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Originally posted by Bingo@Oct 20 2004, 08:29 AM
To be honest I think it's somewhat insulting to even minded religious people to make statements like he's crazy, etc, because he has faith. That's not fair. A person can be deeply religious, put faith in prayor, and still make rational decisions. If the decisions aren't rational then there's your issue, not the fact that he drops the name God from time to time.
Take Schilling after last night's game ... he said something like "God pitched through me tonight. In game one I had nothing, tonight it was God".
Would I have said that? Nope. But do I assume Schilling is crazy because he did? Not at all. The man believes, and that belief has driven him to become one of the game's best pitchers. More power to him.
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There's a huge difference in someone checking with their God (or their faith, or their conscience, whatever), after using a legitimate decision-making process, and someone just using that same voice to replace any other sort of decision-making process.
In the article, you have people saying that Bush was overruling logic and the advice of other people, based on faith, on a gut sense. This would be like Schilling not bothering to watch any game film, and not listening to his pitching coach, and then getting up and throwing a fastball every time, because he has confidence in his fastball. It's like Kerry said during one of the Presidential debates--just because you're certain doesn't mean you're right.
Use all the tools available, talk to everyone who might be an expert on the subject, keep an open mind, and decide what the best decision is. Then check with your faith. If that voice clearly tells you that you're making the wrong decision, then don't do it--that's what most leaders do.