Missing Muse

jakoblodwick:

marco:

Shocking.

But he also believes Jews and Muslims and non-believers who live moral lives are as much “children of God” as he is, according to The Associated Press.

As an example, he spoke about his late mother who was “not a believer.”

“[S]he was the kindest, most decent, generous person that I have ever known,” Obama said, according to the Times. “I’m sure she is in heaven, even though she may not have subscribed to everything that I subscribe to.”

(thanks, Newsvine)

Isn’t it weird that to get elected president, people still (rightly?) believe that you have to pander to people who believe life on earth is some sort of trial for a second, eternal life, the existence of which they have no doubt in?

I don’t think “believers” are stupid. I think they must be tortured; their subconscious must be a maelstrom of contradictions, evasions, and rationalizations, as they must continuously bridge a gap between a view of reality in which they have unshakable faith, and a living reality which contradicts those beliefs every day. 

+1 point for Obama

+1 point for Jakob Lodwick