Rick’s Religious Fanaticism

[RKP5637]

He's more than a little frightening IMO.

See >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/dowd-ricks-religious-fanaticism.html?_r=1

"Rick’s Religious Fanaticism

By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: February 21, 2012

Rick Santorum has been called a latter-day Savonarola.

That’s far too grand. He’s more like a small-town mullah.

“Satan has his sights on the United States of America,” the conservative presidential candidate warned in 2008. “Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.”

When, in heaven’s name, did sensuality become a vice? Next he’ll be banning Barry White.

Santorum is not merely engaged in a culture war, but “a spiritual war,” as he called it four years ago. “The Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country — the United States of America,” he told students at Ave Maria University in Florida. He added that mainline Protestantism in this country “is in shambles. It is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.” "

See >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/dowd-ricks-religious-fanaticism.html?_r=1

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I had one of his supporters tell me yesterday that I had to believe the

creation story in the Bible because it was written by 'some one who was there'!

[RKP5637]

2. The marriage of delusion and rationalization, most don't even know the bible. They are

parrots.

[hifiguy]

8. Even the RCC believes the genesis story

is a parable that is not to be taken literally.

[Marrah_G]

9. I can't even imagine your response to that

I think I would be laughing to hard to even continue the conversation.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. I just said that there seemed to be two different stories of creation within the

first book of the Bible and he walked away.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. eh?

[Democrats_win]

3. These quotes make him sound mysteriously like Jerry Falwell on 9/11.

Yeah, the latter-day Savonarola interpretation works too since he seems to be about "burning the vanities" of our unalienable rights.

Ain't religion grand. As on 9/11, religion stands as an opposer of humanity. (Note, Satan is actually Hebrew for opposer)

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. "Ain't religion grand." Not really.

[BeHereNow]

4. And just WHEN did it become business as usual...

To have public figures in office or seeking office who clearly
display symptoms of mental illness?

BHN

[Mumble]

5. Next Rick will organizes a witch hunt..

...to identify his enemies and burn them at the steak.

[HopeHoops]

7. My youngest of 3 daughters is an "eclectic pagan" and she could kick the shit out of him.

She's a 2nd degree black belt and fully capable of taking down someone three times her size.

[Marrah_G]

10. As a Wiccan, these types of people having any power scares the crap out of me

He is a dangerous person that I hope will never have any control over the lives of others again.

[BeHereNow]

14. In a very real sense, he already has-

His recent rhetoric about who is and who is not a "true" Christian
reminds me very much of the "Either your with us or your against us"
statement that came out during the Bush administration.

The statement was intended to threaten anyone who opposed them.
"Enemy non-combatant" was the insinuation and punishable by law.

Santorum is using the same tactics and should be held to account for it.
He is treading a thin line in suggesting there are the "good" Christians and
the "false" Christians.

How long before some domestic militant group of gun toting "good" Christians
believe God wants them to go to war against the "false" Christians in this country?

I would hold him and his promoters guilty of inciting murder should that happen
and with the things he is saying, it is all too possible a scenario in a country that is
more divided and producing more and more extremist groups.

BHN

[HopeHoops]

6. This should really be in the P2012 forum, but hey, Mr. Frothy is lost in space.

[RKP5637]

12. Yep, good point, that's where I should have posted it ... thanks! n/t