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In reply to the discussion: Why Bernie Sanders doesn't participate in organized religion [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)24. CNN: "an interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday"
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/politics/bernie-sanders-organized-religion/index.html
Bernie Sanders not 'actively involved with organized religion'
By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders is opening up about his religious views and his Jewish heritage, saying he believes generally in God, but not necessarily organized religion.
The man who has the potential to become the nation's first Jewish president has generally shied away from talk of his upbringing and his faith, but in an interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday, Sanders said he was not "actively involved with organized religion."
"I think everyone believes in God in their own ways," he told Post. "To me, it means that all of us are connected, all of life is connected, and that we are all tied together."
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Bernie Sanders not 'actively involved with organized religion'
By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders is opening up about his religious views and his Jewish heritage, saying he believes generally in God, but not necessarily organized religion.
The man who has the potential to become the nation's first Jewish president has generally shied away from talk of his upbringing and his faith, but in an interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday, Sanders said he was not "actively involved with organized religion."
"I think everyone believes in God in their own ways," he told Post. "To me, it means that all of us are connected, all of life is connected, and that we are all tied together."
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So the Jewish community wonders why Bernie doesn't speak about his Jewish faith?
retrowire
Jan 2016
#5
I'll be more blunt. Bernie Sanders has more important things to deal with than worrying
Feeling the Bern
Jan 2016
#6
It's a new interview just published today, reported on by CNN, Slate, Huffington Post, etc. nt
bananas
Jan 2016
#25
It is also a coincidence that the groups with the highest number of "believers"
Fearless
Jan 2016
#21
If he believes in God in any way or in anything supernatural, then he is religious.
merrily
Jan 2016
#31
Bernie said he believes in God in his own way. Which word would you use to describe a belief in God?
merrily
Jan 2016
#36
Thanks. People I know who describe themselves "spritual" do not believe in God.
merrily
Jan 2016
#42
I am not sure what point you are making. Nothing I said is inconsistent with the definitions and I
merrily
Jan 2016
#53
Did he say somewhere else that he doesn't consider himself religious? He does not say that in this
merrily
Jan 2016
#55
Did he say he considers himself religious? He didn't say that in this article.
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2016
#57
A duality of Christianity and Buddhism I really respect what he says as what I would call Buddhist.
trillion
Jan 2016
#48
Four years of Catholic boarding school and too many 6 am masses as punishment
slipslidingaway
Jan 2016
#59