"No, I don't have an issue with a political candidate who's religious. It's just when they start framing their public policy in regards to their religion that's when I tune them out. "
So, you tuned Dr. Carson out, who is not a politician, out when he mention proverbs though. Two of the proverbs didn't mention God. Proverbs 11:12 A man who lacks judgement derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue Proverbs 11:25 A generous man will prosper. He who refreshes others will himself, be refreshed. "As for Chinese proverbs probably not since there's not really a religion usually connected with them. I probably would have thought it was out of place though." These were Jewish Proverbs and all are not religious. Many are just common sense. This was the National Prayer Breakfast so religious overtones should be expected. At the prayer vigil for Sandy Hook, President Obama opened with a quote from the Bible. Would you have tuned him out? Here's the verse: " do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands." He did spice up his speech with what some would consider policy. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinto ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
