"Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition."
"Sensuality"? I'm surprised he didn't mention rock music as well. That hearkens right back to his statement that birth control is bad because it encourages sex for "improper purposes". Like just enjoying it, presumably. And he also said this:
"We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it."
I can understand some people agreeing with those two statements, but I can't fathom a belief that most Americans agree with them. Santorum is preaching to his choir, and they love him for it, but that is how you lose elections.
As for me, the first statement regarding "sensuality" strikes me as weirdly uptight, and the second as dogmatic, self-righteous, and offensive. Perhaps he should have listened more closely to the "pride" and "vanity" components of the first statement before making the second.
>> “As for me, the first statement regarding “sensuality” strikes me as weirdly uptight” <<
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Then God’s word must hit you in the same soft spot, since that is the word that is used in the Bible. It is specifically listed as a condition that will deny eternal life.
Very few will agree with Santorum’s assessment of ‘mainline’ protestantism, especially since mainline Roman catholicism is in so much worse shape. That doesn’t make his assessment wrong though, does it?
The depth of your misunderstanding is astounding and it is also indicative of the American mind in general.
This is the very reason our Republic is in peril.