I acknowledge but reject your thesis....this thread is about politics masquerading as religion...
I thought this thread was about how Mitten’s faith was an “elephant in the room” regarding his qualifications for President of the United States. Frankly, I can’t see how someone who does not believe in Grace, vs. someone who does, would decide to ban some kinds of guns (or not), or push for a flat tax, or prosecute Wall Street crimes such as those committed by Jon Corzine and Jamie Dimon, or go after the people involved in Fast and Furious. Etc.
Perhaps you or another on this thread can enlighten me how such metaphysical beliefs could amount to the elephant in the room, as regards these questions. As far as I can tell, it makes no difference, and for that matter, I don’t see much difference in the way Romney would respond to the issues I raised, vs. Obama. (E.g. signing an “assault weapons” ban as he did.)