Monday, January 4, 2010

Brit Hume gets religiously ignorant:



Um--wow. I don't know how many people actually change their entire faith just for better media scope, but there you are: the value of religion as a whole and per a media whore--if you get some religion, it'll fix ya.

I almost admire Bill Kristol for just bypassing the extraordinary silliness of Brit Hume encouraging someone to convert on pretty much media-related grounds, to just predicting that Tiger will still win championships because he's still a premier athlete.

Because that really is what Tiger Woods' business is, and what he's good at, regardless of his spiritual or personal business. It's arrogant for Brit Hume to assume Buddhism doesn't offer a form of "getting right" because he's ignorant of Buddhism, and it's also arrogant of him to assume Christianity is right for some other person. Mr. Woods has to find honesty with himself and his wife in his own way-- and religion will not take the place of the honest confrontation he must do.

It is almost like Brit Hume is endorsing a change in religion for Tiger Woods on the strength of that being a way to be poll-ready, demographically more suitable. In opposition to the advice given to Job in his troubles: "Curse God and Die", he's being told, find God and get your sponsors back. Eww--creepy.

It sounds very cheap.

I hope the guy works it out for himself.

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