tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64985362247289013.post7255892905212927569..comments2023-05-02T01:59:03.717-07:00Comments on A Post-Ideology Blog by PatricktheRogue: The Jefferson BiblePatricktheRoguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405925786857085350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64985362247289013.post-78103501547204002472010-01-09T23:04:02.667-08:002010-01-09T23:04:02.667-08:00Whereas the U.S. constitution prohibits any religi...Whereas the U.S. constitution prohibits any religious test for political office, every person who actually runs for office has to profess their religious beliefs if they have any chance of being elected. Here is a recent example of this religious scrutiny in action: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/01/bradley_byrne_says_every_word.htmlPatricktheRoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405925786857085350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64985362247289013.post-45073497003445467922010-01-08T22:02:57.826-08:002010-01-08T22:02:57.826-08:00It's because he was a man of the Enlightenment...It's because he was a man of the Enlightenment, in touch with European sceptics, but not prepared to go all the way. So he invented this compromise. I suppose there is not a Christian in the world who has not metaphorically cut passages out of the Bible to end up with a customised version.<br /><br />As a fellow non-Christian, I'd leave everything in, and treat the Bible with superstitious awe and not rationality. But then I love to sing hymns and remember all that inculcation into the mythos, in the sonorous language of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Version. I enjoy a few church services, so long as they are purely ritual and don't try to preach to me.<br /><br />Christians can do as they please without my interference or judgement. But then I don't live in the States. I might find it harder there. How would you characterise this mob fervor?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com