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**T5qYkHWQ** · 01-10-2006, 08:00 AM

Olga wrote:

Unfortunately, few "nice guys" get far in politics, and it has been so since ancient times. For the sake of reason I would assume that certain men and women with genuine ideals must surely, even today, be working in politics; but on the whole the impression I have is that those who struggle hardest for power in any profession, and politics is the power-profession par excellence, don't tend to be too tender-hearted. I don't really understand why the good Lord lets things be that way, but He himself pointed out the difference between the sense of this world and that of His Kingdom.

Nothing against actors or acting, I even enjoyed one or two movies in which Arnie starred; but the fact that actors seem to do well in politics (Arnie, Clint, Reagan) perhaps suggests that the skills of one profession are transferrable to the other!

We do pray for our leaders in Orthodox liturgy. Theologians may be able to tell us why in more detail, but perhaps part of the reason we pray is out of concern for the kind of choices and decisions they are going to make, which affect millions - literally.

Still, I guess it's also easy for non-Americans to take pot-shots at America. Why doesn't the world stop adopting the Coca-Cola lifestyle of western consumerism which supports America and capitalism instead?

01-10-2006, 08:00 AM	#3
T5qYkHWQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	Olga wrote: Unfortunately, few "nice guys" get far in politics, and it has been so since ancient times. For the sake of reason I would assume that certain men and women with genuine ideals must surely, even today, be working in politics; but on the whole the impression I have is that those who struggle hardest for power in any profession, and politics is the power-profession par excellence, don't tend to be too tender-hearted. I don't really understand why the good Lord lets things be that way, but He himself pointed out the difference between the sense of this world and that of His Kingdom. Nothing against actors or acting, I even enjoyed one or two movies in which Arnie starred; but the fact that actors seem to do well in politics (Arnie, Clint, Reagan) perhaps suggests that the skills of one profession are transferrable to the other! We do pray for our leaders in Orthodox liturgy. Theologians may be able to tell us why in more detail, but perhaps part of the reason we pray is out of concern for the kind of choices and decisions they are going to make, which affect millions - literally. Still, I guess it's also easy for non-Americans to take pot-shots at America. Why doesn't the world stop adopting the Coca-Cola lifestyle of western consumerism which supports America and capitalism instead?
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