Is God a Liberal

Is God a liberal? Is it dangerous to ask a question like this? Is it foolish? It might be dangerous because one might impose one’s ideological views and call them divine. It might be foolish because we can not unravel the mystery of God. We can not purport to really know God.

 

Nonetheless, I think the question has to be asked. Christians are required to pursue justice in this world. They are required to assist in the divine plan to bring God’s kingdom to earth. In order to do this, they must ask what God expects of them. They must discern to the best of their ability God’s vision of justice.

 

Of course there is the risk that we will see what we want to see in God. Our political views should follow from our understanding of God, but, in turn, should assist in our understanding of God. What is written on our hearts is relevant to what we think of the divine. Of course we must have humility about whatever conclusions we are led to (what is written on our hearts is different from what is written on the hearts of others – this and other things lead many to give absolute adherence to the Magisterium). But people who believe in God must turn to God in determining all aspects of their lives including their political lives as citizens. Their conclusions may be provisional and contingent, but they are certainly an important part of a Christian life – all the more so for people who think, teach, and write about the law.

 

I recognize that God might want me to act as if she is a progressive and wants another member of this site to act as if she is a conservative. God may have a quite complicated plan. But I do not think it is foolish to ask if God is a liberal or a conservative or an unclassifiable. In living a life, the question has to be asked.