Comments on: Jesus and Politics

By: James

James — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:54:20 +0000

To the person who cares little about Jesus and the whole meaning of the event we call “CHRISTmas,” I understand how you can find fault with this ad but none with the spewing of dummercrat lies. If Hillary or Obama says something about relgion (and that’s all it is), all we hear out of you is goos and ahhhs. By the way religion is a ritual and righteousness is the way, and few there will be that go therin, so I understand that we won’t always be a majority, but in the end ~ we win!
I truly feel sorry for people who are bent on defeat. If you win the election, all you have won is defeat. Go figure?

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:25:27 +0000

It is an underhanded move, a means to project an image off of someone’s idea of ‘family values’ and Christian faith. It creates the illusion that he’s actually speaking from a personal standpoint. But, it’s just messaging, even if Huckabee is a Christian. But, it’s to be expected, I guess. There’s a lot of money to be made in pandering to the Christian Right by means of taking the Lord’s name in vain.

Hey. Isn’t that blasphemy?

By: LaShawn

LaShawn — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:57:11 +0000

Have y’all seen WalMart agonizing over what to have their employees say for the season? I think they settled on “Happy Holidays”. I have a slightly perverse desire to go to a WalMart, wait for them to give me their silly greeting and explode all over them

Please don’t I work at Wal-Mart and you won’t believe how much crap we go through everyday with customers. The place is a zoo.

By: karen

karen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:18:23 +0000

To me, it’s the cross-shaped light in the background and the mention of “celebrating Christ at Christmas” that just seemed like he’s using Christmas to do some very blatant pandering to that narrow slice of Iowa voters that he needs to put him over the top.

I have no objection to a Christmas message from a political candidate, though I’m likely to view it rather cynically no matter which candidate it comes from.

As far as Christmas itself, I happily celebrate with family and friends, my house is decorated and I’m planning a huge feast for Monday evening. The only difference from this year and my religious years is that we won’t be dragging ourselves (exhausted) to Christmas Eve service this year.

That was my favorite service of the year, however. An 11 p.m. start time, with candlelight, carols, a beautifully decorated sanctuary and a lot more “specialness” than most fundy Protestant services.

By: vjack

vjack — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:37:50 +0000

As an atheist, it is fairly clear that I have no place in the Huckster’s America.

By: LeoPardus

LeoPardus — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:30 +0000

HIS:

I’m completely with you on loving the music. And I love the beauty of religious art (esp. around an EO church). And i love the whole season.

For my part the only controversy on this ad is that he starts off talking about “don’t you hate all those political ads”, then tries to do a “just enjoy the holiday” bit, and ends up with a political ad. Kind of silly IMO.

By: Tina B

Tina B — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:45:43 +0000

The last thing we need is this country is another “pastor in chief.”

Ditto!!

By: HeIsSailing

HeIsSailing — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:40:41 +0000

Is this ad considered controversial? If it is, that says something truly sad about us non-Christians. Call me the odd one out here, but this is one non-Christian who loves listening to Handel’s ‘Messiah’, singing religious carols, admiring traditional nativity scenes and wishing my neighbors ‘Merry Christmas’ during the Holiday season. The majority of my neighbors view this as a time to celebrate their faith in Christ – what should I care? I can use the same time to celebrate life, my family and loved ones in my own way.

Seriously, what is the controversy?

On the same token, I agree with The Chaplain regarding the public scrutinizing the politician’s faiths. If they feel free to proclaim it from the stump, we should feel free to question them on it, especially where it will affect policy.

By: bry0000000

bry0000000 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:56:13 +0000

locomotivebreath1901 said…

“What a shrill & hyper -sensitive society we’ve become. We’ve got aggressive islamists seeking to dhimmi-fy us into submission; if not out right kill us, and folks are gnashing their teeth and tearing their hair over some politico wishing folks ‘merry christmas’!”

I guess being analytical of politicians, by attempting to decipher subliminal messages in order to keep ourselves informed and honest, makes us shrill and hyper-sensitive. And I’d much rather be shrill and hyper-sensitive than ignorant and apathetic.

locomotivebreath1901 said…

“The reality is that people are spiritual animals. Human history presents solid evidence for this fact. Wishing it away doesn’t make it so. Life doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Spiritual or otherwise. It’s time to choose….because the islamists won’t let you.”

I’d disagree with that. Instead, I’d like to echo something that FireShadow brought to light in her blog: we are not a spiritual animal so much as an animal that has a desire for absolutes. Religion provides those absolutes, and unfortunately, has the privilege of bypassing reason using an omnipotent as a catalyst.

And just as a heads up: when you group every practitioner of Islam into a radical sect, you come off as an uninformed pundit who sees logic and reason as barriers to desirable conclusions. And I have a hunch that that’s not how you truly feel.

Happy Holidays!

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:30:13 +0000

Aw, man! Sorry about the blown link in the previous comment! I didn’t close my tag properly. If you cut and past this link (I’ve just tested it again), you should get to Huckabee’s financial statement.

http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q3/C00431809.html