"Top 10 Moments in the Race for 'Pastor-in-Chief'"
The prevalence of religion in political campaigns has become a hot topic over the past few election cycles. In the present race for the White House, there has been even more attention to the religious views and practices of the candidates than ever before. There are constantly articles in major newspapers on the candidates' religious beliefs, studies by organizations like the Pew Foundation on the political leanings of different religious groups, and I won't even start on the number of features from the talking heads on television. The Interfaith Alliance, recently posted a sort of "greatest hits" video on their "You Tube" channel called the "Top 10 Moments in the Race for 'Pastor-in-Chief.'" It contains clips of the major candidates during the primaries (and yes, it does feel like that was ages ago) on religion, scripture, and God...and as an added bonus, the background music is Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer"...seriously, what more could you want?
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This continues to bother me. I tend to view a person's religious beliefs as being on a spectrum, and any attempts to define the undefinable tends to divide us even more. Humanity's attempts to define G-d and to categorize each other as labels along the political and religious spectrum mostly succeeds in more wars and more contests for power. This presidential election is no different.
Posted by: sayfordwilson | October 7, 2008 6:33 PM