The guru explains politics

When our Christian apologetics group covered the New Age movement, we, of course, had to read comments by media personality and New Age guru Deepak Chopra , who comes up with great examples of abstract nonsense. I just found out his musings are not restricted to religious matters. He can also spout strangely amusing craziness in political matters, according to The Wall Street Journal, which recently highlighted Chopra's views as set forth in a San Francisco Chronicle column.

Chopra analyzes liberals and conservatives with four major points (you're gonna love this). Here goes--

1. Liberals are freethinkers who wisely question their own assumptions. "One of the virtues of being on the liberal side of politics is that total obedience isn't required. There are no hidden agendas. Ideology doesn't lead to unreason. . . . Liberal politics is based on a non-regimented, all-inclusive approach to democracy. Freedom of thought is paramount."

2. Conservatives, by contrast, are sheep who blindly adhere to crazy dogmas. "It feels as if the inmates are running the asylum--as in the current Republican threat to default on America's debt. . . . If you suppose that the average citizen remembers that the right wing are the very ones who got us into this forlorn tangle of wars abroad, financial collapse, out-of-control spending, and massive bonuses for the rich, you have not felt the power that fear exerts."

3. It is crucial to keep Obama in office, or the crazy, stupid conservatives might take over. "The prevailing sanity of President Obama is something that others and I have taken for granted. . . . It was such a relief to return to humane, non-ideological governance when President Obama won in 2008."

4. Therefore, liberals should stop questioning him and give him their blind support. "All of us who have taken advantage of our liberal heritage to question and criticize President Obama need to step back and consider the radical nature of the opposition. . . . If ever there was a time to stand behind the captain, this is it."

To sum it up even more concisely: Liberals are smart. Conservatives are stupid. We can't let the stupid side win. So we need to be stupid too! How's that for logic? Yeah, his religious views are similarly confusing. If you have a chance, go to Youtube and see how masterfully Greg Koukl knocked down Chopra's so-called arguments in an episode of Faith Under Fire, hosted by Lee Strobel.