::facepalm::

darling of the fundamentalists, who doesn't attend church.

HOW can fundies support someone who doesn't even have a church home? How is is possible to manipulate such a literalist community while not walking the talk?

Ohgodmystomachhurts.

I strongly suspect that any physical records that deem him fit to be Commander in Chief have been doctored.

No need; there are thousands of pages of them and they allowed reporters access for something like three hours with no note-taking allowed.

He goes to church now, right? We were discussing this here in the last month and I think he does attend somewhere regularly.

Neither of those things makes the whole scene any less creepy, but I always have this annoying need to get factcheck-y.

No.no. I really appreciate the correctness. If I'm going to rant, I want to have at least a glancing relationship with the truth.

HOW can fundies support someone who doesn't even have a church home? How is is possible to manipulate such a literalist community while not walking the talk?

Pro-Life, Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Gun

Pro-Life, Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Gun

I get that, but if she doesn't have a religious home she can point to and say 'this is where my beliefs come from', I just don't see how church-bound folk could trust her. Then again, this goes back to my original fear, which is that it doesn't matter if you have a moral leg to stand on as long as you look like Mickey Mouse or have white, white teeth.

I thought an interesting part of the debate was when they agreed on the issue of gay-marriage/civil unions. It may have been my imagination, but I got a vibe of "that can't be right" from Palin.

There is also a mindset of a certain type of religion-spouting Christian that emphasizes the "personal relationship with God". They appear to look down on the idea that a community of believers lead by persons who have studied the texts in a formal way is necessary or even beneficial. It is another side of the anti-intellectual coin. They do not need others telling them what their God means or thinks is right, they know.

I wish Molly Ivins were around - I always do, but I'd love to hear her take on this whole thing.

msbelle says it better than I could wrt the personal relationship thing. Also* keep in mind that in Fundie theology just as in Fundie politics, having the right beliefs is far more important than paying too much attention to the correct rituals. Saying that someone has to show membership papers might as well be Papist.

* is anyone else feeling awfully self-conscious about that word this morning?