Romney: Non-Belief "Assumed Within The General Purview Of Faith"
In an interview posted by the Hotline, Mitt Romney explained why he didn't include any positive mention of atheists in his speech on religion — and he now says non-belief doesn't bother him. It can be seen at about the three-minute mark here:
"Why didn't I mention non-believers?" Romney said. "Well, I thought that was assumed within the general purview of faith. But you know, that doesn't bother me."
In the speech, Romney's only mention of non-belief was to say, "It is as if they're intent on establishing a new religion in America – the religion of secularism. They're wrong," as well as bemoaning the decline of religion in Europe.
Comments (10)
demwinger wrote on December 12, 2007 9:19 AM:Romney is a great salesman.
he sold he was a left winger when he ran against Kennedy and for governor and not he is selling the opposite.
I cant recall such a rapid change in a politician ever.
DTM wrote on December 12, 2007 10:07 AM:"Why didn't I mention the non-religious? Because I assumed that was covered when I talked about how important it is to be religious. Don't you people realize by now that whenever I say something, it could really mean the opposite as well, or whatever it needs to mean later?"
Dave wrote on December 12, 2007 11:13 AM:"that was assumed within the general purview of faith"?
WTF is that supposed to mean? Do non-believers actually believe without knowing/admitting it? (Some Christians say that) or does it mean that you can be part of the "faithful" while not having any faith in god? Or does it mean that Mitt Romney is a flipflopping gasbag who says whatever he thinks will help him get elected?
John McCutchen wrote on December 12, 2007 11:27 AM:Huckabee claims that in the Mormon creation myth, Jesus and Lucifer were brothers
The Cartoon Romney Doesn't Want you to see
19th Century Scientology..L Ron Hubbard meet Joseph Smith http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/70372/
Would you elect a Scientologist president? would that be irrelevant?
Anonymous wrote on December 12, 2007 11:28 AM:Non-believers don't bother him or not mentioning them doesn't bother him?!?
I think he is suggesting something silly, like that secularism is a faith.
pseudonymous in nc wrote on December 12, 2007 11:58 AM:He is such a bullshit artist.
I hate to invoke the stereotype, but you can imagine him as part of a two-person Mormon doorknocking team, who'd say anything to get a foot in the door.
Morman cult boy wrote on December 12, 2007 1:19 PM:Yes - we must all endorse our fathers beleifs
and our fathers thier fathers
and thier fathers thier fathers
and so on and so on
down the evolutionary line
till we arrive at a place in the beginning - 6000 years ago
Moron - isum
The video posted by John McCutchen is currently accepted Mormon doctrine. The video failed to mention that that the original Battlestar Galactica series WAS based on LDS theology.
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