Scott Stapp probably not voting for Obama

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But the level of devotion is higher.
I call Rush Limbaugh a Racist blowhard and catch the wrath of his cultists.
Someone calls George Clooney a Narcissistic hack and I say I like Syriana.

Well, the strictness to which they adhere to Biblical principles overall is a sure recipe for success in pretty much whatever they want to do. Zombie just happens to be well-positioned for a run for the presidency, and he's not alone in politics. I'd say it's an encouragement to believe in God and practice things that the Bible teaches. You don't have to be a Mormon or even a Christian to reap the benefits of it Biblical wisdom.

Mainstream Mormonism avoids extremism, so I don't think being a "Mormon county" is ever something we have to worry about. Look at the bright side: If Zombie gets out of line, all we have to do is assassinate the guy and we'll have a Catholic for the top job!

Please explain how one could be both atheist and Muslim...

Well I'm a liberal and I don't give a rats ass about celebrities.


Everyone thinks they're more informed than the next person and thinks everyone who disagrees with them just needs to be "educated". I'd advise liberals, conservatives, libertarians, etc... all ideologies to drop that nonsense. Really when you get right down to it differences in political ideology come down to differences in subjective values which are really driven by conditioned emotional responses to certain ideas. Sure, there are a lot of politically clueless people for who see elections as a personality contest. It does seem to me that Scott Stapp is a clueless moron. The problem is indoctrinated partisan hacks who like to think of themselves as "more informed" than everyone but can't really back their ideology with logic, just a lot of claims from selective sources and biased analysis topped with strong subjective opinions, are often equally moronic. Sorry, but this includes Ron Paul worshipers and Rothbardian libertarians as well.

Heck if I know. Liberals seem to be attracted to both groups in terms of winning approval and votes. If you ever find the answer to that, feel free to pass that info along in the thread.

I think we have a far better chance of actually finding the Higgs boson...

Probably.

I dunno...maybe it's like how you can have an atheist Jew? Granted, I've not had that much exposure to Muslims or Islam, but from what I can gather there is a wide gulf between Allah and man with little divine interest in our little world. There's also the logical incoherency with the idea that imperfect man can ever somehow be good enough to fall into the grace of a perfect God, along with the uncertainty of ever adding up to what God expects (since you cannot know what God expects). It's really just formalized deism that actually gives God a name and gives its adherents a reason to compete for His attention. I suspect it might be surprising to find out just how many Muslims DON'T actually buy into it but hang on out of tradition/family reverence, cultural pressures, or to satisfy the demands of a theocracy.