It has become clear to me that the people in charge of trying to win the election for Obama really are not in touch with Evangelical America. It amazes me that they do not understand they are strengthening the appeal of Sarah Palin by belaboring the story of Palin's pastor being a witch hunter and driving demons out of of the possessed woman in a village in Kenya. Belief in angels and demons is very real and very strong in evangelicals.  When media and pundits try and paint this pastor as crazy, they are in essence calling all evangelicals crazy. I suppose this is where the idea stems with Evangelicals that  Democrats are elitist and the Media has a Liberal bias.

A friend of mine has suggested I should try and have a conversation with my evangelical neighbors. Of course she is correct, dialog is key. My problem is that while I can understand what their beliefs are, and even respect that they are very important to them, I also think they are nuts. I don't have a poker face. Truth be told many evangelicals have been insensitive and disprespectful to my beliefs as well. I am not good at having conversations with others when I feel I am coming into the conversation from a defensive postition. I am certain that Evangelicals feel the same.

I had dinner at a friends house a few years back. It was a table of teachers and professors. A professor of English told me that without religion a person would be lacking in morals. She said One cannot possibly have morals without being a Christian. Really? That hurt my feelings.  That begs the question...would a person without morals be capable of having feelings that can be hurt? That also begs the question...can we judge our own set of morals? I think my set of morals is pretty good...I attribute them to my parents, not to religion. 

What I would most like to tell the evangelicals is that you and your faith are being exploited by the Neocons to win an election. Can't tell them that though, because then they think you consider them stupid. My morals make it uncomfortable for me to see anyone being exploited for nefarious reasons. But wait...I can't have morals because I don't have religion...