“You know, we don’t live in a democracy because a democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what’s for dinner. OK? It’s not just majority rule. It’s a constitutional republic. The founders set that up because they followed the biblical admonition of what a civil society is supposed to look like. What’s happened, Alex, …
No, that is not what he’s doing. He’s pretending to be the will of some magical sky fairy, and he is anything but that. He claims to “hear” this imaginary person “telling him what to do”. That is not the same thing as a god - that is a charlatan using the snake oil of an imaginary sky fairy to con the poorly educated.
What I want is god, I don’t care which one (they’re all imaginary) put on the ballot and voted for. This would be decisive two ways… First, how does one get on a ballot? (they have to prove they are a real live human being, among other tests). And the second doesn’t matter, because an imaginary thing can’t be on a ballot.
Isn’t that effectively what he’s doing? A vote for him is a vote for his opinions, including that of God.
No, that is not what he’s doing. He’s pretending to be the will of some magical sky fairy, and he is anything but that. He claims to “hear” this imaginary person “telling him what to do”. That is not the same thing as a god - that is a charlatan using the snake oil of an imaginary sky fairy to con the poorly educated.
What I want is god, I don’t care which one (they’re all imaginary) put on the ballot and voted for. This would be decisive two ways… First, how does one get on a ballot? (they have to prove they are a real live human being, among other tests). And the second doesn’t matter, because an imaginary thing can’t be on a ballot.