Your entire argument is flawed to begin with.
We are conservatives on this forum. The vast majority of us are pretty comfortable with Christianity and having it out there in politics.
The issue is when Christianity, or in this case, Catholicism, is applauded as the major reason why you should be President, instead of an idea about the actual system of government.
You guys are trying to act as if Santorum doesn’t campaign on religious and social issues.
He does.
Feelings, family, little kids, patriotism, all these things score high on what Santorum talks about.
Actual platform, not so much. He doesn’t even discuss the platform of his opponents, except when he feels like distorting their record or using some minor disagreement (like the moon colony thing) to insult someone of being crass or irresponsible or something or other. Meanwhile, he really isn’t comparing his tax plan or his social security plan or very much at all policy wise with his opponents. All he tells us is that he is the “true conservative” with “no baggage” who loves his kids and so he should be President.
Sorry, doesn’t fly. And that is the problem here. It has nothing to do with being atheists, or being immoral, or not liking Catholics, or whatever.
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.")
Why is that "funny?"
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!
So apparently, if a candidate focuses on socialistic atheistic values antithetical to the Bible...now that's a candidate to embrace...but if the opposing candidate zeroes in a few minutes of actual time over the length of a campaign on actually mentioning God and Biblical values...run! Duck! Hide!
You guys are trying to act as if Santorum doesn’t campaign on religious and social issues. He does.
#1...Issues like porn and pro-life matters doesn't have to have a religious base. (You don't have to be "religious" or embrace the 10 Commandments, for example, to be against murder...These days, ya just need to have access to an ultrasound machine).
If a candidate integrates Biblical values into his social issues, so what? What why would "social issues" automatically HAVE to be theologically based?
It doesn't. So what's your point in consistently injecting "social issues" in this discussion of theology?
Your seeming point is that I called you on how you've claimed in post #10 that Santorum campaign seems to (only) have a religious/social foundation.
We've never denied on this thread that Santorum doesn't integrate his faith into his campaign. That's different than saying an entire CAMPAIGN is based ONLY upon religion and social issues.
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!
So prove your statement in post #10 or give it a recall or revision.