1. Religion and Politics

Comment #24371 by nvlawyer on March 6, 2007 at 8:33 am

Yet another narrow minded approach to life. If a man believes in a higher power, you assume that he is dumb. That is a real stretch and lacks any support in reason.

First, we cannot prove or disprove divinity. Second, a person's faith in something that does not necessarily make that person dumb or untrustworthy.

Carl Sagan's "Contact" is probably a very strong description of mutual respect between science and faith. We all have faith in something and our personal experiences create differing variations of faith (whether it be in science or religion). A scientist might have faith that there is life on other planets, but he may not believe in God. It still takes faith to motivate him towards doing something more than what has been done in the past.

Romney appears to be a very bright fellow with good credentials. I am also impressed that he has a stable family life. I am even more impressed with the fact that he has adopted sound principles of business in his life and can turn around troubled businesses and governments. There are few politicians who can say they have that kind of abilities -- at least since Steve Forbes ran for office. I don't think this election should be based upon whether a man believes in a higher power, but rather whether he can be trusted (as Bush certainly is not one to be trusted given his track record). Both of my candidates are men of faith (Obama & Romney). I don't think it is a bad thing to believe in God as long as you aren't conducting mass in the White House.