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evangelicals. They've been the duplicitous voting block that aided the beginning of the end for my country... giving Bush the edge in both of the last two elections.

Now THERE's an interesting observation. If you believe in a Book, whichever Book it is, people can manipulate you for their own ends by interpreting the book for you.

Moral: don't believe in a book. or at least, if you insist on believing that any part of a Book can offer an an immutable law, let it just be the line that says Love Thy Neighbour...

nigelswift wrote:
If you believe in a Book, whichever Book it is, people can manipulate you for their own ends by interpreting the book for you.

Moral: don't believe in a book. or at least, if you insist on believing that any part of a Book can offer an an immutable law, let it just be the line that says Love Thy Neighbour...

The hardcore religious right will tell you that the Bible is perfect, the immutable word of God... and that the New Testament trumps the Old Testament. Most of all, they tend to focus on the book of Revelations.

They're very impressed with all the sturm & drang stuff, not all that interested in the compassion part. A very hypocritical bunch.