Conversations about religious differences probably won't change anything. Neither well-mannered nor divisive talk about God seems to stop people killing and/or raping one another over differences in the superstitions to which they ascribe . . . The latest post from Kansas City's greatest faith blogger doesn't prove this axiom wrong: Talking religion and politics with civility: 4-25-16
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God is not real. Therefore, it needs no representation in any political setting.
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"In this midst of this ridiculously bitter and disappointing presidential race"
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Hamilton: "Seventy-five percent of Americans claim to be Christian. If that 75 percent actually lived out the gospel of love that Jesus taught, we could have a great discussion about issues."
This is the type of comment which a man who's chased after wealth while leading a church, makes to put people on the defensive. It's meaningless, of course, as people are capable of having great discussions regardless of religious beliefs.
Butler: "Unfortunately, in this day and age, we've sometimes forgotten some of the rules of civility."
Again, a preachers attempt to chastise the congregation. Please describe for me a time when "we" haven't forgotten some of the rules of civility.
Fitzgerald: "We (Americans) have an amazing amount of freedom."
Pardon me, but if you've been paying attention the last 15 years, you'd have noticed Americans shrinking freedom and liberties.
Hartsfield: "I would think that politics, working in an ideal way, should provide a table at which all the voices are represented."
Rev. Hartsfield apparently was speaking in the hypothetical, as one only has to look at KCMO municipal politics to burst his utopian ideal.
West: "The fundamental reality. . .is that we are all religious people."
But...that is entirely dependent on your definition of "we" is it not?