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Posted by xJane on February 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am · 5 Comments

In catching up on the news today, I came across a pagan article titled “Who Would the Goddess Vote For?” Because I think it’s a little closer to our collective cultural understanding, I’d like to change the question to How Would Jesus Vote? The CA primaries are over, so I’m a little more interested in general political leanings or November election proclivities; if there’s a primary near you, or some other area relevant to you, please weigh in. If you like, change it to “Joseph Smith” or “Buddha”, but I’m curious to know how everyone thinks religious figures (or atheist, perhaps What Would Richard Dawkins Do has a place on someone’s wrist) would vote. (We’ve already covered what some of them would drive.)

NB: someone in the comment thread of the article I linked to has already said “My own suspicion is that most Goddesses wouldn’t vote in a US election. Better things to do. Better ways for Goddesses to do them. All that.” If your religious figure of choice did vote, how would they?

Tags: Belief · Politics · Weekly Challenge

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 xJane // Feb 10, 2008 at 11:22 am

    for real never-been-religious atheists out there, there’s a Muppet version which reminds us all that politics is “like a kind of torture”

  • 2 Brian // Feb 10, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    If you’ll forgive my glibness…God only knows. :)

  • 3 xJane // Feb 11, 2008 at 9:09 am

    lol! touché

  • 4 Ben // Feb 11, 2008 at 9:22 am

    Stephen Colbert.

  • 5 xJane // Feb 12, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    someone out there took me too seriously

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