On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:48:04 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> On 7/26/2014 3:34 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> That would probably be the best, but then, perhaps people would vote
>>> for the one candidate who praises God all the time?
>>
>> It's a question of making beliefs be private or "none" becoming the
>> norm.  That's something that's going to take some time over here.
>>
>> Jim
> 
> Yeah. Mostly its one side trying real hard to not offend anyone, while
> babbling about god and refusing to stop patently insulting crap like the
> national day of wishful thinking, while the other side spends almost as
> much time claiming that everyone else isn't going to hell, while trying
> to claim that, no, in fact **they** pray more, or are more godly, etc.,
> than the other guy running, including their own party members, when
> running against them.

What we need to do, I think, is instill the idea that actions speak 
louder than words in the youth.

That way, someone who's pronouncing themselves as being extra-super-pious 
while actually doing very bad things is seen for who they really are 
rather than who they say they are.

Someone who's all in favor of "family values" but is actually a serial 
cheating scumbag can be judged based on what they do, not what they say 
they believe.

Jim

-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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