“The criteria to get into heaven is you have to be not good, but perfect. That’s the real challenge in it. On that day, when I pull up, I’ll be asked, `Do you have what it takes to get in?’ And if I ask, `Well, what does it take to get in?’ ‘Gotta be perfect.’ Well, I’m afraid I don’t have that, but you know what, I won’t be there alone that day. Somebody is going to be with me. His name is Jesus, and he’s promised that he would never leave me or forsake me.”
It would be prudent if presidential candidates refrained from proselytizing on a particular religious faith. Language like this puts our nation on a road to a very dangerous place (which, strangely enough, is what draws so many voters to Mr. Huckabee). The American public needs a better grasp on the history and value of church-state separation or the social and religious progress we have made since our founding will be severely stunted.
The language of the preacher is the natural dialect of the demagogue.
Huckabee would be no danger at all if evangelicals and fundamentalists were ever taught to think at their schools, but a liberal arts education is anathema to literalists who thank God that Noah was able to fit all the animals in the Ark.
Subtlety and nuance in speech or thought is beyond their ken, so I would expect them to seek a ban on textual criticism of the Bible in a comparative religion class.
Authoritarianism flows naturally from the fundamentalist conception of God in any religion as Supreme Dictator of the Universe.
It’s no coincidence that fascism extols the religious impulse in human nature, the better to manipulate it for its own ends.
Vince: Josh’s observation’s and your response put this one to bed. Don’t hold out any hope for these sheep, but keep your vigil.
Falwell made a statement I’ll never forget…Roughly paraphrased: “I’m not interested in getting out ‘the vote’, just as long as my people vote.
Funny, I was going to quote Falwell, too.;-)
Vince: Quoting Falwall is not a matter of coincidence. He was the standard bearer and the brain trust of a movement which, at one time, thought they had the Presidency all wrapped up in a neat little package. He was an obnoxious, arrogant twit who wore his faith based message on his sleeve and whom the press lionized because he was so controversial. Better to have had him out in the open and his purpose know, than lurking in the shadows like some Fifth Columnist waiting his opportunity.
Compassionate for the vast think, but I’m really loving the new Zune, and plan this, as healed as the reviews few other people know graphic, gift amend you decide if it’s the moral prize for you.
Superb write-up. Thx.
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