Instead of anti-slacker, this should be entitled 'anti-faith'. It is not belief at all, or, as Chesterton said, "When man ceases to believe in God, it is not that he then believes nothing, but that he will believe anything".

Pushing the edges of faith - what exactly does that mean?

Jim:

It means tricking yourself into believing God wants you to do whatever you want.

Though to be fair to Kerry news reports have said that Kerry's camp have "sidelined" Vanderslice and gagged her:

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040618-121914-6103r.htm

Incedentally, didn't Dean have a Unitarian as his religion advisor?

Reminds me of a joke made by Garrison Kellior about all the cable channels he had. "Theres a Unitarian channel, and a fishing channel, which is almost the same as a Unitarian channel, actually"

The Universalist Church no longer exists except as a hyphenated nod by the Unitarian Church which assimilated the Universalist Church in a Borg like hostile take-over.

A Universalist minister once told me that the difference between the two sects was that Universalists believed that God was too good to damn men while the Unitarians believed that man was too good to be damned.

It is the Unitarians that gag when they try to say "Jesus".

"I am the very model of a modern Unitarian,
Far broader than a Catholic, Hindu, Jew or Presbyterian.
I know the world's religions and can trace their roots historical
From Moses up to Channing, all in order categorical.
I'm very well acquainted, too, with theories theological,
On existential questions I am always wholly logical,
About most any problem I am teeming with a lot of views,
I'm full of fine ideas that should fill our church's empty pews."

Bill:

Many thanks. :-)

Well, one of the most pernicious lies of our time is this: "God just wants me to be happy".