{"id":5083,"date":"2012-08-24T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2012-08-24T08:53:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:53:12","slug":"at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-of-god-todd-by-god-akin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-of-god-todd-by-god-akin\/","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;at the heart of liberalism is a hatred of god&rdquo; &#8212; Todd by God Akin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does Missouri want this buffoon in the Senate?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-partisan\/post\/todd-akin-expert-on-who-hates-god\/2012\/08\/22\/9d75c36c-ec6f-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_blog.html\">Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n<h4>Todd Akin, expert on who hates God <\/h4>\n<p> By Colbert I. King,&#160; Published: AUGUST 22, 11:54 AM ET   <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2011\/06\/24\/253711\/akin-liberalism-god\/?mobile=nc\">Opined Akin: \u201cI think NBC has a long record<\/a> of being very liberal, and at the heart of liberalism, really, is a hatred of God and a belief that government should replace God. So, they\u2019ve had a long history of not being at all favorable toward many of the things that have been such a blessing to our country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-partisan\/post\/todd-akin-expert-on-who-hates-god\/2012\/08\/22\/9d75c36c-ec6f-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_blog.html\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK, Akin has me here: if there were a god, I\u2019d hate him. But not all liberals think alike. To my huge surprise, I know many otherwise intelligent and decent people who believe in god and\/or attend a church. I try not to hold that against them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2012\/02\/12\/teddy-roosevelt-in-god-we-trust-on-money-is-sacrilege\/\">Teddy Roosevelt: \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 on Money is \u2018Sacrilege\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When the phrase \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d was going to be placed on the $20 gold coin in 1907, <strong>President Teddy Roosevelt<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/mem\/archive-free\/pdf?res=9406E2D8103EE033A25757C1A9679D946697D6CF\">was against it<\/a> (PDF): <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cMy own feeling in the matter is due to my very firm conviction that to put such a motto on coins, or to use it in any kindred manner, not only does no good but does positive harm, and is in effect irreverence, which comes dangerously close to sacrilege\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That, from a president who was a Christian, a Sunday school teacher, and a Republican\u2026 those days are long gone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2012\/02\/12\/teddy-roosevelt-in-god-we-trust-on-money-is-sacrilege\/\">Teddy Roosevelt: \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 on Money is \u2018Sacrilege\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Missouri want this buffoon in the Senate? Washington Post Todd Akin, expert on who hates God By Colbert I. King,&#160; Published: AUGUST 22, 11:54 AM ET Opined Akin: \u201cI think NBC has a long record of being very liberal, and at the heart of liberalism, really, is a hatred of God and a belief &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-of-god-todd-by-god-akin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&ldquo;at the heart of liberalism is a hatred of god&rdquo; &#8212; Todd by God Akin<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5084,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/5084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}