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evangelicals vs romney, mormonism
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/us...eological.html
for one, we supposedly don't have a religious test in this country to hold public office. of course we all know that some like to inject religion where it doesn't belong-in this case the election. a re-tread of the days when some were horrified at the thought of a (gasp) papist taking office when john kennedy was running to become the first roman catholic in the oval office. i'd take the stand that we survived that just fine. now, when people like to start discussing 'my religion versus yours', i usually think and then say the same thing. they all require a suspension of disbelief, they all are based on faith and not reason. to me no one is better than any other. in other words, i find it silly. this counry isn't a theocracy-i hope it never, ever becomes one. |
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a guy dictating scripture from a hat filled with magic rocks about jesus coming to north america and native american's being the lost tribe of israel still sounds silly when it hasn't been repeated to hundred's of generations. it's why scientologists are really screwed. politically, it only comes into play if the small number of evangelical voters that would sit out a obama-romney election matter in a state like florida or virginia. |
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but the endorsement of a non-factor like santorum speaks volumes about the reduction of evangelical influence in the republican party. being an evangelical republican is starting to be like being a black democrat. |
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And some people laugh at Occupy. Occupy is so hated and crushed because they are citizens with a clear-eyed view, who won't stand for it anymore. They want their country, their democracy, back. Even the Wyoming State Supreme Court, the heart of Red Conservative Land, just voted that Citizens United cannot stand in their state. |
The Dead Billionaires Club
Who controls this country? A very long, and interesting, article:
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http://www.ushistory.org/paine/reason/reason1.htm
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. |
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