Elvis Fu Wrote:
I would actually like to see some sort of impossible study done wherein it revealed how much these politicians who witness in front of cameras actually have to do with real religious faith.
Little things like owning a Bible that has some wear on the pages from study, regular church attendance and tithe, volunteer work with various church organizations, etc.
I have grandparents who are very strict Southern Baptists, and they do not behave in the same way as the people who are reviled on this board, and other outlets. I respect the strength of their convictions and their faith, and I have zero problems with it guiding their voting habits.
But I don't admire the bravado displayed in front of the microphone by the likes of most of these pundits and politicians.
the thing is, its pretty fucking scary being around these assholes. Hell, in Bama and GA the DEMOCRATS are as bad as the Republicans EVERYBODY goes to church around here. Scares the shit out of me. Hell, a guy I work with, who I considered a grade A monger, had a seriously dog-eared Bible and study guide in his car last time i saw him...Don't know how he feels about fossil fuelsm but shit!
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Throughout his life, from childhood until death, he was beset by severe swings of mood. His depressions frequently encouraged, and were exacerbated by, his various vices. His character mixed a superficial Enlightenment sensibility for reason and taste with a genuine and somewhat Romantic love of the sublime and a propensity for occasionally puerile whimsy.
harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.
FT Wrote:
LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)