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In choosing a president, good character and competence are the two most important qualities. In the final analysis, a person can have the ability in the world, be brilliant and charismatic, but if he cannot be trusted to do the right thing for the common good, then he could be dangerous, all the more so because of his charisma.
I would agree with C.S. Lewis, who wrote in "Mere Christianity" that pride is the chief of sins. Down through the years it has been man’s abuse of God’s authority, his malice toward his fellow men, which has created the preponderance of human grief.
If Governor Huckabee meant this the way it sounds, I would not agree with him. But I don’t think he did, because he understands, as I do, that when you study the founding of our nation -- as Professor Daniel Dreisbach of American University has for example -- you will see that the founders were insistent that this free society reflected the fundamental truths of “nature and nature’s God,” as Jefferson put it.
Archbishop Christodoulos and Gordon Hinckley were both church leaders who commanded enormous respect. Both were members of denominations that are hierarchical, that is, policy and theology—though often collegially discussed and interpreted—is dictated from the top down. The same could be said of the Roman Catholic Church and the other Orthodox churches throughout the world.
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
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