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I admire Benjamin Franklin. But he was a Deist. Does that mean I’m going to Hell because Deism doesn’t mesh with my personal beliefs?

What a nonsensical statement...

Are you saying there's some sort of "anti-admiration" society goin' 'round telling you who you can't personally admire?

Because if there isn't, you're addressing some sort of comments that aren't even out there floating around.

28 posted on 11/02/2012 3:22:21 PM PDT by Colofornian (Some say "we're not voting 4 'pastor-in-chief'" --as if "gods-in-embryo" were divine only on Sundays)

Are you saying there's some sort of "anti-admiration" society goin' 'round telling you who you can't personally admire?

No, I'm not saying that. Apparently Mr. Prothero thinks that Christians endorsing Romney are going against their own beliefs by doing so, that they are endorsing Mormonism and forsaking their own religion for political purposes (he calls them shills for the GOP). That is what I'm objecting to: his intimation that endorsing someone whom is of beliefs that your own religion condemns is somehow apostasy.

Because if there isn't, you're addressing some sort of comments that aren't even out there floating around.

Did you actually read Prothero's piece?