Like football, religion is divisive.
I remember reading somewhere that Bush was very surprised when he first took office in 2001 that a number of people didn't seem too keen on the idea of working with him. I gather his surprise stemmed from the fact that he had always thought himself a uniter, not a divider.
While there may be a number of reasons people felt hesitant to get into bed with this fellow, methinks a strong underlying current exists: religion is divisive.
Now don't get me wrong. I don't mean "divisive" to mean "evil" or even "stubborn," like some folks these days. I only mean to suggest that religion is divisive in much the same way as football is divisive. Some people root for one team, with a few putting in extraordinary effort. Others root for another team. Some don't root at all, except during the occasional date with Ann Coulter, and even then for a different sport entirely...
When someone is silently religious, or silently rooting for the Bears, almost no one feels divided. When someone wears his religion on his sleeve, or wears a tattered Raiders jacket every day a few feel divided, especially where the sleever interacts with sleevers with differing loyalties. But when someone wears his religion on his sleeve, or paints his face with Giants colors, and makes major life decisions based upon his affiliation, a lot of people feel divided. And when that person holds a powerful executive decision, a lot of people get downright scared. Maybe not the other Giants fans. Maybe not even the other football fans. But certainly the bulk of Americans, who at most pay lip service by going to church once a year or sitting down for the Super Bowl, are none too comfortable.
So, President Bush, I hope this clears things up for you. You are a divider, not a uniter, because you are scary, and like football.
Although I must point out, President Bush: the Astros are not a football team.
While there may be a number of reasons people felt hesitant to get into bed with this fellow, methinks a strong underlying current exists: religion is divisive.
Now don't get me wrong. I don't mean "divisive" to mean "evil" or even "stubborn," like some folks these days. I only mean to suggest that religion is divisive in much the same way as football is divisive. Some people root for one team, with a few putting in extraordinary effort. Others root for another team. Some don't root at all, except during the occasional date with Ann Coulter, and even then for a different sport entirely...
When someone is silently religious, or silently rooting for the Bears, almost no one feels divided. When someone wears his religion on his sleeve, or wears a tattered Raiders jacket every day a few feel divided, especially where the sleever interacts with sleevers with differing loyalties. But when someone wears his religion on his sleeve, or paints his face with Giants colors, and makes major life decisions based upon his affiliation, a lot of people feel divided. And when that person holds a powerful executive decision, a lot of people get downright scared. Maybe not the other Giants fans. Maybe not even the other football fans. But certainly the bulk of Americans, who at most pay lip service by going to church once a year or sitting down for the Super Bowl, are none too comfortable.
So, President Bush, I hope this clears things up for you. You are a divider, not a uniter, because you are scary, and like football.
Although I must point out, President Bush: the Astros are not a football team.
1 Comments:
Insecurity in one's own beliefs causes division. Secure Christians, Muslims, etc. do not feel divided from those who believe differently, or have no beliefs at all. In fact, the secure ones feel they have no need to defend their positions. Ironically, this is really what intimidates the secularists and why Bush is so castigated in our media.
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