Presidential Forum on Faith, Values & Poverty (5 of 6)

Sojourners hosted a CNN live broadcast of leading Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama on Monday, June 4, for A Presidential Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty at Lisner Auditorium of The George Washington University.

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[loojceeb75]

stop christianity from using their old outdated beliefs in american's politic.

[loojceeb75]

HOW DOES FAITH GUIDE OUR VOTE? this is pathetic. i vote because of logical reasons not stupid faith. no such thing as GOD. c'mon. reality check.

[rigso321]

hmmm Hillary is amazing. I hope she gets to be president one day, though I'm happy with Obama

[southclark]

Clinton is absolutely brilliant.

God, please, please, make her our next president.

[00red00baron]

Faith isn't only a traditional relidious manifestation. Many spiritual people who never attended a service have faith in a greater power and derive moral values and ethical conduct from such ideology. Faith is for the faithful not only the religious.

[internetta]

Logical. Hmmmm I bet it could take me 4 questions to get you to confess that your vote is tied to Religion. I'm sure you're up for the challenge so question #1 is "what candidate are you voting for?

[Keithjustinburton]

Now, that said, everything these candidates are saying in relation to ethics and morals are entirely and only that: ethics and moral principles. Those are different from and not ultimately linked to religious faith. Everyone can be moral. The discussion should have been solely about morality and ethics, not faith.

[Keithjustinburton]

And, I'm certain that Jefferson, Madison, and all of those who agreed or compromised with that proposition, were very wise in the ways of politics. Nothing good comes when a presidential election is centered around religious faith, nor does anything good come from representatives taking religious sides in political discourse. Why? Because there are tons of different views on the matter, and no way of verifying them. Thus, it divides us, rather than unifies.

[Keithjustinburton]

Proof? During his tenure in the first United States Congress, he shot down two measures which tried to allot property for churches. To him, as it should be for all Americans, government and religion should be kept as far apart as possible. Religious faith (which is, in essence, a belief in non-verifiable, metaphysical assumptions about the universe), is an entirely personal matter. Not one which has any role in governance.

[Keithjustinburton]

Know what I find funny? James Madison believed in a God, and yet, in drafting the Constitution, one of the very first things he did, other than enable freedom of speech, was to prevent the government (which is comprised of representatives) from sponsoring or establishing religion of any sort. He didn't want the two mixed up closely ever again, at all, period.

[MAGONZACO]

so why dont go to cuba?