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Conversely, most people who are highly educated are quite religious too: 72% percent of people with post-graduate degrees believed in miracles and 78% percent believe in the survival of the soul after death.
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Belief in miracles or survival of one's soul after death doesn't make you a follower of any certain religious dogma, it simply means you believe in a higher power and a soul. What's "quite religious" about that? I don't even see the point of these statistics.
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Those who go to church "occasionally” went for Kerry 53%-47%, while people who attend church weekly went for Bush 58%-41%. More important, 61% of Democrats pray daily, 59% are "certain" there’s life after death, and most believe in God.
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Again pointless, going to church doesn't make you moral, it doesn't make you righteous, and it definitely shouldn't affect where you stand on the political spectrum. "Oooh Candidate B's voters
claim to go to church more than Candidate A's, that's the candidate for me." Anyone who thinks church attendance or other church affiliated beliefs affect the morality and potential decision making ability of a candidate and it's voters should seriously rethink their political priorities.
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As anyone who takes the Old Testament seriously knows, the consequences of that could not be more enormous.
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In my eyes, anyone who takes the
ENTIRE Old Testament seriously should NOT be in a position of power in America, and anyone who only takes some of it seriously is a hypocrite. You can cut and paste your biblical beliefs all you want in the safety of your secular church, but don't do it and attempt to call it law.
How we even got in the position in America today where we need an article like this is beyond me, and truthfully...it is disgusting.