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Thanks for joining the Fortune Factor podcast. Values to vulnerability.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
One the promise of values.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Faith communities begin with core values compassion, justice, mercy, dignity,
and service. These values are meant to guide both individual
conscience and communal life. There are spiritual anchors offering orientation
in a confusing and divided world.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Two the political conversion of values.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
When values move into the public sphere, leaders and parties
often translate them into political agendas. What begins as moral
teaching morphs into political advocacy. The pulpit or community gathering
becomes a platform for electoral influence.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Congregants encourage to vote a faith aligned ticket.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Communities mobilized as a block, stripped of nuance, presented as
a reliable base.
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Three The vote as instrument.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Instead of conscience led decision making. Faith becomes a tool
for securing votes.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
At this point, political actors gain legitimacy by appealing to faith.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Faith leaders gain access or influence by aligning with politics.
Congregants and communities become numbers in a larger electoral machine.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Four The slide into vulnerability.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
This instrumentalization produces new vulnerabilities for congregants, Conscience sidelined, dissense,
stigmatized and personal faith reduced to ballot choices For communities tokenized,
divided internally, and manipulated externally. Once the election is over,
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promises often evaporate.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Five the consequence, what begin.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
As sacred guidance for flourishing life becomes a tool for
power struggles. Faith is not destroyed, but it is reshaped, commodified,
and weaponized.
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