Personal and Political, Bush's Faith Blurs Lines
now i know some of you consider the new york times to be nothing but left-wing propaganda, and this article admittedly has a liberal agenda and is somewhat flawed, but it brings up some interesting issues regarding bush's record as a man of faith. while he has done much to further the christian agenda in this country, articles like this just prove to me more and more that politicians use religion more as a tool to gain support than as a personal faith. don't think that anything bush says or does regarding the matter hasn't been carefully coordinated by his campaign staff in order to garner certain reactions. he's trying to maintain the conservative christian vote while leaning enough towards moderates to win some of them over. it's nothing but politics.
i've submitted my absentee ballot and i didn't vote for bush or kerry. whoever wins i'll pray for God's wisdom and sovereign providence over them, but this is one battle i'm staying out of.
edit: yesterday was the one year anniversary of this blog. looking back, i've said a whole lot of crap, and very little of it has mattered at all.
Posted by bwu at October 26, 2004 11:23 AMAre politics really tthhhaattt important? I know it does affect everybody a lot. But, I mean, whoevers working in politics is doing their best. And, to me, it seems completely ridiculous for people to just get mad at their mistakes, and just be super opinionative about it and start judging like crazy, instead of just trying to understand their position.
Posted by: Ricky on October 26, 2004 11:42 PM