Jon Stewart har her et indslag med forfatteren til bogen "God in the White House", Randall Balmer.
John Stewart: When Did "Good Person" Get Intricately Linked to Faith?
Jon Stewart: Do you think we could ever elect an atheist?… Now, we have a black president. Could an atheist — What will come first: black, woman, Hispanic, gay, Jew, Atheist? Where do you go?
Randall Balmer: I think, pretty much, in that order…
JS: [Laughs] I hope somebody wrote that down!
RB: And I think atheist is probably at the end. Because we Americans want to know about our candidates’ faith. What we really want to know is: Are they good people? Are they moral? Are they trustworthy?
JS: But when did “good person” get intricately linked to faith? Why can’t goodness be a virtue without fear of Biblical punishment or any of those other…
RB: Well, it certainly can. But in America… religion is a proxy for morality… the only way we can frame the question is ask, “Do you go to church?” “Are you a religious person?” And I think the problem is that we, as the voters, take those kind of blithe responses at face value and we should interrogate those claims…
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Jeg ved ikke helt om jeg tør indrømme det... men uden Daily Show og Colbert Report ville min nyhedskonsum hvad angår USA falde med godt 95%.
Hej Nils,
Jeg har det helt på samme måde :)
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