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January 11, 2008
The War On Christians
You'll get a kick out of this.
In Connecticut, a devout Christian voter was so insanely worried that a Democratic president will declare a war on Christianity and -- get this -- destroy all Bibles, that she traveled to the home of a Democratic friend and asked him to hide her Bible in his house.
The Democratic friend asked, "If all Bibles are destroyed, what's the use of bringing yours to me? That won't save it."
The woman replied, "It'll be perfectly safe with you. They'll never think of looking in the house of a Democrat for a Bible."
BAM! Har-har. But it's a true story...
...from the presidential campaign of 1800.
The Bible-destroying Democrat the woman was so worried about?
Thomas Jefferson.
Posted By Bob Cesca | January 11, 2008 07:26 PM | DIGG ME!
Comments
I'm not really sure what the point of retelling this story is. If your implication is that all persons of faith are idiots, you'd better give up on your support for Barack Obama, who laid out a powerful counter-argument to the antireligious narrative you're trying to establish with his Call to Renewal speech.
The most applicable quotation from the speech:
"At worst, there are some liberals who dismiss religion in the public square as inherently irrational or intolerant, insisting on a caricature of religious Americans that paints them as fanatical, or thinking that the very word 'Christian' describes one's political opponents, not people of faith."
Posted by: Sam H. ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 11, 2008 08:31 PM
>>>"If your implication is that all persons of faith are idiots"
Nope. Read the story again and think about it.
Posted by: Bob_Cesca at January 11, 2008 09:37 PM
Well if some of these people can be so easily manipulated into thinking that their operating manuals are going to be confiscated and destroyed by the opposing party, yes, I think it can be argued that they are not very bright. Of course, it doesn't apply to all these people --oops, I mean, Fellow Citizens.
Posted by: Nanotyrannus at January 12, 2008 03:17 AM
The narrow-mindedness that many equate with religious faith is true of a minority of those who believe in a higher power; simultaneously, the belief that all liberals are jesus-hating satanists is equally ridiculous.
It always amazes me how folks who consider themselves rational, thinking people so easily fall for either of these ideas.
Posted by: bajasteve at January 13, 2008 05:38 PM
propoganda and manipulation is there greatest weapon. Thats the reason why we are in Irag and soon to be Iran. They always talk against religious states with religious fanatics when they refer to other countries that don't share their views, but aren't we living in a religious state here in America?
Posted by: the_truth at January 13, 2008 06:17 PM
Sam, this is part of the reason:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Huckabee_Amend_Constitution_to_meet_Gods_0115.html
Absolutely nuts. Faith does not have the right to its own seat at the table of our Constitution. I understand that people have faith and that it is inseparable from who they are. I have no disagreement with that. What I DO have a problem with is forcing some/any version of Christianity on the populace. Especially under the guise of diversity (see Thomas' H.R. 888).
Please stop being so sensitive about religion. As long as it is now part of the political process, I'm sorry, but it is no longer personal. It is out there for criticism, ridicule, and deprecation, just like any other politically-held viewpoint.
Posted by: jmrunning3 at January 15, 2008 02:35 PM
