Guess the right person or group of persons for the following quotes:
A. This person told an evangelical megachurch in South Carolina about how he “accepted Jesus Christ in [his] life,” spoke of working toward the “Kingdom of God” and concluded by saying, “I can be an instrument of God they same way all of you are.”
B. This person told a TV network: “Well, first of all, I believe in an almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That’s what I believe.”
C. This group of people made no explicit reference to faith or religion in a recent event on a cable news network.
A. Barack Obama – It’s funny how Democratic politicians can climb into pulpits almost every Sunday and flat out preach – quote scripture and call for a response – and no one really bats an eye. But when a Republican mentions their faith playing a role in their decision making while on the campaign trail, you’d would have thought he called for an end to elections and the appointment of a Pope/President.
Why is that? Is it simply a double standard? Do people believe that the Democrat candidate is simply lying or pandering to an audience? Why are Democratic politicians not called on their religious language, especially while campaigning from a pulpit?
B. President Bush, the evil neo-con, Muslim-hatin’, crazy-Christianist, told Al Arabiya that he believes all religions pray to the same God. I believe he is completely wrong, the law of non-contridiction demonstrates that, but the only real attention this received was from Christian outlets for disagreeing with him. The MSM basically stayed away from this like they avoided Obama’s sermon.
C. The GOP Presidential candidates did not mention anything explicitly religious during the entire MSNBC debate.
Who is it that wants to establish a Christian nation, persecute gays, stop scientific research and revert back to the Puritan days? Incidentally, I don’t think either party wants to do that, but I know some who will make that claim about the party that spent absolutely 0% of their debate discussing faith.
I have read a few articles about Mike Huckabee climbing into the pulpit and actually talking about Jesus, and intentionally avoiding the topic of politics..
They should all leave religion out of it. But in America, if you don't make a big deal out of just how religious you are you don't have a chance in hell of being elected. In a recent poll, atheists scored the lowest of any group in electability (even lower than queers!). Can you even imagine a presidential candidate claiming atheism? Fie on them all!
And thank God for that.
Maybe this is because both parties are coming in from their extremes and overdoing it – conservatives are learning to temper their faith, and libs are attempting, often emptily and with only superficial personal conviction or faith, to try to win back the many faithful who rejected the anti-religious and anti-life extremism of the far left secularists who have taken over much of the D party.
Religious faith should be irrelevant. I’m not voting for Minister-in-Chief after all. I’m more interested in their positions regarding Iraq or the mounting deficit or illegal immigration or environmental destruction than their relationship with Jesus. And I would think that any rational conservative would agree with me.
I would agree. If a candidate is pro-life to the core, I don't care why that is – except that I am interested in their reasoning behind it. If they are interested in pushing Shariah law on me, then I would have to think twice.
I would agree with a caveat. If there are two candidates with whom I agree on virtually every issue and I cannot decide between the two, how I see their relationship with Jesus would be a factor.
But I do agree that I would much rather have someone that agrees with me politically than theologically in the White House.
If I didn't vote for some kind of xian, I wouldn't be able to vote at all. Lucky me.