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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Well even if the majority doesn't believe in biblical prophesy there is a healthy minority who does. Again you haven't shown where such belief would make Parsley a bad councilor.
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It's pretty straightforward -- this guy spends his time preaching and believing what I consider to be nonsense, so he shouldn't have an influence on decisions that affect the country, let alone the world.
But if you want to be specific... the government should be thinking "long term" all the time (even though they don't). The decisions they make might be felt for generations. This Parsley guy writes books about how people living right now can get ready for the end of the world. He ain't thinking about future generations because he, apparently, doesn't think there will
be future generations and I can only imagine he'd plan accordingly.
Why worry about the future when there isn't one?
So there's one reason why he shouldn't have any influence.
Another reason is that he believes (correct me if I'm wrong) there will be a war in the Middle East and then Jesus will come down from heaven and take him to paradise. One concern (of many) I have with this is that he just might think it's in his best interest to hasten what he thinks will be his ascension to heaven by stirring up more trouble over there.
So that's a decent reason from my standpoint. Maybe not yours though.
Bla bla bla. I don't think McCain actually believes any of this stuff anyway and is just currying favor with those who do. I still don't like the idea of people who think "Satan" exists and is out there pulling strings, or that I am a heathen destined to spend eternity in his clutches, having influence on anything other than their own mind.