[Vision2020] Religious Concerns about a Candidate?

[Paul Rumelhart]

My take on the subject of religious beliefs and political candidacy:

1.  I don't care what a particular candidate believes, or what their 
favorite preacher/pastor/guru/familiar believes or even espouses 
publicly.  Whether it's fairies, transubstantiation, reincarnation, or 
that all geeks should burn in hell, I truly don't care and don't think 
we should be debating them.

however

2.  I *do* care whether or not a candidate has tried to push their 
beliefs on others by using their political position, and I *do* care 
whether or not they have tried to limit the rights of others to believe 
whatever insane crap they wish to believe in.  Those topics, in my 
opinion, are free game.

Paul

lfalen wrote:
> I of course do not believe any of what he said. I have no idea whether what he said  was part of the original tenets of the LDS. but I am fairly certain that most mormons do not feel that way today.  I do not judge people by their religion. I do not care if they are catholic, protestant ,LDS, hindu buddhist, moslem, or athist. I will judge them on how they behave and comport themselves in public. I abhor religion being dragged into the political arena. The recent postcard is a example. Who ever perpetuated this should be charged with what ever the law allows. I do not think that it came from any of the candidates of either party and I would like to see a public statement to that effect.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Reggie Holmquist reggieholmquist at u.boisestate.edu
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:14:34 -0700
> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religious Concerns about a Candidate?
>
>   
>> It's right here <http://freezechurch.org/page48.html>.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:04 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I found the stuff on homosexuals. He appeared to be quoting from the bible,
>>> but I am not a biblical scholar. What I should not find was any reference to
>>> the LDS.
>>> Roger
>>> -----Original message-----
>>> From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
>>> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:47:45 -0700
>>> To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religious Concerns about a  Candidate?
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Roger, Roger, Roger -
>>>>
>>>> Saundra's claim . . .
>>>>
>>>> "Bouma attends a church that preaches, 'To support homosexual marriage is
>>>> to call God a liar.  Any church that proclaims different is a church of
>>>> Satan.  Any person who condones homosexual marriage is anti-God and
>>>> anti-Christ.'
>>>>
>>>> http://www.freezechurch.org/page42.html"
>>>>
>>>> is well substantiated by her citation word for word.
>>>>
>>>> Here, I'll walk you through this, ok?
>>>>
>>>> 1)  Open the URL cited by Saundra in your web browser
>>>>
>>>> http://www.freezechurch.org/page42.html
>>>>
>>>> 2)  Right-click anywhere within the website.
>>>>
>>>> 3)  Select "View Source"
>>>>
>>>> This will reveall all the text and geeky code stuff in the website.
>>>>
>>>> 4)  Scroll down to line #132, WHERE IT SAYS
>>>>
>>>> "To support homosexual marriage is to call God a liar."
>>>>
>>>> The remainder of Saundra's refernced quote follows in subsequent lines
>>>> (i.e. 133, 134, 135, . . . )
>>>>
>>>> Nobody is attempting to deprive Pastor Knorr of his first amendment
>>>> rights, Roger.
>>>>
>>>> Pastor Knorr is free to spew all the rectal fluids his narrow-minded,
>>>> racist conscience is capable of espousing.
>>>>
>>>> Many of us simply don't agree with him and don't really care to have a
>>>> lmming within his flock holding an elected office of Idaho's 6th
>>>> Congressional District.  Those are our freedoms, Roger.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>>>>         
>>> change
>>>       
>>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>>
>>>> - Unknown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
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>> -- 
>> There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what
>> the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be
>> replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another
>> theory which states that this has already happened.
>>
>> Douglas Adams
>>
>>
>>     
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