Loading ...Maybe religion makes life ‘better, not bitter…’
flockwoodBarack Obama drew fire for suggesting that globalization converts rural Americans into bitter, intolerant, gun-toting religious zealots. But a new Rasmussen Reports survey suggests Obama’s stereotype is off by about 180 degrees. Perhaps religion (to steal a line from Jesse Jackson) makes life “better, not bitter.”
Or perhaps hard times spur people to reject religion, not cling to it.
To read about the poll, click here.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I personally would hate to think what would have happened to me in my life if I didn’t have faith to draw on. There have been some trying times in my life and mostly I just handed it to God. So far, so good. Life isn’t perfect but everyday I learn and watch and try and teach my kids. Everyday I understand more of what my elders tried to teach me while I was young. Every day I am amazed at how my mother and father raised 6 kids.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I never thought I would ever agree with Jesse Jackson, but if he said this, he is right, religion does make life more better, not bitter. Personally, I like the word Christianity rather than religion in making a better life, religion is a very broad word, Christianity is a little more to the point. I can this with all honesty, after spending half my life without Christ, and the other half with, I wouldn’t trade the best days of my old life, for the worst days I’ve ever had as a Christian. I have a peace in my heart, a joy, a love, that I never had when I was out drinkin’ and runnin’ around, I have made my fair share of mistakes, but accepting Jesus Christ in my heart wasn’t one of them, that is one incident in my life, that I’ve never regretted ever.