There's nothing wrong with religion, I think. If the man is religious, great for him, so long as he doesn't seek to impose his erligion on others. But don't buy into the spin doctoring in this thread. The picture I posted presents images of Christ, but has nothing to do with Christianity. Instead, it has a great deal to do with Bush's rhetoric, which takes almost any position and does the same hatchet job on it. You'd think people would be wise to it by now.<br><br>

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<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Which is a far cry from your accusation that I'm implying dubya doesn't comment on Jesus. I just don't remember hearing Bush comment on Jesus specifically, (have you?) I never said he doesn't. <p><hr></blockquote><p>okay, i'll be more poignant . . . i believe you can make statements like this because of your selective hearing (read: you don't have to have heard "jesus" directly to know that the guy is wearing his religion on his sleeve and using that religion in many different ways -- at the core of his religion is jesus, fwiw); the same hearing that only sees the liberal bias in the media and is deaf to the anecdotes going the other way. the same way you can complain about photos of dubya and then turn around and get your kicks off of photos of gore. <br><br><br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato

No no no--I'm the one with the balls, right?<br><br>I wonder if there's going to be outrage at this image, which is clearly blasphemous and anti-Christian both in letter and spirit? <br><br>

yeah, i wrote a whole chapter in my textbook that deals with information literacy and provides a bunch of strategies for searching the internet more effectively. those of us who know how to really use google are so much more efficient with our time than those who are clueless, aren't we? with over 4 billion pages indexed, who has time to sift through generic searches? <br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato

Instead, it has a great deal to do with Bush's rhetoric, which takes almost any position and does the same hatchet job on it. You'd think people would be wise to it by now.<br><br>Some of us are..except of course for the spin Dr.. I understood where you were coming from with the picture..but you post and then you have to bite the bullet..cause you know the Dr..he is a coming with his but but but..or is that Bush Bush Bush.. <br><br>

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it doesn't mock jesus; it mocks dubya for the way he uses jesus.<br><br>I didn't come away with that impression- to me, the ad is a send up of (or, for Matt's sake, the cartoonist's perceived notion of) how the Bush camp is running the smear ads against Kerry. And therefore, if Jesus were alive and running for some sort of office, these are the negative slants the Bush advertisers might impose upon him and his philosophy...<br><br>Anyway, *I* thought it was funny, and I consider myself a Christian. Heck, I don't get offended when I see Jesus walking around in South Park hosting his own talk show either...<br><br>[color:red]C'mon...you know me.</font color=red>

that's exactly what i read -- how do you see that as mocking jesus and not dubya? and, of course it's funny.<br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato

Well, I agree that it didn't mock Jesus, but I guess we differed on the 2nd part slightly...<br><br>[color:red]C'mon...you know me.</font color=red>