I'm reading God's Politic's right now and its a very good book. All democrats should read this thoughtful book.

There was an interesting statistic floating around the internet the other day - according to a survey, 49% of people thought that the right pushes religion too much, and 69% percent thought the left pushes religion out of public life too much. Wallis makes some interesting points in his columns (haven't read this book yet). The danger for the left comes from ignoring the second half of the subtitle. Another interesting statistic showed that Bill Clinton got 40 percent of believers' votes, while John Kerry got just 21 percent. Then there are people like Howard Dean who couldn't even put Job in the right Testament. The left's problem in reaching people of faith is 1) being geniune and believable, and 2) doing so but not pissing off its aethistic and agnostic base that think it is okay to discriminate against Christians but not anybody else.

I was born/raised a devout Jehovah's Witness and they shun politics and anything else that's fun.~Danny Haszard Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Rockland Massachusetts

There's a good interview with Jim Wallis on the Al Franken Show on Air America today (9/21). In particular, he talks about his view of the role of religion in politics, with politics.

<h2>Talking about Bush's certainty that he has "a direct line to God": "There are 2 uses for religion. One is to bring us greater certainty and the other is to call us to deeper reflection... His certainty, his self-confidence, tied to the sense of his faith, I think, is a dangerous thing... It's a matter of whether religion causes us to listen, and to pay attention, and to be more humble."</h2>