Sep
17
2009
Politics… religion… politics… religion.
After my last post, I thought about politics and religion. I thought about how America was founded by a group of men who were leaving their country because religion had become so tangled with their government that they couldn’t take it anymore. That they risked their life just to get here, and [...]
Tags: constitution, Forefathers, politics, religion
Oct
01
2008
On Thursday we will see a VP debate that may go down as one of the most important VP debates ever. Usually these aren’t very important to people and the VP candidate has little affect on the outcome of the election. But, I believe that it is much different this time around.
Why? [...]
Tags: politics, religion, sarah palin
Sep
27
2008
I keep getting messages from people to pray for our presidential candidates. To pray that the right guy gets elected. To pray that whoever it is that God wants, be chosen by the voters.
These are the same people who send out e-mail telling me to vote for Mccain because Obama is horrible for [...]
Tags: politics, praying
Sep
09
2008
So, in my earlier post I wrote a teaser about the separation of church and state. This is one thought that is part of an overarching thought, which is this:
I think that the men who wrote and signed the constitution not only knew a lot about what they wanted, but they knew even more [...]
Tags: First Amendment, politics, religion
Sep
04
2008
I was reading my daily Dooce, and could not agree with her more today. Her post got me thinking about how many of us have stopped even trying to have a conversation with our family and friends who are on the conservative and/or the religious right side of things.
I wonder, frequently, why those on [...]
Tags: close minded, politics, religion