Karl Rove: Atheist?

[Freelance Hack]

From a Q-and-A with Christopher Hitchens in .

(Q.)Has anyone in the Bush administration confided in you about being an atheist?
(CHWell, I don’t talk that much to them—maybe people think I do. I know something which is known to few but is not a secret. Karl Rove is not a believer, and he doesn’t shout it from the rooftops, but when asked, he answers quite honestly. I think the way he puts it is, “I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith.”[/b]

I'm not a fan of Rove's at all, but if this is true, then the man's a genius. A mad, ruthless genius, but a genius nonetheless.

I wonder what the evangelicals think about this, or if it really matters to them.

 

[slappy4428]

Can the anti-christ be an atheist? Don't you have to believe in the enemy to defeat the enemy?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Rove is catholic I thought? Maybe he's agnostic now. Interesting.

 

[Boomer7]

From a Q-and-A with Christopher Hitchens in .

(Q.)Has anyone in the Bush administration confided in you about being an atheist?
(CHWell, I don’t talk that much to them—maybe people think I do. I know something which is known to few but is not a secret. Karl Rove is not a believer, and he doesn’t shout it from the rooftops, but when asked, he answers quite honestly. I think the way he puts it is, “I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith.”[/b]

I'm not a fan of Rove's at all, but if this is true, then the man's a genius. A mad, ruthless genius, but a genius nonetheless.

He got George W. Bush elected president twice. Need anyone say more?

 

[cranberry]

The GOP's investment in and commitment to evangelical Christianity has always been nothing more than a cynical election strategy. How else do you get the rural poor to line up with the party of the ultra-rich?

I'm not saying there aren't true believers in the GOP, just that it has never been a top priority to the folks who actually control the dollars and the policy. Once in a while you get a Terry Schiavo-type show of support but then it's back to trying to cut the capital gains tax.

 

[Football_Bat]

I think the true and intelligent evangelicals who haven't been corrupted by the notion of power have finally woken up and realized the Turdblossom played them like a Stadivarius.

 

[Ace]

Can the anti-christ be an atheist? Don't you have to believe in the enemy to defeat the enemy?

Good question. I think he means he doesn't have faith in God and Jesus because he believes he is better than them.

The attitude you've got to have, really, when you are the Devil's spawn.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

This whole thing is silly and just goes to show the double standard some of you people play in your your political views.

John Kerry and Ted Kennedy claim to be Catholics while at the same time being divorced men who support abortion. Where were you people when Kerry was running for President? Where was the claims that Kerry was just playing lipservice to the Catholic voters?

And what Rove said was, "I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith." He doesn't say he doesn't believe in God. Many people (myself included) envy people who feel that they "have been touched by the spirit". People who truly believe this are usually the happiest, most trustworthy people you'll meet in your life.

 

[Ace]

So if you're not a person of faith you can still believe in God? How does that work, Evil One.?

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

I was raised Catholic but I no longer consider myself a Catholic. However, I do believe in God and I bet if you asked the hundreds of thousands of "Christians" who only go to church on Christmas or Easter if they considered themelves "people of faith" - they would say "no", however, if you asked those same people if they believed in God - they would answer "yes."

 

[Oz]

Can the anti-christ be an atheist? Don't you have to believe in the enemy to defeat the enemy?

Good question. I think he means he doesn't have faith in God and Jesus because he believes he is better than them.

The attitude you've got to have, really, when you are the Devil's spawn.

Well put. Glad to see someone beat me to it.

 

[Yawn]

Why is it that so many Catholics either run from their fatih or denounce Christ entirely?

 

[Ace]

I was raised Catholic but I no longer consider myself a Catholic. However, I do believe in God and I bet if you asked the hundreds of thousands of "Christians" who only go to church on Christmas or Easter if they considered themelves "people of faith" - they would say "no", however, if you asked those same people if they believed in God - they would answer "yes."

Personally, I don't think that believing in God is the same as having faith in God.

 

[Yawn]

Ineresting point Ace.

I heard someone compare people sitting in pews to people playing "Deal or No Deal." They're supposed to believe that the case they have has the million dollars, but when put to the test, they'll trade that case.

 

[JackyJackBN]

1) This is news? To me, re Rove, it's WhoGAS. Of equal importance to U.S. political thought: The City of Boryeong is perhaps best known for its annual mud festival and mud cosmetics.
2) Should evangelical Christians be without representation in the two major parties? It seems to me that both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton have made a bid for their vote. Shouldn't they?
3) If you don't like hypocrisy in politics, you don't like politics.
[OK, broke my promise to stay clear of this crap until I have 500 posts. I'm now going to shoot for 1,000 before my next foray into the art of the possible.]

 

[cake in the rain]

If true, I don't know why this is so alarming or surprising.

Politics is the art of pandering.

Would it be better if Rove actually believed that the world was created in six days 6,000 years ago? Would that make him a more palatable figure? I don't see how. Are many Republicans happy to use evangelicals and fundamentalists to achieve their goals? Of course, why shouldn't they be?

 

[Pastor]

2) Should evangelical Christians be without representation in the two major parties? It seems to me that both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton have made a bid for their vote. Shouldn't they?

No. They aren't a state. They should not get to have representation.

 

[JR]

One thing's for sure--God does not believe in Rove.

She has special things planned for him when he buys the farm.

 

[zeke12]

If I'd gotten spanked in the 2006 elections and my guy was hovering at 28 percent approval, I'd have a hard time believing in God.

 

[ondeadline]

But Rove believes in W?