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avebury

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34. I don't take it too seriously.

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:43 PM

Jan 2013

Anybody wanting to get ahead in politics now a days has to come across publicly as religious. Anybody can go to church, learn to quote religious text but that does not necessarily mean that they are believers. Some politicians may do what they need to do to get elected, particularly if they live in red states like Oklahoma.

This comment is in no way a comment on what President Obama's beliefs are or are not. It is just a general comment on what it takes to play the political game.

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Inauguration: What's with all the praying? [View all] Bennyboy Jan 2013 OP

Matthew 6:6 datasuspect Jan 2013 #1

One of my favorite verses. Brickbat Jan 2013 #8

One contemporary and popular interpretation is that the passage instructs... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #13

If this is all you have to worry about today...well then... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #2

I am an atheist, but I looked past all the praying. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #3

Me too. zappaman Jan 2013 #5

Today seems to be really upsetting for some people. FSogol Jan 2013 #12

Lots of grasping at straws emulatorloo Jan 2013 #20

So did I... Bennyboy Jan 2013 #6

Same here. RudynJack Jan 2013 #17

I don't take it too seriously. avebury Jan 2013 #34

meh - let the people pray leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #4

Well it's over, so... HappyMe Jan 2013 #7

No one was being paid today. Today is a federal holiday. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #9

mlk day is a paid holiday for federal employees. msongs Jan 2013 #11

Well I guess what I meant was they are not at work, it's a day off :) Tx4obama Jan 2013 #14

Oh please, look a bit farther Bennyboy Jan 2013 #23

I doubt that the secret service, police, security guys were praying and had their eyes closed. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #24

They were being paid to protect the President, set up the chairs, run the sound, etc. Bake Jan 2013 #35

Highly annoying ... Gotta pay homage to the invisible, non-existent dude in the sky. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #10

Almost as often as we pay homage to many other non-existent things LanternWaste Jan 2013 #15

Such as? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #19

You do realize what country this is right? phleshdef Jan 2013 #16

because no one really reads the bible La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2013 #18

Tradition. Did you really think there wouldn't be any. nt Raine Jan 2013 #21

Tradition nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #22

And that is someplace I DO object to them. Because it is a government function. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #33

I can't tell you if it should bother you. It does not bother me tho. sad-cafe Jan 2013 #25

By definition Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #26

Yes it should bother you, very much because if CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #27

Obama's disgusting religiosity! longship Jan 2013 #28

Where in the Constitution does it forbid a benediction at the inauguration or mandate that it be on kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31

Huh? I do not understand your post. longship Jan 2013 #36

Wow. Such drama. demwing Jan 2013 #39

The "Welcome to America" Wagon is on its way (the other threads on this didn't suffice for you?). WinkyDink Jan 2013 #29

Nothing that hasn't happened in every presidential inauguration since Washington's. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #30

One of my wack job FB friends ReformedGOPer Jan 2013 #32

No one's forcing you to pray. Don't infringe on the right of others to pray. Phx_Dem Jan 2013 #37

We have a religious president demwing Jan 2013 #38