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- From: johnsd2@lib102.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson)
- Subject: Re: RELIGION & PRESIDENTS
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- References: <1993Jan21.102041.7378@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:21:57 GMT
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- In article 7378@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de, y41@aixterm1.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Jeffrey Hazelwood) writes:
- >Ok, I just watched Clinton's swearing in ceremony and I couldn't believe how
- >religious is was. Since I'm in Germany, we saw it live but with German
- >news anchors. They couldn't believe how religious the whole thing was
- >and found it amusing that the government could carry on in such a way. I
- >found the innaguration disgusting. In America, if you don't preach about
- >God or carry on about religion you have no chance in hell(grin) of becoming
- >president! Just once I would like to see the president say, "Look folks
- >there is no God. Stop praying, get off your asses and do something about
- >our problems." or after winning a war "Don't thank the Lord for winning,
- >thank the fucking Tomahawk cruise missiles and the stealth fighters!"
-
- :) :)
-
- I wish.
-
- Actually tho, it's not too bad. Lincoln was no Christian at least,
- and Thomas Jefferson was... odd. But an open atheist would be flattened
- by the religious right. For that matter, I rather expect a Jew, Muslim,
- Mormon, Buddhist, Taoist... well you get the idea. The U.S.A. isn't
- terribly tolerant of its president.
-
- >KINISON MODE=ON
- >
- >WHY THE HELL WAS BILLY GRAHAM THERE?!?!
- >
- >KINISON MODE=OFF
-
- Who's Kinison? :)
-
- >To sum it up, there was...The Homeboy Baptist Choir..Billy Graham..Clinton...
- >the Lord...Benediction...more prayers...Amen...
- >
- >What do you other atheists think about this?
-
- Useless, waste of money, but not my money. So let him have his fun.
-
- Still, I don't particularly like *him* telling *me* that I need to
- "Answer the Call with God's Help", but what the heck. It was his party,
- and the government wasn't paying for it. He could shout hail marys
- for all I care.
-
- He has a right to practice his religion, anyway. Maybe that involves
- big parades. :)
-
- ---
- - Dan Johnson
- And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0
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