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Religions > Atheism |
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"L. Raymond" |
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26 Nov 2007 07:39:48 PM |
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More superfluous religion in campaign |
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend? (The
answer is "No".)
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Obama, Bush cite common influence
From wire reports
During a 1999 Republican presidential debate, George W. Bush cited Jesus
when he was asked to identify the "political philosopher or thinker" who
had most influenced him. Last week, Democratic White House contender
Barack Obama picked Christ as one of three historic figures, along with
Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, with whom he would like to have
dinner.
The query was posed to Obama in New Hampshire by a reporter at the
Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun at the newspaper's offices.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
28 Nov 2007 03:43:16 PM |
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In article <1uajele6812qd$.l24acm94bu0n.dlg@
40tude.net>, L. Raymond said...
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend?
Looking for strength of character in presidential
candidates is like deep-sea fishing for deer.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
28 Nov 2007 03:48:48 PM |
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In article <MPG.21b7aafeb9c6313c98acb4Ž.196.97.136> Brian E. Clark <reply@newsgroup.only.please> writes:
In article <1uajele6812qd$.l24acm94bu0n.dlg@
40tude.net>, L. Raymond said...
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend?
Looking for strength of character in presidential
candidates is like deep-sea fishing for deer.
Did you make that one up?
In any case, you may now consider it stolen.
-- cary
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
30 Nov 2007 09:55:21 PM |
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In article <fikno0$b14$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu>, Cary
Kittrell said...
Looking for strength of character in presidential
candidates is like deep-sea fishing for deer.
Did you make that one up?
Yes, so far as I know.
In any case, you may now consider it stolen.
Curses, foiled again.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "Hatter" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
27 Nov 2007 10:13:40 AM |
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On Nov 26, 8:39 pm, "L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend? (The
answer is "No".)
The answer is Yes, but only amongst the utterly unelectable like the
Communist Party, The Freedom Socialist Party, New Union Party, The
Revolution Party, The LNSGP, and such nonsense.
Hatter
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
27 Nov 2007 03:57:06 PM |
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Hatter wrote:
On Nov 26, 8:39 pm, "L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend? (The
answer is "No".)
The answer is Yes, but only amongst the utterly unelectable like the
Communist Party, The Freedom Socialist Party, New Union Party, The
Revolution Party, The LNSGP, and such nonsense.
They don't count as part of DC culture. People currently in the
government or with a realistic chance of joining don't really have the
nerve to defy convention. That's why Mr. Stark is such a stand out for
letting people know he's atheist.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "Nosterill" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
27 Nov 2007 06:14:28 AM |
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On Nov 27, 2:39 am, "L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend? (The
answer is "No".)
*****
Obama, Bush cite common influence
From wire reports
During a 1999 Republican presidential debate, George W. Bush cited Jesus
when he was asked to identify the "political philosopher or thinker" who
had most influenced him. Last week, Democratic White House contender
Barack Obama picked Christ as one of three historic figures, along with
Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, with whom he would like to have
dinner.
The query was posed to Obama in New Hampshire by a reporter at the
Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun at the newspaper's offices.
--
L. Raymond
Over this side of the pond, no politician would use the G word for
fear of being thought too woowoo to be put in charge of anything
breakable.
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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| Title: Re: More superfluous religion in campaign |
27 Nov 2007 07:45:32 AM |
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:14:28 -0800 (PST), Nosterill
<fladgate@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 27, 2:39 am, "L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Well, Barack Obama couldn't resist bringing religion into a secular
question session; he even states Jesus was a historical figure. I am so
sick of this need to pose as Good Christians that's infecting D.C.
Doesn't anyone have the strength of character to defy this trend? (The
answer is "No".)
*****
Obama, Bush cite common influence
From wire reports
During a 1999 Republican presidential debate, George W. Bush cited Jesus
when he was asked to identify the "political philosopher or thinker" who
had most influenced him. Last week, Democratic White House contender
Barack Obama picked Christ as one of three historic figures, along with
Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, with whom he would like to have
dinner.
The query was posed to Obama in New Hampshire by a reporter at the
Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun at the newspaper's offices.
--
L. Raymond
Over this side of the pond, no politician would use the G word for
fear of being thought too woowoo to be put in charge of anything
breakable.
Blair has been whining that people think he's a religious nutter. Quel
surprise.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=INRTTT5I1400ZQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/11/25/nblair125.xml
http://tinyurl.com/ynvkxq
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