Lots of people seem to care about the religious lives of our Presidential Candidates. Or at least we seem to care that our candidates sprinkle certain key words in their speeches and debate responses.
Since most of the candidates self-identify as followers of Jesus – who said more about money than any other topic – I’ve been thinking about questions I wish someone would ask at one of the debates:
- Tell us about a poor person you know personally as a friend. This question is not about how your policies would impact his/her life. We just want to know who you count among your close friends who are poor.
- Why do you believe people are poor? Give your top three reasons.
- How does your faith inform your policies towards the poorest Americans?
- What is our responsibility as wealthy and free Americans towards people in the world who are impoverished and oppressed?
I would like to hear Obama’s answers to these questions too.
It would also be extraordinarily interesting to hear how all these candidates compare the way of Jesus with the way of Ayn Rand. I would pull up a chair to watch that debate.
Note: This is a good article about Objectivism and Christianity. More about theology and Ayn Rand tomorrow.
A Church for Starving Artists 
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