30th March 2008

Link reblogged from n/a with 24 notes

Obama suggests Jesus is not the only way to heaven →

jakoblodwick:

marco:

Shocking.

But he also believes Jews and Muslims and non-believers who live moral lives are as much “children of God” as he is, according to The Associated Press.

As an example, he spoke about his late mother who was “not a believer.”

“[S]he was the kindest, most decent, generous person that I have ever known,” Obama said, according to the Times. “I’m sure she is in heaven, even though she may not have subscribed to everything that I subscribe to.”

(thanks, Newsvine)

Isn’t it weird that to get elected president, people still (rightly?) believe that you have to pander to people who believe life on earth is some sort of trial for a second, eternal life, the existence of which they have no doubt in?

I don’t think “believers” are stupid. I think they must be tortured; their subconscious must be a maelstrom of contradictions, evasions, and rationalizations, as they must continuously bridge a gap between a view of reality in which they have unshakable faith, and a living reality which contradicts those beliefs every day.

 As an athiest, I am just glad that there are believers out there who is smart enought to know this.

Source: marco

  1. annicka reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    self-betrayal. If
  2. mdminbk reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Totally agree, yet still feel Catholic guilt over the stupidest things to this day. Oh well.Unfortunately, Middle...
  3. boutofcontext reblogged this from marco and added:
    marco said, ”Shocking....college.” The subtle bit here is reliance on ‘heaven.’ While you...
  4. browneyes reblogged this from shelbot
  5. antmuzic reblogged this from marco and added:
    What’s more shocking is the comments in said story … Be afraid, be very afraid. marco:
  6. mdfsmash reblogged this from marco and added:
    Small disclaimer: this is a posting on Religion and Politics (yes, at the same time), something I never do, but recently...
  7. katieparks reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    liked this thought behind this post...lot. thought i would share it with my tumblr...
  8. shelbot reblogged this from marco and added:
    OKay… so this means all the crazies will most likely be convinced that Obama is the antichrist… time to sit back and get...
  9. summerordonez reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    self-betrayal. If
  10. janemarcus reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    self-betrayal. If
  11. halfwaynowhere reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I completely appreciate...perspective … The nihilism comment was not as much directed at...
  12. jakelodwick reblogged this from halfwaynowhere and added:
    Replying to my Obama / religion post, halfwaynowhere says:...some religionists clutch:...
  13. msbadkittie reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    day.i’ve never met a really intelligent person who believed in ‘god’, ‘heaven and hell’, ‘the bible’. smart people...
  14. missingmuse reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    +1 point for Obama+1 point for Jakob Lodwick
  15. maxchoong reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    As an athiest, I am just glad that there are believers out there who is smart enought to know this.
  16. mishmash reblogged this from marco
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  18. squashed reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob Lodwick thought...President, “you...in?” he further...
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  21. courtneyj reblogged this from marco and added:
    This is the first thing to make me suspicious of Obama. A politician can’t be so level headed and genuine and logic...
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