Romne and being mormon

[skippy3481]

I Disagree. I think religion has a great deal to do with it because it shapes how many of us make decisions. If you wouldn't vote for a pat robertson type then obviously, it does matter. Organized religion is not private. Your relationship with your god or god(s) is. When you go to a church, temple, mosque etc(sorry somer was going to include you as well but sadly, I know very little of the wiccan faith) your going there to worship with other people, and not by yourself. Now, The time you spent in contemplation/prayer i believe is personal.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

I Disagree. I think religion has a great deal to do with it because it shapes how many of us make decisions. If you wouldn't vote for a pat robertson type then obviously, it does matter. Organized religion is not private. Your relationship with your god or god(s) is. When you go to a church, temple, mosque etc(sorry somer was going to include you as well but sadly, I know very little of the wiccan faith) your going there to worship with other people, and not by yourself. Now, The time you spent in contemplation/prayer i believe is personal.

what i meant was that i understand most people have faith, and that faith is their business. they have to explain their feelings and ideas on many things-i don't care how they reached their ideas, i just want to know what they are, so i can decide if that is the person i want to vote for. i don't know what pat robertsons view was on much of anything, except his religion. so, if i wanted him as a pastor, i may have chosen him-but as president i don't know of anything that would have qualified him.

[GenuineRisk]

Romney ran, and was elected, as a moderate. Since going after the national stage he's been running away from a lot of his earlier positions, which is tough in a day and age where most of what you say finds it's way onto the internet. So he looks like a hypocrite. Or, more precisely, like he's pandering to the ultra-right-wingers, who are generally considered to be essential to winning the primary. Which is exactly what he's doing. Other politicians manage to make it look a bit less obvious than he does.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Romney ran, and was elected, as a moderate. Since going after the national stage he's been running away from a lot of his earlier positions, which is tough in a day and age where most of what you say finds it's way onto the internet. So he looks like a hypocrite. Or, more precisely, like he's pandering to the ultra-right-wingers, who are generally considered to be essential to winning the primary. Which is exactly what he's doing. Other politicians manage to make it look a bit less obvious than he does.

see post #7 from this thread...

[SCUDSBROTHER]

No Mormons,please.Cafeteria Catholics are o.k.,but anybody more religious than that is not gunna get my vote.If we survive GEEDUBBYA,then nobody this religious again...please...thank you..

[Princess Doreen]

Haldeman and Ehrlichman - both Mormons! It shouldn't be an indictment against the entire religion, but people remember.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Why not just pretend to be whatever religion is most popular?

Seems like the best way to get votes.....