Scariest Bush Article Yet... — Page 2

The Bible is filled with wisdom that applies to all time and cultures, I think. But it's one thing to take advice from that book, and another to treat every single word of it as literal truth.

I don't object to anyone quoting the Bible. I do object to the implication that people without religion can't be moral, which usually goes hand in hand with the belief that only one branch of religion is truly moral.

Count me in as a believer in the Benjamin Franklin type of faith- I believe in an all-powerful God, and I believe that the best way to worship that God is to do good things for your fellow man. Simple. No doctrine, no dogma, no BS.

Updated On: 10/18/04 at 04:19 PM

And it is the Religious Right Wing that is doing the dividing.

Gotham, I find it very scary that you approve of Bush making such major decsions based on religion. Mixing world politics and religion has always ended badly for humanity. That is why the Founders of the Country so clearly separated Church from State.

The reason Suskind, a Republican, referred to "one man's faith" is that the Republican Party, traditionally, was OPPOSED to the Federal government dictating what people should think. That independence of spirit was indeed the HALLMARK of Republicanism.

What's going on in the West Wing nowadays is very frightening. Thank you for reading the article. I'm sorry you feel the way you do. I fear such thinking will be lead to disaster.

I pray that Kerry wins.

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Whoa, waitaminute...

Pal didn't "stomp" all over you. He was stating his opinion of your opinion. I didn't see anything inflammatory in what Pal said -- he didn't call you an idiot, he didn't say you were the spawn of Satan, etc. He did say that he found it "very scary" that you approve of Bush's decisions based on religion. Where's the insult in that? That's his opinion -- he sure didn't call you out on it.

He thanked you for giving a considered response. In a very civil way.

This goes RIGHT back to what I said in another thread: when did we reach a point when we couldn't discuss opposing political views in this country without someone crying "foul"?

Sorry, Goth, I didn't bash you. I said your being okay with the circumstances described in that article frightens me.

It is my conviction, as deeply held as any of Bush's, that if George W. Bush is reelected, it will be the end of the United States as a world power.

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Updated On: 10/18/04 at 04:45 PM

Unbelievable.... *shaking head*

I love the people on this board (and this is a bipartisan comment since I've seen both Democrats and Republicans do this...but more often, it's in regard the the 'awesomeness' of shows') who scream 'BUT IT'S MY OPINION. I HAVE A RIGHT TO IT. LEAVE ME ALONE.'

No.

You have a right to your opinion. And I have every right to absolutely HATE that opinion. And every right to tell you just how much I hate that opinion. I even reserve the right to judge someone based on the totality of opinions as expressed on this board.

You don't like it? I suggest then that you don't develop an opinion.

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I suppose everyone here has the right to form their opinions and hang to them in the face of all arguments logical and otherwise, to be smugly self-satisfied with their viewpoints, and to never, ever change their minds.

I suppose that then I have the right to think a little less of those people.