Pastor Rick Warren, the phenomenon of modern Christianity that projects a sense of reasonableness, is hosting an interview with both Barack Obama and John McCain. This is an exciting time because a presumably reasonable man - thick with faith - is going to challenge Obama and McCain on a variety of issues.

Thefiresidepost.com will be posting with live updates through the evening.

It begins in a moment.

Warren starts with noting the separation of church and state - but not the separation between faith and politics.

Obama will go first on one hour interviews - separate from the other candidate.

John McCain is driving a deeper wedge of religious animosity to promote his own version of Cowboy Diplomacy. In a speech this morning on the conflict between Russian and Georgia McCain was quick to note that Georgia is a country that has embraced Christianity.

Does this religious embrace, by itself, justify their defense. No, an McCain does not suggest so. But McCain is using the ‘religion card’ to play on the emotions of the American public. If a Christian chooses to jump into the lion’s den, is it automatically our responsibility to declare war on Rome? Would McCain have mentioned religion if Georgia had embraced Islam?

Holy Cow! Our system of education must surely be failing. I suppose that mentally ill people with sound knowledge could make irrational judgments. But all Conspiracy Theorists are not mentally ill. So what is this phenomenon of conspiracy that seams to permeate our modern society?

Crazy Sprinkler Lady:

Irony abounds in the following video on religious conspiracy. The folks who made this video are attempting to use fear to denounce the use of fear. This is one of those ‘New World Order’ ideas that seems to satisfy the conspiratorial need of people who need to have a problem to solve. But hey - my aregument is the same as theirs - I am just on the other side of the coin.

We in America find ourselves engaged in another war - a war contrived by a self serving White House. Illegitimate intelligence on an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam provided the impetus for the President to justify expanding our military presence in Southeast Asia.

The same song is being sung by our current President. Forge intelligence reports, then garner continued Congressional support by making the war an issue of support our foreign based troops.

“Where have all the young men gone? They are all in uniform.” Where is the artistic protest of the current war? There are a few standing up for right. Bruce Springsteen is one.