[CedarDave]

For me, the *first criteria* is that a candidate is Christian. Thompson has failed that criteria with me. Then after seeing that a candidate is Christian (which would have to be someone other than Thompson), then one can get into the political matters...

You said it yourself; that's what matter first and foremost. So that means you overlook whatever policies, positions, world knowledge, past corruption, etc. the candidate has in favor of that one attribute. Sorry, I can't buy into that one-issue thinking. I'll stick with the comment I made in my post.

[Star Traveler]

You said — “So that means you overlook whatever policies, positions, world knowledge, past corruption, etc. the candidate has in favor of that one attribute. Sorry, I can’t buy into that one-issue thinking. I’ll stick with the comment I made in my post.”

I’m not sure why you can’t understand what is said. So, I’ll say it again. Being a Christian is the *first criteria* — but — it is *not* the “last criteria”.

That means that once a candidate passes the *first criteria* — then all those other matters regarding politics, comes into play. And we can compare one Christian candidates political position against another Christian candidates political position. There’s no problem doing that.

You seem to want to leave out the “rest of it” — when I say what happens *after* you pass the “first criteria”...

Regards,
Star Traveler