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Nuclear Unicorn

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41. And you apparently love it.

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:01 AM

Jun 2012

Instead of saying we need to accept each other despite our differences you want to profit form that. You're no better than the nimrods trying to tell Christians to distrust Obama because he grew-up going to Madrassas.

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A Mormon is not a Christian... [View all] rfranklin Jun 2012 OP

This post would be better placed in the Religion Group. MineralMan Jun 2012 #1

Ugg trumad Jun 2012 #2

Brilliantly said. nt MineralMan Jun 2012 #3

Yeah---I see you're back in full concern mode.... trumad Jun 2012 #5

Correct on all counts. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #7

The article mentions Mitt Romney... rfranklin Jun 2012 #4

Bingo trumad Jun 2012 #6

I agree. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #8

I doubt it will be much of an issue with the RW christian set Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #14

OK. Do you know much about right wing religoius people? Do you know that Beck is also LDS? Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #70

I thought I was explicit in my point that RW Christians listen to Beck despite his Mormonism Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #78

While the article at the link mentioned Romney, MineralMan Jun 2012 #120

I disagree. Mitt Romney's religion and people's reactions to it are highly political this year. yardwork Jun 2012 #58

Just posted it in Good Reads because it IS one, elleng Jun 2012 #90

Yes, but how many angels does each side think can dance on the head of a pin? GodlessBiker Jun 2012 #9

Nope... trumad Jun 2012 #10

From your keyboard to Whoever's ears! Bake Jun 2012 #15

Fostering bigotry and religious intolerance for political gain on a Progressive board Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #17

Good point. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #19

Good for you. Bake Jun 2012 #20

Are you saying the President has nothing else to run-on except appeals to bigotry? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #21

No, I'm NOT saying that. Bake Jun 2012 #28

(2) They may find it creepy but they also like Glen Beck Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #38

Politics is a nasty business. Bake Jun 2012 #48

You're everything you pretend to despise in RWers Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #53

Fine. We disagree on tactics. Bake Jun 2012 #56

Calling religion idiotic isn't bigotry, it's spreading the truth.. snooper2 Jun 2012 #23

Judging from Bake's posts Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #27

Who the hell is "fostering bigotry?" Bake Jun 2012 #32

And you apparently love it. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #41

He went to SCHOOL. Was it a Madrassa? Bake Jun 2012 #51

It doesn't matter Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #55

Ah, so you are claiming falsehood and truth have equal standing. That's common among the Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #62

Truth schmuth. Winning is all that matters. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #73

I'm Reminded of the New.... WiffenPoof Jun 2012 #46

Ahhh you're one of those play nice Progressives.... trumad Jun 2012 #39

No. I'm a progresive who believes bigotry is bad Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #43

No---you're one of those play nice progressives..... trumad Jun 2012 #50

THANK YOU! Bake Jun 2012 #54

You left out Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #57

Nice try, but the difference is that the blood libels were LIES. The beliefs and history Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #63

Who cares so long as it works. That's what we're being told here. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #65

Uh...this a political website, not some ecumenical seminar Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #69

Nice strawman... trumad Jun 2012 #84

If it helps you win, why not? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #92

There are a thousand reasons to criticize Romeny Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #67

No---but Joe Smith the Con man... trumad Jun 2012 #85

His adherence to the doctrines of his cult are one of the thousand reasons to criticize him. GoneOffShore Jun 2012 #87

Whose cult? Mitt Romney's or Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #96

Mormonism as a cult - GoneOffShore Jun 2012 #103

Religion absolutely is on the table. Daemonaquila Jun 2012 #97

They are already Bigots, and will probably not change bahrbearian Jun 2012 #64

Well, since the RW Christians have no problem listening to Glen Beck Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #68

They think that Mormons are Christians, we can educate them a little. Progressive are for education. bahrbearian Jun 2012 #74

It is time to foster intolerance of religion, when religion is used for oppression. Daemonaquila Jun 2012 #102

As this thread so sadly demonstrates -- Bigotry is not the exclusive domain of the religious or RW Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #104

The GOP pits the Baptist African American church against the LGBT community. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #110

And fostering homophobia -- another form of bigotry -- is wrong. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #112

Except I did not advocate "fostering homophobia" in any way. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #113

I didn't say you did. I said fostering religious bigotry is the same as fostering Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #114

Oh spare me. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #116

Oh spare me Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #117

You don't think he is getting that treatment? JoePhilly Jun 2012 #118

Two wrongs make you a right-winger Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #119

He's not JUST a Mormon. He did his door hassling in FRANCE. WingDinger Jun 2012 #61

Their desire to dictate policy overwhelms any supposed religious views they may have... Bandit Jun 2012 #49

I am much more concerned about this . . . siligut Jun 2012 #11

It will only turn to vengeance if they get power. Bake Jun 2012 #16

Mitt Romney and the Mormon Religion UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #12

You are absolutely correct,l and I hammer home that point when talking to believers Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #13

'I don't believe in Leprachauns, I believe in Gnomes'. Marr Jun 2012 #18

As the old Socialist refrain had it: "There'll be pie in the sky\When coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #81

Acrimonious "niggling"? Do you really need to use a word whose first 4 letters Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #22

You forgot the sarcasm icon (I hope) Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #24

That word is in the op-ed that was excerpted. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #25

Thanks. But I'm disappointed in the NY Times for allowing this word. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #30

I got in huge war in Meta over the use of the word niggardly. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #37

Of course. Like "Niger" should be referred to as "the country bordering Algeria and Libya" Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #45

I'd use Niger. It's the name of a country. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #52

If you don't like Niger, LibertyLover Jun 2012 #75

I love it. I'm helping one of their Generals transfer $120 million to this country, Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #93

That is wonderful - LibertyLover Jun 2012 #107

There is nothing wrong with the word. mlevans Jun 2012 #80

I know that. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #91

It's not The Post; the assumption is that The Times readership is educated enough... Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #59

Excuse me, do you know about dictionary.com?? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #134

OK Sentath Jun 2012 #60

Hush now. You're exposing the 'chink' in his armor :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #82

Excuse me, do you know about dictionary.com?? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #133

David Frum has a Newsweek puff piece about how Romney's cult membership Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #26

When it comes down to it, most people vote deaniac21 Jun 2012 #29

No. Debating which exact version of Jesus Christ Romney believes in Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #33

OK, you won me over! deaniac21 Jun 2012 #36

it's one of the fucking debates in this war... trumad Jun 2012 #42

Well, they're certainly not Hindus. surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #31

OT, but there has been speculation that Jesus the Nazarene may have travelled to coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #83

Who gives two shits what "Mormons" are or are not? Spoonman Jun 2012 #34

But.... but.... Holy Ghost! ... Nicene Creed! ..... Divinity of Jesus!...... Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #40

Hell, I'm not even thinking about any of that serious stuff. Rozlee Jun 2012 #72

And that's all that need be said. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #47

The monster that is Mormonism already turned on my people with politics drenched in their faith. Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #76

To be fair, other monsters that are more "mainstream" Xtian have also turned on our side. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #130

I've talked to several conservative Christians who feel that Mormonism ... spin Jun 2012 #35

Again--- trumad Jun 2012 #44

While I do not blindly embrace "end justifies means" arguments, in coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #88

Excellent post trumad Jun 2012 #89

Thanks. I grew up among these evangelical and charismatic coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #95

Who cares whether it is or isn't? MadHound Jun 2012 #66

I am child of the Universe nolabels Jun 2012 #71

This guy cites Richard Land Aerows Jun 2012 #77

More than likely he is actually citing whoever Land plagiarized Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #122

lol! fishwax Jun 2012 #132

Hey! A tomato is not a vegetable. eShirl Jun 2012 #79

Close enough RZM Jun 2012 #86

The whole 'Joseph Smith' thing cries to me false idol LynneSin Jun 2012 #94

And the whole "Muhammad" thing, too (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #100

Muhammad has been around alot longer and is based on the same first 5 books of the bible we use LynneSin Jun 2012 #105

First of all: Who is we? JackRiddler Jun 2012 #127

Why, then, the name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"? KamaAina Jun 2012 #98

Well, it's all to do with the Nicene Creed and the Holy Ghost. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #99

Some Protestants reject the Nicene Creed KamaAina Jun 2012 #101

Unitarians do not consider Bohunk68 Jun 2012 #109

Some of the old-line UUs do KamaAina Jun 2012 #111

Uh...Maybe because Smith was hustling Americans and Europeans? Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #106

When is the candidate's religion relevant and The Second Stone Jun 2012 #108

Mormons believe that (Mormon) people become gods, like God. That is worshiping false gods if you are McCamy Taylor Jun 2012 #115

I don't care whether or not a Mormon is a Christian ... Martin Eden Jun 2012 #121

If a Muslim was running for office Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #123

Are you a Mormon? UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #128

The "Holy Trinity" is what should be addressed here Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #124

I'm sure Jim Lehrer will put the Holy Trinity on his list of debate questions (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #125

I'm sure Jim Lehrer will be scanning UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #129

Most Christians are not Christian. JackRiddler Jun 2012 #126

i41 GIVA A FUCK Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #131

Since this a pure theology discussion, I'm locking REP Jun 2012 #135