Comments on: Republican Religiosity

By: Omyword!

Omyword! — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:06:27 +0000

I would like to say that I read more than the latest post. Especially when I’m enjoying myself, as I have with your blog, and when I’m trying to get to know a blogger. With that said, I loved this post. I’m just about to take off my magic underwear and put pins in my voodoo doll. But after that, I’ll decide who to vote for.

By: OMSH

OMSH — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:00:29 +0000

Ooooh Butterfly DO go on.

Does reading news online rate with a newspaper? B/c I’m just not into all that waste.

By: butterfly

butterfly — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:03:17 +0000

You know what I’d like to see in a president? Someone well-rounded — someone with some worldliness — someone with a TRUE appreciation for cultural diversity — someone with some demonstrated diplomatic skill, someone well-read (including newspapers, George W.!!) Someone, who despite his/her faith being Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, or whatever, is educated enough to have taken some sort of comparative religion and cultural studies courses before striving to become a world leader.

Besides, it doesn’t matter what Christian denomination you are, any of them should know that Jesus and the Devil are not brothers! The Devil is a fallen angel, a supernatural being. Angels are created by God, formed of fire, but they are not his children. They don’t even have belly buttons because they are not “born” they just “are”! Now, if Huckabee had said something about Mormons and their “magic underwear” — then, I might not vote for him, but I would at least respect him for knowing a little bit about what the fuck he was talking about. ;-D

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:43:02 +0000

BlogHer members, please contact OMSH, not me. I’m all for a woman president. Golda Meir. Margaret Thatcher. Case closed.

By: OMSH

OMSH — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:38:40 +0000

In the words of SECULAR singer,

“You gotta have faith….oooooh, ya gotta have fa-a-a-a-a-ith.”

What I can’t prove my heart proves for me, BUT I couldn’t disagree with you more about a Christian president - or a Jewish president - or a president who has ANY MORAL INTEGRITY.

Just NOT a woman.
Sorry, I just don’t want a woman president.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:13 +0000

Of course, if I follow my own argument, there should be nothing wrong with a Scientologist President either. God help us.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:02:01 +0000

Neil, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Of course, I doubt we’re going to have an atheist president anytime soon, or even agnostic…But a girl can dream!

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:02:24 +0000

You scared me for a minute there since I was taking you seriously. I was relieved to see your closing punch and agree with you that ALL religions have their ample share of crazy-ass stories that defy credulity. Many of us just accept the Judeo-Christian ones more easily because we’re part of that culture, because the stories are so far in the past, and because Cecil B. DeMille has made mainstream movies about them. I would never vote for Huckabee or Romney but it has nothing to do with their religions.

On the other hand, that stuff about Joseph Smith finding those ancient religious artifacts buried in upstate New York in the 1820s is some crazy shit. But I love the Osmonds so the LDS church can’t be that bad…

(P.S. I think following your concert of unity and religious tolerance with this provocative post is brilliance!)

By: Atomic Bombshell

Atomic Bombshell — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:06:29 +0000

Yeah, I’m getting tired of the news spinning the candidates’ religious beliefs to drum up stories. I think most of us are smart enough (then again, maybe that’s my own brand of blind faith) to vote based on the issues.

By: Caron

Caron — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:56:58 +0000

Glad you left this up.

I am hoping for the “Golden Rule” candidate. No god, no devil, and it’s much more convenient than 10 rules you carry around on heavy slabs.