Very Provocative title, piqued my interest very fast.

I disagree with you on a very consistent basis.

And it is with much humility that I will concede this to you.

I'm not saying that liberals have the God factor wrapped up, but, the actions of the right (my side of the fence), as of late,(the last decade) certainly cannot claim to have a monopoly on God.

Also, to be fair, consider your source. This is a man who openly mocked this Catholic God he's touting now as a beacon of liberal virtue.

Remember the phrase: "Jesus Land"? With him propagating the notion that the smart, intellectual types move to the coasts because thats where the electoral votes are. I believe this man would sell his flesh and blood to
see his Ideals come to pass, and in that regard, makes him no different than the politicians he profusely claims to hate.

Not to mention his recent film that tries to bastardize capitalism, which without, he could never have made his millions, seriously, could he possibly have not seen the strangest of dichotomy/hypocricy that would be thrown in his face? its just weird, he's a smart man, could he possibly be that stupid?

p.s. I <3 Ann, I named my third son Coulter. No Joke

Originally posted by grover

This isn't news to those of us on the left.

Despite idiotic rhetoric from the right that liberals are Godless as ann coulter claimed in one of her screeds she passes off as political commentary...or those funnymentalists who claimed in 2004 that Jesus would be a right wing conservative voting for bush minor (I know I was actually told that) much of liberal ideology and activism is rooted in their faith.

And the trend continues today...for many people on the left faith informs their politics...

the big difference between them and the religious right is the religious left don't wear their faith on their shirt sleeves or shove it in other people's faces.

Of course, it's a big tent party, but it doesn't really matter actually. Money is the new religion, can't help it.

My faith informs my usually left-ish political views. I take "do unto others as ye would have them do unto you" very seriously. But that's not true of all who share my positions.

It's true that some communist regimes have and do actively denounce religion and religiously-inspired movements (China, Cambodia, the former Soviet Union, etc.). The communist belief is that politics should be the highest aspiration of mankind. (I disagree). That, I think, is where the popular concept of religion being the sole province of right-wing capitalists comes from.

So, politically, I share some beliefs with hard-core atheists. Politics makes strange bedfellows sometimes. IMO the left is used to dealing with religious and/or secular diversity in our ranks and so there is not that impetus to claim Christianity as our own exclusive province.

[edit on 17-10-2009 by Sestias]

Grover, your dog looks more and more like it has wolf in it

anyhow, I find this article extremely opinionated

As if every conservative is interdependant like The Borg with every other conservative.

It's time to look at people as individuals!