Obama and Religion

[kirisutogomen]

This is the sort of thing dpolicar usually posts, rather than me, but it was my mother who pointed me at it, and I figured people might be interested anyway: Obama and Religion.

Also, I saw the movie Traitor and it was better than I expected. It wasn't precisely the genre the ads had suggested, either, which had something to do with my pleasant surprise.

Comments

[dpolicar]

Heh. I dunno that I'd ever be inclined to post that, exactly, but I'm amused by the shout-out.

[bakedweasels.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I disagree with Mr. Campos and would suggest he spend some time thinking about why we disagree.

[psychohist.livejournal.com]

It strikes me that the author of that column has misanalyzed the situation.

The controversy is not about the fact that Obama chose a religious figure to lead the invocation, but about which religious figure he chose. Did anyone expect him to choose a nonreligious secular authority to deliver the invocation?

[billmarrs.livejournal.com]

That article sucked, but it does remind me of a nagging disparity I have in my head. My impression is that most of the smart, liberal people I know are not theists (agnostic is probably the most commonly expressed affiliation). And yet, polls seem to show that there are only about 3 atheists in the entire country. So, that does make some part of me suspect that a fair number of smart, liberal people aren't being sincere.

I'm an atheist and I support gay rights (especially gay marriage) but I'm not bothered at all by Warren giving the invocation. It seems like most religions hold similar beliefs to Warren, so what were people expecting?

[harrock.livejournal.com]

This provides as good a moment as any to trot out my original aphorism on religion: "The most dogmatic person I know is an atheist".