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Wow, is this true. But this election may bring many more people who have never examined their positions before out to the table. A guy in my office was one of them (non-religious Catholic voting straight Republican for 25 years...because his parents did, and he has this sense--based on nothing--that Republicans won't raise his property taxes), but now he's paying attention for the first time and, amazingly, doesn't yet know how he'll vote next year.

I am so proud of him! For four years we've been telling him to look beyond his own backyard and just think about more than one issue before casting a vote. And though it took a national catastrophe to make it happen, there may yet be a silver lining to all this.

I'll be fascinated to see what voter turnout is in November of '08.

Me too. One of my best friends never had much interest in politics, tended to vote Rep. Now, she's more engaged.

I'm liberal and I don't hate the 10 Commandments. In fact, I live by a majority of them.

I don't want them in my government offices or any other public spaces though, because we don't live in a theocracy.

I would not want any religious doctrine in any public place or government office.

Somtimes simple concepts escape the simple minded.

I would not want any religious doctrine in any public place or government office.

I agree with that, and I also don't want the government involved in my religion.

A Friend of mine I think said it best:

Sheesh, one needn't necessarily be a liberal to be rather uncomfortable with many of the Ten Commandments.

Oh sure, most of us can avoid killing and stealing.....but when one considers the whole list, it becomes clear we're bound by simple human nature to be in constant violation. How can we possibly help thinking things we shouldn't, coveting things we oughtn't, etc?

I can refrain, for example, from actually having sex with my neighbor's wife. But all I have to do is want to, and I've broken a Commandment! If my father got drooling drunk and beat me up every day until I was big & tough enough to fight back, but I don't "honor" him nonetheless, I'm sinning!

Sheesh, one needn't necessarily be a liberal to be rather uncomfortable with many of the Ten Commandments.

Oh sure, most of us can avoid killing and stealing.....but when one considers the whole list, it becomes clear we're bound by simple human nature to be in constant violation. How can we possibly help thinking things we shouldn't, coveting things we oughtn't, etc?

I can refrain, for example, from actually having sex with my neighbor's wife. But all I have to do is want to, and I've broken a Commandment! If my father got drooling drunk and beat me up every day until I was big & tough enough to fight back, but I don't "honor" him nonetheless, I'm sinning!

If Americans stopped coveting their Neighbor's possessions, either the US economy would fall apart (bad) or the people who live paycheck to paycheck would have to get off their "Credit Card Jones" (Good).

OR BOTH!!

Note: For those who don't know the vernacular; Jones = Habit (like in Heroin addiction)

I know. I saw my cousins two weeks ago. Some of them, anyway. They're all quite deep in their religion, being life-long members of the local Catholic church.

More specifically, I spoke with them about politics. Eventually. The conversation started with them asking my opinion of one of their classmates who had become pregnant and was being urged by the father to have an abortion. By virtue of that discussion, we evolved into something more political. The eldest (in her 20s) commented that she was a republican, which surprised me because I never had her pegged as a political creature. She's nice, but rather checked-out. I asked her why she said she was a republican, and she said, "Because I am conservative." So I asked her what conservative meant and she said, "It means I'm a christian." I asked her if liberals could be christians, too, and she said, "Not according to our church." *sigh*

My little anecdote is so sad on so many levels.

Ahh, it is scary when bimbos think....:help: Thanks for sharing.

Maybe we could learn something from them.