The real world versus the dream world

With just a few days left before November 2, some democrats, republicans and non-party affiliates are haunted by the sheer thought of Bush being re-elected. For many of us this thought is a Halloween scare. Reality and the big picture versus a dream world seem to be the main components dividing our nation. In our nation‘s history, reality and the big picture played a great part in maturing our nation and keeping church and state separate. The Jamestown tragedy where mass suicide deaths took place under the instructions of Jim Jones, a religious leader, serves as an example how powerful a religious influence can have over intelligent people put under a spell. That spell is a dream world.

Maureen Dowd, a syndicated columnist for the New York Times, stated in her article published 10/21/04 that evangelicals called George Bush a messenger of God. Maureen went on to quote the television evangelist, Pat Robertson as saying, “God blessing is on him”, adding “it is the blessing of heaven on the emperor”.

When we think of George Bush’s pro life stance, which could delay hope and is in conflict with his rush into a war stance, interpreted among many as a pro death stance, raises the question, are church leaders behind Bush, pro life and pro death also?

The hypocrisy existing in the above conflict has a chilling effect on many of us that are wondering whether there are more voters in the real world or the dream world.