Let's all be Instruments of God

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/07/obama-gop-doesnt-own-faith-and-values/

O.... Bama What are you playing at now? I get it. You were in front of a church. You felt like you needed to connect with your constituents. You are a spiritual man and you aren't afraid to show it (of course with 90% of this country believing in a higher power- unchecked stat - it's not really all that brave a thing to say, right?). But really Obama, calling yourself an "instrument of God"? Don't you think that's a tad bit, I dunno, preachy? Sure I see that you believe all of us are instruments of God (or at least those who go to church) but can you really expect everyone to take it as positively as you are. Here's someone else who thinks he's an instrument of god: George Bush. Now I'm not saying spirituality is a bad thing, just that he might want to tone it down a bit lest the moderate voter ally him improperly with a certain type of thinking or ideology.

Perhaps the issue is that there are those who seem to place their fate in God's hand and those who believe it is their fate to direct his hand. The rest of us seem like lost sheep to them, unsure of where to go. All I can say is that God seems to have more "instruments" than the London Symphony (bad joke I know). Why would a perfect being that is all-knowing need all those to interpret what it is he wants. What ultimately may anger religious conservatives though is that he believes in creating a "kingdom on Earth", which seems in direct contradiction to Revelation, unless of course he believes Judgment Day is coming. Why can't anyone just be nice cause its the right thing to do. Why does the moral compass always have point to religious North? Is humanity always doomed to surrender free will to some intangible idea manifested as false logic? (ok that's a convoluted question) Well everyone has a choice in this country and I urge you to make yours by examining the past and not always by looking to an uncertain future. We should never risk a theocratic state (more so than we have now), because it only takes a few to preach intolerence that can undue the world.