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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity
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To: bull_derrick who wrote (22205)11/5/2004 1:25:33 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
Hi Bull. Let me say that I don't believe that there is anything contrived about George Bush's religious fervor. I do think, however, that he or his election team inserted religion shamelessly into every issue either directly or through the use of code phrases and code words. The "marketing" of his religion for political purposes leaves me uncomfortable and the success of that marketing makes me believe we will see many contrived imitators.

As for understanding "us," I am an agnostic. At one time in my life I was a Christian but life's lessons took me away from Christianity. I simply don't have the "faith." That doesn't mean that I'm anti-Christian and it certainly doesn't mean that I don't understand Christianity, it just means that I'm one of the undecided.

I think that Christianity is a wonderful religion that helps many people and tends to make the world a better place. Having said that, I also fear that Christianity, like Islam but to a much lesser extent, is getting hijacked by the more radical religious leaders who feel the power of leadership and become swollen with their own power.

The danger of mixing politics and religion is that religion lends a feeling of "rightness" to the decision making process that often impedes critical thinking, interferes with pragmatic evaluations of the realities of policies and is more likely to infringe on the individual liberties of others. That's why faith based foreign policies and domestic laws can create violent reactions and that's why those who are "wrong" in taking such actions often persist in being wrong. Ed
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