Just to stop the uproar that is sure to come about Vice President Biden today

[ThomWV]

That dot on his forehead does not indicate he has converted Islam or Hinduism, its an indication he went to a Catholic church this morning, its Ash Wednesday.

[ananda]

1. Will Biden give up electronic communications?

LOL That's what the Catholic bishops are telling
people to do.

God those bishops are silly wabbits, huh?

[SoxFan]

3. That's not what they are saying

But don't let the facts interfere with prejudice, mmkay?

[zeemike]

2. you are not supposed to tell.

The right is all prepared to call it the mark of the beast.

[KittyWampus]

4. eep

:D

[FarCenter]

5. Which pagan custom did the Catholic Church co-opt this time?

[Lex]

16. Heh, I always think that too.

[mike_c]

6. hard to believe in the 21st century that a superpower's leadership...

...still feels the need to be ritually marked by witch doctors. Sheesh.

[hlthe2b]

12. We could do a lot worse than a superpower leader following

the tenets of Jesus (not the fundie exploitative old testament corrupted view) or of Gandhi or of Martin Luther King (who, by the way, was a devoted Christian as well). For those who dislike religion for religious sake, how about finding the philosophical, the secular humanist benefit in the tenets that he follows?

[FarCenter]

17. Christianity doesn't have much to do with "tenets of Jesus"

It is mostly a synthesis of Middle Eastern mysticism with Roman neo-Platonic philosophy. Christians mostly follow St. Paul, St. Augustine, etc., not Jesus.

[hlthe2b]

18. And it is YOU who decides whether BIden follows the tenets of Jesus

as well as determining exactly what is Christianity? Why do you think there are so many Christian sects?

[FarCenter]

21. You were assuming that ashes on his forehead means that Biden follows the tenets of Jesus

I was merely pointing out that the assumption is quite a stretch.

[hlthe2b]

22. Everything I know about BIden...how he has lived his life...

his compassion for the people he represented for decades, the way in which he came back from the horrible loss of his wife and daughter to be the father he was for his two sons, the respect his constituents have had for him over the years--- it is that which tells me he strives to follow the tenets of Jesus. If you would take your religious disdaining blinders off--you would see that too.

[FarCenter]

24. Seems equally consistent with following Marcus Aurelius

[hlthe2b]

25. True... but why does it bother so many whether Biden gets his

philosophical "centering" from the tenets of Jesus (and Catholicism) or Buddha, or secular humanism?

[liberalhistorian]

23. That may be true for some Christians, but for THIS Christian here,

and for many others I know, we follow Jesus and not St. Paul or Augustine, etc. Please do not presume to tell me and other fellow Christians who and what we do or do not follow.

[TwilightGardener]

7. "You are dust, and unto dust you shall return."

Keeps ya humble.

[KittyWampus]

8. I prefer "you are stardust, and unto stardust you shall ultimately return."

:hi:

[FarCenter]

9. Except for the illusion that if you die in the service of the Lord, you'll ascend to glory in Heaven

Sorry, meant to respond to Twilight Gardner.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Guess we'll all find out, sooner or later--when we return to dust.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

10. if you've seen one religious affectation you've seen them all

One is no better or worse than the other. Catholicism is no more or less goofy and ridiculous than Hinduism.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Or an Episcopal church

I don't know what his religious affiliation is.

[rox63]

15. Biden is Catholic

[blondeatlast]

14. I think even the "liberal media" won't touch that nerve, but teabaggers and Freeps?

I do so hope they do...

[lynne]

20. Uh . . . teabaggers and Freeps have their own marks as they went to church, too.

- they know what it means.

[Arkana]

There's going to be an uproar?

Where?

[lynne]

19. Or a Methodist or host of other churches. The Ash Wednesday mark isn't for Catholics only.