The Compassion Forum

I caught about 1 ½ of the Compassion Forum on CNN last night. I fell asleep part way between Hilary’s long winded answers and praising of the Lord. I think
I only lasted 10 minutes once Barack got on. I guess I was looking for a program with more substance. I was extremely disappointed. Maybe it’s because I’m not overly religious. It was clear that as the presidential candidates sat in the Messiah College (think they chose the venue because of the name?) auditorium, that they were trying to rally up the religious votes. Truly, my opinion about Barack, does not change whether he believes that God created the Earth in 6 days or 60 weeks. And I am happy that Hilary has made it through some tough times due to her strong faith and the courage that the Almighty has given her. I am not here to mock people about their beliefs, whatever they may be. I was amazed at the lack of quality and depth in the questions. I would understand if a teacher would ask her Sunday school class, “Do you believe the world was created in 6 days”: I felt that the questions that were good, didn’t quite direct the candidates to where I was hoping they may go with their answers. Two of the more interesting topics were abortion and euphinasia. However, both Hilary and Barack in a round about way, said that it is not for the government to decide on these very personal choices. It is just important to create some guidelines so that the taking of life in either capacity, is limited to those who really need to. Again, nothing that would personally make me choose one candidate over another, if I had the chance to vote. However, all in all, I believe that Hilary did indeed speak more eloquently and powerfully than Barack. He wasn’t his usual dynamic self. Maybe he didn’t like that fact that he lost the coin toss and had to go on after Hilary. Maybe next time, divine intervention will have a hand in letting him go first.