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In the discussion thread: Mitt's religion DOES matter, and this one sentence shows why: [View all]

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 04:25 PM

9. I'm both former Catholic and former Mormon, and I also 'church shopped" quite a bit...

when I was younger.

Mormons hide the weirdest shit from outsiders. With most other religions, the weird shit is usually obvious and visible at first glance. Secrecy makes the weird shit inherently worse.

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Mitt's religion DOES matter, and this one sentence shows why: [View all]	arbusto_baboso	Jan 2012	OP
yes n/t	Enrique	Jan 2012	#1
So you see no conflict between the oath taken above and the oath of office taken by the POTUS?	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#4
I assume Senators take a similar oath	Enrique	Jan 2012	#7
Harry Reid doesn't have the "nuclear football", either.	arbusto_baboso	Jan 2012	#10
I would vote for Harry Reid for President over any of the Republican candidates.	Jim Lane	Jan 2012	#22
Then you obviously nderstand nothing about the violent and fraudulent nature...	arbusto_baboso	Jan 2012	#6
The only Mormon I ever knew stole from me	csziggy	Jan 2012	#32
I don't know about stealing, but I know Mormons don't think it's wrong to lie to nonmembers	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#35
Well, that guy did a lot of lying, too	csziggy	Jan 2012	#38
That needs to be outed and courts need to prohibit Mormons	LiberalFighter	Feb 2012	#62
Missing sarcasm smilie?	onenote	Feb 2012	#75
Why?	quakerboy	Feb 2012	#78
Because I never thought I'd see a "progressive" propose that Mo Udall be disqualified	onenote	Feb 2012	#79
See some of this personality in Mitt Romney?	backscatter712	Feb 2012	#76
A little - other people I've known could have been Mormon but they didn't bring it up	csziggy	Feb 2012	#77
The Mormon that I knew best was one of the kindest, most generous people I've ever known	onenote	Feb 2012	#74
LOL....thanks for the detailed analysis.	Logical	Jan 2012	#51
When the Mormons first settled in Utah, it was a theocracy ran by LDS church.	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#2
They still have a theocracy	LadyHawkAZ	Jan 2012	#20
Hear, hear	customerserviceguy	Jan 2012	#43
HAAA! +1 n/t	LadyHawkAZ	Jan 2012	#44
Everything I have learned of LDS	JNelson6563	Jan 2012	#3
I have a theory that Smith meant for the Book of Mormon to be fantasy literturare...	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#8
Mark Twain on the Book of Mormon:	Mariana	Feb 2012	#60
Actually, as I have heard	HeiressofBickworth	Feb 2012	#84
I remember reading years ago that the mormon hierarchy, at least, is of the belief that their	niyad	Jan 2012	#14
I didn't know we could post opinions like this	get the red out	Jan 2012	#19
Joseph Smith was a sociopathic con-man before he "found God"	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#65
i'm not sure	limpyhobbler	Jan 2012	#5
I'm both former Catholic and former Mormon, and I also 'church shopped" quite a bit...	arbusto_baboso	Jan 2012	#9
I'm a former Catholic convert, I left the Church, but I'll say this.	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#12
EXACTLY!	arbusto_baboso	Jan 2012	#13
I'm sure there's political secret society groups in all the big religions,	anAustralianobserver	Jan 2012	#30
How is it worse than any other religious crazy talk? nt	sufrommich	Jan 2012	#11
Really - "Serve one another in love"	gratuitous	Jan 2012	#18
You really think you wouldn't be able to find a	sufrommich	Jan 2012	#23
I'm most familiar with the Bible	gratuitous	Jan 2012	#27
Sure	quinnox	Jan 2012	#15
John Adams was a Unitarian. He did not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.	JDPriestly	Jan 2012	#31
Jefferson was a Christian.	former9thward	Jan 2012	#37
Have you read Jefferson's Bible?	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#39
People who claim Jefferson was a Deist refuse to allow Jeffeerson to speak for himself.	former9thward	Jan 2012	#49
Yes and in none of these links does he proclaim the divinity of Jesus Christ.	white_wolf	Jan 2012	#56
Jefferson said he would have liked to be a Unitarian	LiberalEsto	Jan 2012	#40
Here is what Jefferson said -- his own wordsd:	JDPriestly	Jan 2012	#45
links??	Angry Dragon	Jan 2012	#48
I won't give you cherry picked links like some.	former9thward	Jan 2012	#50
I have the letters of Adams and Jefferson. Jefferson	JDPriestly	Feb 2012	#58
Have you read the Jefferson Bible?	JDPriestly	Feb 2012	#68
No I have not read the Jefferson Bible or any Bible completely for that matter.	former9thward	Feb 2012	#70
Jefferson was not anti-religion.	JDPriestly	Feb 2012	#80
John Adams was a Congregationalist. John Quincy Adams was a Unitarian. nt	Critters2	Feb 2012	#61
My Unitarian church used to be Congregationalist. Here is the historical link.	JDPriestly	Feb 2012	#69
You're not telling me anything I don't know.	Critters2	Feb 2012	#83
I thought it was because we didn't want to start a trend like this...	snooper2	Jan 2012	#16
Oaths do matter.	RC	Jan 2012	#17
No I am not	LadyHawkAZ	Jan 2012	#21
But your fine with chistianity controlling all the other states	quinnox	Jan 2012	#25
Where did you get that idea?	LadyHawkAZ	Jan 2012	#42
He'll put us all in conseCRATES, like his poor dog. I hope he puptized the poor pooch first.	WingDinger	Jan 2012	#24
Is that Mammon? Or Mormon. Moremoney, more like.	WingDinger	Jan 2012	#26
No, and I'm pretty tired of them saying...	BiggJawn	Jan 2012	#28
NOt cool with it at all <eom>	catrose	Jan 2012	#29
John F. Kennedy was controlled by the Vatican.	WilliamPitt	Jan 2012	#33
That was my first thought	etherealtruth	Jan 2012	#36
The Vatican had its own state already.	EFerrari	Feb 2012	#85
Let's all pray that jesus	xfundy	Jan 2012	#34
Failure to account for any presidential candidate's religion is a mistake imho	riderinthestorm	Jan 2012	#41
Spam deleted by Skinner (MIR Team)	bcxfx	Jan 2012	#46
I have great reservations, as I do with evangelicals who seek office.	LiberalAndProud	Jan 2012	#47
I dont think this is a good attack from either a personal or political standpoint.	DCBob	Jan 2012	#52
I've been told here (to my surprise) that the POTUS is mostly a powerless figurehead.	Edweird	Jan 2012	#53
A question about the Prophet or President of the Mormon church	justiceischeap	Jan 2012	#54
I'm a pretty atheisty atheist, and I'm not sure that this anti-Mormon argument is really different	Texas Lawyer	Jan 2012	#55
Fortunately, there were enough lights on to navigate this dark corridor.	Thaddeus Kosciuszko	Jan 2012	#57
I'm not really comfortable with a Senate Majority Leader taking it either. n/t	hughee99	Feb 2012	#59
Any and everyone's religion or lack there of is an issue if they wish to force their beliefs	TheKentuckian	Feb 2012	#63
Absolutely not.	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#64
There is no religious test for political office in the U.S.	rusty fender	Feb 2012	#66
Typical anti-Mormon half truths	FreeState	Feb 2012	#67
I'm an exmormon, too.	arbusto_baboso	Feb 2012	#71
Aren't all religions into spreading their religion & converting people?	Honeycombe8	Feb 2012	#72
Completely comfortable	onenote	Feb 2012	#73
Not in this lifetime!	Change has come	Feb 2012	#81
I could honestly care less.	Jennicut	Feb 2012	#82

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