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These kinds of comments terrify me because they come from nutjobs who many people (millions?) consider worthy of presidential candidacy. How close are we to a theocracy? Is it time to vacate the premises or what?
I think the United States are far from becoming a theocracy. Church and State always have a hard time being completely separated. In my country, for ex., we got a crucifix on our Supreme Court. http://tinyurl.com/3fygfxy
Also, I read the tag as #thecrazy.
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cloud_ctrl · 4622 days ago · link ·
Ahh, yes, that's just my flair for the dramatic. I know we're far from it, but still I can't help but feel frustrated with leaders who factor their expectations of a soon-to-arrive end of times into their decisions. And OHMYGOD WHY IS THERE A CRUCIFIX IN YOUR COURTROOM. But still Catholics don't really seem like they've been drinking as much kool-aid as good old american evangelists. I know that they take their spirituality seriously, but I don't think that they take the book of revelations quite so seriously. It has always seemed to me to be a somewhat more casual take on things, even if the official policies are stricter.
This is what you get when you feed your children a diet of garbage in media and dumb down the education system. This trend of aversion to reason is not unique to the praise the lord set. Yesterday I had a very illuminating conversation with a clearly intelligent but completely ill-educated punk-rocker-wanna-be in the hood. His set have their own varient of ladida thinking process.
It is quite alarming.
thenewgreen · 4623 days ago · link ·
They terrify me too. Today George McGovern was on the Diane Rehm show and a caller asked him about this phenomenon. He had a great answer that included a personal anicdote from his childhood that I cannot retell and do justice. His main point was that these people "Bachmann in particular" don't have exclusive rights to "god". -It's a dangerous game they are playing.
btw, you should check out this vid I made about how scary Bachmann is:
http://hubski.com/pub?id=3107