to MS:

You were obviously hurt or let down by someone in the church, maybe a teacher, a parent, a peer, because you have some fire and resentment in your words.

I was also raised LDS, and while I haven’t been active for the last decade and some, most all of my family still are, and I haven’t any resentment towards the church, in fact a great deal of respect because of the fundamental principles i learned that still govern the way i live and treat others to this day.

I think you’re a bit confused when you speak of the constitution hanging by a thread, and the country being saved by a mormon.  I’ve never heard of that being interpreted in that way, and thats always been the thing about religious script, is that its SO open to interpretation, and in this case, you’ve interpreted wrong, or maybe been told wrong.

Also, I’ve NEVER heard any one person in all my years of regular church attendance (my whole life ntil I was 24 or 25) talk about who to vote for from the pulpit.  In fact, if anyone ever brought up politics in terms of who to vote for, wether it be from the pulpit or in a sunday school class, they would be quickly repremanded and removed from the situation.

I think that Romney’s silence about his religion is because he wants to deal with the REAL issues that are pressing the american public.  Religious fanaticism is a major reason that the U.S. is so messed up right now. 

I’m not a republican, and I wouldn’t vote for Romney, but I think he embodies what the founding fathers tried do define as sound democratic process by keeping quiet about his personal faith.  John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and George Washington all railed on religion because of all of the wars and bloodshed caused as a result of the expoit of religion.

What we are seeing today, is exactly that, politicians exploiting and scaring the religious right to influence voting in their favor, only to turn around and give the power to the oligarchy that is the United States. 

And to Thomas Billis:

Your uneducated banter just makes you look like an idiot.

As a person raised in the mormon church, I don’t see how these political candidates can say they don’t let their religious beliefs influence how they govern.  It goes against everything they were taught, if they do.  I was taught you were to “live” your beliefs, they were inherent in every aspect of your life.  This seperated “us” from “them” (them being those religions such as catholisism that lived their daily lives as they wished and then were absolved of their sins in confession).  Romney can say whatever he thinks might get him elected, but the mormons have a prophecy that the constitution will be hanging by a thread and a mormon will save the country.  I can’t believe that if he and his church think he is this person, that he won’t be receiving “council” from the church hierarchy.  They tell people how to vote from the pulpit, you don’t think they’re telling potential leaders of the country among their ranks how they should be governing? 

By the same token, it scares me to think of Huckaby becoming a candidate of this party.  Religion rules these peoples thoughts and actions.  How close is this country to becoming another Iran, ruled by a fanatical religious entity.

All religion is the home of the nut job but Mormornism is the Mr Peanut of religions.I hope when Mitt gives his speech he is wearing the Mormon “holy underwear”.I hope he explains their clearly racial attitude until 1976.I hope he explains how if they have one of their timely revelations how it will impact American policy.I hope he will explain how he will not favor Missouri since I believe that is one of the spots Jesus will visit in the 2nd coming.If Jesus reads TruthDig I reccommend San Diego unless he is a college football fan.University of Missouri is no 1.By the way the other higher profile Mormon is Harry Reid the majority leader of the Senate.