Is the US ready for a Mormon president? - Page 2

Castout · 06-09-11, 03:45 AM

Anything but a Satanist or Atheist. . .for me.

August · 06-09-11, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Best post of the thread.

Feuer Frei! · 06-09-11, 09:35 AM

The question shouldn't be "Is the US ready for a Mormon president" but:
Is the US ready for a ANOTHER president.

flatsixes · 06-09-11, 09:41 AM

If Romney can speak these words, and mean it, then he can be president.

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"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

If he cannot, then it doesn't matter whether he's Morman or Martian.

Well, actually, it does matter, as only a native-born American Martian would be eligible to become president. And I don't think that we're there yet, despite what some people say about President Obama.

Blood_splat · 06-09-11, 10:03 AM

WOW another politician/businessman who made his money
Nice ski retreat mansion.

Skybird · 06-09-11, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I would prefer an atheist President but as long as the President governs in a secular manner I have no problem with a President's religion.

^ This - and I do not even necessarily have a preference for an atheist president. He could be Jewish, Buddhist or Christian or Atheist, as long as he governs and decides secular, and rational, and leaves religious agendas out of his decisons. Just with a Muhameddan one I would have problems, due to the problematic implications that rule out the coexistence of Quranic ideology and secularism.

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It is when the President's religion influences his decisions that I get concerned.

^ And this too.

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-11, 10:10 AM

Meh..I like Pawlenty anyway.

flatsixes · 06-09-11, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

WOW another politician/businessman who made his money the dick.

Nice ski retreat mansion.

Damn nice ski lodge!

There's a lesson here, kids: Being "the little guy" is a bad career plan.

Sailor Steve · 06-09-11, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony W.

I don't think America is ready for a non Christian president just yet, and to be honest, with the percentage of Christians in America, I doubt there ever.will be one.

There have already been several. Don't mistake everyone who espouses a belief in a Supreme Being for a follower of Jesus.

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Originally Posted by Castout

Anything but a Satanist or Atheist. . .for me.

I can understand the objection to someone who claims to worship evil, but someone who claims not to worship at all? I know your experience involves those who do both, but just because someone claims not to believe there's a God, would that make him a worse president than some of the ones we've already had, and who claimed to believe wholeheartedly?

CCIP · 06-09-11, 04:22 PM

Actually Satanism is also widely misunderstood

Some forms of Satanism aren't any more 'evil' in doctrine than most other religions, and arguably less so than many. For some the invocation of Satan is just another way of understanding what has made us and the world what we are today.

Not that I'm satanist or anything, just saying...

Platapus · 06-09-11, 07:19 PM

Although it would be impossible to ever know, it would be interesting if we could find out how many politicians only claim to be theists in order to get votes.

In the US you can't get elected unless you are religious, so how many politicians pretend to be religious?

Sailor Steve · 06-09-11, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

...how many politicians pretend to be religious?

I would go further. I wonder, then as well as now, how many people 'believe' because they do; meaning they don't really believe anything, but it's how they were raised, and they go through the motions without ever really thinking about it.

Flaxpants · 06-10-11, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I would go further. I wonder, then as well as now, how many people 'believe' because they do; meaning they don't really believe anything, but it's how they were raised, and they go through the motions without ever really thinking about it.

I would argue that most of the world probably falls into that category.

A little confused by this thread.....I heard George Bush was a Moron?

kraznyi_oktjabr · 06-10-11, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Flaxpants

A little confused by this thread.....I heard George Bush was a Moron?

I agree with your diagnosis of Mr. Bush.

flatsixes · 06-10-11, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

I agree with your diagnosis of Mr. Bush.

I'll alert the media.

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	The question shouldn't be "Is the US ready for a Mormon president" but: Is the US ready for a ANOTHER president. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	WOW another politician/businessman who made his money Nice ski retreat mansion. Last edited by Onkel Neal; 06-09-11 at 07:49 PM.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Meh..I like Pawlenty anyway. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Actually Satanism is also widely misunderstood Some forms of Satanism aren't any more 'evil' in doctrine than most other religions, and arguably less so than many. For some the invocation of Satan is just another way of understanding what has made us and the world what we are today. Not that I'm satanist or anything, just saying... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Although it would be impossible to ever know, it would be interesting if we could find out how many politicians only claim to be theists in order to get votes. In the US you can't get elected unless you are religious, so how many politicians pretend to be religious? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.