Hindu Prayer in the US Senate - WWJD?
July 27th, 2007 by Victor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vENZwp1rk
What would Jesus do is a great question to ask in our lives in this evil age? Recently there was a Hindu clergy member who was invited to say the opening prayer in the United States Senate. He was interupted by shouts by Christians from the viewing gallery who were eventually removed.
There are some obvious circumstances that do not make this situation like something Jesus would have specifically dealt with (for example, the Senate is not the Jewish Temple or a church and the United States is not Israel or the Kingdom of God), but what do you think Jesus’ actions, reactions or inaction would have been to this? Would he have done what the people in the balcony did? Why or why not?
I found this video clip disappointing - mostly because of the rudeness of those in the gallery, but also because this kind of prayer being offered in the Senate is another indicator of the direction our nation is heading ( away from Christ).
I can’t say with certaintly what Jesus would have done in this situation, of course. However, Jesus lived in an age when the Roman government was probably much more pagan than the present day US Senate, yet he didn’t seem to concern himself too much with political idolatry, or with politics in general.
Had this Hindu prayer been offered in the Temple, where people were gathered specifically to worship God, his response might have been more vocal.
Rich
I was surprised that there is still anyone in the Senate who would even dare to say anything so politically incorrect like: Hinduism is idolatry.