Sad

[My Name Is Kate]

...religion and politics must mix if we want the type of society that most of us claim to want. True Religion holds man to a higher degree of personal standards and conduct than he will impose on himself. Mankind needs something higher than itself to be acountable to. (and the answer is not govenment)

I agree. It's just that I get edgy anytime I hear a politician (even Lincoln) speak of God and of being guided by God in making political decisions. I would hope that all politicians (and everybody else) would look for divine guidance, especially when making major decisions that affect others, but it always leaves me wondering if they believe in the same God that I do. Not that I think I have a monopoly on belief in the "right" or one and only "true" God...but the word "God" is so ambiguous. It shouldn't be, but it is, when used by different people. And it also leaves me wondering if they know the difference between God and their own ego. That is what is really scary.