“Why, that’s funny...here you mention how values based on...say the Bible has no place when...how did you put it? (Oh yeah...”applauded as the major reason why you should be President, instead of an idea about the actual system of government.”)”
Wow, way to go to utterly distort what I was saying just so you can accuse me of being an anti-Christian. Like I said, this is all about religion, feeling good, looking good, having family photos taken. Platform is secondary. And if we don’t like it, off to hell for us.
“Because I seemed to have thought that one of things most despicable to a majority of voters is a certain candidate whose “idea about the actual system of government” was based upon ideas exactly opposite — and foreign — to the Bible: Socialism!”
The difference is when you make your religion the reason why you claim to deserve the Presidency.
It needs to be about ideas. We are not electing the Pope, or a daddy, or a Priest. He needs to run on actual bold ideas. He doesn’t. He’s too busy pandering to us using social and religious talking points.
Last I checked, Newt is a Catholic too.
So are we going to argue that Saint Rick is a better Catholic, and so he deserves the Presidency more? Who the heck is he preaching to? The choir. Why? Because he doesn’t have the ideas to go head to head with Newt’s platform.
“If a candidate integrates Biblical values into his social issues, so what? What why would “social issues” automatically HAVE to be theologically based?”
We’re dealing with massive debt, a system of government that is unsustainable, and pornography leads his Issues page.
It’s a matter of priority.
“YOU are the one who has to prove your straw man from post #10, and you haven’t done that! The 18 points on Santorum issues’ page alone denies your claim!”
The style and feel of his campaign is so obvious, that it takes someone who is far too eager to accuse people of being anti-Christian in order to justify it.
While there may be various definitions of the Right Wing and Patriotism, religious beliefs are bonded with the ideology of American conservatism. Both terms are synonyms, but not the same. There are consevatives who decide on familiy and religious values, and that is why Romney continues to be unfavorable. Pro-business Capitalists fall towards the Right, whatever belief, but there are conservative voters who have religious values as priority ahead of economy, and could not be ignored for the ratio it is responsible for votes going to a Republican candidate. If you do not act cautious of your replies, you will end up being classified as stealth Romney supporter, atheist, and will be zotted from above.
While there may be various definitions of the Right Wing and Patriotism, religious beliefs are bonded with the ideology of American conservatism. Both terms are synonyms, but not the same. There are consevatives who decide on familiy and religious values, and that is why Romney continues to be unfavorable. Pro-business Capitalists fall towards the Right, whatever belief, but there are conservative voters who have religious values as priority ahead of economy, and could not be ignored for the ratio it is responsible for votes going to a Republican candidate. If you do not act cautious of your replies, you will end up being classified as stealth Romney supporter, atheist, and will be zotted from above.