from what He said too.