But I do want some blogging going on. This is a blog not a monologue.
Going to church doesn't make you Mormon, Christian, Jewish or Catholic. Church is how you practice religion. Belief that Jesus was who he said he was is different than religion. Since the media has brought up this whole religion thing, I want to know about all the candidates and what they believe. I'd like an honest answer about all of their beliefs. Jay suggested the League of Women Voters. They do provide info about the candidates. Any other places you can think of to find info?
What specifically makes you like one candidate over another? Unfortunately, TV is where we see the candidates acting the way they are acting. It makes me form beliefs, true or untrue, based on how I feel about how they are acting.
Did anyone see the Geraldine Ferrarro interview on Good Morning America? He said, she said, he said, she said. Everyone says their comments were taken out of context. She really made some good points. She's on the finance committee that Barack wanted her fired from. She's not part of the Clinton campaign. There's nothing to be fired from. I do wonder if Obama would have gotten as far if he were the traditional kind of candidate. I don't think Ferrarro was being racist. I know a president has all kinds of advisers and experience does count for something. An inexperienced candidate wouldn't be making decisions in a vacuum. How about the whole Obama-Clinton ticket or the Clinton-Obama ticket? Did she really think he'd go for being VP? Or are they just testing the waters? It seems a bit contrived to me.
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I think politics and religion are very interesting ... but unfortunately I think the former makes the latter less reliable :(
What I mean by that is I believe that most politicians are more interested in power / success / control / fame / fortune / protection / recognition than anything and as a result everything else gets filtered into what is "right" to achieve their hopeful demographic support.
Thus, Barrack Hussein Obama could believe and be a muslim but he may have decided that it is not a politically expedient characteristic. Hillary Clinton could be a non-believer but have concluded that also is not politically expedient position. McCain could be a fighting fundamentalist christian but have decided that is not a politically expedient stance. They may all actually NOT believe in anything spiritual outside themselves (i.e., God") and only believe in doing "the best" as they see/define the best. Although Kennedy claimed to be a catholic I believe he was well known for his regular trysts with women who weren't his wife. I suppose we could go on and on and on and on. Who of them is faithful? Who is true? Who believes in the concept of right and wrong in the face of wrong feeling good?
I understand wanting to know the candidates spiritual beliefs, because as we try to search out how effectively people will lead the country it would be comforting to know a lot more than we ever get to know. And for those of us who believe that our universe didn't come from nothing, that everything around us reveals an intelligent designer (just as the honda in my garage reveals an engineer and manufacturer), and that if 'god' exists he would choose to reveal himself to us -- and have thus tested & concluded that the bible's claims are real, it seems like it would provide comfort to know that we had a leader who believes that our decisions have greater implications than ourselves and that there is a plan in effect that is bigger than this quarter or four-year election cycle.
However, I think that although every president has professed faith in God as revealed in the bible of the old and new testaments, I unfortunately don't think by-and-large this professed faith has included obedience to God's truth and/or translated into godly character.
I really worry about politicians ~ especially on the national stage. I wonder if there are any who are self-less and serving -- I wonder actually if surviving in the political environment is completely contrary to being self-less and serving ?? I worry about ALL of them ...
And I'm not even a cynic!
Love you my friend,
Sherrie
http://www.factcheck.org/
I've found this to be a rather non-partisan place. Like a political Snopes.com LOL.
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