Weeks ago, I watched a Bill Moyers video titled "The Resurrection of Ralph Reed." It was a fascinating essay which included ideas that both scared me and stuck with me. In the time since, I've noticed some disturbing trends and, yesterday, became motivated to explore my thoughts further and write my second diary.
Several days ago, two of my friends suddenly 'liked' Mitt Romney and/or Paul Ryan on Facebook. The timing seemed odd considering Romney's very recent statements about the sheer numbers (47%!) of freeloading, lazy Obama-voters in this country. Neither of these women are unintelligent. Both, I would presume, understand that Romney's statements were more problematic than simply being inelegant, as Romney claimed. Both of my friends, however, also have what I'd consider to be dramatic views of Christianity. One has taken to posting strange, defensive statements about how God rewards her family with wealth. The other brags about reading only Christ-centered books. Neither is a close friend and their loss wouldn't crush me, but still, the timing of their sudden admiration of Romney seemed odd, at best.
They are now added to my list of folk who confound me: The elderly acquaintance who seems like a dear but loves Rush Limbaugh; cousins who can't seem to hear logic about why Fox News is not accurate news and speak to me of voting Romney because of moral issues. I scratch my head, wondering what moral they must vote by, but can not or will not identify to me.
The only thing they all share that I do not is a conservative view of religion, and that's where Moyer's video comes in, and that's what I'm here to discuss. Please note that I am new and I know it, but I am willing to learn. I appreciate all comments about how I can become a better diarist as well as a discussion of the ideas. Meet me beyond the spaghetti squiggle:
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