You're kidding me with this.
Dear Mr. Prothero:
I'm electing a President, not a pastor. And I would a hell of a lot rather vote for someone who's been going to the Mormon church all his life than someone who's been going to Rev. Wright's church. At least the Mormon church is not going to scream "God damn America" at me. The LDS people may not share a few tenets of my faith (and yes, I have major problems with major points of their theology, so what), but they share my actual values.
The current occupant of the White House has proven over the last four years that he does not share my values. Therefore, he will not get my vote. And I'm not a "hypocrite" because you suddenly realized that your stupid paradigm was wrong. No, Mr. Prothero, rather, you have just proved that you know absolutely nothing about the people you're purporting to blog about. Of course, you work for CNN, so any credibility you thought you had was shot anyway, but this just puts the final nail in the coffin. "Your Take" is... well. Idiotic. Enjoy your wake-up call.
Regards,
agilebrit
I am amused by the fact that the liberal "wisdom" was that evangelicals would sit this one out because an OMG MORMON!*gasp* was running for President. Turns out, not so much, which I am just pleased as punch by. And now they're flailing all over themselves trying to figure out why.
Maybe if they, you know, actually talked to a few of us, they could figure it out. But that would involve getting icky Christian cooties all over them. Instead, they'll remain puzzled and rail about "hypocrisy" when it's really no such thing. It's just us voting our values.
PS: I really don't want to hear how my values are wrong, okay. I know that the vast majority of LJ and probably my flist disagrees with me on them. I don't feel like having the argument, so let's not.
I'm electing a President, not a pastor. And I would a hell of a lot rather vote for someone who's been going to the Mormon church all his life than someone who's been going to Rev. Wright's church. At least the Mormon church is not going to scream "God damn America" at me. The LDS people may not share a few tenets of my faith (and yes, I have major problems with major points of their theology, so what), but they share my actual values.
The current occupant of the White House has proven over the last four years that he does not share my values. Therefore, he will not get my vote. And I'm not a "hypocrite" because you suddenly realized that your stupid paradigm was wrong. No, Mr. Prothero, rather, you have just proved that you know absolutely nothing about the people you're purporting to blog about. Of course, you work for CNN, so any credibility you thought you had was shot anyway, but this just puts the final nail in the coffin. "Your Take" is... well. Idiotic. Enjoy your wake-up call.
Regards,
agilebrit
I am amused by the fact that the liberal "wisdom" was that evangelicals would sit this one out because an OMG MORMON!*gasp* was running for President. Turns out, not so much, which I am just pleased as punch by. And now they're flailing all over themselves trying to figure out why.
Maybe if they, you know, actually talked to a few of us, they could figure it out. But that would involve getting icky Christian cooties all over them. Instead, they'll remain puzzled and rail about "hypocrisy" when it's really no such thing. It's just us voting our values.
PS: I really don't want to hear how my values are wrong, okay. I know that the vast majority of LJ and probably my flist disagrees with me on them. I don't feel like having the argument, so let's not.