Hi John & All:
Since a great deal of speculation is currently being presented as fact when it comes to Islam and Barack Obama, I think it's time for a little enlightenment as to where John McCain stands on this self-same issue ... and others.
By the way and for the record, it is my opinion that NONE of these candidates, neither McCain, nor Clinton, nor Obama, are suitable for the Presidency. Just the fact one of them is going to become elected into that role, is indicative of the deteriorating hour in which we live.
In an interview given to Belief.Net, itself a psuedo-Christian-religous website that supports every false god under the sun, John McCain was asked for his opinion on Islam and whether a Muslim should be allowed to
be elected into the White House. Senator McCain's response was (and I quote):
" I admire Islam. I think there's a lot of good
principles in it. I think one of the great
tragedies of the 21st century is that these
forces of evil have perverted what's
basically an honorable religion."
McCain also stumbled through a response that indicated he was not really so comfortable electing someone that was not of his faith.
But then a few minutes later on during the interview, Senator McCain stated that although he did not share the same faith as Mitt Romney, he did admire the Mormon faith and in that case it was okay for him to run for the White House. Then sometime after the interview, Senator McCain contacted Belief.Net and recanted his earlier position - now citing that he would vote for a Muslim President if they had the right political views.
I don't know how many of the Doves have ever had the chance to spend time listening to McCain speak on issues -- but it's as if he suffers from ADS. He clearly is all over the map in responding to questions outside of his safe zone of expertise (Viet Nam).
Additionally, his Christian faith
(as he defines it), seems very gray and not so well defined. When discussing it or matters of that nature, he frequently tosses out such terms as "faith" and other generalized religiousities - but it's all quite vague and nebulous in terms of real substance.
At one point during this interview Senator McCain was sharing his experience as a chaplain in Vietnam. He recounted that since he had gone to church all of his life and knew the words to the Nicene Creed, that clearly he had the ability to lead a church service. He later noted that during the first Christmas he read the nativity story from each of the four gospels to the men.
I guess it's been quite awhile since Senator McCain last opened up his Bible, since if he did then he would realize that only two of the gospels tell us about the nativity story - Mark and John do not. Further to this he seems to think the phrases "In God We Trust" and "We hold these truths to be self evident" are out of the Bible or something ... but he does not believe the founding fathers received any Divine inspiration from God.
By the way: While he used the terms "God" (many times); and "Christ" (twice), he never once mentioned the Name of Jesus.
See ya in the air,
Eric