Tuesday, June 05, 2007 . 6/05/2007
I can't believe this. I really can't. What the hell does faith and religion have to do with politics? Oh, that's right, this is America. No one wants an atheistic leader.This is all complete bullshit, it really is. These people seem to go out of their way to say that they believe in Jesus and "have faith". Again, why should we give a flying rat's ass what their beliefs are? And what the fuck is up with this statement:
"Senator, you often speak of the 39 million Americans who wake up in poverty every day. Many of us in churches and faith-based organizations, for us this is a gospel issue, as you know. Changing this is a biblical priority, so we are wanting to make a specific commitment to cut poverty in half in the next 10 years as a beginning"?
Followed by this reply from Edwards:
"Well, let me first say thank you to you, Jim, and to Sojourners for its great leadership on this, what I think is a great moral issue facing this country today and I would add to that, this the is the cause of my life. It is the reason after the last election that I went back to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, started a poverty center. It is the reason I've traveled around the world doing humanitarian work."
A gospel issue? A moral issue "facing this country today"? You don't have to have faith to care that other people are dying of starvation, and in fact, if faith is the only thing that makes you a caring person, you have a real problem.
It's hard to read any further without getting nauseous; "Do you think that God takes sides in a war? For example, in the war on terror, is God on the side of U.S. troops, would you say?"
God taking sides, hmm, okay. If he did exist, this wouldn't be very nice now, would it? I thought God was supposed to love everyone no matter what. Taking sides is rather childish for a god, and I do not think he would be for such a petty war as this. And anyhow, asking this question is the equivilant of asking "Does Santa take sides, do you think? Does he deliver presents to the U.S troops?" Furthermore, do these people not realise that the people in Iraq have a faith and a god too, and are killing for it? So, which faith is right, yours or theirs?
I can't read anymore of the transcript. It's just too ridiculous and pathetic. I never realised just how heavily a role faith plays in America. It's fucking sad. As someone on the Infidels.org forums said, "You myswell ask them what their favorite Lord of the Rings character is".
When will people realise that this whole "faith" thing is nonsense? Especially grouping faith and religion with politics! Why should anyone care what someone's faith is as long as they are a good person? In this country, someone could be the nicest person in the world, giving money to charity and preventing child and/or animal abuse, but if they mention they are an atheist, it's all over. Something is seriously wrong here when belief in an invisible dude determines how good a person you are.
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