With Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the news again this past week, there were threads galore on Wright & Obama's religious ties.
I'm sure you went on several of those threads & pointed out to the posters, "Religion is a distraction" -- right? (Somehow, I get the feeling, "no, 'twasn't 'right'")
Seems that "Religion is only a distraction" for the sudden Mormon apologists on FR...I can't seem to find ANY FREEPERs who will EVER come on to any Rev. Wright -- or any "Obama-is-a-closet-Muslim" FR thread -- and make the same claim. I'm befuddled that if people have this "religion is a distraction" as a core claim...a core religio-political worldview...why it's so narrowly applied. [Well, actually, I'm not so befuddled...seeing it done/not done all the time on FR]
Hence a cult (& cultist) quite commonly goes up for "protection" & "elevation" by FREEPERs. But Islam? But Rev. Jeremiah Wright? Never on FR!
Is Wright fair game on FR? (Ya betcha)
Is Obama catering to Muslims fair game on FR? (Ya betcha)
Is Romney's Mormonism fair game on FR? (Ya betcha)
You see your silence on your alleged claim of "distraction" when it comes to Obama places you square on an obvious continuum...a continuum that ranges from "Inconsistency" on one side to "Open Dual-Faced Religious Hypocrite" on the other side. Where on that continuum would you place yourself, and why?
All I ask for is consistency in the application of your worldview here. Sadly, I think I've only seen it once (actually within the last week) and NEVER before that on this issue on FR.
That's a rather sad commentary since so many conservatives otherwise tend to operate on principle...yet not here.
That is a very fine post. I thought I should say so. May God bless you and yours.
I will rephrase: Obama claims to be a Christian and Romney is a Mormon. One seems to be pure evil and the other a run-of-the-mill sinner. Religion aside, I will make the distinction between pure evil and sinfulness. In this particular case, religion of the contestants is in fact a distraction.