Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Bloggin' city-council candidate David Hoggard: "Give me a friggin' break." 8:27:21 AM    comment []

No beating around the bush for N&R reader Keith Peddie -- he's tired of this dumb democracy stuff and ready to bring on the theocracy: "Democracy dictates that we should never offend other people, no matter how flatly they contradict God's Word. After all, democratically speaking, their word, their vote, is just as valid as ours. How could we ever "force" our opinion on someone else? The Bible says that we should do God's work, let the chips fall where they may. Am I alone in thinking that these two are diametrically opposed? I am very much afraid that, without an element of compulsion, the Christian Church, although not perhaps Christianity itself, is bound to die of anemia." Refreshing, in a way, to have someone just come out and say it. As frequently happens I'm reminded of the immortal words of Charlie Daniels, written back when he was a long-haired country boy, not a jingoistic buffoon: "He said Jesus walked on the water, and I know that it's true/But sometimes I think that preacher man'd like to do a little walking too." 8:21:30 AM    comment []