A political culture tries to eliminate all opposition and obstacle, as if life were attained by obliterating enemies and differences. Even the Church often descends to this pagan level, as Jesus calls it (see Matthew 20:25), when it resorts to dominative power and even punitive means to enforce its will. At that point, prayerful people know that there is little real trust in the presence of the Risen Jesus in history. He never relied upon enforcement in his lifetime; I do not know why he would change his strategy now.
