DU presidential poll at Christianity Today

[yurbud]

That could freak the shit out of Karl Rove:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/poll.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Needs some work, but definitely DUable!

[terrya]

2. I just voted.

:-)

[maseman]

3. Isn't it odd that one-third said they are voting for BO?

[yurbud]

6. there are evangelicals who think and are troubled by excesses and distrust charismatics

[tomg]

21. I was hoping it would be a little higher.

I du'ed the poll and then looked around the site. They have some pretty interesting positions, no matter how far afield they might be from mine, including an interesting article on Wright. The more real evangelicals ( not hard-core fundies) I come to know - and the more I try to listen to people of faith - the more I am coming to realize that they are not as politically monolithic as a group as I used to believe. Point of reference: I am an agnostic and a recovering Catholic, but every time I get ready to go ballistic on Catholics ( as opposed to the Church's policies) a few names comes to mind: Dorothy Day, Archbishop Romero, The Berrigans, Helen Prejean. Same keeps happening with Evangelicals.

[livetohike]

4. Done n/t

[Fla Dem]

5. I was actually surprised to see 33% for Obama. Gives me hope. N/t

[JFN1]

7. Can the Republican Party PLEASE change its name

to the "Jesus" Party, or the "Christian" Party, and get it over with already. Jeez...

[yurbud]

10. if the do, both will be toast. That's why religion died in Europe. When there's a political

advantage to being a believer, you will get a lot of people in it just for the networking, and eventually, the religion whithers away and without the religion, the party loses it's base.

This is also what is happening in Iran right now, and would likely happen most places that elected fundamentalist Islamic governments.

[Aloha Spirit]

23. Interesting--I never considered it that way.

Now I'm gonna go around and explain that to people like I thought of it myself :hi:

[yurbud]

26. theocracies implode. When the Puritans took over England, they lasted about a generation

then people decided a king was better than a religious nut.

In countries with a state religion, the state persists, but the religion essentially died. That's why when you go into a European cathedral, you see more tourists than parishioners.

[quantass]

34. .

[countingbluecars]

8. Done n/t

[Joanne98]

9. Obama 34

[Gothmog]

11. done

Needs help

[vanderBeth]

12. Done- Obama 39%

[azmouse]

13. done... now at 42% for Obama

[KathieG]

14. Done!

[yurbud]

15. 43 for Obama

[goodgd_yall]

16. Done n/t

[amb123]

17. Done. Obama now @ 48%.

:thumbsup:

[quantass]

18. O takes the LEAD!! 49-48!

[HeeBGBz]

19. 49 McCaint 48 Obama

Gobama

[Arugula Latte]

20. Ha ha! 50 - 47 Obama.

[Aloha Spirit]

22. Done

[democrattotheend]

24. I voted, even though I shouldn't have

Since I'm Jewish, I probably threw off the sample...oh well. It's not scientific anyway.

[quantass]

25. lol, i guess i should feel even worse cuz..

I'm Canadian! :evilgrin:

[quantass]

27. Obama: 56-41 ..Woohoo!

[justiceischeap]

28. 56% Obama 41% McShame (eom)

[Undercurrent]

29. hehe

Which candidate do you support?

John McCain 40%
Barack Obama 57%
Other 2%

Total Votes: 3576

[DevonRex]

30. Done. Obama's ahead.

[lamp_shade]

31. Done 58-O, 39-M

[Kahuna]

32. Now 63% to 35%. Advantage, OBAMA!!! tee hee. K&R

[David Zephyr]

33. Kick!

Kick.

[quantass]

35. Good LORD!!! And the Lord said "GOBAMA": 70%

[yurbud]

36. uh oh! push back! Obama dropped from 71 to 70! More hits!