Thanks to Beliefnet and Time Magazine, there is now a God-O-Meter keeping track of the ’08 Presidential candidates and their positions on the secularist-theocrat spectrum. The good news is I no longer have to search all over the Internet to compile this information for myself. The bad news is the God-o-Meter delivers its message with unblinking, graphic clarity. Like … Continue reading God-o-Meter keeping tabs on the candidates
Decided to answer my own question about the religions of the ’08 presidential candidates and found the following compilation from the Associated Press on the Nashua (NH) Telegraph‘s website: DEMOCRATS Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden: Roman Catholic New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Methodist Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd: Catholic Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Methodist Ohio … Continue reading Not an atheist among ’em
Hard to believe it’s already been four months since three Republican candidates declared they don’t believe in evolution and instantly took themselves out of the running as far as I’m concerned. Brownback, Tancredo, and Huckabee. I don’t know what startled me more, their admission or my shock. I’d always thought I was a reasonable, open-minded person, willing to … Continue reading Election ’08: Does religion matter?
Charlie Rose interviewed Barack Obama (D-IL) last night on PBS. I caught the last half of the show, and once again was spellbound by the Senator. Articulate, thoughtful, low-key but confident. It wasn’t so much Obama’s position on issues as his thought process that impressed me. He’s analytical, open-minded, seems to consider broad options and … Continue reading Run, Barack, run
Is John Kerry’s “flip-flopping” really that? Or is he a thoughtful, open-minded person willing to reconsider and refine his beliefs as new information comes to light? Is George Bush really staunch, steadfast, determined? Or is he just plain stubborn and hardheaded, a man who can’t and won’t change his thinking no matter what? A man … Continue reading Flip-flop or not
