Personally, I wouldn’t have a problem with conservative-leaning atheist who understands the history of this nation, its tradition of celebrating Christian holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas), etc. just to name a few things.

Michael, in point of fact, Thanksgiving was based directly on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and is a non-denominational holiday that all Americans can partake in–even atheists–precisely because it is non-denominational.

You don’t need to be religious to be thankful for the good things in your life.

But outside of sacred mythology, if you want to call it, what is there that people fear?

Vanceone on December 4, 2007 at 4:11 AM

We have gone through this…it is taking our most sacred image, our most sacred persona, Jesus, and making him married or worse a polygamist, making him just another man. That alone offends Christians (it means he was just a man and not God). It removes the virgin Mary. You don’t get how sacred Jesus (and His birth) is to us as a Christian Trinity. The fact that he died and 3 days later rose, that the blood was shed for all mankind,is tainted by Mormon folklore (as Christians see it). Taking the words of the bible and twisting them to Mormon meaning, is abhorrent. Go to the real textual meaning from the Greek and Hebrew, but not pulled from a hat. The bible is made up of thousands of documents, cross checked and analyzed for 2,000 years. Christians don’t like some one pulling words from a hat and distorting historically, linguistically accurate text.
That is what is upsetting, you may think it is wrong, but those are some of the reasons.
You are arrogant to think that Mormon’s (or any other religion), can hijack someones beliefs and not have them angry.
Everyone who posts realizes, in their life, if some one stole something they have ownership to (let’s say an idea for the company to make huge profits). And some one else came along, took that idea off the desk, revised it a little and sold it as theirs…the original idea broker would be angry. Or someone stole the playbook of the Patriots, revised it a little then sold it…the Patriots would sue, NO? How about a book you wrote, and someone stole it, changed a few words, then sold it and made billions, would you be angry and want that book? Or would you say, well that’s okay, they can do what they want. I’ll think of something else.
It does not negate Mitt as a candidate, but he has to get over the Mormon theology of “we are the same”.
Mitt has other reasons to be disqualified, read my earlier post.

Who cares if he is a Morman, really? I just want to know where he really stands on the issues.

Jay on December 3, 2007 at 11:01 PM

And that’s the problem, where does he stand this week. Every one of the major issues (abortion, immigration, gunt control, taxes, conservative, big government,etc.) he has changed his mind on in the past year or two.
Ramping up to run, he has changed his mind on each of these issues.
You, nor anyone else, can say for certain (based on his voting history) that his views now are what he really believes in.

or a Opus Dei Catholic (because they would be crazy right)

Yeah like that Scalia fellow.

Every Mormon I have every met was an awesome person. I think they are more honest and hard working than your average American of any faith.

Arguments over which brand of mythology you follow is inane.

That being said, Go Fred!

Same goes with all of you ‘I’ll never vote for Giuliani’ types.

But outside of sacred mythology, if you want to call it, what is there that people fear?

You disqualified AP at get dressed.

lorien1973 on December 3, 2007 at 11:50 PM

St st st lorien1973, don’t imply that I know his soft spots, ’cause that would not be true.

But I don’t have a problem with Mitt being Mormon. Mormons are good people.

Entelechy on December 3, 2007 at 11:44 PM

You disqualified AP at get dressed.

However, like any good lobbyist, he is waiting to see who is likely to win before pledging his support.

lorien1973 on December 3, 2007 at 11:24 PM

Yeah, it is, s’what I’m saying.

Will you be 45 by 2012?
If so, run.

terryannonline on December 3, 2007 at 11:19 PM

He’d have to get dressed, leave the house, shake hands, kiss babies, preferrably have a bride, be more optimistic, be coached, follow polls, be diplomatic, pick up a Southern accent, eat weird foods and pretend to like them… The pay w/b better, he’d have numerous iphones…but the world wouldn’t be the same again, for him, and for us. I vote against it.

Too bad the atheists are all on the Left, eh AP?

packsoldier on December 3, 2007 at 11:15 PM

I wonder what percentage of Conservative Atheist commenter’s is here?

Who wouldn’t vote for Thomas Jefferson?

Speakup on December 3, 2007 at 11:40 PM

Me for one. They guy was as bad as Clinton

We need an atheist in 2012, dude.

Allahpundit on December 3, 2007 at 10:31 PM

Maybe a Deist first, one step at a time.

Who wouldn’t vote for Thomas Jefferson?

Will you be 45 by 2012?
If so, run.

terryannonline on December 3, 2007 at 11:19 PM

He actually only has to be 35, according to Article II of the Constitution. Well, except in Ron Paul’s super-secret copy, which probably says that a person has to have two heads and be able to play the banjo.