Gore Vidal on the Democrats and religion

How different would a Democratic Party administration be?

"The Democratic Party is a machine to get votes for its people. None of whom should probably be elected to the high offices of state. The Republican Party is fundamentally crooked."

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[fede2]

"The maniac even thinks the goverment should tax your church"

either every institution bares the tax burden or no one does. i don't see why chruches must be exempt.

[bahramf]

Your Christian faith doesn't "render" you a moron, but it follows from the fact that you're a Christian in this day and age that you are indeed a moron.

What is a "true" Republican? You don't think abortion is murder? You're not against having a minimum wage? What?

[1Atomtan]

@fede2 churches should be taxed like corporations. It would put 90% of them out of business over night because they don't really offer anything of substance and mostly exist for self perpetuation.

[ScienceisBeautiful]

For all those faithful fundies that hate being overshadowed by an atheist's (many) years long charitable contributions toward children's hospitals, hunger relief - at home and abroad, soldiers deployed and returned, and others, I dare you to better me. Don't even do it for tax purposes! Do it because it's the right thing. Go ahead and prove yourself more "Christian" than me!

[hamnose]

@jimbrown257 I know, there was like this Christian community that dated back to the time of Christ and now they're all like working in Seven Elevens or living is this tiny area near the Green Zone. I bet the Christian community in Syria (founded by Christ's brother James) suffers a similar fate. The Catholics would love that, they hate them even more than they hate the Iraqi Christians. And the fundies and vangies are all like Huh? Whachew talkin bout? Deys all jes a buncha Ayrabs.

[jimbrown257]

@hamnose

It's typical fundie hypocrisy; he talks says Christians are all about love but if you read some of his other posts you would see he doesn't really seem to practice it too well.

As for Bush taking out Sadam, the ironic part of it, is how while Sadam was a pretty bad guy, taking him out made it so the Christians in Iraq were no longer protected by the realitive stability Sadam created and they are now being slaughtered by fundamental Muslims. US Christians mostly ignore this fact.

[hamnose]

@jimbrown257 Oh yeah Religion/Money/Politics/Cancer­/Diabetes/Aids they all go together. It's all about money and religion is always right there to tell everyone to be good servants or get them roused up to go fight a war for some rich bastards. And it's always there to tell them how they got to be more humble and not fight for their rights, unless of course, it's jim crow or whatever anti-catholic-jew-protestant-h­indu-moslem (read fuck some poor bastards) scheme they got going.

[hamnose]

@jimbrown257 Thanks for pointing out the asshole obsessed with the "truth" lying his ass off and backbiting a man (Soros) he knows nothing about. When Saddam was gassing the Kurds, Rumsfeld and Cheney were there kissing his ass to make sure he did and assholes like this hated anyone not complacent with the murder of these innocents. That is if he was even aware of it at the time which I doubt. Even so, he'd still be pulling this shit out of his ass. Kinda funny. I love the liberal bashing.

[jimbrown257]

@hamnose

Con't:

Of course, none of that would ever actually happen because, as anyone can clearly see, that religion isn't kept around because of how it might help people. While I won't deny there are people who find solace in relgion, leaders/politicians and the clergy want it to further their own agendas.

You want to see a funny example of religion at its most comically inept? Read the third and forth post under this one (it starts "Bush dropped...").

[jimbrown257]

@hamnose

Have you read Daniel Dennett? He often gets overlooked because of the larger popularity or Hitchens and Dawkins but he's got a lot of real great ideas; his work is more philosophical than most others. Anyways, he has an idea for religion which is just that; don't parents or politicians favor any of them and see which (if any) people gravitate towards and do the best to help them. A religion should be able to prove its worth without help or special privileges.

[hamnose]

@jimbrown257 Yeah right on. I bet that without the enormous benefits and privileges religions enjoy, and tax exemption is just one, that is exactly what would happen. They would just fade away.

[jimbrown257]

@hamnose

"Tax religions"

...Better yet, END religions.