re: #49 Mattand
is it me or did Jon Stewart just equate atheism with nihilism?
no… he said naming a bunch of atheists to the College of Cardinals, and thinking they can do a good job leading the Catholic Church, would be a fair analogy to sending Tea Partiers to the Senate and thinking they can lead the US.
People who don’t believe in the validity of the mission shouldn’t be trusted to carry out the mission.