{"id":1866,"date":"2012-09-11T05:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T05:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/09\/god-dnc2012-rnc2012-and-nationalism.html"},"modified":"2012-09-11T05:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T05:27:00","slug":"god-dnc2012-rnc2012-and-nationalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/09\/god-dnc2012-rnc2012-and-nationalism.html","title":{"rendered":"God, #DNC2012 #RNC2012, and Nationalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I just wanted to make a few comments about having God in a political party\u2019s platforms. I do not wish to ask the question why, because, we already know that mentioning g-d\/God\/Godde is either privileging or trying to make a space for religious persons (usually the former). In many circles, there are Christians who pride themselves on insulting people who are atheist\/agnostic, and these postures are horribly arrogant and self-righteous. It has more to do with those people\u2019s\/person\u2019s (the self-righteous Christian apologists) individual hang-ups in being challenged and questioned by others, rather than anything atheists\/agnostics have done (as a group).<\/p>\n

The story that the Democratic Nationalist Convention had dropped the word \u201cgod\u201d out of its platform was broken by none other than Tea Party Evangelical David Brody of the 700 Club\u2013 Democrats Drop God From Party Platform. Of course, sensationalizing all of this, and being fair and balanced, Brody mentions the fact that the DNc did have a section on faith, so it\u2019s not like the Democrats were excluding religionists all together. No one however has questioned where the RNC has mentioned God, especially the term \u201cGod-given.\u201d
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I just wanted to make a few comments about having God in a political party\u2019s platforms. I do not wish to ask the question why, because, we already know that mentioning g-d\/God\/Godde is either privileging or trying to make a space for religious persons (usually the former). In many circles, there are Christians who pride […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGod, #DNC2012 #RNC2012, and Nationalism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just wanted to make a few comments about having God in a political party\u2019s platforms. 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