This morning Sara Jean asked, "What was the first time in your life you felt as if some news item had slapped you in the face?"
I answered almost instantly... "The assassination of President Kennedy."
And those memories started flowing.
I was raised in Central Indiana... a VERY conservative, very Protestant area. (Richard Nixon carried the State there in 1960.) One of the BIG political issues about JFK was his catholic religion.
The fear of many was, if elected, would the Pope then be our de facto president? Kennedy's performance proved that fear to be without foundation and his election probably is the reason a candidate's religion is no longer much of a factor in campaigns today.
And the thought of that issue set me to thinking this morning-
Joe Biden calls himself a catholic. Some of us wish he was a whole lot more CHRISTIAN.
In my view he and Pelosi have given catholics and Christians the appearance of having no religious principles.
The memory of the political consideration of JFK's religion now seems ironic.
Can a Muslim now successfully run for the highest office of the land?
25 November 2024
Religion and Politics-
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We've had a Muslim as President, two terms and a hidden third, IMO.
RE: Kennedy assignation. I was in A.I.T. at Ft Leonard Wood. The following days were a tense time. Our only real news was a couple of transistor radios.
Sadiq Kahn mayor of London and is a British Pakistani Muslim. Also Michigan has a Muslim Mayor. We won't see a President or VP in our lifetime, probably not in our children's but our grandchildren will. Unless there is some major war or uprising involving Muslims.
I sincerely hope not.
Islam as a theological bedrock is in opposition to the philosophical thinking engendered by Biblical thinking.
I find it interesting that "Squanto" was used as an agent of God to save the Protestants at Plymouth who laid the foundation for our self-governance.
And the agent to save and produce Squanto as that agent was a catholic priest who purchased him from a slaver.
Only later did Squanto convert to Christianity.
Wait.
I forgot about Barack Hussein.
He did not claim it. It doesn't count.
I spoke to someone recently who had asked him.
He denied it. Told her he was a secular humanist.
Did a job in Plymouth and first chance we all had we headed to look. Your standing on a sidewalk and looking down on a large flattish gray rock. No one allowed near it. Funny but the ocean in that area still isn't near the rock.
Excellent points, and Happy Thanksgiving!
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